Acorn reviews

★★★★★ 2/5

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Disappointing selling experience

I was trying to sell my flat using the Acorn Peckham Estate Agent. I was disappointed in the service. - The flat wasn't valued correctly, delaying the amount of time it was on the market at the right price. This should have been an honest conversation with me up front. I would have welcomed that. - There were lots of system errors initially which again delayed my property being listed.- During the negotiation process I was assured that I would be speaking to the manager of the branch on a weekly basis. This didn't ever happen. - I never felt there was particularly fast feedback on viewings with clear recommendations for how to address for the next viewing.

Sam · 30 June 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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Acorn - terrible agent

Joy Davies, is one of the worst agent I have met. Very rude, aggressive and uses scare methods to getting her way. How is this person still employed here? The lies that she tells to try to get her way is shocking. Don't use her there are better people to speak with there.

Customer · 14 April 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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Very disappointing experience with…

Very disappointing experience with Acorn Estate Agents. As a landlord, I found their management service highly unprofessional, dodgy, manipulative and poorly handled. There were deductions made from my rental income that were not clearly authorised or properly communicated, which caused unnecessary frustration and a serious loss of trust.

Omo · 20 May 2026

★★★★★ 5/5

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Efficient and thoughtful

As a first-time buyer, Mark Sugarman was helpful and made the process a walk in the park.He was professional and followed up as needed to ensure I was at ease and understood each step. Mark was friendly, transparent, and communicative, and I felt fully informed and knew what the next steps were with the mortgage. Each person approaches buying a house differently, but Mark made my experience awesome (the man who lights up the room is what I called him). I felt listened to in every conversation.His thoughtful attitude is much appreciated, and I’ve been very pleased with how smooth the process has been and how quickly! Thank you, Mark and your team in Rainham, Kent.

Rosemak · 21 May 2024

★★★★★ 2/5

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Internal and external comms need drastic improvement

We bought a property from Acorn / Langford Russell in June 2025 but the internal and external communications are an absolute shambles. We used Nested to sell our house who were amazing, constantly keeping us updated on progress. With Acorn, we were passed from one person to another and never had a specific point of contact. I have to say Nathan was really good and I would have given him an excellent rating (the only reason I'm giving them two stars overall) but everyone else we dealt with was completely clueless. One of the workers kept getting the terms 'exchange' and 'complete' muddled so I kept having to correct her (even though I don't even work in real estate). Because of this error, she panicked our sellers and told them an incorrect completion date that we'd requested, when it was actually the exchange date. Somehow, things went smoothly with the actual exchange and completion. However, I've just had a call from Acorn saying we bought our current property with them in 2021 and are we looking to move / would we be interested in a free valuation? We literally purchased the property from them and moved in two months ago...I called them to correct them and they were surprised and said there must be a problem with their "system" as it says we purchased the property in 2021. The reason I'm writing this review is to be constructive and encourage Acorn Group to offer a much more streamlined service and better training so individual staff members (and customers) know what on earth is going on when they're buying / selling houses.

Customer · 6 August 2025

★★★★★ 1/5

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Worst of the worst

Worst of the worst. Tried to sell me insurance and when I confronted them as this is not required by law , they tried to extort it by making me sign a waiver which creates a different legal basis , when I told that that this too isn't required by law and illegal to enforce, they made everything possible to make the rent hard. In each step I came back just by following the law so in the end they tried to erase my holding deposit and gain money out of a moving date that was days before I even moved in. This is a scam agency

Gilles · 18 August 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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Stay away from these cowboys

Stay away from these cowboys. Bunch of liars and useless. Had so much trouble at leaving a property I was renting because their new tenant failed to move in to a moldy house. Even after I gave all keys and cleaned house still tried to make me liable for rent & bills. Now after 2.5years I get letters to pay bills that the property was empty. Do yourself a favour and stay away.

Elis · 22 September 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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Appalling service from Acorn in…

Appalling service from Acorn in Gravesend. My husband and I were the buyers, for a property, that Acorn Gravesend were marketing. My husband and I made an offer, for the property we liked and Acorn informed us that if we wished for our offer to be accepted, by the sellers, then we would need to use Acorn/Langford & Russell as our agents. As we loved the house, we agreed to proceed with this condition. Thereafter we made a second visit, to the house we was buying, and we asked the sellers if this was the case … which they stated was not the case and in fact would of preferred we used Wards (which was already lined up) as they are a lot more efficient etc.

Sophie · 21 June 2025

★★★★★ 5/5

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Excellent communication and service!

Very pleased with the service!Big thank you to Mark Sugarman, Kieran Thomas and Rachel Smith for their support with the transaction!I am a first time buyer and when I first called to enquire about viewing the property, I spoke to mark who was very warm, bubbly and friendly. He called me regularly to keep me updated on progress which was appreciated. He made sure I was happy and addressed any concerns/questions I had. When I viewed the property, Kieran Thomas showed me around and answered all my questions really well. He was patient, I didn’t feel rushed at all! Kieran made sure I’d seen everything I wanted to see and had enough information about the property and the area. Also, he was friendly and dropped me from the viewing back to the town centre saving me a 30 min walk.Towards the end of the transaction, Rachel kept me updated via phone and the case management system. She was polite and the notes I’d receive were very useful and kept me well informed. When we had blockers (things holding us up) Rachel would push to get things progressed faster.They all made it as stress free as possible! Excellent customer service

Victoria · 21 February 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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Dammy was incredible

Dammy was incredible, he was so diligent in making sure that all the T’s were crossed and I’s were dotted to make the sale and purchase progress. He replied to every email, phone call, chased up solicitors, helped me complete legal documents. Without him the sale wouldn’t have gone through and he was far more conscientious than my solicitors in following everything up. I thoroughly recommend Dammy 100%. He is also very upbeat and positive, you really feel he has your back during such a stressful time. Best estate agent ever, he really is fantastic.

Sarah · 15 January 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Highly recommend Acorn

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Highly recommend Acorn for selling your property. Arikson Franco was absolutely fantastic at getting a lot of quality viewings - people who were genuinely interested in the property and who could put decent offers. They are definitely ahead of their competitors in the market with the quality of delivering what they promise. They are the best in South East I just can't recommend them enough. Arikson Franco is an absolute Super Star 🌟 Thank you so much for all your help and efforts for getting this across the line.

Evelina · 28 December 2023

★★★★★ 1/5

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Part 2 as promised

I guess this is a monthly update to the still on- going 'Joy' of renting via Acorn.I stand by my 1st review and I will stand by this one... I will not remove just because you want me to.I will start by saying there is a property file with Medway Council if you become the future Tenant of this house.. there has been previous contact made for you, I've now vacated for 3 1/2 weeks the house sits empty.Also love nothing more than walking to booked viewings when nobody arrives! Brilliant waste of time. To the one person viewing who walked out after saying to much work.. I salute you sir your correct.No further on for a useful meaningful solution, there have been viewings and offers made to the landlord for said house on market which has been on market since 19th October.. but the offers not accepted even at a higher rate of rental than I paid, guess when someone who doesn't live there still pays rent why would you want to, so easier to refusing future viewings and making myself available until its returned in April.In the same hand I'm certainly not going to be scrubbing anymore damp/mould off walls which is clearly not the 'condensation how you live lines' might be something more to do with water ingress... like the stains on bedroom ceilings not made good... certainly not something that I will sorting. Check the GSC for this house as the recommendations for age of boiler from the proper Gas safety test have clearly been ignored it's not been serviced for many years of which a landlord is legally responsible to service his boiler (it's 30 plus years old!) There was supposed to be a mutual date set for an early end of tenancy, my reasons for early ending were repeated non repairs and false Gas safety certificates.I'm in process of compiling my report to Housing Ombudsman, broken locks will be refitted and the keys for said lock returned in April.I'm sure next update will follow as this is the 'gift' that just keeps giving...

Fiona · 29 November 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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I was very pleased with Acron

I was very pleased with Acron; William who had initiated the property sale, was excellent and was great in his approach and handling at the start. Daniel Langiano, who followed this through, was brilliant as he had a difficult task but persisted and handled the sale with great professionalism and sensitivity. Dan kept us updated through great communication and, at the same time, made sure proper processes were followed. We were grateful for his help to see this through completion

Deepak · 24 November 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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My new Flat 😁

I’ve been in the process of buying a flat, and had numerous challenges along the way. However two agents in particular Kieron and More recently Remmi have been ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AND SOO HELPFUL. They’ve been with me every step of the way and made sure there was no issues and if there was any they’d do their utmost best to rectify this for me. Thanks

Daniel · 1 August 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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Avoid at all costs!!

Avoid at all costs!!Acorn, or is it A Con, and especially Sales Manager William Cornwell at their Gravesend branch, should be avoided if you’re keen to sell your property. Although William has now transferred to Acorn Strood branch, he was meant to have handled our property sale and purchase of another property also sold via Acorn. Both fell through due to a multitude of issues badly handled by William and Acorn. This must have cost them in excess of £15,000 in sales fee earnings. Lies after lies and excuses that we caught him/them out on and just a lot of big words with no substance. Many mistakes were made and the communication was aside from full of fibs and bs, just plain awful. Unprofessional and amateurish from an allegedly experienced manager, but also shocking from an established agency like Acorn. After 5+ months on their books, in excess of 25 viewings and only 1 meaningful offer, our buyer pulled out and informed Acorn/William on a Thursday afternoon, no information was shared with us. We contacted our buyers directly a day later as we were ready to proceed and they told us they had withdrawn the day before. William doesn’t work Fridays so he replied to our email request for explanations on the Saturday with more fibs and excuses and said he’d get the property back on the market and crack on with finding us a new buyer. William also said he had an interested potential buyer already, but no viewing was booked in at all. Just another lie!The Thursday after, almost a week after he knew our buyers had withdrawn, our property was still showing on their sales platforms as SOLD STC despite we again on the Monday before had given instruction to reduce the price. Needless to say that we terminated our agreement with Acorn immediately and sent an email expressing our disappointment, but guess what? No reply of course. Cowardly sticking his/their head in the sand and simply just removing our property this morning. A formal complaint is being processed, but save yourself the agony and frustration by using a different and proper professional agency.

Jan · 28 September 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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Acorn Strood - Outstanding Service

Alesha from Acorn from start to finish was professional, supportive and always available for us. Alesha gave us more than 100% attention at all times we never had to chase anything Alesha always updated us and pushed for everything we wanted and needed. The service from Alesha was outstanding and I would recommend to anyone to get in touch with Alesha if you are looking to move. We can’t thank Alesha enough for everything. Without Alesha our move would not be possible. Thank you.

Erin · 8 September 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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Friendly, helpful estate agents

I would like to thank Kelly and her team at Acorn estate agents for all their hard work. My mother-in-law’s retirement flat had proved to hard to sell due to the age restrictions on retirement flats, and the fact that there are so many choices of retirement flats on the market in our area. She certainly had her work cut out for her!Kelly always stayed in touch and kept us up to date on all the viewings they had of the flat and the feedback they received back. If Kelly wasn’t available when I called the office, someone always tried to deal with my query, or if they couldn’t help got Kelly to call back when she was available.She would certainly be the first person I went if I needed to sell my property.

Pauline · 1 August 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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We had a great experience with Acorn…

We had a great experience with Acorn after having not such a good experience with another estate agent. They were on the ball with the local market, priced the house correctly and actually sold the house three times due to the rise in interest rates and buyers having their mortgage offers pulled. We were kept informed of what was happening and Amelia and Katlyn were excellent and reassuring at a very stressful time. We have recommended them to neighbours who have also used them and sold after being let down by another agent. Excellent service.

Paula · 19 July 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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Thanks Amelia

We have just finalised the sale of our late Mother's house. We used Acorns Dartford office and dealt with Amelia Giles, who was an absolute star. She was very polite and professional and kept us completely up to date with everything, also keeping our buyers onside, considering probate took 22weeks to come through. I'm sure the buyer would have pulled out of the purchase had Amelia not assured them that everything would work out fine. The whole process has been very stressful, but we are glad we chose Acorn to deal with it, so thanks to Amelia & Richard for easing us through it.

Michael · 14 July 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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Acorn and Amelia Giles: A Home Sale Savior

We were in a tight spot after attempting to sell our house privately, with the short chain on the brink of collapse. Thankfully, we made the decision to turn to Acorn for assistance, and that's when Amelia Giles came to our rescue.We were amazed by Amelia's prompt response as she arrived at our house the very next day. She wasted no time in taking high-quality photos, organising viewings, and attracting offers. Within just two weeks of reaching out to her, we had multiple offers on the table. It was truly impressive.Throughout the entire process, Amelia remained proactive and took charge. She consistently followed up with all three solicitors involved in the chain, ensuring that everything was progressing smoothly. Her dedication and attentiveness were truly commendable.While it is true that using Acorn incurred a fee we would have avoided had we continued with our private sale, we firmly believe that our house would not have sold if it weren't for Acorn and, in particular, Amelia's exceptional services. The money we spent on their assistance was undoubtedly well worth it.We highly recommend Acorn, and if you're lucky enough to work with Amelia Giles, you can rest assured that your home sale is in capable hands. Thank you, Acorn, and a special thank you to Amelia for saving our home sale and making the entire process hassle-free!

Eamon · 13 June 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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Thank you Nikola and Sevya for your…

Thank you Nikola and Sevya for your great help🌸🌸🌸 Amazing people. I bought a house and rented out another one, and they found wonderful tenants. It’s been a great pleasure working with them. 100% trustworthy.

Guniz · 1 May 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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Property Manager Gisella Rappa is…

Property Manager Gisella Rappa is unprofessional and incompetent. She does not liaise properly and timely between landlord and tenants. She also provides misleading information. If you are a landlord or tenant, please beware with her.

Claudia · 27 April 2026

★★★★★ 5/5

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Acorn - Louise King ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

We had sold our house with another agency summer last year, that fell through after months of delays and messing around. We had met Acorn before and parents had recently sold with them with no issue, so we called and they agreed to take us. With the mortgage rates going crazy as we went to market so things were slow, then Christmas...even slower. January, they hit the ground running and arranged some viewings, we got an offer and things went from there. We needed a quick sale as our mortgage offer on our new house would expire and with the help of Louise we actually completed a week sooner than our deadline. It was tough and im sure Louise is pleased to see the back of me, but we are forever grateful to Acorn and Louise for all your efforts and hard work! Will use Acorn again and will recommend to everyone!

Stacey · 28 March 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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Fantastic first time buyer experience!

We just completed and moved into our first property in Forest Hill and have been so impressed with Adam at Acorn Sydenham during the whole buying process. Adam was amazing from day one - arranging 5 viewings in an afternoon and even giving me a lift in between a couple of properties. He was friendly and amicable but also knowledgeable on the properties shown and if unaware of something, always jotted notes down to check and respond later. When we chose a favoured property he was very flexible when we wanted to arrange second and third viewings. Through the whole process he was always organised and very responsive, providing valuable guidance and advise where needed, communicating swiftly with the seller with any clarifications we needed. From initial interest all the way through to completion he really went above and beyond for us, making our buying experience very pleasant. Adam is a great ambassador for Acorn and we would now 100% recommend Acorn after the top notch service provided to us.

Colin · 27 February 2023