Reeds Rains Durham City reviews

★★★★★ 1/5

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would never rent off Reeds Rains again.

We rented a fully managed property off Reeds Rains and it was a horrific experience. We waited 5 months for a bedroom door to be fixed that was mentioned before we moved in. Then 5 months for a broken gate. They have no empathy at all. Each department blames the other or the landlord when repairs are not carried out. Our over all experience was absolutely horrific. Also staff in the Cheadle branch speak to you like your beneath them. It’s was so bad I couldn’t speak to them without loosing my temper.

Brian · 29 April 2018

★★★★★ 5/5

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I recently purchased a house through reeds rains Durham and the service through the full process has been great. Tony deserves a special mention, he couldn’t have done more to make sure the process went smoothly

Danielle · 10 August 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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Team were very helpful with the remote sale of an apartment flat. Tony took over the sale part way through and was a wise advisor during a couple of challenges. Would recommend working with Tony again.

Michael · 10 August 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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Review by Steph

Excellent Service from Reeds Rains Rhyl with a special thanks to Joe and Tom for their valuable support in keeping me fully informed at all times. Probably couldn't have picked a worse time to sell with all the Covid Restrictions but was very happy with the end result. Would certainly recommend Reeds Rains to family and friends.

S · 6 March 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Extremely poor customer service. No respect for a customer.

Extremely poor customer service. They have refused put my offer forward as I declined to take the mortgage with them. They said that my AIP which I had from my bank is not valid from them. After my Financial Advisor called to them they said that they accepted to put my offer on. After two hours I received the message that property has been sold.ReedsRains not to be trusted, they are cheat, they will try to force you to take out mortgage from their broker. No sense of care for customers.I will not ever deal with ReedsRains again and avoid any properties that are associated with ReedsRains.

Greg · 25 April 2018

★★★★★ 1/5

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Poor communication

Poor communication. Over promise under deliver. No strategy to market a property bar putting on rightmove and hoping for the best. Our property still on the market after three months no offers and reduced asking price. Neighbour with exact same house and same initial asking price under offer within 3 days using Smartmove. Cannot get replies to e mails. Lack of motivation to keep our business. An e mail is being sent to Head Office. Lost out on the property we wanted.

Peter · 24 April 2018

★★★★★ 1/5

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BE WARNED!! Very disappointed with RR

Bad communication, very disappointed, seemed to appear professional but in reality totally the opposite. I put in an offer in the range of asking price, no reply for 2 months and finally when I chased up, I was told the property was sold, but the property was still available on the market! Finally when she replied after 2 months, lady who was dealing with my request suggested that if I still wanted to be considered that I should put in an extremely higher offer than the asking price so the offer cannot be refused.I found that very cunning and extremely disappointing because the actual price sold for was significantly less than the offer I initially made. ReedsRains not to be trusted, they are cheat, slow with bad communicators. No sense of care for customers. I will not ever deal with ReedsRains again and avoid any properties that are associated with ReedsRains.

Asim · 15 April 2018

★★★★★ 5/5

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I have used Reeds Rains twice now and…

I have used Reeds Rains twice now and always found Lisa Sharp to be incredibly swift in dealing with all aspects of the process. I highly recommend this Agent.

Malcolm · 27 November 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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Reeds Rains: A warning to landlords

Reeds Rains Hillsborough (Sheffield) basically conned us into signing up with them for the rent collection service. We were told we could quit the service with a months notice so we signed up. However you have to pay a FULL MONTHS rent that the tenant pays plus VAT and not the rent collection percentage. So in our case that's over £600 to stop Reeds Rains collecting the rent. In other words a years rent collection fees if you like just to exit. Interesting as the contracts are for 6 months!Our tenant also signed the contract with an address for Flat 4, Spain (I kid you not) and Reeds Rains wrote down she was 57. Turns out she's 67 and retired which means we're in breach of our BTL mortgage terms.To top it all they also transferred all the energy supplies to Spark Energy without our permission BY MISTAKE as we'd signed the forms NOT to do so! Still trying to sort out the Spark issue some 9 months later.In short be warned. We're currently in dispute with them and would suggest you look up the unfair contract law if you're in the same boat or if you're sensible DO NOT USE REEDS RAINS LETTINGS IF YOU ARE A LANDLORD!

Big · 14 March 2018

★★★★★ 1/5

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Reeds Rain Ilford - Horrible experience in every respect.

We purchased our first property from a seller who used Reeds Rain in Ilford. As I work in a property related field I am not nieve to the process.We put in an offer for the property based on a number of conditions being met. One of which was a clear timeline for completion. We were assured that there was a very short simple chain and that it would be an easy smooth transaction.Fast forward six months and we are still waiting for multiple properties in a branched chain to exchange with complex negotiations still underway.Reeds Rain refused to exchange for the entire time (we didn't end up exchanging until a week before completion.) If we weren't tied into the transaction at this stage we would have walked away 100% as a result of their abysmal handling of the situation.In addition to this, a number of the required conditions of sale were not completed, but we were not provided access to the property to check before completion - but again, we were assured by their office that there would be no problems and that things would be done. In summary of their service and attitude: Their office will never return your calls, you will have to just keep trying to get through to the right person, they will refuse to put anything in writing and once they have finished giving you the sales pitch, you will be nothing more than a number in the ledger and they will treat you as such.

Andrew · 6 March 2018

★★★★★ 5/5

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Reeds Rains Rhyl branch

Reeds Rains, Rhyl branch have shown us exactly how an estate agent should work, professional from valuation to offer accepted in less than a week on market.Kept fully informed without even needing to pick up the phone. Very honest comments realistic valuation leading to very quick offer accepted, after 6 months with another agent!! and everything is extremely stream lined. Buyers must feel comfortable too as they've shared honest feedback.

Claire · 2 July 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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Horrific experience

Horrific experience. Zero customer services skills, blamed me for mould in the property I let from them which later revealed to be written in the inventory which was completed the day before I moved in, therefore they let me a property which they KNEW was mouldy.

Beth · 26 January 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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Avoid At All Costs

This is the worse estate agents you could possibly use! They lie, deny any responsibility for any wrong doing, break your legal contract, never action anything they say they will do, cause you stress, financial loss, and have the worse management and complaints procedure I’ve ever known. If you are looking to rent or buy a property I would definitely not recommend using these and I work in the industry.

Matt · 17 September 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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Reeds Rains Wilmslow

Great service with both buying and selling. All staff in the Wilmslow were very helpful and efficient at keeping me up to date, either by phone or email. All staff were very professional and persistent to close issues which occurred as a result of inadequate communications from my solicitor. I would not hesitate to use Reeds Rains Wilmslow in the future. Thank you!

C · 13 October 2018

★★★★★ 1/5

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Very poor customer service

I booked Reeds Rains to value my house and got a confirmation email. On the day, nobody turned up so, 20 mins after they were due, I rang the office. The girl who answered the phone seemed uninterested and totally unapologetic and disinterested. Even after an email to complain I got no apology, just a question about if I still wanted a valuation. I will not bother with them again.

Tim · 8 September 2021

★★★★★ 4/5

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Helpful and supportive

Helpful and supportive throughout the selling process. Went the extra mile to make the sale as smooth as possible despite my solicitors dragging their heels. Overall very satisfied.

Mr · 6 December 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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Tony Hunter and all members of his team helped me sell my mother’s house which proved very difficult under the circumstances. I would highly recommend them and would certainly be my first choice if ever I needed to sell a property again.

Dean · 12 April 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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Our initial contact about the house and…

Our initial contact about the house and handling of our offer was quick and very smooth. They arw now dealing with our mortgage adviser making the process easier.

Karl · 5 December 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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Recently bought a house with Reeds…

Recently bought a house with Reeds Rains Glengormley. Grainne was extremely helpful & couldn’t do enough to help. Service was first class & I would highly recommend! Many thanks

David · 28 September 2019

★★★★★ 5/5

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Best in Hampshire

Dan and Steve are the best there is in Estate Agents in Hampshire, I would recommend them to sell your home, we sold within 4 weeks with the perfect buyer.They are brilliant’

Mrs · 4 October 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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Jordan was so helpful

Jordan was so helpful, an efficient and very friendly young lady. She helped my son find his first home and made the entire experience straight forward in what can be a minefield fro a first time buyer.

Ronald · 29 July 2023

★★★★★ 1/5

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Worst experience ever. Castleford branch

Worst experience ever. Do not use reeds Rains if you are looking to rent. They stall and stall in giving you your deposit back. The property management team give you lie after lie and are extremely unprofessional Handed in my keys 29th August. After nearly 3 months I have only just got my deposit back. I was supposed to get a check out report the day after they did their checks.Despite contacting them a few times a week. I was always told they will look into it and get back to me. They never did. After 7 weeks of going back and forth from the branch and the property management team, each pointing the finger at each other. They finally get back to me and decided they were going to take £240 to cut the grass, Despite me having email proof from the landlord that he was going to do it. Their response was contest it with deposit protection scheme as its the landlords fault, nothing to do with them. After reluctantly accepting the charge, I then spent another month going back and forth of them saying they would look into it and nothing happening. Fast forward to last week when they finally agree to give me my deposit back (minus the £240 charge for the grass cutting). They then sent me a quote of £498 for cutting the grass (good job i re checked the quote). I had to speak to a manager to get it back down to the original quote as per email they received. In what world does it cost £500 to cut a very small garden. Extremely unprofessional and trying to fleece tenants with huge unjustified charges. I do not recommend reeds rains to anyone. I have had months of stress over this. They do not protect the tenants at all and only care about getting the rent.

Zach · 23 November 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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The Reeds Rains team we’re amazing

The Reeds Rains team we’re amazing! Emily kept me informed every step of the way in regards with the flat that I bought. I felt very comfortable speaking to Emily. I can’t recommend them enough! Thank you so much!Tiziana.

Tiziana · 21 May 2023

★★★★★ 2/5

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Central office let them down

This is a review as a landlord who used reed rains simply to find a tenant. The local branch in Hebden Bridge did this pretty efficiently. I had it in writing from the central office that after 6 months they would send the tenant a letter explaining that it was now a rolling tenancy. They didn't and are ignoring my requests to do so. So very quick to take the letting payment...I will use a locally based letting agency should i need one again.

Jo · 22 November 2023