Hunters Dartford reviews

★★★★★ 1/5

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Hunters 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.

Natalie · 22 September 2019

★★★★★ 1/5

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MY 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.

Linda · 5 September 2019

★★★★★ 1/5

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Accept 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.

Phil · 30 August 2019

★★★★★ 1/5

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A very nice and polite agent lead us into thinking that once we pay our holding deposit the property will be secured for us only. So after the payment, we stopped looking for other houses and were planning to move in soon. We haven't been told that this holding deposit means nothing at all and that there still would be other potential tenants coming to view this property. In the end we didn't get the property, we lost costs on petrol driving back and forth to the agency, to the property, and we lost a lot of precious time during which we could have found a different house. Very disappointing

Alex · 19 June 2019

★★★★★ 1/5

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Don’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.

Danielle.A · 7 February 2023

★★★★★ 1/5

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Hot 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.

Lam · 1 November 2018

★★★★★ 1/5

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DO 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.

Mark · 18 October 2018

★★★★★ 1/5

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I 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.

Ian · 2 October 2018

★★★★★ 5/5

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Rhys at Hunters went above and beyond when helping us find a property in the area we wanted. He fully supported us when needed. Would highly recommend him and Hunters.PositiveResponsiveness, Quality, Professionalism

Jo · 26 August 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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Hunters 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*

Dale · 1 October 2019

★★★★★ 5/5

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Excellent service from Rhys on the sales side with constant contact and updates and then with Hayley post agreement on sorting the documentation etc very speedily to work towards tight deadlines. Thank you!

Jared · 18 June 2022

★★★★★ 1/5

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We 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.

Molly · 23 April 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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Very pleased with the service I got from the staff (Rhys and Haley especially) at the Dartford branch, they were helpful, kept us informed regularly and as a result, everything went smoothly. Highly recommend them, thank you.PositiveResponsiveness, Quality, Professionalism

Jazmine · 18 June 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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KIRSTIE 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.

Eli · 23 June 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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Great 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 👍👍

Jayne · 21 November 2023

★★★★★ 1/5

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I made enquiries about a house for sale…

I made enquiries about a house for sale in grimsby , and received a basic could not care less email , it did not answer my question, and hastened to add they have no properties in the price range ,I WONDER WHY????very poor customer service , never again with grimsby branch . They could not even find time to put my name on emails. Thats twice in 6 months they have failed .

David · 18 August 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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Great customer service and Hunters Dartford worked well for both vendor and buyer. Communication with us was much better than others we have related with in the past. We will definitely be recommending them.PositiveResponsiveness, Quality, Professionalism, Value

Aiyede2010 · 18 June 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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People be alert avoid at all cost like…

People be alert avoid at all cost like covid. Do not deal with the bradford shipley branch previously Bentleys. Dishonest timewasters that just do not care. They lie and cheat to impress for their own gain. Mis advice vendors to sell to buyers who are friends/associates. Dont waste your time and emotions I did. Wish I and vendors had checked the previous reviews would not have wasted time and money.

Uzma · 9 October 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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Data Breach !

I enquired about a house and have been added illegally to a mailing list. I complained and asked to be removed twice, was told they never added me (though the emails added me 1 day after my 1 ever enquiry to this company) and they have yet to remove me. Companies like this should not be trusted, they are taking your data and will spam you !

Kashif · 8 April 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Rip off.... merchants

Rip off..... overpriced maintenance costs that do not fix the problem then charge again when the first diagnosed issue is attempted again, the Carlisle branch is incompetent

Richard · 28 September 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

Google

They have all helped me through the process in getting my house quickly as possible. I am so pleased to have a local and friendly estate agents as Hunters! Thank you again!!!! Will see you again for sure.

Hassan · 18 June 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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Laura from hunters buntingford has been…

Laura from hunters buntingford has been brilliant in helping us find our new home. Great service, very quick to reply to any questions and very friendly and caring attitude. She took alot of stress out of finding a place to live. I could not recommend her enough!

Andy · 29 July 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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Would highly recommend Hunters Heswall

Would highly recommend Hunters Heswall. Richard is excellent and have been thoroughly impressed throughout the purchasing process.

Caroline · 18 June 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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Rhys from Hunters in Dartford, is so professional and sold my house in record time! He had a buyer ready and showed me all the research he had done to confirm the valuation. He followed the sale all the way through and kept me updated on a regular basis... it couldn't have been easier! I highly ecommend them!PositiveProfessionalism

Julie · 18 June 2022