Connells Fairford Leys, Aylesbury reviews

★★★★★ 1/5

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Long Contract

From the start my experience has been terrible with 32 weeks contract High Fee's do not enter or commit yourself into any long contract.you then have to lower the price they don't lower the fee.you are still left after this period with no sale.

Patrick · 4 April 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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Im selling my property with them

Im selling my property with them, i would not recomend or ever use them again. 1 viewing no feed back, no communication and locked in for 6 months.

Debbie · 24 July 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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Appalling Service from Connells North Swindon

My Son has recently purchased a flat through Connells North Swindon Office. I have not had a worse experience with an estate agent. It started off on the wrong foot where they credit scored and approached my son about a mortgage without his permission. There were some delays and challenges and we got a fair amount of help whilst we were still targeting a pre Christmas exchange. As soon as that was missed we had no support - assume bonuses are paid on completionsI'm used to the estate agent being there through the process and helping to resolve any issues encountered. No such luck here - disappeared and wouldn't respond. I also emailed and left a message for the branch manager to call me - surprise, no one did.This was his first purchase so needed support through the process - appalling service - avoid using if you are expecting any help and support. They seem to be solely focused on targets and bonuses

Steve · 5 April 2022

★★★★★ 1/5

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Unprofessionalism towards tenants

Rented a property from Connells, at the end of term landlord tried to exploit and grab the deposit and Connells acted like they can’t take any responsibility. Connells were the ones rented the property and should’ve taken some responsibility.

Arslan · 1 May 2026

★★★★★ 5/5

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This process wasn’t going to be easy for me, as I was moving from my home, due to divorce. Veronica and her lovely team have been very helpful at every step of the way, able to offer encouragement and advice about the process, and … More

Rosemary · 16 April 2025

★★★★★ 5/5

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Excellent Mortgage Advisory Service at Connells Cambourne

I recently worked with Andy, Connells Cambourne's mortgage advisor, and I'm thrilled with the service. From start to finish, Andy provided expert guidance, ensuring I found the perfect mortgage fit. His professionalism, clear communication, and commitment to customer satisfaction were outstanding. We finally purchased our first home. I highly recommend Andy for anyone in need of top-notch mortgage advice.

Yomna · 18 December 2023

★★★★★ 1/5

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Landlord - full managed service - lettings

AVOID - I let my property with Connells for over five years while I was living abroad. I can honestly say that this has caused so much extra stress. Absolutely no point having a managed service. Everything was difficult, they can't organise anything - I mostly ended up being put in touch directly with the tenants to organise anything needed. They also try to con you out of money at every opportunity. Sabotaging efforts to use my own (trusted) contractor to force me to use their own at a much higher rate. They recommended someone who never provided a receipt, leaving me out of pocket. I would have changed but it was difficult to do from abroad. I can't believe they are still in business.

Michelle · 3 December 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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Had my survey today and honestly…

Had my survey today and honestly couldn’t have felt more at ease. Super kind and polite throughout, even complimented my home. Came prepared with ladders for the loft, wore shoe protectors, and even helped put the hatch back that I couldn’t.

Amy · 1 April 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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Sadly, zero stars are not possible.

We purchased our home June of this year and engaged Connells to complete the survey which would determine whether or not we would finalise the purchase. The survey comes back, and it’s clean! The property was considered in excellent shape, and windows and floors “in good working order with no repair necessary.” Upon moving in, we immediately discovered that the survey was not, in fact, clean. There were serious issues which require immediate replacement and / time or repair, all of which would have been easily spotted by a competent professional. The total bill will be approximately £15,000 to repair the damage. Would not have proceeded with the purchase had the survey accurately represented the property. You have been warned.

Myjakey1 · 31 October 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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fleas...

Moved into a rental property that was not ready on time, then moved in at a delayed date to find the property wasn't clean and the broken oven that was meant to be replaced was still in there. Within three days, we discovered the house was infested with fleas and had to leave with all our belongings still in the home. We had an agreement that the tenancy would be terminated immediately and monies returned to us and had to wait until the house had been professionally treated to be able to get any household items out. Refund kept being promised by the branch, yet was nowhere to be seen, after making a formal complaint to head office - we now finally have our funds paid back after three months from the date we moved out. Everything that could of gone wrong with this rental experience, did indeed go wrong. Staff at the branch were polite, just everything was handled in the most shambolic way ever. Wouldn't recommend from my personal experience.

Tianna · 8 October 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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Aimee and Maisie at Connells have been nothing short of amazing throughout our entire house move process. Maisie always answered questions quickly at the start of the viewing and when we purchased the house Aimee was incredibly accommodating by printing documents for us, helping us complete them, answering queries quickly and chasing solicitors and anyone else involved in the move. If I could give more than 5 stars I would! Highly recommended

Andrew · 23 October 2022

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Stay away from them

I used their service for let only because their price was cheaper than other estate agents. It was a simple process. Pictures were already online and the tenants were found the next day. But the communications afterwards were poor, staff dealing with it totally locking of professionalism and responsibility! I had to keep calling their manager in another branch to ask what was happening and chase the result. On the day the tenants were supposed to go to the branch to get the keys, the shop was closed! Even it was a normal working day and no reason was informed! I will never use them again!

YY · 26 September 2021

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Never again. The Worst. Connells Survey & Valuation ltd

I wish I had seen all of the reviews (on here) before I decided to use Connells. I would have saved myself a lot of headache, stress and money.There is no point telling you everything which is so bad about this company, because it would take too long and most has been covered by other reviews, but to avoid the pain of what I went through, I will respectfully and caringly warn you; DO NOT USE THEM FOR ANYTHING.I hired them for a property valuation. From the very beginning I should have followed my gut, but I didn't because they were the only ones who where able to give me an appointment within the time scale I needed. Big mistake. They were cold and fairly rude on the phone, almost like I was bothering them and they wanted me to hurry up and get off the phone. Needless to say, I still booked with them, hoping that was a one off.After paying for the survey booking, I was not contacted with a confirmation date or update of any kind. I had to chase them up and was eventually given a date. The day before the scheduled date, I receive a message stating a different date to what was agreed. I contact them to inform them I was given an incorrect date. With no apology or understanding, I am told that the date had to be changed because of available and that's it. This really angered me, due to all the arrangements I had to make in order to make sure someone was in my property to give them access. But I still went along with it, out of desperation. Needless to say, when the surveyor arrived, he refused to do the survey because i was not personally present; even though it was specifically arranged and agreed for the estate agent representative to be present, 7 days prior to the appointment. I'm sure you can already imagine what I was feeling and saying, once I received my estate agents call. When I called up Connells, they nonchalantly apologised and simply said I would have to book another appointment. When the survey did actually happen, I was told I would receive the report within 5 days. I waited 7 days and then had to chase them up for it myself. No apology of any kind was offered.Wait, I've not finished; upon reading my report, they had valued my property £30k less than another survey company and also £35k less than my neighbours property which had just sold.I could go on, but I will stop there.All I will say is that I will never ever use any of their services again and I will tell everyone I know the same.Look elsewhere if you want a professional, respectful and caring service. Connells are the worst I've ever experienced. There should be a no-star option.

Corey · 3 September 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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*CONNELLS MUTLEY PLAIN*

*CONNELLS MUTLEY PLAIN*An honest opinion based on facts to prevent you going through the stress of these inconsiderate idiot's. Since the sale I've heard lots of very similar situations so thought I'd spread the word. From day one, Ross came to the house to value it and seemed very good, promised the earth as you'd expect from any estate agent. Valued the house 5-10k higher than others(purposely done to get you on board, who doesn't want an extra 5-10k) That's the positives done! We agreed a 1% fee, Ross the manager put down a figure on the contract and not 1%. We didn't notice this until he had left. We spoke to him on the phone and he agreed to change it, "he would send us an email to confirm it" Weeks went by and we chased for the email, several emails and phone calls went to Ross yet this never got solved. We ended up paying more fees because of his intentional mistake on the contract. Our own fault for not making sure we had it sorted, however Ross clearly knew what he had done and had purposely ignored our emails. Whilst the sale was ongoing with viewings etc we never got any feedback until we called them. Several times we called and they would always say "we were just about to call you" They even held onto offers for days and we only got these when we called them to chase feedback. So we finally agreed a price with the buyer. Connells told us the buyer had no chain and wanted to move in within 6 weeks with no surveys etc as they needed to move in ASAP. This was January 14th 2021, fast forward to July 2021 and the sale is still dragging out because of the chain(the chain that connells told us didn't exist) We found out through our buyers estate agent that the buyers buyer lives in Thailand. This was the reason for a major hold up and very nearly lost us our new build purchase. Credit to Lawsons who didn't have to go out of their way to chase and explain things to us. Things that Connells would have known for months. We spoke to at least 6 different members of staff, the amount of times we were told "we will call you back" and not receive a call is beyond a joke. They also entered our property without permission when we weren't home. Only Connells and ourselves had a key. Our post had been put on the kitchen side, things in the garden were moved. When I questioned this they denied it.Right up until the last day of completion we were still chasing them for their mistakes. They overpriced the final invoice to our solicitor by £100. It took two phone calls from us and one from our solicitor to amend this. Apparently it was a "typo" Funny how the typo didn't work in our favour! All in all a very stressful time which could have been prevented with simply being honest with us and making a few phone calls to us.I've never left a bad review before but this was so bad I felt it was needed. Hopefully our mistake going with Connells Mutley Plain will save you making that mistake. Just to repeat this was CONNELLS MUTLEY PLAIN so please don't mistake this for other connells branches.

The · 13 July 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Horrific

HorrificLived in a property since 2017, repairs continually ignored. 3 times ceiling has collapsed. My belongings destroyed, all my food. Still have no ceiling. Bathroom floor is still raised and leaks. Bath is not repaired and just has plastic siliconed to cover holes. Fences collapsed. Back door not working or secure. All reported and ignored. Trashed my belongings, broke my bed, bin. Left work uncomplete, dumped rubbish in house snd left 20 bags of rubbish for months in my garden. Broke my hoover, left toilet marks in my toilet. Landlord issued eviction noticed because i chased repairs, wat else am i supposed to do, live in these conditions????Falsely accused of doing the damage myself only for 2 inspections to be carried out and proved that its the ignoring and poor work of a contractor. Despite refusing to do repairs and issueing a section 21 to evict they then ask for more rent over 5% wats suggested. Every phonecall and email solves nothing. I still live in these conditions. Bullied and harrassed by refusing to do repairs, eviction and demands for more rent. Stay away from this company. They appear to be interested in only collecting money and have no control or support for tenents. The repairs were serious and my children could have been seriously hurt. Boiler broke and took over a month to repair. I had no heating or wash facilities and this was during xmas time. Words cannot describe how awful this experience is. All evidence will be provided to courts should they persist with eviction. I only hope that I can bank enough to get away from Connells and there treatment of me for good. Dont become a victim of them and stay well away. .

MReynolds · 22 June 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Poor at communication

Poor at communication, you have to chase them for feedback on your viewing. When you do you are chasing for days for a call back.

Nicol · 10 July 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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Think twice before marketing your property with Connells at Fairford Leys, absolutely dreadful experience, poor management, the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing, lies, more cancelled appointments than confirmed, failure to attend appointments and advised us to reduce four times in four months despite setting the initial sale price, they will waste your time, only got any form of reaction when we gave notice to end contract, very unprofessional!

Barrier2010 · 27 November 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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I had a very good experience with…

I had a very good experience with Connells. The team was very professional, helpful, and friendly throughout the whole process. They worked very fast and made everything easy and stress-free for me.

Issadeen · 19 May 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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Treat tenants poorly

Treat tenants poorly. Had to chase for over a month at the end of tenancy to get 3 months over paid rent refunded to me!!!

Daphne · 8 July 2026

★★★★★ 5/5

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Britain’s got talent at Connells

We had a wonderful 1.5 hr conversation with Shane Reavey from Connells.Shane was very informative and answered all our questions about mortgage, and all that he and Connells can offer. He even answered questions that we didn’t know we had. The process of information giving and gathering was made very easy by his open and clear way of communicating.We really appreciated the informative and friendly conversation that took place.Thank you for sharing your time and splendid information and we are looking forward to completing the process with you and allowing us to live the dream.Shane Reavey .... you are a star.Go Chiefs.

Tanya · 11 May 2021

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Horrendous

Horrendous - do not use.Connells are part of the problem when it comes to the cladding scandal. They value properties then when they come back out to do a lenders surveyor they say a EWS1 is required, when it isn’t, thus sale falls through.There is no consistency. They’ve been to my building many of times, values are always under market value if not zero and they don’t seem to know when a EWS1 is required.They don’t allow complaints and ignore emails.Horrendous from start to end.Avoid at all costs.

M · 20 April 2021

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Worst experience ever

Me and my fiance decided to rent our first property together. We viewed a house with Connells estate agents when the previous tenants were still occupying the property, not much of big deal but due to covid we obviously couldn't check out the house in full detail. We decided we loved the property from what we saw and got approved for the house. We made sure to fill out paperwork as soon as we got it as we were so excited for our first house. We were suppose to move in on the 12th March but it was delayed a week to clean the property. We didn't mind and took the reassurance it would be clean. We were then suppose to recieve the tennancy agreement on the 12th which didn't arrive, we contacted Connells but the response time was poor. Finally receiving the contract the following week they had put the wrong address so we informed them. It took a few days of being sent the wrong information on the contract before we finally got a correct contract the evening before we moved. The day of the move we collected the keys first thing in the morning from the branch but wasn't asked for any ID which we thought was odd as we were collecting it from a different Connells branch in our location and hadn't met the staff there before.We get to the property and a pile of rubbish was left on a drive which included tyres, a rabbit run, corragated metal sheets etc... piled up. The electric box door was cracked and the gas box door was completely missing. We found crates on the front garden that were left and as we ventured into the back garden we found yet another pile of broken furniture and househould items down the side of the shed. Empty plastic packets, hardcore and broken toys were also left scattered around the garden. We contacted the agency about it as soon as we saw and apparently the tenants left it for bin day... I don't think large items of broken furniture can be collected by the wheelie bin collector's.First thoughts entering the property was that it was very dirty and unsanitary. As we walked through the house our feet were sticking to the floor and piles of crumbs and dirt were left in each room. We found the mop they had used to clean the floor which was completly black with dirt and honestly the worst mop I've seen. The oven and hobs was still covered in food there were smears on the sink and oven door from where it had been wiped with a dirty cloth. We found mould growing in the corner of the kitchen wall and on the window seals which were also cracked. In the bathrooms 3 dirty used toilet brushes were left, crumbs in the bath, water marks on the shower screen, the bathroom unit was falling apart badly stained and had chunks of wood missing from it, the downstairs toilet seat wasn't attached properly, upstairs toilet had lots of marks on the bottom and wouldn't flush properly. There was no curtain rails in a few of the rooms and a few broken blinds as we went to close them they fell off. The carpet on the landing and stairs was dirty and very worn away. In the shed in the garden was a dirty mini fridge and some open wired electricals which when speaking to Connells they knew nothing about.We recieved the inventory on the day which had 5 pages of things that needed repairing to the property including a deep clean that was urgently required. We hadn't received any safety certificates on the day and when asked for them Connells finally sent them over the following day in which we found a few electrical issues recorded and that wasn't including the dodgy wiring in the shed. We had organised a man with a van to move our large furniture to the property on the day which we did but due to how unclean and unsafe it was we decided not to stay. We spent days trying to contact Connells and finally got through to the director who kept interrupting us and didn't seem to understand the unhabitabal state it was left in. Due to an outbreak of Covid at one of there offices they were all self isolating and didn't have a back up plan to help tennants like us. There were alot of things wrong with the property which we felt were breaking the tennancy act but each time we mentioned it we were dismissed and told that we had signed a contract. Yes we can follow the law on the contract but they haven't done there part on following the legislation for tenants! We wiĺl never use or recommend Connells again!

Kay · 27 March 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Officially the WORSE surveyors!

Officially the WORSE surveyors!! Having owned multiple properties with variety of lender never had as worse experience as this. I paid £500 for survey and they deemed property unsuitable due to some foam on roof. Irony is 2 X other lenders have offered on same property without any questions & my own professional surveyor has happily signed off the property. I’m glad I made alternative arrangements in time. Stop wasting your Time! Read review and do your research. There’s way better surveyors available & if your lender uses this company run a MILE!!

A · 7 March 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Rude and massively undervalued

Valuer was in the property for less than 5 mins, obviously wasn't local, very unfriendly and rude. The value came back way lower (45k) than the offer received from my buyer, so the sale is likely to fall through and I will loose my next property too. Property is rarely available on this road so it is a tricky one to value, but asking price is comparable to local properties of similar size and finish and property sold very quickly with multiple offers which proves it was well priced for the market. Absolutely fuming!

Lorna · 25 February 2021