Trusted Agent profile · Hove
★★★★★
463 reviews across 2 platforms
6-7 Queens Parade, Hangleton Road, Hove, BN3 8JG
Fox and Sons's office in Hove, at 6-7 Queens Parade, is rated 3.3 out of 5 across 463 reviews on two platforms, including 42 Google reviews rated 4.7.
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1/5
TrustpilotFox and Sons Taunton
Having come over to do a valuation, my calls and emails for updates were completely ignored. I even went in to the branch to follow up and even the promises made in that conversation were not fulfilled.If they can't be bothered to follow up when trying to get new stock on board, god knows how poor the service will be when it goes on the market! I can believe any estate agency is too busy right now to return calls and emails.
1/5
TrustpilotHighly NOT recommended
Highly NOT recommended, unprofessional! We booked 3 view appointments, they want cancel 2 (when we waiting next to the property). Lady open a front door for us, hands crossed, and she said she haven’t got time for it. We ask for try the boiler but they not able to do it. They sent us a letter about the boiler is “good working order” we tried use it on a moving day but it’s fail. Don’t do hot water or heating. I contact the agent and solicitor to but they not able to repair it because the exchange is done.. I called 3 different gas engineer, they can’t fix it (it cost £60 each) I have to buy a new one ( is around £3000). I called the citizen advice and they offer for me them solicitor because it’s not legal. I ask them to move the rubbish from the property, but they left a lot of in the garage and garden. Broken doors and skirts so I need hire a skip because it’s bigger then my car (£100). But someone removed few radiators and change the bathroom door, its 2 inch bigger than the frame so no chance for close it. Our mortgage advisor left the company, we wait 2 months for the new one... and the new one didn’t do anything for us. She answer 1-2 weeks later and the answer was always “I can’t help for you”.All of these cost £3000 fees!
2/5
TrustpilotJust moved out of a property managed by…
Just moved out of a property managed by Fox and sons Salisbury and I feel cheated. Their stand is very unfair and unjust. It’s almost 2 weeks I moved out of the property and technically I paying for the property till 10th of November 2019 simply because I only notified verbally. I told both the landlord and the manager of fox and sons Salisbury immediately I got a job far away which means I can no longer stay in the property. I spoke to them about the possibility of a colleague taking up the apartment after checking. This verbal notification came at least 3 and a half month before I eventually moved out. I was later asked to put it into writing when it was 6 weeks to the end of my tenancy. I asked why wouldn’t you tell me to put it into writing when I first notified both landlord and the manager verbally? And the second issue is you collecting the key of the property without notifying that my rent will end on the 10-11-2019, only to do that now when I’m about to claim my deposit. Isn’t that a tactics to get somebody to pay for the time spent to get the property ready for the next tenant? I exchanged mails with manager to show my unhappiness and obviously nothing would change. I’m just here to tell everyone to be careful with fox and sons dealings because the tenancy agreement is very unfair and unjust.
1/5
TrustpilotTo be honest one star is too many
To be honest one star is too many. This is a company that does not consider either the vendor or the buyer. All they are interested in is the money they can make themselves. Their terms are that they price your house based on their commission. So they price it high. Then they tell you that the price is too high and they have had offers from a number of interested buyers at a lower rate. You still have to pay commission based on their original evaluation.They also do not allow people to view properties they have on the market unless you have your property on with them to sell. This restricts the offers the vendor could get.We sold a property with them and would never deal with them again.We have tried viewing properties they have on the market. They will not let us as we don’t want them to sell our property.I would suggest that anyone looking to sell their house to use anyone apart from Fox & Sons
1/5
TrustpilotDo not use Fox and Sons.
Do not use Fox and Sons.1. If you are a first time buyer do not believe Fox and Sons when they state you should use their in house mortgage broker ‘because all banks prefer you to’.This is a lie - the bank do not prefer you to. I spoke to banks afterwards and they said this is not true, and they commonly hear from customers that Fox and Sons have lied to people in this way.Fox and Sons will charge you £99 for using this service as an admin fee, and will then charge you £599 at the end of the process.You can avoid this by going direct to the bank.The mortgage appointment is made up of Fox and Sons broker trying to sell you unnecessary add ons like income protection. Do not be scared into purchasing these agreements. Do not sign up for anything with their broker, if necessary take the information and go home to think about it. Do not purchase anything with Fox and Sons because you do not need it, despite what they say. They are relying on first time buyers being unaware and abusing this to their advantage.The manager from the Polegate, East Sussex branch is very rude and unprofessional - swore under his breath several times during conversation, hung up the phone on me, lied outright to me when he asked me to come to the office even though he knew he wasn’t going to be there. He appears to be quite inexperienced and unable to control his emotions. Poor customer service skills and would benefit from a more comprehensive training development programme that improved his ability to communicate effectively in customer facing situations where he clearly lacks confidence.
1/5
Trustpilotshocking service, do not even think of using their broker service
shocking service. DO NOT USE THEIR MORTGAGE SERVICE. We were first time buyers and used their service at eastbourne, after the first appointment when they found a provider we had to literly send all documents and do all the work for them with the mortgage company although they were meant to be doing this as we paid £690! This was because we had the mortgage company contacting us asking why the broker has not been sending the required documents to them even though we had sent them to him. We managed to get back £300 but if i knew how bad the service was we would of just burnt the money. This has put us from even using their buying service, which they didnt even turn up to a viewing we booked once!
1/5
TrustpilotShysters.
Shysters.I put my property on with them as they offerred a good deal so I thought. I now realise they overvalued the property with lots of promises to get me hooked.I even paid a additional cash lump sum up front for enhanced marketing, but my iphone pictures were better than theirs!So we ran for the full 4 months of the contract and they got 4 viewings, so I told them I was going to go elsewhere. this dragged on for a bit and then I confirmed it to them and went to another agent who sold the place in about 4 weeks!So what the hell were Fox and Sons doing all that time!Now however, Foxy want to claim a 1% plus VAT fee from me for their time as they say there were two agents involved! I think Ill let this one go to court to see what a judge thinks as they did NOT achieve this sale and had plenty of opportunity to do so.Only use these guys if there is no one else and spray painting 'FOR SALE' on your fence is not an option!
1/5
TrustpilotAvoid Eastbourne Fox & Sons
Shockingly bad service. I would recommend to use any other estate agent apart from them. Firstly, they send Travis, who will go to the end of the Earth to get your listing by spending 2 hours if need be, giving an overpriced estimate to get your business then to later reduce it when it gets no interest. Try to charge you 2% fees+VAT at first, which a lot of people probably fall for if it's their first time and will push you to use in-house solicitors and mortgage advisors. After viewings, they pretty much always failed to give feedback on them unless I called and wouldn't even text when a viewing was going to occur. They would just give one phone call and go ahead even if it wasn't answered. They would send someone from the office who knew absolutely nothing about the property to do viewings, who also wouldn't be able to answer prospective buyers' questions. This also occurred when we went to view properties being sold by them. Then, when our property finally did get an offer as we only listed with them because the property we were buying was with them also, consequently the other property we were supposed to buy had been bought by someone else. What a coincidence! They then wanted us to still sell our property while they looked for another property for us. What an absolute joke of a business and I will tell everyone I can to avoid them like the plague.
1/5
TrustpilotFox and Sons Crewkerne
Fox and Sons Crewkerne Really bad experience!! Fox and Sons company has rented us a house with bugs inside the kitchen and bathroom, the outside garden is absolutely disgusting, abandoned rubbish bags, broken chairs, greens everywhere, dirty rubbbish containers, abandoned children toys at the entrance, the list goes on. Generally the house is in very poor condition. We have sent a complaint letter and nothing was done so far!! Poor service, not recommended.
5/5
TrustpilotSouthampton Branch 5 stars.
Southampton Branch.Thank you for always following up and making silly small things no problem.I recommend Fox and Sons as they are one of the friendliest Estate Agent in town.I have bought 2 properties from them and in both cases they went the extra mile.They try hard to get it right they communicate well even when you are the other side of the world and if you drop in they try and sort you out.5 star service from a 5 star branch!( I should say bunch really!!)Jules Cranfield.
1/5
TrustpilotNightmare !
This company and their Group, Connells, are stuck in the past - where monthly Sales Figures are the one and only aim, with customers coming a long way down the list of their priorities.Do not touch with a bargepole.!We had cause to formally complain twice during the process of Fox & Sons selling our Mother's house. Since we lived 100 miles away we were totally reliant on their reliability and honesty, both of which turned out to be non-existent.They sound plausible, cheerful and eager to please but behind the facade is poor communication and greed.They will say one thing but the contract you sign is what they will take you to Court for if you don't agree with their performance and fees. These are the threats we got following our genuine complaint.We made the mistake of believing they were acting in our best interests but later discovered they were really acting for the Buyer rather than us, the Seller - and we were paying the Fees , not the Buyer !It's too painful to go through the detail of our saga, just don't hire them. Also be careful you don't hire any other Agent in the Sequence or Connells Group because they are all run from Dunstable with seemingly the same business philosophy - they are obviously out to make money and don't care much about how they get it.Top Tip: If you live in or near the property you are selling don't bother with a high street Agent - you can do it yourself using an online Agent. That way you can make your own decisions about the credibility of the Buyer. Plus avoid high Agents fees. Do your own viewings, plus make sure you ask for everything to be in writing to your Solicitor once you find a Buyer. There may be good Agents out there but other than viewings I can't see that they offer anything else that you can't do yourself.
4/5
TrustpilotThank you Hailsham office
I found Fox and Sons Hailsham really helpful with our recent purchase especially Shannon. Thank you
1/5
TrustpilotOne star is too much - Bitterne, Southampton
Fox and Son Bitterne, Southampton. Used the Bitterne branch for selling my property. They were lying from the start. Did not return calls. When called 3rd time in day - the receptionist answer was always that agent just went out and will call me later. It took three days to get reply and even than we had to call them again to get replay. Unprofessional staff. Never left any feedback. Never informed us on day of completion (the Easton agent contacted as - the company from which we were buying house). When they called - their talk was full of lies - multiply times they told us that we will exchange contract next day and that took two months. The staff is highly immature and costumer care is not existing.
2/5
TrustpilotI Would Not Recommend this Company
Basic initial sale services were fine but after an offer was accepted contact deteriorated significantly to the point where I had to constantly chase the office for any updates and push them to obtain information from further down the chain, where there was an issue that needed resolving.I would call the office and ask for an update, I would be promised a call back later that day but wouldn't receive one. This happened several times. In the early stages I also sent a number of emails but not one was even acknowledged let alone answered. I also raised some questions during the course of this process and now post completion there are still some that have not been answered.Where most houses are sold via various internet sites it is the post offer acceptance service that is important. You rely on your estate agent to gather information, answer queries and push the sale through, after all you are normally paying a significant sum for this service and the problem solving skills of the staff involved. Unfortunately this service was missing completely. Ironically I actually received a better service from the estate agent that sold us our new property, a company that I didn't have to pay anything to!
1/5
TrustpilotKemp Town Branch mis-sold their legal services and I lost £1100. NO HONOUR, NO INTEGRITY in this company
I was mis-sold their Sequence legal services & lost £1100 when they failed to honour their guarantee. Ed Middle, a Branch Director, emailed a "no quibble money back guarantee" & then failed to honour it - the lack of honour & integrity goes right to the top. After wasting 2 months making a complaint to their compliance, they fobbed me off telling me to take my complaint to the Ombudsman - I assume they're hoping I just go away.
2/5
TrustpilotI have just completed on a purchase…
I have just completed on a purchase through the Fordingbridge branch. I will never choose to deal with this company again. The manager of the branch was very helpful though rarely available. Unfortunately our viewings and subsequent transaction was dealt with by a 'negotiator' who at fobbed us off at every opportunity, provided misleading, and at times entirely inaccurate information about our purchase. The whole service lacked professionalism, efficiency and an understanding of the contemporary housing market. Avoid.
1/5
TrustpilotEven a 1 * was 1* too much !!
Very unprofessional. ..Shoreham by sea Branch. .Selling due to a divorce, and I had to keep telling them I'd changed my name but I kept getting letters emails and phone calls calling me by old name (though I must add all letters emails or phone calls were very very few )...Because of divorce we both parties had to be kept in the loop at all times. Quite often my ex wasn't kept informed about viewings etc. ...We were on their books for six months and in that time had 4 viewings with one potential buyer coming back 3 times first offer over £50k below the asking price we both did receive a letter (my name wrong ).my letter stating offer and potential buyers name + my exs name he was apparently buying his own house with a complete stranger. .His letter was a completely different offer to what was offered with the correct names of potential buyers. .We let the office know and they didn't seem to care. .We obviously didn't accept offer. .Potential buyer came back a week later with an architect and put in an other offer still way to low, she came back a third time with a builder and again put in an offer under the asking price. .Fox and Sons didn't let us know about last two offers we had to phone them up for feed back. ..We had a couple of other viewings and again we had to phone them up to get feed back. ..At no time did they communicate with us unless we phoned them up or emailed them. .We decided to drop price but in the excess of ££££.on the recommendations of Fox and Son we never got one viewing. ..I personally went into the branch to speak to the manager Ross he said he was going to make it a main feature on Right move and in Branch windows this never happened at all. ..I let Ross the Branch Manager know when contract was up we were going else where he didn't seem overly bothered. ..Contract came to an end of July 27/07/18 so I phoned him up to say we were leaving, his last parting words to me and I quote "Well you should have taken the last offer "...I just said goodbye and put phone down. . I'm afraid I had to laugh at his manners or lack of them. .We are both utterly disgusted with the unprofessionalisam of the Branch ..From start to finish. ..We would not recommend this Branch. ..Shoreham Branch needs a massive shake up. ..But need to have same people there so they know who you are and they have some ideas what is going on with your property and not say. .."Oh that person has moved to another Branch can you give me some idea as I don't know anything about your property "....Have now gone with another well known Branch in Southwick. ....watch this space. . NB. ...Adrian Trojanowski independent mortgage advisor in their Branch does get a 5 **** he has been absolutely brilliant can't fault him at all polite helpful very professional I would highly recommend his sevices he is not connected to Fox and Sons. .. .NNB. ..I wish I had read reviews before dealing with this agent. ...
5/5
TrustpilotSecond time getting a mortgage with Jack Johnson!
I used Fox and Sons as mortgage brokers twice now and the have been brilliant both times!Jack Johnson explained every step of the process really clearly and found us good rates. He was pro-active and patient the whole way! I would massively recommend him.
5/5
TrustpilotHelpful, friendly and responsive
Alex, Oskar and the rest of the team at the Eastbourne branch have been really helpful throughout the process myself and my partner have been through for renting a property, advertised through Fox&Sons. They have been really helpful with providing the information required to ensure things have been as smooth and straightforward as possible.
1/5
TrustpilotI would not recommend them as either a…
I would not recommend them as either a vendor or buyer.I will have to continue to negotiate with Fox and Sons Burgess Hill as a buyer as so many people have their properties on sale with them. I had a very poor experience of being pushed into a mortgage evaluation when we didn't need or request one. When it became clear that we would not be using their services to get a mortgage, it all went very quiet and we had to keep phoning them to enquire about our offer. I did remind them that the government is preparing legislation to stop estate agents providing financial services and selling properties. The Daily Telegraph had a good article on tricks of estate agents- I would advise anyone buying or selling to look at this article..
1/5
TrustpilotFox & Sons Hastings- Disgraceful…
Fox & Sons Hastings- Disgraceful service, my tenancy ended in Feb 2015, heard nothing from them untill July 2016 when they took me to court for unpaid rent from Feb 2015 till December 2015 even though I wasn't living at the property. The case went to court early 2016 & it got dismissed as I proved I vacated the property. September 2016 they took me back to court for the same reasons & once again the case got dismissed,I've been chasing them for a copy of my file that they have during my tenancy since July 2016 & still nothing from them, they don't even bother to call or email me back & they just palm me off with excuses everytime I go into the branch. Once again I received a email from my solicitor stating they are taking me back to court next month for the same reasons as the last 2 times! I have proved twice now that I left the property & this is seriously beyond a joke!
1/5
TrustpilotVery disappointed in service!
Very bad experience trying to sell our flat.Inexperienced young agents with little knowledge of the property holding viewings.Not turning up on occasions. Bad liason with potential buyer, took more than 6 months only for buyer to pull out! Not promoting the property, said they had London investors, so had wider coverage than local agents, another failure. Will not use them again!
5/5
TrustpilotI have just recently sold my first home …
I have just recently sold my first home with Fox & Sons in Burgess Hill and was very pleased with their service. We had them and another agent out to start with to compare and really liked the strategy James(the manager) offered. It worked really well and we sold with in 4 weeks with constant communication with us through every step of the way. The whole team were very helpful and polite making the process stress free and even fun! Would and have recommended when selling and buying to anyone.
4/5
TrustpilotFriendly and prefessional
I have been using the services of Fox and sons for a short time and find the staff to be very friendly and helpful.Sometimes it is hard to get hold of someone as it is a small team but always get back to me eventually.
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