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Reeds Rains Folkestone reviews

3.8

★★★★★ Good

2,102 reviews across 2 platforms

85 Sandgate Road, Folkestone, CT20 2AF

Reeds Rains's office in Folkestone, at 85 Sandgate Road, is rated 3.8 out of 5 across 2,102 reviews on two platforms, including 196 Google reviews rated 4.7.

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1/5

Trustpilot

Poor service - Halifax

Just thought I would highlight to potential sellers the service sellers are receiving. I contacted the Halifax Branch through rightmove last weekend to view a property they had for sale. I am a cash buyer and they have still not made contact. I would. E very disappointed on this service if they had been selling my property

Anita · 19 June 2024

Agent replied · 24 October 2024

Hi Anita,Thank you for the comments, the property you had requested to view was extremely popular. In fact we received 50+ requests to view it which logistically can become very difficult to organise. We had attempted to contact all of the viewing requests and are sorry that this took longer than usual. Our records show that we did speak to you after this review had been left which I appreciate was frustrating for yourself as you were waiting to view. I would like to wish you the best of luck in your search for a property. Regards,Reeds Rains

1/5

Trustpilot

Awful service

Awful service. Moved around and been renting for the past 7 years and I have never had an experience like this. I've never had an application process thats taken more than a couple of weeks max. With Reeds Rains, it has been 4 weeks and still not sorted. References were an issue due to them using the incompetent service that is Experian. Everytime you contact the office, you get fobbed off and you can never get through to the person dealing with your application unless they happen to answer the phone by chance. Looking to BUY a property soon and I will not be interested in any property advertised by Reeds Rains! First and last!

Zainab · 3 August 2019

5/5

Trustpilot

Great staff too deal with

JUST · 13 October 2026

1/5

Trustpilot

AVOID AT ALL COSTS

Absolutely disgusting treatment from the agents and landlord. I don’t think the box is quite big enough to fit all of the problems we have encountered in the last year. The lack of communication is atrocious, and the inexperienced staff is embarrassing. Don’t think they know that my partner worked for an estate agents and knows all the legalities of certain procedures which they clearly don’t know. Avoid at all cost.

Consumer · 8 August 2023

Agent replied · 16 June 2024

Hi there,Sorry to read your review. We will send a request for more information that will come directly from Trustpilot so that we can look into this further.Regards,Reeds Rains

5/5

Trustpilot

Mr and Mrrs Quintas

Your team was very friendly and very helpful.we have let a house in Barnoldswick and everything was done perfectly without stress.special thanks to Lorna Mason who take care of everything for us, very kind and very professional, she is the best.we will recommend Reeds Rains to everyone

Joao · 24 November 2019

Agent replied · 16 June 2024

Hello Mr and Mrs Quintas - Thank you for taking the time to leave a positive review. We are glad our team provided you both with a great service.Many thanks,Reeds Rains

2/5

Trustpilot

Avoid Reeds Rains if possible - exploitative, disorganised and stressful

We are renting a house managed by Reeds Rains. Our landlord is wonderful, but our experience with Reeds Rains' poor management has caused serious issues and made us feel insecure in our tenancy, leading to unnecessary stress. In the last six months, we have:1) been forced to live without hot water/heating (in February) for two weeks as the Reeds Rains' maintenance department did not pass on information about the issue to our landlord. We made a formal complaint to Reeds Rains who reluctantly (after weeks of calls and emails) agreed to compensate us. They did not take responsibility, despite their agent acknowledging that he had neglected to pass the information on for over a week. 2) Despite going on to a rolling monthly contact (SPT), Reeds Rains are now attempting to force us to sign up to a 12 month tenancy, at the cost of £120. We did not have to do this last year and they are not answering our questions appropriately, and their poor communication has given us the impression that we have no choice but to sign up to the tenancy. Their emails have implied that we sign a 12 month tenancy renewal or our notice will be served. We are not in the position to sign up for a 12 month tenancy as, after two years in the property, our circumstances are changing. There has been no acknowledgement of this or any sense of understanding by their renewals team.3) We are often called for marketing purposes by Reeds Rains local branch who seemingly call to thank us for looking after the property so well and then attempt to sell us products which we do not need, and they will ask questions like 'do you know what you'd do if you couldn't pay the rent?' 4) Our experience when when signing up to the initial contract was comical as their representative was unable to deal with paperwork, frequently lost documents and wasted hours of our time in the branch office during our working days all for a sign up process which should be simple.5) Their fees are extortionate and we will have to pay £120 to leave the contract. Overall, our experience has been fraught with difficulties. The company have little understanding of the situation renters are in, and they attempt exploit our position for their financial gain. We would not recommend any landlords to use Reeds Rains to manage their property, and we could advise renters to use a different lettings agent.

Elinor · 24 May 2019

1/5

Trustpilot

Horrendous Customer Service

Horrendous customer service from start to finish, i will never deal with Reeds Rains again due to complete lack of professionalism and arrogance received from the Rothwell branch. I would advise anybody looking for a property to use another branch on the high street. You pay extortionate fees for a service that is absolutely disgraceful, they are quick to take your money but its painful to get back what is yours. When asking questions regarding the property and fees, they give you an indirect answer and beat around the bush, not to mention fees that are not clearly stated. Completely dishonest, incompetent and rude. If I could give 0 stars they would certainly be getting this. The worst person from the Rothwell branch for customer service was Joanne Woodhouse, who in my eyes is completely unemployable, due to her attitude and inability to be professional, she should not be working in a business that is anything to do with customer relations, but it wasn't just one person, this seemed to be the case from managerial level down. Jorden Harrigan was another employee ("Property manager") whose customer service was appalling, he seemed to get a kick out of making things as difficult as possible and thrived off sending arrogant emails, seemingly with the intent to wind you up. I cannot reiterate enough to stay away from Reeds Rains!

Joss · 25 April 2019

5/5

Google

I have had the pleasure of Reeds Rains services over several years, both with my own apartment and those of neighbours in a building where sales were always problematic. In my profesional capacity as director of a property management … More

Peter · 11 February 2025

Agent replied · 9 September 2025

Dear Peter, thank you for your kind review. It has a pleasure dealing with you on the sale of your own home and professionally. I look forward to continuing our relationship over the years to come. Kind regards, Stephen Dumbrell, Franchise Director.

4/5

Trustpilot

PEMBERTON BRANCH

PEMBERTON BRANCHI have only been to 1 viewing but I can say that Alan was a dedicated professional. He quickly put our minds at rest when he contacted the office for further advice He was very knowledgeable on the area and on local housing stock (We didn't know the area very well) The head of Letting Bryony was also equally as quick to respond to my questions, both by phone and email. If our viewing is not successful we will obviously ask them to keep us in mind for any potential rentals that ticks our boxes. John & Mary

Jack · 5 March 2019

1/5

Trustpilot

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

Agent replied · 16 June 2024

Hi there. I'm really sorry this has been your experience. I've sent you a request for more information to find out which branch you have been dealing with so I can look into this further. Kind regards

1/5

Trustpilot

Prolonged, unprofessional, nightmarish!

Currently in an awful situation with Reeds Rains. No inventory provided at beginning of lease, were lied to about the property having been professionally cleaned. They refuse to do any upkeep work, despite fully managing on behalf of the landlord. They claim "landlord must consent" prior to confirming any repair. It is a scam. Landlord is probably paying them to enjoy his/her own life, and they're squeezing us out of money with extortionate fees. We moved into the place and trash had been left in the front and back yard, food remnants in kitchen cupboards...stay away while you can! UNPROFESSIONAL PROFESSIONAL LIARS.

A · 12 February 2019

1/5

Trustpilot

At first I thought yeah very good

At first I thought yeah very good, Alison was amazing in helping get sorted. But throughout things I told them about maintenance that needed doing didn't get done or even acknowledged apart from 1 thing so had a freezing cold flat most of the time! I've now moved out early although still under contract and the communication is horrendous especially the snotty 'Andy' through email. All I asked for is dates of when the tenant was moving in and about the inventory being done but again no real answer until today when he all of a sudden gave me an exact date surprise surprise! And emailed the moving out/ maintenance team who are useless and told me nothing apart from that there was 'outstanding work' even though I've emailed issues I've had with them and issues that arose because they didn't maintain the property correctly. Still no reply from them too. Stay clear of reeds rains

Jord · 12 February 2019

1/5

Trustpilot

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

Agent replied · 16 June 2024

Hi Katie. Sorry this has been your experience. I'll raise with the branch. Thanks

5/5

Trustpilot

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

Trustpilot

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

Trustpilot

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

Trustpilot

Always helpful and Diligent

John · 14 October 2026

5/5

Trustpilot

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

Trustpilot

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

Trustpilot

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

Trustpilot

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

Agent replied · 16 June 2024

Thank you for your review. I'll pass on to the Morley branch.

1/5

Trustpilot

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

Agent replied · 16 June 2024

Hi JoshuaReeds Rains does not discriminate against people in receipt of benefits. The principle of requesting a guarantor can apply to any prospective tenant, irrespective of their employment status. It is not unusual for Letting Agents request a guarantor and Reeds Rains is no exception, but ultimately it is down to the discretion of the Landlord. I will send your review onto the relevant branch and ask them to pick this up with you. Kind regards

1/5

Trustpilot

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

Trustpilot

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

Agent replied · 16 June 2024

Hi Liam - I've passed your review onto the branch, kind regards

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