Hunters Gloucestershire<br> reviews

★★★★★ 1/5

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Attempted viewing AWFUL SERVICE

Tried to arrange a viewing with the skipton office for a property that’s been on the market since November. (6 months) in Gargrave. Sent in an enquiry the night before detailing exactly what times and days I was available. A woman rang next day 4 hours after opening and asked if I was free on one of the days but no option of times, I had to ask her to clarify times 🙄. Having viewed a few properties during covid we have had different time allowances and this property needed tons of renovation (loads!) so I asked and she said 20 minutes. Then she said oh actually it’s 15. I then tried to discuss how we could have more or even 2 slots as we were coming from an hour away and she said right ok and cut us off!! Absolutely disgusting behaviour and extremely unprofessional. I’m sorry but I would never ever put my house up on the market with them let alone want to view with them again. We wanted to simply view but it gave me an impression of how a buyer is treated. Appalling service.

Mel · 8 April 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Horrible customer service

arranged viewing the property, the only time that the agent offered us was Good Friday at 12.00, we agreed and agent sent a confirmation of viewing. Yesterday we arrived at the place and waited 20 minutes, but the agent did not come, the phone number that is in the confirmation email says " we are out of office call us Monday " . We decided to knock to the property, and the seller of the house said that he decided not to sell house and remove listing from the sale yesterday. We are shocked, no one informed us that our viewing was canceled

Victoria · 3 April 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Incredibly poor from Tom and Michela

Incredibly poor from Tom and Michela, just following a money making excercise. Not a decent bone in their body with invalid comments and no real reasons as to and why they want to keep my money. I’d avoid like them plague!!!

S · 9 September 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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BUYERS BEWARE

BUYERS BEWAREReally poor customer service and a complete lack of integrity from these estate agents. Before even going to view the property we asked about the situation with the probate which the agents didn’t know, which was surprising given the property had already been listed for two weeks! Following the viewing and confirmation that probate had been granted we made an offer which was accepted subject to proof of deposit and mortgage in principle. Within less than 24 hours Hunters then rung us to say they had accepted another offer after the other party upped their offer! They refused to accept that they had played us offer against each other, but then asked if we wanted to make another offer to counter that! Disgraceful unethical behaviour and I’d advise to steer well clear of these agents.

Daniel · 26 March 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Very disappointed

A promise to return to do a video tour of property, this never materialised, asked for stats regarding our property but none available, a promise of a catch up after a viewing but received no phone call , never kept up to date with anything e.g phone calls regarding offer on our house . Awful experience had to constantly chase them !

Jp · 21 June 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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Smooth and quick experience renting a property - Mandy was fantastic, thank you!

Jamie · 15 July 2023

★★★★★ 1/5

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Terrible Service! DO NOT USE!

First time renting, we went to view the property told the agent we were interested.Three weeks on we've had no contact from them to ask if we are still interested or whether the landlord liked us after filling in an application form for them with details of our salaries and contact information! It took them 3 days to send the form and when we received it we believed it was the wrong one! Poor at answering the phone in the first place as well! Obviously only interested in actually selling houses not letting them. Absolutely appalling. good job we've found somewhere else to view or god knows how many times we've have to chase them up to find anything out.

Fiona · 16 February 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Corrupt - selling a house before viewings.

Went to view a property today, told we were first ones to view property. Immediately called to make an offer and was told an offer was already in place from someone who hadn't viewed property yet. Estate agent who showed us around told us there were no bids. Clearly these people are inventing bids hoping you out bid these and they get a bigger % fee. Don't buy from these estate agents, clearly corrupt and dodgy. I noticed 18th Jan review on here showed exact same thing happened before. They wasted our time and anyone else who views it after us, and potentially lying to pump up price.

Corwin · 12 February 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Dreadful service resulting in a damaged property

We rented out our newly renovated house with Hunters in October 2020. We paid them a significant management fee up front. In November the tenants reported a minor issue. We are now in February 2021. The issue has escalated causing extensive damage to the property and they are still only at the point of having obtained 1 singular quote from their supposed network of trades. No remedial action has been taken. I have left voicemails and emails and received no responses as have the tenants. They literally only reply to you until you sign on the dotted line. We will not be using them for the tenancy renewal neither when we sell and I would recommend that nobody else uses them either.

Kim · 2 February 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Incompetent

It is such a pity that stars cannot be negative because if we could leave a minus three stars we would!Our experience was nothing short of dreadful, in fact it was calamitous!We were introduce to this shambles of a company by Hunters and we rue the day we agreed to use them.All information was supplied to them as requested in good time. Some information was lost and resubmitted.Our first conveyancer was incompetent to say the least, we are convinced that at one "telephone meeting" he was half asleep! He left the business but nobody told us! We only found out because our conveyancers name changed on the online portal that they use.The simply don't care and they are so reactive, it really a case of "oh, we forgot to do that, we better as the client."We sold a house to a buyer. No upward chain, no downward chain... One house, one buyer. How long do you think it took to sell?a) Six weeksb) 16 weeksc) Nearly six monthsYep, you guessed it, the answer was C. And it would probably have been longer if we hadn't made a nuisance of ourselves.Costs? Not too much less than a high street solicitor. We have learned our lesson, you get what you pay for! Stay away folks - if you value your sanity!

Sarah · 1 February 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Where do I start?

Where do I start?Poor communication, apparently the vendor was told on several occasions something different from my verbal or email, we actually had sold a property and were 'ready to go' but also had alternative accommodation for 6 months.... Within this pandemic with 2 of us working full-time it would have been useful to have fulfilled the promises made that they could let us know of if any further offer was made on the property....Absolutely astonished at the moment... I have no words!!!

Joy · 28 January 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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Great service from Richard and his team, clear communication and updates. Sold our house in less than 2 weeks for the asking price so I would use them again.PositiveProfessionalism

Tobias · 25 August 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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Used hunters recently and had a fantastic service. Saskia was great and the communication was fantastic,. We were kept informed every step of the way. Would definitely recommend.PositiveResponsiveness, Professionalism

Penny · 25 August 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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I had to take them to court to get 8…

I had to take them to court to get 8 months of rent paid to me. They collected the money ftom the tenants and then refused to pay the rent to me making up a list of excuses none of which were valid. I had to ask the tenants to pay the rent directly to me and then then threatened my tenants. I won at court. But you always lose as you pay costs. Don’t go to them for lettings or sales as they are run and owned by the same corrupt person Sam Sharif.

Sarah · 10 January 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Abysmal Letting Service

They have demonstrated on multiple occasions their absolute lack of care for my property or my business. Most months I have had to chase my invoices.When there is an issue they take weeks to resolve.They have never (to my knowledge) visited my property to check on its maintenance despite me paying for a fully managed service, and despite me raising concerns that the tenant was not adequately cleaning / caring for the property.Now the tenant has vacated, and the property has been left in a unclean state with personal effects left behind, utility and council tax bills not paid for their duration of their rental period.They are constantly advocating for the tenant - as with other reviewers - you have to wonder who is paying them for their service - because they clearly feel that the landlord paying for their 'managed service' is not their primary concern.They have also provided legally incorrect advice (on when the deposit needs to be released) - something basic like this is unforgiveable.My advice to anyone looking to find a letting agent is to avoid this company at all costs.By far my worst experience of letting agents.

Rachel · 3 January 2021

★★★★★ 2/5

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Unfortunately they fall short of what I…

Unfortunately they fall short of what I would expect from a letting agent. I haven't asked much from them in nearly 8 years , however , when I did encounter some issues they became nothing more than messengers between myself and the tenents. Didn't really take a stance to help me , just sat on the fence. I asked for quotes for work , they did not provide any so I sorted them myself. They checked out a property as all good which wasn't the case , I don't even think they visited for the checkout in the first place. Now I am chasing the gas/ elec readings and also the utility company name , they don't know any of this .

G · 21 December 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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These people are disgusting they sold…

These people are disgusting they sold me a place and it took almost 2 years for me to finally get my title because of that they sued me for rent that I refused to pay due to them not giving me my title went to the judge won the verdict got sued again a year later new judge who he obviously was in with went in their favor and now at Christmas they are taking everything from me I’ve put thousands into this property that should have been torn down never got it finished because of the title and now I have the title and they are able to take it all when I did nothing wrong but try to protect my investment .. I’m now going to be homeless with two kids even longer because of them ..

Tiffany · 20 December 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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I give you 5 stars for being on top of…

I give you 5 stars for being on top of fools list. Never seen anyone dodging viewing appointment times. I registered my wife's details to book a viewing appointment and the lady on the phone lost her details 3 times and I had to repeat and then she contacted my wife to arrange an appointment for 15:15 and no one turned up. I phoned the office and they said you are one hour late as the appointment was at 14:15 and we sent you an email but email had no date and time. absolutely rubbish. Kimberley on the phone was very rude and unhelpful. All she had in her mouth was "you are late" when we were before the time they gave to my wife. Please if you want peace of mind then don't go to this place. Thank you

Yasir · 10 December 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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Appalling letting and estate agents

Appalling letting and estate agents, stay well clear. Gave out 2 sets of keys to builders when property was being refurbished , builder locked themselves out , all the keys on the one key chain which hunters had given out resulting in locks being changed. Came from London to have an appointment at the property to go over the refurbishment and get back on the market , Tracey did not turn up despite confirming with her several times the few days before, sales department no better , when discussing looking to see the boy said all leasehold properties are worthless and unsaleable due to cladding, wouldn’t listen or couldn’t understand our property did not have cladding and just said it was worthless as soon as he knew it was leasehold. Utter rubbish. Terrible estate and letting agents, terrible communication , they just cannot be bothered. Oh still have the tenants deposit after a month as we claimed for cleaning on it, they can’t be bothered chasing up the dps for that either nor will respond about it. Again can’t be bothered stay clear. Vile !

Customer · 28 November 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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Called and spoke to a lovely lady who…

Called and spoke to a lovely lady who was willing to spare a few of her time to ask some questions. Very friendly and helpful. Great advice. Thanks Kiki.

Precious · 29 June 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Extremely bad service

Extremely bad service. They served me with a section 21 notice but informed me of the wrong date of termination back in June. This caused me to leave the house a month earlier than I had to AND paid for a full months extra rent when I was not in the property. And now despite having left the property in august I am still receiving rental invoices from them. Despite informing them of the problem each time they still havnt resolved it!A few years ago they switched to an online portal for reporting issues with the property that is awful as well.

Zac · 23 October 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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Grossly overpriced 16 Hilton Road

Grossly overpriced 16 Hilton Road, Sharston by £20,000 (valued at £190,000 by an independent party sent by the bank). Never came back to me to let me know if my renewed offer for the asking price was accepted, I only found out once it was re-added to Rightmove for £210,000 (Originally up for £210,000). Unless you are willing to pay at least £10,000 over what the property is worth I would avoid wasting your time on this property. Communication in general was very poor throughout the 3 months since my original offer was accepted. If you don't want to waste your time I would opt against using Hunters again.

Tom · 19 October 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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Rude, abrupt and impatient staff member

I rang Wallasey Hunters and spoke to a cocky, rude, impatient little lady called Amy! I asked for particulars for a property that I couldn’t find on the website, which had a for sale sign outside. She rudely responded “it is on the website” and proceeded to tell me that I had the address wrong and that she would email me the particulars of the address she thought was correct. So I checked again on the website, I then walked to the property to see the Hunters for sale board outside. I was correct with my address Amy! So I called back. The second girl who answered was a delight, friendly and helpful and figured out that the for sale board hadn’t been taken down, but the property had sold. The first girl has put me off using them to sell my property or buy a property with the Hunters for sale sign outside! Plus Amy never sent the property particulars of the address she wrongly thought I was talking about!

Brennan · 16 September 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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Hunters? You need to be one to find any decent service!

If you are thinking of using this agent to manage your property for whatever reason-DON"T. Unfortunately I own (shared freehold) a flat within a block they manage. They hold meetings in corridors, schedule work without providing sufficient time for owners/tenants to organise time from work, fail to check the quality of the work done and react as an employer rather than, as they are, an employee. The meetings are therefore poorly attended and under any other management meeting structure would be considered as non-quorate. Unsatisfactory service at a high price.

KEITH · 14 August 2020