Allen & Harris Chipping Sodbury reviews

★★★★★ 5/5

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Allen and Harris Abingdon, Oxon

Allen and Harris Abingdon were the agents for our onward purchase. Firstly Katherine and then Gemma were really good at keeping us informed what was happening. Much better than the agents who were selling our property. On what was a very long ongoing sale and purchase through no fault of Allen and Harris Gemma worked hard at trying to keep the chain active and to find solutions to push things on. She was always a pleasure to chat to and at the times things were not going well for us a positive voice to talk to. Thank you Gemma and Katherine

Christine · 26 July 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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The team at Chipping Sodbury have been incredible with the sale of my father's property. Sarah in particular has worked tirelessly. We have been kept informed throughout a very difficult purchase, for reasons not to do with Allen and Harris. She has consistently gone above and beyond to help us. Molly has also worked really hard to support us. Thank you so much.

Santa · 11 October 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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Thank you Maisy and Olly.

A big thank you to Maisy for her kindness, patience and professionalism throughout our buying experience this week. We are moving into Shepton Mallet from Jersey (although my husband was born here) and only had a week to view properties during half term as I am a teacher. On arrival we didn't think that we could be in a position to put in an offer as although we have sold a property at home it hasnt been fully processed....Maisy has made this totally possible for us and we are now really excited to start our new life here soon.Olly was also great at the start of this weeks journey and yesterday when offers were being discussed.From beginning to today when our offer was accepted we have been 100% happy with Allen And Harris.Thank you all 😚

Jo · 25 February 2022

★★★★★ 1/5

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LIARS,MONEY HUNGRY DISHONEST

PORT TALBOT OFFICE - The worst experience I've ever had with an estate. I had a pleasant viewing with the owner who showed me around when the estate agent wasn't available. Loved the house a d spent 2 hours chatting with the owner who seemed more than keen to sell to me, even asked me to exchange numbers to keep each other updated as this agent allowed his last sale to fall through and never notified him.Later the same day I txt the owner and offered full asking, telling him he could take as much time as needed to decide. He replied instantly and accepted. I emailed the agent and formally submitted my offer as well as my mortgage in principle proof of funds (far more than enough to Substantiate my offer) I phoned the next working day a d the agent Sarah Rowlands was instantly offish and dismissive, huffing down the phone and acting completely put out that I had called. She was annoyed me and the owner had contact and told me nothing had been accepted and viewings would go ahead still.I heard nothing til I was contacted by Rachel in there mortgage team. I told them I had already got a lender I was happy with but was pushed in to chatting with her anyway. After talking through the mortgage info I was then called yo say my offer was accepted and it would be taken off the market....that was until dat laterite Rachel had decided upon herself to go behind my back and speak to my lender and tell me they wouldn't lend to me...pure rubbish, i had personal contact with my lender and was told that agents tend to use intimidating and bullying tactics to force people to pay for their services.As soon as I refused to pay for the agents in house mortgage service I was ghosted and then told my offer had been gazumped and owner stopped contact. I took it as a blessing in disguise as I would never deal with Sarah or Rachel or this crooked company. A week after that I wascontactedby the owner again who assumee I was still buying...I had to be the one to tell him that his agents lied to him and me and that I was messed around and they declined my offer without his knowledge.Avoid these unprofessional,dishonest,useless, crooked liars at all cost!!!

Furb · 17 November 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Charity Shop Sue needs to help them.

Charity Shop Sue could show this lot a few things about management. Broker was an imbecile, couldn’t get him off the phone until we paid, then couldn’t get him on the phone. His manager was a nylon shirt wearing narcissist. They caused delay, drift, and endless stress. Avoid like the plague. Financial ombudsman here we come.

Andrew · 10 February 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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This company have breached GDPR by…

This company have breached GDPR by exposing private information on their computer screens facing the shop window. They have also been very rude to anyone who has pointed this out to them. Abingdon.

Julie · 3 June 2026

★★★★★ 3/5

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We used Allen & Harris for a probate sale for my late fathers house. Initially incredibly enthusiastic but as time passed & they got busier as the market opened up, contact lessened. Updates were only provided if we did the chasing & we had to prompt on several occasions to get the EPC done. Used their solicitors, Howells, who got it all done but again comms at time were slow & poor unless done on the phone. The biggest disappointment was the fact that no one bothered to telephone us on the day of completion. It smacks of being treated as an easy money earner for them, when in fact the emotions involved on the day were overwhelming. Not having used an EA for years, it’s difficult to know if this is standard service or not?

Lorna · 11 October 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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Very highly recommend Allen and Harris

Very highly recommend Allen and Harris. Communication was plenty. Good Advice, All Thanks for the Patience of Matthew at A&H. Professional, friendly service. All made a very difficult time for me and my family. In parting with my late parents home. Thank you so much for everything

Babs · 9 July 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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Sold my house with Allen and Harris in chipping sodbury, Matt is incredible! Told me he’d get more than other estates said I’d get and he was right. Great service from start to finish

Stu · 17 April 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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First time buyers - Excellent team

We were buying as first time buyers, we had no idea what we were meant to be doing and when. Our sale wasn't the easiest due to many complications from the developers, but Carly and the team really went above and beyond for us. I was able to call nearly every other day and they'd all be cheerful, tell me I am not a fool for constantly chasing, and just being absolutely lovely. I highly recommend Allen and Harris! Their customer service is on another level and they would bend over backwards if that would help the process move smoother.

Sophie · 29 June 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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Team Corsham - Amazing Service!

Team CorshamThe Corsham branch have been absolutely amazing, selling our house and proactively supporting us in the dreaded “chain”.Courtney has been an absolute 🌟, like a dog with a bone when faced with dealing with a shocking estate agent at the bottom of the chain, and an arrogant and useless solicitor in the middle! She was amazing in keeping the top of the chain fully informed and worked tirelessly and cohesively with estate agents to get the chain across the line.Sarah and Beth have been fab too, always at the end of the phone to listen to our concerns and act accordingly.Thanks Team Corsham for helping us realise our dream!From: Team Neston 😜

Eira · 21 May 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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Allen and Harris Estate Agents in Chipping Sodbury were so helpful, we put an offer on a property and immediately they sorted everything out for us! Just brilliant! Thank you so much!

Wendy · 22 January 2025

★★★★★ 1/5

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Very little communication. AVOID!!

Avoid this company at all costs. I used the PPAISLEY branch, I was misquoted on the fee cost and over quoted on the value of my property. So, it cost me MORE to sell and my property was worth LESS than they said. After taking time off work to allow Allen & Harris' photographer in my property I ended up asking them to use my own photographs. I was told I would be contacted once a week with an update, but this rarely happened. Prior to my flat selling I hadn't heard anything for over 3 weeks. I has to ask them to check viewers were actually viewing a property that fitted they're search criteria. A constant reason a buyer wasn't interested was that it was in the wrong area. Goodness sake! Google maps!! Check with the buyer where they DO want to stay!! That was beyond strange, why view somewhere that is not in your search area? I honestly doubted half my viewers even existed. Weekly calls from the office from Leanne soon stopped, these calls were embarrassing as Gary who sold me on using Allen & Harris had assured me that my property was in high demand. This was obviously not the case OR this company were not doing their job. I eventually had to chase up this company to make sure they were doing all they could to sell my property. I think they were more relieved my property sold than I was, I got ONE phone call to say an offer was being initiated and that was the last I heard from them. Everything then came thro my solicitor. They did practically NOTHING to earn their over-rated fee. Avoid this company at all costs. I have only awarded 1 star as there is no option to give ZERO.

Linda · 22 February 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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Wonderful company to deal with

From the initial meeting to the conclusion the Ayr office were fantastic Caitlin, Ben and Allan were calming and reassuring at all stages. I am the anxious type so their management and constant updates were very welcome. I wish I had gone with their lawyers too in retrospect. I would not hesitate to deal with them again!!

Mrs · 27 September 2023

★★★★★ 1/5

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Would give zero if I could

Would give zero if I could. We had lots of issues with the house and the estate agents just ghosted us. To this day, they still owe me money for the keys because they couldn't even manage to get keys cut right (never heard of checking?). I keep asking when it will be returned and Lewis just says "I will get back to you". Special shoutout to Lewis for being particularly useless on this matter and for maintenance issues overall. They left us with broken furniture for a whole year- they kept saying they would send someone to fix it but never did. The house had an awful mould problem- they sent someone over to give quotes to install extractor fan in bathroom but nothing came of that. They tried to milk money out of the deposit but we argued so they backed out (their claims had no merit). Would not recommend. They don't check that houses are suitable to live in, and they don't respond or care if there's an issue with the house. Not responsible, practical, or reliable.

Yasmin · 12 October 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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Just sold my flat through Allen and Harris Chipping Sodbury and I found all of the team there to be excellent. Special mention to Alyesha who looked after me the most under the obviously difficult circumstances. It took a while due to the original purchasers pulling out, but they found me another buyer within 3 days which was amazing. Alyesha worked hard to make sure the whole process went smoothly. She was always easy to get hold of and communicated each stage so I knew where we were in the sale process at all time. Would highly recommend Allen and Harris Chipping Sodbury if you want a professional and smooth sale/purchase. Thank you all for your patience - I wasn’t the easiest vendor you’ve ever had!! :-)

Dee · 11 October 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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Most important point.....they sold our house for us! We tried with a different estate agent and after many viewings with not 1 offer and constantly told to reduce, reduce, reduce we pulled our house off with them and advertised with Allen & Harris. After only a 2 viewings they had sold our house for the same price as the previous estate agent told me was to much money. Alyesha, Matt & Hollie were all very efficient and always call/email back which is a fine thing nowadays! We ended up in our dream home as they sold our house quickly as they said they would, need I say anymore?

Tom · 11 October 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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I can not say enough good things about the service I received from Sarah and the rest of the staff at Chipping Sodbury. They all went beyond all expectations , I did pass on a good ref.to one of my friends who has now booked with Sarah to sell their home. I am sure I am not the only customer to give all of them 100%. And want to Thank Them and wish them all A Merry Christmas and A Happy and Prosperous New Year. Trish & Paul Bronsema

Trish · 23 December 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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I can not say enough good things about the service I received from Sarah and the rest of the staff at Chipping Sodbury. They all went beyond all expectations , I did pass on a good ref.to one of my friends who has now booked with Sarah to sell their home. I am sure I am not the only customer to give all of them 100%. And want to Thank Them and wish them all A Merry Christmas and A Happy and Prosperous New Year. Trish & Paul Bronsema

Patricia · 17 December 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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Shockingly bad company to rent from

Shockingly bad company to rent fromOne of the worst renting experiences we have ever had, doomed from the start to finish. Left us in unsafe conditions with mould, broken shower and flea ridden carpets with an overwhelming stench of dog despite telling us the property had been professionally cleaned.Eventually after numerous kick offs they brought in cleaners who agreed the state of the property was close to inhabitable. They noted the landlord had tried to use paint to cover the extent of the mould and that it was only likely to get worse.We had agreed prior to move in to bring our pet, however this was completely missed off our application by the team and subsequently caused another kick off from our landlord, trying to void our rental agreement and request our pet was re-homed due to their grave error. They claimed the building was a listed building and we ideally were wishing for the single glazed windows in the living room to be replaced due to how cold it gets during winter despite heating on. This was refused even though the bedroom and kitchen windows had been replaced and there was no record of the property being listed. Lastly as our tenancy agreement was coming to the end, we were surprised with the news that the flat didn’t have a Carbon Monoxide alarm despite passing the gas safety before move in, this means us living there was completely illegal due to having gas appliances but yet they continued to work with the same landlord and readvertise the property for rent.Overall there is a complete lack of care or interest for tenants at all and they seem to completely priortise getting money from landlords. They do not care for people in the slightest.

Jez · 11 December 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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I rang their rose hill branch to let…

I rang their rose hill branch to let them know a property they are managing has a sofa outside which is causing an eyesore and was put through to the manager. She spoke to me so rudely, refused to help and hung up on me.

Lydia · 5 January 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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Rude and abrupt - Clarkston Branch

I have been waiting a month for a call back with more information. I found a couple times over the month and got told that I would be called back. I phoned today and the lady was rude and abrupt, saying they already phoned - which they did not. This whole experience has made us never want to use them.

David · 6 August 2025

★★★★★ 1/5

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This should be 0 stars

This should be 0 stars. Don’t rent from them, shameless money grabbers. They don’t know what they are doing, liars and that’s all they care is about money. They do not care about tenants unless it’s money. They don’t know what they are doing within their team as one person says one thing and another says another. They lie about coming to agreements and shift the goal posts after they take your money. You pay early to full contract, hand in keys and leave property, then they tell you that your still liable to pay all the bills and council tax even though your not in there. After the fact, They tell you that you didn’t follow early release protocol and yet when I tried to ask for early release at the earliest opportunity they said there is no such thing. They are shameless - stay away!

Michelle · 29 November 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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If you’re renting my honest advice…

If you’re renting my honest advice would be to avoid this company like the plague!!! This company only have one focus within their little set up and that’s money money money. Happy to take their cut every month, but not happy to take responsibility or ownership when things go wrong. We’ve had nothing but stress and trouble with them since renting off them, the local office is run by kids who don’t seem to have any clue of their roles, probably only driven by commission and not customer service. AWFUL AWFUL COMPANY.

Jamie · 24 November 2024