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★★★★★ 5/5
GoogleHad a wonderful experience at bridgeford lettings down to a lady named Stacy who works there. She went above and beyond for me to help me find not only a house, but a suitable house within my budget. She was friendly and efficient and always made sure everything was sorted out for me, the information and help she gave was second to none . Highly recommend.
Lauren · 17 June 2023
Agent replied · 16 June 2024
Thank you for your excellent 5* review and recommendation. Best wishes, Lucy, Customer Relations.
★★★★★ 5/5
GoogleGreat experience finding a house to rent with Bridgfords. Caitlyn was very kind and helpful!
Samantha · 21 August 2023
Agent replied · 16 June 2024
Many thanks for your fantastic 5* review. Best wishes, Lucy, Customer Relations.
★★★★★ 5/5
GoogleBridgfords handled the sale of the property I was purchasing in Durham. It was a complex sale and the sales team were amazingly supportive throughout the whole process and were instrumental in ensuring the sale completed. Highly recommend the bridge fords sales team.
Beverley · 22 September 2024
Agent replied · 22 October 2024
Many thanks for the fantastic recommendation and 5* review Beverley. Kind regards, Lucy, Customer Relations.
★★★★★ 3/5
GoogleI would like to thank Stacy Shaw so much regarding the letting process help.
In particular,When I left the property early before the end of the contract she did her best in order to find solutions
and return my money back which I paid them in advance.
Above all she showed high manners in terms of her assist and replies on my phone calls and emails.
Importantly,she was very human as well as very professional.
Ziad · 18 June 2016
★★★★★ 1/5
GoogleMy dad has rented through Bridgfords for almost 3 years and has only had issues. The property he rented was full of mold that they did not do anything about, he lived without hot water in the bathroom for 2 years and with a boiler that was not working properly. Considering how much he paid monthly for the property you would expect much more and from such a reputable company.
This year my dad suddenly died and when notifying Bridgfords of his death they seemed to be compassionate and caring and within conversation it was agreed that if I cleaned and tidied the flat then the security deposit would be returned to help with the funeral costs. As you can probably expect, that wasn't the case. They are now trying to play the card that because it wasn't agreed in writing they can't keep to their word and they have done nothing to follow up on the compassionate or caring that they initially pretended.
Its safe to say I would never use Bridgfords and I would strongly tell everyone not to go anywhere near them, they are an utterly useless, money hungry set of fake estate agents. AVOID.NegativeProfessionalism
Briany · 17 June 2021
Agent replied · 16 June 2024
Hi Briany, Please contact us via review@countrywide.co.uk with full details so that we can look into this concern further for you. Kind Regards, Scott @ Customer Relations
★★★★★ 5/5
GoogleGreat to deal with, helpful and very professional. I said to Madison Ward that if I sell the house I will be using them because from a buying point the communication, process and information provided was spot on.
Ian · 29 October 2024
Agent replied · 12 November 2024
Hello Ian,
Thank you for your 5* review! We're delighted to hear that you found our team, especially Madison Ward, helpful and professional. We look forward to assisting you in the future.
Best regards,
Lucy, Customer Relations Team
★★★★★ 5/5
GoogleI dealt with Stacy, she made everything so easy and we got in as quick as I could have ever wanted to. Couldn't be happier with her service.PositiveResponsiveness, Professionalism
Nyomi · 27 August 2021
Agent replied · 16 June 2024
Many thanks for the marvellous 5* review. Best wishes, Lucy, Customer Relations.
★★★★★ 5/5
GoogleI would highly recommend Bridgfords Durham. Katie was very helpful in my search for a rental property in the surrounding areas. Katie was very professional and had excellent communication skills.
Beth · 17 June 2021
Agent replied · 16 June 2024
It is great to see another 5* review for our local team! Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. Kind regards, Scott @ Customer Relations
★★★★★ 1/5
GoogleHorrible service and bad experience with
Sarah Brownsword give me %100 mortgage guarantee and she advised survey and arranged for me how I can now she didn't know the job only intended to get the payment after she not answer the phones everything is worse I am not must to pay others mistakes
I am not collecting money from the street
this not acceptable I don't reciveved any paper work from the survey wasting money wasting time on the end on cannot get any service
Sarah Brownsword due me £510
I want my money back
Ay · 17 April 2024
★★★★★ 5/5
GoogleI would 100% recommend. Carrie Rutherford was especially helpful!
Bisi · 20 September 2023
Agent replied · 16 June 2024
Thank you for taking the time to leave us this great 5* review and recommendation. Kind regards, Lucy, Customer Relations.
★★★★★ 4/5
GoogleI really appreciated that the staff were very approachable, especially having never sold a property before. Also the fact that they kept in contact and returned calls or emails promptly was great.
Paula · 17 December 2024
Agent replied · 24 December 2024
Thank you Paula for your lovely review. Best wishes, Lucy, Customer Relations.
★★★★★ 5/5
GoogleKatelyn efficiently and speedily deals with client enquiries. Excellent customer care.
Pamhidzayi · 24 August 2025
Agent replied · 23 September 2025
Thank you for your thoughtful 5* review! I will make sure your kind words are passed on to the local team. Best wishes, Lucy, Customer Feedback and Support Team.
★★★★★ 5/5
GoogleI had a great experience from Bridgford thanks to the excellent service from Stacy who has a lot of patience and expertise sorting out everything as soon as possible. She deserves millions of stars.
Milad · 5 November 2024
Agent replied · 12 November 2024
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience and for your wonderful 5* review Milad! Kind regards, Lucy, Customer Relations.
★★★★★ 4/5
Googlejust completed a property this week.
good service and quick response from Madison. She had always a positive attitude to solve out the problems for customers
recommend if you are looking to buy
Raymond · 11 November 2024
Agent replied · 11 December 2024
Thank you for your lovely review and recommendation Raymond. Best wishes, Lucy, Customer Relations.
★★★★★ 5/5
GoogleEverything has been arranged quickly and smoothly without any problems.
Tomas · 17 June 2023
Agent replied · 16 June 2024
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience and for your wonderful 5* review! Kind regards, Lucy, Customer Relations.
★★★★★ 5/5
GoogleOne word for the service here.
WOW!
I’ve been messed around in the past, but here I was made to feel like part of one big family.
Harriet particularly made the whole ordeal much more enjoyable. Her phone manner and know-how were exceptional.
Would highly recommend buying or selling through this branch if you want professionalism and quality.
James · 17 June 2023
Agent replied · 16 June 2024
Thank you for taking the time to leave us this great 5* review and recommendation. Kind regards, Lucy, Customer Relations.
★★★★★ 5/5
GoogleFirst time to rent an apartment instead of the student accommodation in UK. Very confused at first, until I met Caitlyn Chambers. Thanks for Caitlyn Chambers who helps me a lot and I finally rent a good apartment.
Y · 12 August 2024
Agent replied · 26 August 2024
Many thanks for your outstanding 5* review. Best wishes, Lucy, Customer Relations.
★★★★★ 5/5
GoogleI’ve had Grace baker from Bridgfords Durham
Lead on my case and she’s been fantastic as an estate agent . She’s kept both parties ( seller, us and the buyers ) in the loop with response times within 24 HRs
She even went out of her way to collect post from me as I live 3 HRs away from my property in durham .
For all the online estate agencies out there , I have to say , the human touch of facilitation that Grace has shown has taken some of the stress out of selling our property
Many thanks
Dr. P. Rao
Prithviraj · 18 June 2019
Agent replied · 16 June 2024
Many thanks for your wonderful 5* review. I'm delighted to read that your received such great service from Grace and the team at Bridgfords and they were able to go above and beyond to help you. Best wishes, Tracey.
★★★★★ 1/5
GoogleAbsolutely abysmal customer service or should I say non-existant customer service, was told to pay numerous admin fees upfront and I would be sent a receipt immediately, so I did so and have yet to receive any receipt after over 3 weeks from the payment date. I have made daily phone calls sometimes 2 or 3 a day have waited over 3 weeks for a call back, whenever I call the advisor is either 'in a meeting' or 'busy' and told they will call back when they are available. Full of time wasters and money grabbers who are not bothered about their customers at all once they have your money!
Matthew · 18 June 2019
Agent replied · 16 June 2024
Thank you for the review. I am sorry to hear about the issues you have had. If you would like to discuss this further please contact us on customercare@countrywide.co.uk
Kind regards, Chris
★★★★★ 1/5
Googlethis estate agency is a joke.
Less than 24 hours before a viewing, which was arranged a previous week, I visited the office personally and confirmed my attendance. they still emailed me an hour before the viewing and wanted me confirm, and I did confirmed it via email too. they again called a friend of mine just before the viewing, who was helping me to get into contact with the agency while I was abroad, he confirmed the viewing as well. but 3 confirmations were not enough so they did not show up. when I managed to call them and let them know that I had been waiting for about half an hour in front of the property on a stormy weather, they decided to come to the property. yet the property was under a heavy construction, so much so that we could not even enter the rooms and there was no bathroom. this is the property whose advertisement still says “This tidy little house comes exactly as seen in the photographs”. no one bothered to tell me about this little detail (!) of renovation thing for about a week.
as I said, this estate agency is a total joke, but Sarah. She was so nice and helpful.
Ahmet · 18 June 2019
Agent replied · 16 June 2024
I am sorry Ahmet that this has been your experience and I would like to ask you to contact us via review@countrywide.co.uk should you wish to discuss further so that we can look into this matter.
Kind regards, Scott
★★★★★ 1/5
GoogleI was left sitting outside a property not once but twice in the same day waiting for a viewing.
I was told I would meet staff at the agreed time and when no one turned up I called to be told they tried to call me 3 times and sent me a text to confirm the viewing.
They had not.
They then agreed to reschedule the viewing a second time later that day.
Once again, no one turned up.
I’ve sent my complaint to head office. I could only get the details to do this by calling a different branch in Washington and having them email the details to me.
A day wasted after arranging time off work.
Based on the other reviews of this company it’s safe to say I will never be using them again.
I feel sorry for the landlord wishing to rent their property and wish I could contact them to tell them my experience. Sadly they will probably never find anyone to rent out to through this company as they can’t even arrange viewings for prospective tenants.
Lola · 18 June 2019
Agent replied · 16 June 2024
Hi Sara, thank you for your review. I’m sorry to hear you’ve had difficulties viewing a property with us. As discussed with you yesterday, we followed our branch policy and attempted to contact you on three occasions to confirm your appointment. We weren’t able to leave a voicemail and so also sent you a text message. We did not hear from you, and so cancelled the viewing accordingly. You later called us to advise no one had arrived at your viewing, and advised you had no contact from us despite us confirming we had the correct telephone number for you. We agreed to meet at a later time during the day. Our colleague attended the house at the newly agreed time, but unfortunately no one arrived to meet us. Our colleague waited for over 15 minutes but had to leave. Should you wish to rearrange your viewing, please contact the office directly.
Kind regards
★★★★★ 5/5
GoogleI have been a tentant with a landlord who uses Bridgfords to manage their property for 4 years now. I have an assigned property manager, Sarah Foster who works for the Property Management Team, and she always makes sure that any repairs are completed by contractors promptly and professionally, she is always on hand to contact with regards to any issues and will go out of her way to help me with any questions or requests I may have. Would highly recommend 😀
Lucy · 18 June 2019
Agent replied · 16 June 2024
Thank you for your great 5* review! I will of course make sure our local team are made aware of your kind comments. Best wishes, Scott
★★★★★ 5/5
GoogleHighly recommend. Adam was so helpful and knowledgable
Ashleigh · 17 June 2023
Agent replied · 16 June 2024
Thank you for taking the time to leave us this great 5* review and recommendation. Kind regards, Lucy, Customer Relations.
★★★★★ 5/5
GoogleStacy was very helpful and professional. Always willing to give me a quick answer and solution. It has been a pleasure dealing with her.PositiveProfessionalism
Maria · 17 June 2021
Agent replied · 16 June 2024
Thanks for the excellent 5* review! Best wishes, Lucy, Customer Relations.
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