Reeds Rains Chester Le Street reviews

★★★★★ 1/5

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We went for reeds rains because we used…them before

We went for reeds rains because we used them before and they were great BIG MISTAKE, can't be bothered going into details there's lots. House sold in 2 days, had 17 viewings and 6 offers. That's when communication stopped, we had no follow up calls, no pushing solicitors. Our buyers estate agents Paul birtles was AMAZING. they called us and even called our solicitor to push about enquiries. We were sold a lie. For a few photos, some admin and an agent who let people look round our house on there own as she stood outside can't justify how they can charge us 4,000 pound. I contacted the area manager about our service, they are prepared to drop 350. I was going to take it further but can't be bothered,Sale branch, it's a very stressful time, please look after the people who have chosen your service. I had to give it 1 star, because would not let me go further. Taking my star back

Irene · 22 June 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Contractors and Tenants - AVOID THEM!

This is a long one, sorry. We've both done work for tenanted properties through RR and been tenants of theirs. Warnings on both sides.Contractors: Don't work for Head Office! It took us 10 weeks to get £30 payment for a job our company did for them. They struggle to get local tradesmen and end up having to subcontract through nationwide groups. If you do any work for them, try to deal directly with the homeowners. Tenants: Avoid like the plague. We were tenants for nearly five years, we had a good relationship with the landlady and made sure that anything that needed doing was either done by us or reported to her, and we looked after the property. When we were given our eviction notice due to the landlady wanting to sell (in the middle of a pandemic...) there was nothing on the rental market available so we had to jump through multiple burning hoops to try and get a mortgage, which we were finally successful in doing. We completed and moved in the middle of our final month but retained the keys for a week to complete a full property clean, and we were told to hand the keys back on the 1st of the following month (as the last day of the month was on a Sunday). From then, we had the utmost struggle with Reeds Rains Head Office. They charged us for one day of holding the keys (having told us to hand them back that day) but didn't tell us up front otherwise we would have handed them back earlier. They also finally decided to charge us £40 to clean the windows (this took them nearly a month to decide...)We initially agreed to the window cleaning charge but disputed the 'rent arrears', but Head Office are so ridiculously bad at communication, they pretended to listen to us, 'agreed' to talk to the landlady or supervisors and then never called us back when they said they would. We'd chase them multiple times and they'd finally come back without having even bothered to do what they said they would. We never received confirmation that the window cleaning was done, nor a receipt for that, and to this date (nearly five months down the line) the property has been sold and no tradesmen have been in there, so we have paid for a service that was never done.We tried to raise a dispute with mydeposits but in their infinite incompetence, Reeds Rains only put half my maiden name on the original tenancy agreement and deposit certificate, and despite us getting them to rectify this immediately, it has now come back to haunt us. Mydeposits won't accept the dispute unless I provide evidence of my name change (marriage certificate etc) which I can obviously provide, but not with the incorrect name originally on the deposit certificate...I've given up. Reeds Rains do not give a damn about tenants or supporting them, they are merely a money-making machine and only look out for themselves. Head Office staff are shockingly bad at communication and the whole experience means we are extremely glad we're out of the renting game and certainly sure to avoid them like the plague in the future. We don't owe them any further money than what was withheld from our original deposit and even now I feel physically sick whenever I see an e-mail come in from them or mydeposits.Thankfully it was only a small amount in the grand scheme of things. I can't imagine what it would be like trying to claw thousands of pounds back from them. Five months of trying to fight and I'm willing to admit I just can't do it any more. I'm exhausted, fed up of the stress and I can't bring myself to waste any more of my time on this, so congratulations Reeds Rains. You win. Enjoy your £120.Edit in response to reply: you believe we've 'come to a solution'?! Where did you come up with that? You can't even be bothered to reply to e-mails or phone calls, you just ignore us! Don't try and make yourselves look better by lying.

Emmy · 21 June 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Use someone else

Reeds Rains appointed a solicitor for my buyers to use, for which Reeds Rains will receive commission. The solicitor has deliberately held up proceedings and refuses to move to exchange just because employees are on annual leave. They're accepting substandard attitudes and approach to work just to get a commission; they're not working with my (their clients) best interests at heart.They're allowing the entire chain to collapse because they didn't properly investigate the credibility of the solicitor they've instructed my buyer to use. Absolutely disgraceful.

A · 14 June 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Shocking support for tenants

Maintenance issues were never resolved in the property we rented. Records have not been passed to us regarding permission to update at our own cost and now the property has been vacated the landlord is seeking funds from our deposit as the work that was done is "damage". To get early release we were also asked to pay a £500 fee for re-registration, administration and advertisement. This seems outrageous given the property was rented for less than a year and a new tenant found before we had left and without the need for advertisement. We were also left without lighting over a weekend as a emergency electrician would not be paid for.Just to highlight that despite the reply posted on this site none of the issues have been discussed by reeds rains. Having used Zero Deposit it also turns out that the company only submitted evidence in favor of the landlord. Allowing him to further take advantage of us.

J · 1 June 2021

★★★★★ 2/5

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Fine when marketing, DON'T use their solicitor panel

My experience with Reeds Rains was excellent until recently. I felt really happy with everything and would have given a 5 star review except they really need to actually undertake some due diligence on the solicitors they are partnering with and encouraging buyers and sellers to use. My buyers and my solicitor have been ignored repeatedly by the Reeds Rains appointed solicitor, who have mislaid both property information and personal data. The Reeds Rains solicitor is delaying the entire transaction but with no real reason or acceptable explanation. This is a straightforward transaction that is now dragging out for months because the Reeds Rains appointed solicitor will only look at each case once each week as a maximum. This is a ridiculous way of working and shows they are encouraging buyers and sellers to use conveyancing firms who take on more work than they can effectively manage. Buy or sell a home through Reeds Rains by all means, but as a seller refuse to entertain their "panel of solicitors" option and refuse to sell your property to anyone who intends to use them. Get proper solicitors involved instead who will actually do the job they're being paid to do, for the same amount of money!For us now, it just feels as though we'll never move. If I'd have known more about the substandard conveyancing firms on the Reeds Rains panel I would have taken different action, possibly to the extent of picking another agent.Update: this relates to Reeds Rains Acomb.

A · 27 May 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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The personnel are unprofessional

Probably my worst ever experience of trying to buy a house, both persons I dealt with at the Evesham branch were shocking. The girl that showed me the properties seemed away with the fairies and providing very minimal info at all viewings. Eventually when I had an offer accepted on a property, I had to deal with an arrogant bloke that had called my solicitor and then lied to me what my solicitor had said! A dreadful experience that contributed towards me pulling out of the property. Their communications in reply’s were shocking, never use again.

Jon · 25 May 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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Great Estate agent

Great Estate agent. Lots of contact from the team and although a slow start we did get quite a few viewings and finally sold through them. Office staff are great and even helped me complete solicitors forms.Would definitely use again.

Nina · 16 October 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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I would not recommend, Salford branch

I would not recommend. I recently rented a property through them, they were the agent working for the landlord. They provided me with wrong information, the wrong details to make rent payments, they provided me the wrong information regarding the tenancy agreement. As a result I have had trouble with my landlord because I was provided with the wrong information.The agreement you sign with Reed Rains is no the same as the one the landlord believes to be correct, this has played a large part of the confusion between the landlord and I.

Joanna · 24 May 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Awful company

Awful company, very shady business practices and not compliant with rental laws. 0 communication by email and phone and a complete lack of understanding of what their obligations are.Do not use to rent, sell or any other type of property business. If a tenant you will not get your deposit back even though your landlord agrees to it without taking legal action against this company as they keep it for themselves. Shocking

Ryan · 11 August 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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Roy and the team are great!

I have worked with Reeds Rains previously when selling and purchasing properties, so it seemed like the perfect go to when I was looking to sell my home in Chorley. The service from start to finish from Roy and his team was excellent and I can't fault them. They were very helpful and I will be recommending them to friends and family!

Natalie · 1 October 2021

★★★★★ 4/5

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Reeds Rains Property Sale Review

The team have worked hard to achieve a potential sale of a property with the need for extensive upgrading and should be commended for achieving that. There has however been communication issues with myself when developments/queries arise.

Stephen · 27 November 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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Awful service

My husband and I have been chasing the maintenance team of Reeds Rains to have a job fixed in the property for over two years now. The latest inspection again has highlighted the damage and my husband has asked for a resolution to the problem and still had no response. The money was taking out of the last tenants bond and the job was never completed. Our current tenants have now lived with the damage for two years which is totally unacceptable . We have a full log of dates and times of when we have chased this job and we are now considering taking legal advice as we don't know how to resolve this. We are paying for a fully managed service but yet not getting the service agreed in our contract so much so the tenants ring us directly as they are so fed up with Reeds Rains poor service.

Joanna · 4 May 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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You don’t get a second chance to make a first impression

I got in touch with this agent as I have a property to sell and therefore wanted their view on how they would market the property. I had three interactions with staff over 10 days and on each occasion the interaction was poor. I note on your responses below you say customer service is important to you but with near 50% of the reviews being left with one star it feels like you have a lot of work to do.I am not going to list all the points that lead to this score as I feel the staff members were only doing what has been asked of them. Their behaviour reflected the business culture and investment (or lack of it) in their staff in my opinion.As Head of Customer Experience for a FTSE 100 Financial Services company I do have high expectations of how any organisation treats its customers. Thankfully another agent has exceeded my expectations and I will be using them instead.If Reed Rains want to hear my views on my experience I am happy to discuss. I am pleased to have had this experience though as it has provided me with a great customer experience case study to share with my front line staff.

Alison · 25 April 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Don’t use Reeds Rains

I’m just sorry I didn’t read the reviews before I used Reeds Rains, You can report repairs until the cows come home, barely anything gets done and as for their so called Maintenance department don’t waste your time. I note from their responses to the reviews how good Reeds Rains are about apologising, STOP APOLOGISING AND ADDRESS THE COMPLAINTS MADE. For an agency that has been established for decades, you are typical of everything I hate about estate agents.

Veronica · 6 July 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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Susan at Reeds Rains in Chester Le Street was fantastic, went that extra mile and guided me through the process. Without Susan’s hard work I wouldn’t be in this amazing house ready to start my life over. Thank You

Peter · 27 August 2018

★★★★★ 1/5

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Reeds Rains Catford - Choose them if you enjoy stress

I could be here typing all day. Appalling communication throughout my whole moving out process. I had to constantly chase them for an update on my deposit for weeks. Their landlord tried to claim MORE than the actual deposit for repair costs including £14.40 for a new lightbulb!? Their staff at Reeds Rains Catford are lazy and unhelpful, and that includes at their head office too. They even claimed to want to redecorate the whole property, when a new family has already moved in there.Their landlord and "contractors" are absolute con artists - avoid at all costs.

LJ · 7 April 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Reeds Rains Durham

Reeds Rains Durham I got your email back and filled in the questions I then phoned on Monday morning and was told someone was going to ring me back and never did someone I know emailed on Monday afternoon and you got in touch about a viewing yesterday so I phoned you yesterday afternoon at 3.45 and was told someone was going to phone me back in half an hour but like before nobody did I find it absolutely disgusting that you say one thing and do another how can someone get in touch two days after and get a viewing yet I’ve never been contacted at all for a company to do something like that is a joke and I don’t know how you keep getting houses to sell or let as your customer service is appalling il be righting a review about reeds rains to let people know how you go about business

David · 7 April 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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Vicki was very professional and helpful throughout, would recommend RR to all.

Ryan · 26 August 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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We recently rented a house through…

We recently rented a house through Reeds Rains and it was the easiest experience. As a first time renter I was worried about how difficult it would be to sort it all, but Anna and the team at the Salford Quays branch made it so easy. Anna especially was helpful, considerate and willing to answer any questions I had.

Lauren · 17 February 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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Great expierence with the Bamber Bridge branch

I used the Bamber Bridge branch to sell my home. Everything was explained well prior to it going on the market & the staff dealt with a number of viewing on my behalf. I had an offer in a few days and everything progressed well. All the staff that I dealt with were very friendly and helpful, I would recommend them.

Laura · 21 October 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Reeds Rains in Catford

Reeds Rains in Catford, Lewisham, London breached Data Protection Act by providing my and my partner's contact details to companies that I'm not dealing with and scammers. As a result my credit scoring decreased 27 points and I am contacted by all sort of scammers to get into my property to check all sort of things!!! I'm calling them and my agent is always busy with other calls, so never been able to talk to them about this and other issues in the property.

Andrei · 15 May 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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Can highly recommend Reeds Rains.

Can highly recommend Reeds Rains.Thank you to the staff at Sutton branch in Hull, especially Karen Knight who made the whole process of buying my house such a pleasant one, chasing things up and answering queries very swiftly, kept things moving in areas my solicitor couldn't. Very professional overall and a pleasure to deal with. Thank you so much

Mike · 6 February 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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We have just sold our house with Reeds…

We have just sold our house with Reeds Rains Chorley and couldn’t recommend them enough. We dealt with Roy and he has been great throughout the whole process. They have communicated well and have made the whole process stress free. Having just sold another property using another agent I have seen a complete difference dealing with Reeds rains and all their staff.

Lynsey · 4 August 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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extremely disappointed in the fact they…

extremely disappointed in the fact they sent out flyers to our immediate neighbours, informing them that our house was sold, before any contract was signed, before we told our neighbours personally. this upset us deeply & there was absolutely no need to do this nor was any permission sought by us. a terribly poor decision by reeds rains in our opinion. totally soured our faith & trust with the Company.

Nookmell · 30 October 2024