Bairstow Eves Braintree reviews

★★★★★ 1/5

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AVOID!!!!

AVOID!!!!! These are the worst solicitors to use for buying and selling your property. They are unprofessional, rude, accept no responsibility when things go wrong and speak to you in a derogatory tone, like your an inconvenience for asking for an update.Poor communication with internal departments and actually bad mouth their own solicitors! Do not speak to external companies to chase enquiries, or update them. Everything is done via email, no personal touch. Dismiss your complaints and bully/threaten you when you question things.Increase fees which they don't tell you about or ask you to authorise then refuse to explain them when you receive your final bill.The list is endless!

Kelly · 7 August 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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Appalling service

Made an appointment to view a property. For 3 days in a row they sent me a reminder to attend the viewing. I arrived & waited in the bitterly cold weather for someone to arrive. On phoning the company I was told someone would be with me in minutes. After a further 10 minutes I phoned for a taxi to collect me. The agent did eventually arrive but I told her that I no longer wished to view the property. I thought I would've received an apology from the branch manager but no such luck. Avoid the company.

Louise · 14 February 2026

★★★★★ 2/5

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Like all estate agents

Like all estate agents, they are vague and not capable of providing buyers with the required information. Basically estate agents book in a handful of viewings, act as a path through to portals like Rightmove and that’s it. The house sells itself, not the agent. They just collect commission for hardly any work.

Mr · 20 August 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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The lettings team at Redhill are pretty…

The lettings team at Redhill are pretty good but let down by very poor maintenance. As a landlord I am very disappointed. Significant damage has been caused by a shoddy repair and it’s causes me an awful lot of trouble, so much so that I’m considering instructing my solicitors.

EMMA · 10 September 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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They don’t even deserve 1 star rating…

They don’t even deserve 1 star rating apauling service from day one , was lied too about doing viewings had to do them myself . Told to keep reducing price by I am sold . Leicester branch manger waste of time, passes the book denying everything when I have evidence . Do not go with these at all disgraceful company need watch dog to do coverage on tv and they need to go to be taken to court and forced to close .

Joe · 15 January 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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This is the worse most unprofessional…

This is the worse most unprofessional low class company I’ve had the misfortune to deal with in 50 years. They will do absolutely anything to wriggle and negate any responsibility when things go wrong, which they will I assure you.. do yourself a favour and steer well clear . They don’t deserve one star, the higher up the chain you go the more incompetent it gets. Awful, terrible service. I spoke to the police about the incident and the Seargent said “ oh they’re terrible , we’ve had problems.”

Christopher · 13 January 2026

★★★★★ 5/5

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Connell’s Bushey have been amazing from…

Connell’s Bushey have been amazing from start to finish! Especially Adam and Aimee, thank you so much. Aimee goes above and beyond! :)

Miss · 27 March 2026

★★★★★ 5/5

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Great Service

Great Service - I am a local businessman so busy with my own business. Kyran the branch manager at East Grinstead has handled the purchase of a 5 bedroom house for me very professionally making the process very straight Forward. I would thoroughly recommend the branch. The Financial Advice was also very helpful with great advice and did all the work - service i would expect from my own team -very satisfied to date.

Colin · 21 August 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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I have just sold my flat through bairstow eves , the lady who sold my flat was Millie Keeble , she was so helpful in supporting me through this process . She was always on the end of the phone talking through the process helping cope with the waiting and stress it caused me , every day she would contact solicitors and the buyer for updates pushing for answers and progress on completing the exchange . I would like to say such a big thank you to her she did her job 💯 percent I would recommend bairstow eves and Millie to help sell your property now I have a moving date and are so very pleased thank you so much you are all a wonderful team xx Mrs wright ,

Julie · 10 January 2025

★★★★★ 5/5

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Nicola and Mihai were both very helpful…

Nicola and Mihai were both very helpful and supportive during the process of renting a flat. They were able to coordinate matters from start to finish, and I would recommend both of them.

ANTHONY · 15 December 2025

★★★★★ 1/5

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Awful customer service

Awful customer service! During my remortgage they never answered phonecalls nor responded to emails and they promised they'd pass the message onto the mortgage advisor time & time again, but nothing ever happened. After complaining about my mortgage advisor Ralph Wilkinson things only improved slightly as he still continued to ignore all my phonecalls but would just send a vague email in response. This was an incredibly stressful experience and I would say definitely avoid!

Andrew · 2 February 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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Very disappointed with connels at St…

Very disappointed with connels at St budeaux office.My offer was accepted by the seller than was told the buyer has gone with a higher offer and first time buyer. Which I accept but what I do not accept is being ignored by the office which I sent several emails to and I copied in the manager which I appreciate he was on holiday.. explained my mobile would not let me ring them. So hence sending emailsI was going to put a higher bid in on the property but my emails was ignored.All you had to do was answer my email and say the seller is not accepting any higher bids on the property.Also was told I was not a cash buyer but I could be wrong. I thought if I sold my house and the sale from the house goes into my bank and I pay for the house out of the money. This classes you as a cash buyer. Very disappointed customer. Hence why you receive a bad review. Not even worth 1. Manager not even messaged either

Karen · 18 March 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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I loved the property on their site

I loved the property on their site, I asked for viewings on 31 ist of January, I was asked to view the property on a Saturday 05 of February, the key lock wasn't working I was asked to go back and view on 12th of February, after viewing we were told that we would get a phone call with landlords approval or not, then I got a phone call from the Connels, asking me how much I was gonna give to them i told the the price, and if it was long therm wich I agreed.No phone call from the Landlords approval or denial, I called the Connels twice on 12th and 13th of February,her colleagues told me: the first time the lady how show us flat was busy, the second time she was out, on 14th of February I checked the site and the Status was "let agreed "; later i was told that the flat was given to someone else. No common sense from the Connels to tell us the good or bad news before their changed the flat status on Google and let's find out this way.No common sense from the ConnelsI was wondering let agreed by whom?

Leliana · 14 February 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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They have been holding my deposit since…

They have been holding my deposit since March with no reason at all. We spoke to the landlord personally and agreed an amount which we sent an email detailing and still they don’t want to process our deposit. The one star is for Naomi and Ben from the hitchin office everybody else is useless

Hope · 17 June 2026

★★★★★ 5/5

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Bought a place through these and would highly recommend them, I dealt with Lauren head she got me the house I wanted and the service was out standing, she was always chasing things up quickly and answering all the questions that I needed to know ,she made the whole process of purchasing a house alot less stressful and was always going the extra mile to be as helpful as possible, overall my experience with bairstow eves was 10/10 .....thanks again

Ryan · 26 October 2018

★★★★★ 1/5

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Mortgage advisor

I went to get a mortgage in principle. After discussing and giving all my intimation, I didn’t hear anything from the company. I kept sending emails, and phone calls to the office multiple times. Every time I was told that someone would get back to me but nobody never got back. Incredible how such a company can even exist with such employees.

Anyone · 6 April 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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Poor service letting a property.

Just watched a investigation by panorama on connells estate agents which was very concerning, highlighting the company dishonesty. I went to connells in kingswood Bristol to let out a property. The letting agent seem to know what he was doing. Definitely had the talk but unfortunately did not have the walk. When he posted the property on rightmove website. The photographs of the property were horrendous!!! The photos were so blurry and poor they looked like a 10 year old had taken them. No video as promised. As soon as I seen them, I demand they be taken down before futher damage was done. I was assured this would corrected. When chasing them up the next day I discovered they had replaced the photographs with ones I had taken myself and doing up the property. They failed at the most basic and crucial part of advertising the property. I would advoid this company and also watch the tv investigation on connells. Advoid at all cost unless your happy to be taken for a ride.

Georgina · 19 October 2025

★★★★★ 5/5

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Amazing service

I dealt with Tracey and Raife in teh Ashford Park Farm branch, for the property I just purchased. Tracey was exceptional, updating me every step of the way oh the progress; what was needed my side for my solicitors etc. Which was extremely helpful given that I am a first time buyer. And Raife was very extremely helpful in helping me negotiate with the sellers and both of them were reassuring during the whole process.

Kayleigh · 5 March 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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James was a great guy 100% professional and committed and friendly would defo recommend connells great employee deadication

James was a great guy 100

John · 15 May 2026

★★★★★ 5/5

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Can't thank or praise these guys enough. They work very very hard on customers behalf and did a lot of extra leg work I didn't even expect. I would highly recommend them to anyone looking to move both in this area and Chelmsford. Thank to Jamie, Justin and the rest of the team.

Owen · 17 April 2023

★★★★★ 1/5

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terrible estate not answering phone…

terrible estate not answering phone calls i was ringing the office in kings wood the lady on the phone slam the phone on me if you selling a house you are wasting your time with these people

Jorawar · 25 July 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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Really poor service

Really poor was selling my house through them I wish I hadn’t. Max a manager at Witney left (don't know why but don't blame him) no one told me he had left just silence - no returned calls. They just do a lot of sitting around. No one seems to know what’s going on they never call back and can never really speak to anyone who knows about the sale. I have sold many houses in my time but these have to be the worst agent I have used. Feedback is non existent. A really poor experience. AVOID.

David · 24 March 2023

★★★★★ 1/5

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Underhand practices.

Over value properties to get the deal! We would never of out our house on the market. We can now not afford to sell or buy. All for the companies profitable gain, regardless of families, children and people involved. Very underhand practice! Dudley branch, West Midlands. You know who you are. Been told you are renowned for it!

Michelle · 3 February 2026

★★★★★ 5/5

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The team at Bairstow eves are great! Always on the other side of the phone when you need them and very professional..would highly recommend!!

Holly · 17 February 2026