Trusted Agent profile · Birmingham
★★★★★
782 reviews across 3 platforms
32 Beeches Walk, Sutton Coldfield, B73 6HN, Birmingham, B73 6HN
Hunters's office in Birmingham, at 32 Beeches Walk, is rated 3.0 out of 5 across 782 reviews on three platforms, including 231 Google reviews rated 4.7.
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5/5
GoogleTeam at Hunters are amazing. Sharon, Yasmin and Allison are great . Sharon and yasmin are always there for me on any issues that may arise ,in what can sometimes be a stressful time as a landlord. They are always there for me, to manage help and reesolve issues.
1/5
TrustpilotSTAY AWAY!
I rented a property for 6 months from this company and it’s by far the most horrific and unprofessional company I’ve ever come across. I got my keys and on entering the property you could smell how dirty it was. The carpet in living room had been so badly worn it had holes in it (when I view the property before it had tenants living in it and this as covered by furniture). Some of the rooms were wallpapered. Obviously lack of cleaning done. I did the inventory hive where you tick of the picture taken by the estate a gent matched the description, it did so I ticked it. All this was via email and before I got the keys to actually see it bare. I was horrified at the state of the place and called them immediately. Banister rail was loose, the back door had dropped, the front door leaked, all interior doors were very hard to open, the showers had been leaking as there was mould on kitchen ceiling directly below, boiler lost pressure when the heating was on and much more. They rectified a few things. Now over the 6 months I was there they did get things sorted (4months before an electrician was employed to fix the smoke alarms). Now I did not receive my full bond back as they took money off me £15 for dust on light fitting, and £25 for paint work that had been scratched (previous tennant painted white paint on brown plastic windowsills). I left the property in an immaculate state. It was much cleaner then when I moved in. Besides Annabelle being the most stuck up rude and unprofessional person I also think I’ve been misled and taken advantage of. As i imagine they took bond money off previous tenants for the decorating issues they did not however rectify this and restore the house to neutral decor. I don’t mind find taken off if I have damaged anything but they seem to take your money and not repair anything!
1/5
TrustpilotAvoid at all costs bad communication…
Avoid at all costs bad communication problems have to keep chasing them.Agreed figure on Friday to let one bedroom property on Monday increased amount by £750 not acceptable or professional.Still not had proper viewing of property at this point sad to say they least bad experience all round.The only prompt response i had from them was an e.mail with a holding charge invoice attached ten minutes after calling to place an interest in viewing the property 🤔🙄
5/5
GoogleBuying a house is stressful at the best of times, having help from fantastic agents though really helps. Throughout the whole process Kimberley, Faye and wider team were reassuring with a great attention to detail, they were on the ball with the chain and went over and above for us on lots of occasions. They are also really nice people and we felt really looked after. Thanks you guys!!!PositiveResponsiveness, Quality, Professionalism, Value
5/5
GoogleWe cannot speak highly enough of Hunters Sutton Coldfield. An extra special thank you must go to Carly who within her first 4 days at Hunters sold our house to the first couple she showed through the door! What an amazing start! Fabulous communication at all times and always available for help and advice for the next stage of our move. Faye, Carly and Kimberley you are an amazing team! Thank you.
1/5
TrustpilotHunters P'Head - Terrible customer service!
My recent experience with Hunters (Portishead) has been very poor and unfortunately, due to terrible customer service, I will avoid ever dealing with the company again. I thought it may be wise to share this review as I genuinely feel houses may not be selling in our area due to a certain persons 'selling techniques'. Every phonecall before and after our viewing with this person was incredibly frustrating. They were very rude, abrupt and patronising. During the viewing both me and my partner were almost cringing at the 'selling technique' , it was all about him and his contacts, very much a bragging opportunity. This was followed with a very patronising quick fire lesson on 'how to sell a house'. If the agent had bothered to actually ask questions about us, he would have learnt that one of us had very extensive property sales experience. Similarly, by asking no questions about us, he didn't sell the house to us, he merely opened the door and identified what the rooms were. No attempt of selling the features to fit our needs, nothing. Whilst I initiated some questions about the property, the agent didn't answer me directly and would always look to my partner when speaking - we both picked up on this seperately and found it to be very rude and came across chauvinistic! The agent wrapped up the viewing by saying he had a cash buyer in next (as to try and scare us), we waited...and guess what, nobody arrived. During the multiple calls after out viewing (some were return calls to his voicemails) this particular agent would respond like he didn't have a clue who we were, (well if he had bothered to use his customer service skills perhaps his memory would have served him better) after re-highlighting who I was, I was faced with short answers in a 'you're wasting my time tone'. I left every phonecall seething at how rude this person really was.I think anyone who has dealt in any customer facing role understands that customer service is key, find out about your customer, what do they do, what are their needs, build a rapport etc.I appreciate we were only viewers but fast forward to us selling in the future - there wouldn't be a chance I would use them as my agent. Safe to say, I will not be dealing with Hunters again.
1/5
TrustpilotMY ADVICE IS DO NOT USE HUNTERS LETTING…
MY ADVICE IS DO NOT USE HUNTERS LETTING IN PONTEFRACT!!!I would prefer to give NO stars to Hunters Letting Agents of Pontefract. They are a shambles, they dont follow best practice in terms of how they deal with those people that sign agreements with them. I rented a property in the area being charged £700 pcm for a 3 bedroom house WITH garage I was very specific I needed a garage. the house had this and i was informed that everything had been checked at the property when I went to sign the contract. Moved in no working cooker, fridge or freezer, had 3 water leaks from bathroom (that I didnt use) into living room. Also no ability to use the Garage as they didnt give me a remote control for it for nearly 3 months and when they did it would not open but I had a manual handle to wind up and down (but the garage was full of builders rubbish), but of course they said they had checked and it was ready to move into. At the end of the tenancy they deducted £90 from the deposit for pet hair in the main bedroom (Ihave a cat which was always sleeping in its bed on the ground floor plus dead flies on the living room floor). No monies back however for the lack of the garage!! I then overpaid by mistake a further months payment and instead of sending back the full amount of £700 the deducted monies for some reason, no explanation to me. THEY ARE NOT BIG ON COMMUNICATING!!! People may think this is not true, I can prove all of this - there is more but i simply cannot be bothered to put it here. Will be taking legal advice.
1/5
TrustpilotAccept no responsibility for misselling
When we purchased our house through Hunters they marketed the property as having a 1.5 acre plot. Since purchasing we have subsequently found out this 1.5 acres is actually less than 1 acre. We have raised this with Hunters who do not consider they have done anything wrong. We have gone through their escalation process for what it was worth and they refuse to accept any responsibility. We are taking further action to understand what laws Hunters have actually broken around misspelling but if anyone has any advice feel free to comment.
5/5
GoogleResponsive service, quick photos and sale. Faye and team kept going during a difficult and uncertain chain to exchange of contracts last week!
5/5
GoogleEvery member of the Hunters team have been extremely professional. We used their services to sell our house during the pandemic and found Faye, Robyn and Kimberley to be friendly, responsive and patient. We were so impressed that we have continued to work with them on the letting of a property. Sharon found suitable tenants within 2 days, who moved into the property in under two weeks. Brilliant!PositiveResponsiveness, Quality, Professionalism, Value
1/5
TrustpilotDon’t expect any help.
Trying to talk to someone is just ridiculous. No one can do anything and always passes to another person which leads to waiting for a callback that never happens. I called 8 times yesterday hit voicemail each time, was only calling as again the call I was promised didn’t happen.Very happy to be changing to working with another estate agent.
1/5
TrustpilotHot air and horse
My original contract was with Thurman & Rye and was acquisitioned by Hunters part way through, but the staff remained the same. They had two flats to sell, so I offered them 3% if they sold both flats within the standard contract period as an incentive to market the properties. They didn’t market or sell a single flat. They just sat there and hoped for RightMove to create the footfall.Worse still was the brochuring of the properties, they couldn’t spell, got the wrong specs and they couldn’t draw the floor plans properly. Loads of promises and assurances from the start etc, but proved to be a load of hot air and horse.
1/5
TrustpilotDO NOT USE THIS ESTATE AGENT
DO NOT USE THIS ESTATE AGENT. On the 18.10.2018 I was appointed to see an apartment at 41 Mill West, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 3JH. (I hope the landlord is reading this)We agreed a time of 16:45 but due to traffic my sat nav advised I would be eleven minutes late. I called the office at 16:25 and after a few minutes of waiting for somebody to answer the telephone I was greeted. I advised the lady I was running late by eleven minutes and was told the agent showing me around cannot wait for me because she finishes at 5pm. I asked why would it be booked with only 15 minutes to spare for viewing and the reply I received from a manager at hunters was “you only get five minutes to view the property. The manager I had the displeasure of conversing with was named Nicola Thompson. She is rude, cocky and full of self importance with no regard for customer service or a potential tennents interest or the landlord of the property who contributes to her salary. I feel I had a lucky escape. I hope her superiors read this as well as the landlord who owns the property I was going to view. She needs to enroll in a customer service role and soon, personally I’d fire her but unfortunately this is what happens when you allow the inexperienced and possibly inadequate into a junior management role. I will post on every review site I can because of this women’s attitude with the hope her bosses react and teach her how to behave towards potential and existing customers.
1/5
TrustpilotI can't complain about these letting agents as I signed an agreement not too so that we could get some of our deposit back...
I can't tell you about my experience with a recent let as the only way I could get our deposit back was to agree not to complain about any aspect of the tenancy or the process of charges negotiation. I can tell you to be very careful about using this letting agent. They issue a notice to quit towards the end of each assured short hold tenancy rather than let the tenancy run-on so that they can raise the rent, knowing you are in situ and charge new fees for the tenancy agreement. Scrutinise your inventory and the check-out report in detail. Do not suggest you have any cause for complaint.
5/5
TrustpilotHunters Barkingside
Hunters Barkingside Mark Sherer and his team of staff at Barkingside branch went above and beyond to help sell our house in Clayhall Ilford. I cannot recommend them enough A*
5/5
GoogleWe bought through Hunters and were very impressed by the service that we received. As buyers they kept us well updated and we were particularly impressed by Kimberley and Faye, both of whom were very dedicated and helpful.
Thank you David for your kind words and we are all very jealous of that fantastic kitchen you'll be dining in this Christmas!
5/5
GoogleFriendly, efficient and professional service.
1/5
TrustpilotWe had so many issues
We had so many issues in our rented property and they never came and sorted them due to this we moved out. We had left our house in a very clean state and only the problems we had when we moved in had been left they tried to take our full bond off us and more. They are horrific and I wouldn’t recommend using them and I certainly won’t be ever again.
5/5
GoogleGreat company and group of people :)) helped me sort out my first solo rental quickly and easily! Really nice tenants portal for sorting out applications, any maintenance and for setting up broadband/bills/movers etc. Highly recommend!
5/5
GoogleWe bought our most recent house with Hunters (Sutton Coldfield) and I would highly recommend them for any house purchase or sale. From initial contact to completion they were friendly, professional and went above and beyond to ensure a smooth and stress free house purchase. Unlike many other Sutton Coldfield based estate agents I have dealt with over the years, the staff at Hunters provided a real personal touch and were extremely approachable and professional and more importantly (to me) came without any hard sell tactics. I have also moved my rental property to be looked after by Hunters, which was speedily rented within two days of being advertised and again the rental and subsequent tenants move in came with no stress and was dealt with fantastically by the rental team. I can honestly say, that now I would not use anyone else for buying, selling or renting a property. Thanks for your continued support Hunters. A very happy customer :)
1/5
GoogleWaste of time. Don't advertise as by application. Also don't process applications very fast and take forever to respond to emails.
5/5
TrustpilotKIRSTIE KAY
This review is for Kirstie Kay for being very helpful and performing her role to a high degree of excellence.I most note John Adlam (partner) made a simple request extremely difficult to facilitate and an unpleasant experience.
5/5
TrustpilotGreat service
Once again guys 1st class service. Always use these guys. Great price. Always polite. Always on time. And the plus is your car engine is started for you so no cold car to get into. If it’s icy the windscreen is defrosted for you. Thanks again 👍👍
5/5
GoogleSharon and Lucy have been a massive help in getting a tenant into my property. It has been a smooth transition due to their hard work. Much appreciated.
Many thanks Kalim. We look forward to working with you further in the future.
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