Reeds Rains Eccleshall reviews

★★★★★ 1/5

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Useless, £1700

update..still not removed it well there time and money they are wasting.update.i supplied the info they wanted, no answer, a month ago I rang them and asked if my property was removed from there records, they said yes they were, so I was surprised to go on a property sales site and my property was still there, so don't believe a word they say, BLACKPOOL2nd update told them I don't want there services yet I see my property is still up for sale, wonder why,Update...it was the Blackpool branch.I would give them -5 if I could, useless, I contacted them to sell my property for twice as much as other companies of £1700, and on putting my property online they got the address directions wrong, four times I contacted them to change it with no luck, I rang the online property service my self they told me it was up to the sales people to change it which was contradicting what I was told by reeds rains, I said if I am paying so much to sell the property I should be able to say what does and doesn't go in the description of what people would see, I got no answer and didn't like the attitude of there so called help on the phone where you leave a message with no call back so I told them in an e mail I don't want there services anymore an cease advertising my property, then three working days later I get a message from Diane at reeds rains somewhere to ring her to talk about what I want going forward with the property, she asked me to ring back on a phone number with only the dial code and three numbers, which obviously does not exist,

D · 29 September 2022

★★★★★ 1/5

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Shocking, don’t be a landlord through this company

Rented our home for years with no rent review, with mortgage rates and bills increasing, in May 2022 we asked for a price review and it was agreed that it could be increased by £50, tennant also agreed. After having everything agreed the rent didn’t change, I chased it up and was told it would be September (from asking in May!) 4 months, what a joke! They said they needed time to inform tennant, but the tennant knew about it as we spoke to tennant direct! Anyway September comes, and guess what the rent still hasn’t been changed. I’ve chased and chased and got zero response! Happy to chase me if they need something from me though. Absolutely furious. I have all the emails to show our conversations with Briony Runham who is now ignoring me!

Katie · 26 September 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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Very good service from Stone, Staffordshire team

Sold a house through Reeds Rains, Stone, Staffordshire on behalf of my father-in-law. Took some time for a purchaser to make an offer, but I could not fault the service received from Reeds Rains - Connor, Stan and Naomi were all very attentive. We had some logistical difficulties - that's nothing unusual in a property transaction - but Reeds Rains were always helpful, always on hand and always willing to act on our behalf. Glad it's all over, but thank you for smoothing the pathway for us.

Robert · 18 January 2019

★★★★★ 5/5

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Have been a tenant via Marple Reeds…

Have been a tenant via Marple Reeds Rain since Sept 2017. Dealt completely by an amazing lady called Carolyne Weston who has really looked after ourselves as Tenant throughout the tenancy. Carolyne is pleasant, approachable and always returns your calls and communicates effectively with you when you have a query. Carolyne has visited the property and always leaves a little bit of feedback so we know all is okay which is a good thing for ongoing management of the tenancy. Carolyne chases any concerns we had about repairs outside of reeds rains control and is definitely a doing sort of person. to be honest the tenancy has been fine but we will miss Carolyne especially and her colleagues at Marple Branch

Clinton · 16 January 2019

★★★★★ 5/5

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Flat sale using Reeds Rains Crossgates

I have recently used Reeds Rains Crossgates Branch to sell my property. The workers Clair and Jane did the majority of the support and chasing and were extremely helpful in progressing the sale. There were a couple a small glitches but I was extremely thankful for the support and guidance I received throughout the process. Would highly recommend them

CollectPlus · 23 March 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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Great work Reeds Rains, Holmes Chapel Branch!

Anthony, Tim and the team at Reeds Rains, Holmes Chapel looked after me and the sale of my property from start to finish in a professional, helpful and friendly manner. Despite some bad luck with two potential buyers pulling out, the guys at Reeds Rains were both reactive and proactive to the situation.Their advice kept me positive and a sale was achieved. I’d recommend them to any vendor. Thank you.

Marcus · 2 December 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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Buying a New Property

I have just bought a new turnkey property through Reed Rains. Aimee was fantastic she was extremely helpful and nothing was too much trouble for her. She made the whole process of buying so much easier for me as I had a few wobbles along the way. 😀

Heather · 5 January 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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Property Sale

To Derry Johnson, Sales Negotiator Reeds Rains RhylDear DerryThank you so much for your help with selling of our property. You have made the process simple and easy to understand for us. Your responses to our queries have always been prompt and valuable. You have kept in touch with us and updated each step of the process from the beginning to the end of our property transaction.I do not think that this hassle free property transaction could have done without you.Best WishesDr Bera

Susil · 13 September 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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Just used Reed Rains to re let flat in Acomb

Just used Reed Rains to re let a property in Acomb and the service was Brilliant. In particular Alex Simpson ensured that not only did we find good tenants but also had an effortless transition from previous letting agents. He was extremely prompt, courteous, professional and made sure that both we and the tenants were happy. Felt like we were in safe hands. Cannot recommend Reed Rains Acomb enough.

Zahra · 17 January 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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Excellent and friendly estate agent

From the very start I knew that I was in good hands with Reeds Rains and the sale of my house, nothing was too much trouble for the manager and lovely staff at the Morley branch.The photographer, production of the brochure, online advertising, viewings through to the sale of my property all happened quickly and competently, I was kept informed every step of the way. I would not hesitate to recommend Reeds Rains to handle any person's sale of their property

GILLIAN · 8 September 2022

★★★★★ 1/5

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REEDS RAINS PUT MY FAMILY IN DANGER…

I am reviewing this on behalf on my niece, a tenant of Reeds Rains Hebburn office. She is a tenant who has recently terminated her tenancy agreement with them. She is unaware of the legal rights and obligations the tenancy agreement affords her until I had a conversation with her 2 nights ago. In a nutshell she was asked by the Hebburn office if she would agree to showing prospective tenants around her flat - doubtlessly saving the agents a job. She agreed to do this in order to find a new tenant as quickly as possible (she had to move out asap due to losing her job) When I found out about this I was immediately concerned - an agent was prepared to let unaccompanied people look around a single females home? Alarm bells rang so I messaged via Twitter and got a very nice reply from their social media team offering to look into it. This they did and within 24 hours I had a response - copy of an email from the branch manager Carole. As regards the safety issues I had raised she stated "the viewings were all made at the convenience of "E" and we are strict on security and so not send anyone to any property without first knowing exactly who they are" E also received an email from the branch but surprisingly no mention of safety aspects were mentioned in that, purely financial matters I have spoken to my niece tonight. She told me one viewing was a single unaccompanied male, who told her he wasn't wanting to move into the flat himself but was looking at it on behalf of a friend who is living in Turkey.There was no follow up from the Reeds Rains office, no phone call to my niece to see make sure she was ok immediately after their arranged viewing, she could have been attacked in her home and they couldn't have given a flying f***. Luckily she is ok and now aware she didnt need to do this in 1st place but shamefull because she wasn't aware of her legal rights under the tenancy agreement and felt obliged to agree to the agents request. the tragic case of Suzy Lamplugh resulted in stringent safety measures for estate agents/lettings agents being implemented for agent employees. Shameful that Reeds Rains cant apply even basic safeguards to tenants who do their jobs for them. E was lucky, but certainly the lack of regard by the manager of this branch is breathtaking. On this basis I would definitely definitely not recommend using this particular branch of the agency.

Karen · 4 October 2018

★★★★★ 1/5

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Discriminates against people on…

Discriminates against people on benefits in the form of requesting people on benefits to provide a guarentor which they would not ask someone in employment. I only found this out the night before my viewing as i took it upon myself to double check information i had already provided in my initial enquiry. Sloppy, and could have wasted a whole day of my time which they obviously dont care about and no apology after all this. In a nut shell vile.

Joshua · 6 September 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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Great company

We used Reed's Rains in Rhyl to buy a property which took ages to go though as one solicitor in the chain was useless.Sally from Reed's Rains was very helpful all the way though.We then decided to purchase a property to rent out,and used Reed's Rains again Joe was extremely helpful with guiding us though the process,we were able to rent it out straight away.Would recommend using this estate agent as they understand your needs.And also they are friendly and easy to get along with.

Mrs · 27 September 2018

★★★★★ 5/5

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Always helpful and Diligent

John · 14 October 2026

★★★★★ 3/5

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Did the job... Bit stressful though!

Although the Northwich branch asked me for a 5 star raving review (I hate it when companies do that) and tried to finish the conversation before I could say otherwise, I thought it'd be better for both the branch and the customers for me to post an honest one.Good points: The Northwich branch did get me the decent price that I wanted for my house, they were great at arranging viewings, and they found me a buyer pretty quickly (around 2 months). Special mention to the ladies at the branch, Trudy was lovely to deal with. Bad points, I wasn't particularly happy with my experience with Reeds Rains as a whole, I'll outline why:The timeframe of me agreeing on an offer to us actually moving in was around 4 months, this was not Reeds Rains fault, but the thing that really annoyed me was that the Manager at the Northwich branch asked me twice (not in a particularly nice way) to "break the chain". I took this as essentially asking me to move out of my house and rent whilst my purchase completed so that they could complete the sale easily. I gather this was because he was keen to make the sale, the £2000+, and the commision. I got the feeling that he was more bothered about making the sale, keeping his buyer happy, rather than keeping me happy (despite me being the one to pay Reeds Rains). This caused me hell of a lot of unnecessary stress, as every time he said that I thought my buyer would drop out.The second bad point is what seemed like a severe lack of communication between offices. My purchase was also with Reeds Rains, at another branch (Sale). I thought this would mean they'd be pretty good at communicating with each other for updates, but this was not the case. I was having to be a middle-man between the 2 estate agents and my solicitor. Several times I was called by the Northwich branch for updates when they could've easily rung the other Reeds Rains and got the information that they needed.At one point I even had to jump in and email all of them in one go as the chain was about to collapse due to a complete cock-up in communication in the chain. I was having to speak to the couple I was buying off directly at the end, as the chain was collapsing.The last bad point was that I rang up Reeds Rains in Northwich to ask for the photos of the inside of my house to be removed from the various websites once the sale/offer had been agreed. I was told that it would be done within 24 hours, but this was not the case, the photos remained on the internet.I wouldn't use them again, I'd be more tempted to use one of the online-only agents. To be honest, I don't think I even got a courtesy "thanks" call for going with Reeds Rains when it was all done.

Seb · 2 August 2018

★★★★★ 1/5

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Inept & Incompetent

Inept, Incompetent, Pathetic.Reeds Rains Huddersfield, Branch Manager Liam Doran. Booked a viewing for a house, turned up at agreed time, waited, waited, no sign of agent. Turns out the property had been sold earlier in the week and Reeds Rains neglected to tell people that came to view the property.Poor managed by branch manager Liam Doran who clearly couldn't manage a p*ss up in a brewery yet alone rub an estate agents. Missing in action and unable to get hold of him on Saturday to see just what the hell had gone on. Clearly the staff at this branch don't give a flying Fk and are happy to treat prospective buyers as something on the bottom of their shoes.Avoid this unprofessional bunch of incompetents.

Mark · 28 August 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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Tom was extremely helpful when I…

Tom was extremely helpful when I purchased a property he was selling, he did his upmost to keep us informed of the the outcome on the purchase we hadI would definitely recommend Tom of Reed’s Rains in Rhyl

Elaine · 12 July 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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APPALLING

APPALLINGBoth at branch and Head Office levelParents were landlords with ReedsRains. When they passed away, as executors we supplied them with all required death certificates and probate grants in order for their estates to be wound up. They failed to store these documents correctly or file them. They have held on to thousands of pounds of money owed to the estate for 9 months now. After months of trying to resolve this, we were asked for a Land Registry document but nobody explained which one or why for weeks. Having finally found out what they needed, I was able to supply it in twenty minutes. Which I assumed would be the end of the matter.Yesterday, Julie Miller in accounts triumphantly announced she was going to split the funds between the executors and my mother - until I pointed out my mother is dead and ReedsRains have had her death certificate for nearly a year. She wasn't so pleased with herself then. Julie won't pass calls on to her managers Irene or Lisa Smith or the person who is apparently dealing with this (very badly), Iulian. In one breath today, Julie acknowledged how appalling the whole experience has been and in the next she blamed the branch again and put the phone down on me.The branch are appalling too. The manager is apparently never there, has copies of my mother's death certificate and probate grant on her email but didn't pass them to the accounts department and cannot be contacted. Various other people asked for documents but were unable to explain what they were or what they were for.So: my advice would be steer clear. They don't manage or store sensitive information correctly, they don't communicate clearly, they hold on to funds for many months with no legal grounds. It seems in order to fulfill my legal obligation as an executor I will have to take legal action against ReedsRains. I will also be submitting a complaint to the ombudsman. Genuinely shocking. We have our own portfolio of property managed by another company locally and have never experienced anything as dreadful as this.Reeds Rains never bothered to do anything to follow up even though I responded to their message on here. They could not explain why they had asked for half the documents they requested. AVOID

Mary-Ann · 26 August 2022

★★★★★ 1/5

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As proud tenants of our home we were…

As proud tenants of our home we were sick to our stomachs when we received a termination email leaving us with 2 months to leave and find somewhere else to live! We were sent this email out of the blue and our landlady had no idea of this. Worrying and trying to think of how we and our children would live without a home and where we would go. Our hearts broke instantly and we were in panic and distress. we personally reached out to our landlady and we have great communication with her. She was also shocked. We phoned reeds raines with absoulte heart ache to try and understand why we would be loose our home where we have a very small baby. For them to rudely laugh down the phone to us telling us it had been sent in error. it was very unprofessionally delt with and there was no compasion or empathy to the trauma of thinking we were loosing our home. Landlords,landlady's, property sellers and tenants. Use a different property agency.

Juss · 26 August 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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We were very satisfied with the service we received from Reeds Rains Eccleshall.We had to sell a home in Eccleshall while living some distance from the property.The circumstances around the sale were difficult as it had belonged to a family member,now deceased,but the whole process was dealt with sensitively and efficiently.Nicola Jane Dyson in particular went over and above what I would have expected of an estate agent to ensure the family were kept informed but at the same time managing the house clearance etc from her end.I would certainly recommend them and would also like to use this opportunity to say a big thank you for all their help.PositiveResponsiveness, Professionalism

Robert · 26 August 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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Reeds Rains have fairly extensive UK network and national processes in which even their digital bits seem to work correctly and smoothly as well; but we dealt with their Eccleshall, Stafforshire branch, and it's here that out star rating goes from 3 up to 5!! ----- Like in lots of real businesses , it's in the quality, attitude, and competences of the people that excellence most obviously leaves the 'only average' miles behind. -----calm, almost urbane young 'Sales-Sam'' first met/handled us professionally at the property; then super-serious Louise gave the virtuoso demonstrations of knowledge, and efficiency in the admin, legals, and services crisis solutions!! Definitely 11 out of 10, and even found her warm, and with nice sense of humour as we got to know each other a little better; not a disinterested android lady at all! Thanks for your help; and yes the two old buzzards have managed to hit the ground, maybe few feathers lighter, and not with elegance of two young eagles, but definitely just stirred , not shaken by the experience of first move after thirty years rooted in one spot!! J&D BPositiveResponsiveness, Quality, Professionalism, Value

John · 26 August 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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Louise at the Eccleshall branch was without doubt the best agent we dealt with in our house search. She worked so hard to find us the perfect property and always kept us informed through the search. When we she did find exactly what we were looking for, throughout the buying process she again kept in touch and was very helpful in sorting out some problems that always occur during the buying minefield. Should we ever decide to move again, Louise would be the first person we would contact.PositiveResponsiveness, Quality, Professionalism

Robert · 26 August 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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The Team at Reeds Rains Eccleshall really take the stress out of buying or selling a home - having been through both journeys with them, I'd know! Led by NIcola-Jane, who clearly has huge experience and knowledge of the market, the clients and the process of buying and selling property, and with enthusiastic, friendly and professional support from Louise and Sam, I really felt the whole team were doing everything they could for me to take me through the journey painlessly. In particular, the constant stream of communication left me knowing that they were working on my case, working closely with each other and that they cared. I also like how much I felt like they were on my side to get me as much out of the transaction as possible - what was impressive is that I always felt like they were somehow helping both buyer and seller in the same way!? Based on my buying experience, I went to them to help sell my property. Based on both those experiences, I would highly recommend to anyone looking to buy or sell property in the area.

Anthony · 26 August 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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Reeds Rains Woodseats

Angela at reeds rains was absolutely brilliant from the very start when I viewed the property right to the very end when I picked up the keys and was always at the end of the phone for any advice I needed, surpassing her role as an estate agent. I can’t thank Angela enough for her efforts it really helped me through the process of buying my first house

Owen · 18 February 2022