Connells Hinckley reviews in Hinckley and Bosworth

★★★★★ 1/5

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Avoid!!!

If I could give zero I would! 3 years of letting a property from connells and its been utter hell! Avoid these people at all cost, the emotional distress they have caused us over the years is shocking and they never once apologised always quick to blame other people!We changed the date our rent was paid, signed all paper work then 3 weeks later we are getting letters saying we haven't paid but we had. Was calling Head Office and visited my local branch on several occasions for them to say it was an error and to ignore it. The following month the same letter but this time threatening to evict us and take us to court, again lots of calls and visiting the stores to be told every time its an error and to ignore it. This went on over a 3 month period with them sending about 4 letters a week at one point demanding payment for money they already had but in the end it turned out several head office staff couldn't be bothered to process the correct paper work. I filed a complaint and demanded some form of compensation for the emotional distress they caused us but they laughed in my face and said I wasn't entitled to it. Over Christmas last year we had a massive leak in the house, we had to turn the water off as the ceiling was on the verge of caving in, we rang and rang for 3 days straight for them to keep fobbing up off. When they finally bothered to respond to the issue they made tons of excuses. They hired a contractor who did a bodged job and for the leak to reappear again 2 weeks later. We have finally just left that property and the relief is unreal but today waking up to a letter saying we owe them money but we made sure were square with them before we handed the keys in. So again a fight on my hands to get to the bottom of this and them fobbing us off when chasing for our deposit back! Avoid at all cost, they only care about the money and their staff offer shocking customer service!!

Amanda · 13 July 2019

★★★★★ 1/5

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Worst experience of my life

Worst experience of my life! Stay away if you are letting out your house! Connells of mutley plain plymouth must get the prize for the worst letting agents! They actually placed someone with a bad credit rating in my home after telling me the checked out well and were a professional couple. After I signed the contract they then kept sending me documents to sign to say I was happy to have people in my house with a bad credit rating despite their advice against it! ??????. What a year long nightmare, lousy tenants and dishonest and cheating estate agents who have no scruples. The list of problems was endless..non payment of rent, damage to all the carpets, pets (not meant to be there) to them loosing the keys to the backdoor when I finally got my house back. Found out the neighbourhood had complained to Connells about the state of the house and back yard full of dog excrement by email ....they also ignored. Don't go anywhere near them... they really don't care at all!

Kim · 10 July 2019

★★★★★ 1/5

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worst experience

worst experience. I offered full asking price on a property which they did not take back to the vendor. they then proceeded to ignore my contact. when finally I got a response they said the vendor had received an offer which they had accepted and wouldn't be taking any other offers into consideration. the whole thing was very dodgy and seems like was done under the table ,probably sold to a friend but definitely didn't seem like they had my interests at heart (despite harassing me the week before feeding me crap about really wanting to sell the property to someone like myself) or the vendors, where they could have potentially received more money for their property.

Alice · 28 June 2019

★★★★★ 1/5

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DISGUSTING PEOPLE

All 5 star reviews on google are from rich people!!! Honestly they only care about their commission!!! They have told this to a new employee which was my partner and he pretty much left because of this. And when he left they decided to charge him all the commison back that he’s earned them and within 2 weeks it was like £600. He had to pay that back monthly and he’s already spent it on our little baby. THEY ARE SCUM TO WORK FOR AND DEAL WITH!!!! AVOID THEM AT ALL COSTS THEY ARE RUDE AND INCOMPETENT....

Aleksandra · 24 June 2019

★★★★★ 1/5

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Well where to start my son is trying to…

Well where to start my son is trying to buy a property through the Hinckley branch and this has now been going on for 4 months..... they are so rude, they lie to you we just don’t know where we stand... it’s actually got to the point that we have had to physically go and knock on the sellers door to try to find out what is going on as Connells are telling us that over 6 weeks ago contracts are being drawn up when I talk to my sons solicitor she is saying that the sellers solicitor is still awaiting all enquires from the sellers... so frustrating and by the way the sellers solicitors are the ones used through Connells it’s self .. I am absolutely appalled by all this and am going to make a complaint to the estate agent ombudsman

Claire · 21 June 2019

★★★★★ 1/5

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Do not sell/buy through Connells Hinckley

Do not sell/buy through Connells in Hinckley, they will try to pressure you into buying a mortgage through their advisors and insist it’s the seller who want you to do it even when you have a mortgage in principle in place.. as soon as you don’t take out a mortgage with anil they couldn’t care less about you... the agents that show you around houses hardly know how to open a door let alone sell a house, comeplete mess from start to finish.

Tom · 4 June 2019

★★★★★ 1/5

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This company let 99A Churchfield Road…

This company let 99A Churchfield Road LU5 5HN and did so knowing the garden had been used as a dump. The council are now looking into it but said today that it should not have been let in that condition. This company were asked by me to put it right as I have to put up with their broken fencing and look at a tip. And the tennant is no better as he won't do sod-all and where does he work? For the council. However, when the council saw the pictures they put it over to their anti-social behaviour team. This company just take the money and run and I would advise you never use them.

George · 31 May 2019

★★★★★ 1/5

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Worst letting agency we have ever…

Worst letting agency we have ever dealt.Poor communication. Tenants left property and even we as landlords not informed of it. No reply from repeated calls/ emails.Now they are refusing to handover the keys to us (landlords) as end of tenancy property assessment not due until next week. Can't instruct another company or arrange viewing till this process will be over.Connells will be held responsible for loss of earnings due to their poor communication and mismanagement and I will be taking this to Citizen advise and county court if not sorted out mutually.Never seen such a poor management.

A · 30 May 2019

★★★★★ 5/5

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I have been managed by Connells for just under a year now and since the beginning I have found them to be very professional. Any problems or queries I had they were very efficient to respond and resolve these. I especially appreciate the effort Joe at the Hinckley branch made towards this, and would like to thank and recommend him personally. Would definitely use Connells again for future property managementPositiveResponsiveness, Professionalism

Carla · 12 November 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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It is hard to describe how terrible…

It is hard to describe how terrible Connells were as a letting agent.Months of delays getting repairs carried out, related to heating so should have been treated as urgent. Fault reports and emails were ignored, staff really did not seem to care at all. The plumber who came to our property numerous times was hopeless, eventually an engineer from the boiler company was called, fixed the fault but said the boiler hadn’t been installed properly so they wouldn’t continue to work on it.After 8 months of a cold house, sleepless nights, stress and hassle decided to move out, they offered compensation but had to chase them for that too, ignored and conveniently denied receiving emails again.Now in a really nice place with a great company who understand the concept of customer service, something Connells really don’t have a clue about.Would never recommend them to anyone.

RCW · 25 April 2019

★★★★★ 1/5

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Please avoid!

From beginning to end of using Connells as first time buyers was a ridiculously terrible experience. We would have to constantly chase for any movement, the mortgage advisor would fail to send across important documents to the mortgage providers and avoided telling certain truths (lied) about the progress! Their inept approach was shocking to all around us who learnt of our experiences with them. Avoid at all costs!

Jim · 21 April 2022

★★★★★ 1/5

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The MOST PATHETIC experience I have…

Watford Branch : The MOST PATHETIC experience I have ever had working with this company. They will quote a higher price than actual price of your property to get higher commission value . They will trick you in putting a fixed price section in the contract (saying it will be 1% representative). Then they will try and lower down the price and then near the sale they will take the fixed fee which was for your previous marketing price. This is the pricing lot! Coming to the viewings : Most of the times they will ask you to show you around and will say we are busy.. Even if someone turns up from Connells they wouldnt have knowledge of the property because everytime it's the new person.In short : Dont ever go for this agent unless you want to be cheated

Virat · 3 April 2019

★★★★★ 1/5

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Awful company who lack communication skills

First time renter, rented a nice little flat with them. All started off ok, only they need to be constantly nagged when making enquiries, very quick to take money but extremely slow and incompetent at returning it. I ended up handing in my notice to leave my flat due to personal cirumstances, gave my 2 months notice period as required in my agreement. Moved out asap but was told that they'd update me if a tenant wanted to move in earlier so my notice period could end earlier.Well they expected me to hand the keys back but still carrying on paying rent until my notice period had ended. I had no communication and after they took the final rent payment, it turned out that the new tenant actually moved in that day and connells never informed me. So they charged 2 different people rent for one property. I only found out due to receiving a final bill from the water company informing me I had moved out, when I never informed them myself. After several emails back and fourth I was promised my deposit and rent payment refunded to me. I only ever got my deposit. I then emailed again asking where my rent refund was, turns out they had already transferred it to my landlord and that I needed to contact them despite connells being at fault here and breaking my tenancy agreement.Luckily my landlord has no refunded me overpaid rent with no questions asked, and if it wasn't for them i'd probably be out of pocket by quite a lot by this incompetent company. Note to self: I am never going with this company again whether is regarding renting or buying.

Brittany · 10 March 2019

★★★★★ 5/5

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Josh and Joe made the process quick, easy and stress free. Would 100% recommend😁 …

Tom · 12 November 2022

★★★★★ 1/5

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No matter what the value it, they still get paid

The boy came in and treated me like I was dirt after being 20 minutes late, probably cause I was young he started questioning how I got the valuation. Clearly pointing out the obvious, and the comparisons to other flats, he then says that it doesn’t matter cause they value it on sales of previous homes. This flat used to be a shop so never had history and others were all studios or 2 bedrooms. After obviously undervaluing property I didn’t get the mortgage, but everything is all good because he gets paid for the valuation either way. Waste of time and lack of any knowledge or common sense.

Chris · 26 February 2019

★★★★★ 1/5

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Avoid connells

Well wanted to offer on a property ware I have a broker to do my mortgage so connells staf told me that offer has to approved by them befor they will forward it to the vender plus they speak to me about mortgage with there broker crap don't use this agents f8nd the owners tell them that put buyers offo with this tactics 👏

Manik · 1 October 2022

★★★★★ 1/5

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If you want a company that ignores your…

If you want a company that ignores your complaints, doesn't take you seriously and fails to look after your rental property by letting to multiple occupancies without your permission or knowledge then this is the one for you! My newly renovated property was totally ruined. But they couldn't care less. They are happy to take your money but will not pay me any compensation for all of their mistakes. AVOID at all costs and use a professional agent that cares!

Michele · 15 February 2019

★★★★★ 1/5

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Do not use - terrible service

We made an offer on a house last October and the estate agent Burchell Edwards convinced us to use Connells Home Conveyancing as they were efficient and reasonable priced. I sincerely wish I had stuck to my gut instincts and NOT used these people. Firstly their fees are far more than they originally quoted for with add ons made all the time ( stupidly I didn’t read the small print). Secondly Communication between solicitor and client is not existent unless you contact them but this also proves almost impossible as they simply do not answer the telephone- it’s doesnt even go to voicemail it just stops ringing. Emails are not answered. Thirdly when I wrote a letter of complaint I received a reply on the latest possible day saying that I had received a ‘ reasonable ‘ service. For the amount of money paid over I expect an excellent service and not just reasonable. I then find out that the person dealing with our case is a technician and not an actual solicitor. (No reduction of fees offered for this) After requesting such I received a cash statement of fees due - several fees on there that I hadn’t agreed to . Somewere removed once challenged. The Connell portal which is sold to you as atool to keep you updated was not updated after the third week until I challenged this. Then one extra entry made 3 months later . We are due to complete tomorrow and today I find that the portal has been updated with everything left to do and completion date happening Saturday however the solicitor has confirmed completion is Friday . For this “service” we have to pay £18 which will not be refunded as I have logged on several times to get an update - but it wasn’t updated !!!I implore people NOT to use this business unless you wish to suffer a breakdown caused by frustration . Again I say PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS SERVICE.

Mrs · 7 February 2019

★★★★★ 1/5

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Happy to take your deposit but delaying…

Happy to take your deposit but delaying the release of my deposit..for what reason, absolutely none whatsoever. Poor internal communication within the team. It had taken 4 months to repair my shower but wanting to bill me for a bulb that had gone in the kitchen. I've waited over 5 weeks for my deposit to be released with the landlords consent already given. Utterly disgraceful company only interested in profit. Avoid this company at all costs!.

Gc · 7 September 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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What a joke!! Stay away!!

What a joke!!These guys really don’t have a clue. I have let plenty of property’s in my life and i’v never incountered a company quite as incompetent as this. You would think that if they are charging nearly £700 in fees they would turn up to a viewing on time. I was called a liar over the phone. I had to pay a deposit of £500 just to speak to a landlord for them to tell me that the property isn’t suitable for my needs.

A.B · 22 January 2019

★★★★★ 1/5

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BAD MANAGEMENT.

With all my respect, Connells are the worse management I've ever dealt with. Lied to at the beginning by being told the local office would deal with all aspects of property management, only to find out later its actually done by a huge office in Liverpool. the local office seems incapable of keeping one management team for longer than three months. Multiple people in Liverpool dealing with the account so messages are not communicated between team members dealing with issues, the same information requested from me by multiple team members on numerous occasions as staff do not communicate and clearly do not read emails - asked 5 times for EPC certificate when it had already been emailed to the initial person requesting it, same story with gas safety inspection certificates. On one occasion rent was not paid to me for two months (despite tenant paying) as there had been a "mistake" - I only found this out by repeated phone calls as Connells never contacted me to explain what was happening and then told me it took "some time" for money to be transferred to me via the banking system. Once tenant left, agent completely uninterested in recovering deposit money from tenant to cover damage to property and attitude totally uninterested and unhelpful. To cap it all agent "mistakenly" refunded tenant deposit to myself rather than tenant, made no attempt at an apology (and I assume didn't apologise to tenant either). Found the entire time dealing with them stressful and frustrating, was actually in all reality managing the property myself, despite paying them to do it. Will never use again and I recommend anyone to do the same. BEng sam talo

Sam · 17 January 2019

★★★★★ 1/5

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Terrible customer service

Booked a viewing on a property at 5pm yesterday. Lady who booked me in said she would call the previous day she didn’t so I called them. Arrived at viewing today as arranged. After several calls of no one answering was told that as my viewing couldn’t take place as I hadn’t confirmed. Had no missed calls to confirm and had drove 45 minutes for the viewing. Absolute joke of a branch.

S · 4 August 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Never have I seen a company so bad at…

Never have I seen a company so bad at communicating and customer service. Don’t expect your question or query to be answered and if it is, speak to 3 other people to make sure it’s correct. Moving out of one of their properties has been one of the most stressful things I have gone through. My landlord has been amazing, it’s such a shame the estate agents were so crap.

Heather · 7 December 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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I recently moved back to the UK from abroad. Having sold my property I contacted various Estate Agents informing them that I needed to find a property in the Hinckley area and gave them my 'wish list'. I also informed them that I would be in the UK for a week to 'house hunt' and asked them to arrange viewings of any suitable properties for that week. The only person to grasp the situation properly was Jack Richardson of Connells. He promptly set about checking available properties and immediately arranged viewings. Subsequently a property was found and an offer made and accepted. Jack also kept me fully informed of what was going on during the sale process and I am now installed in my new home. Well done Jack!!!

Lesley · 31 December 2018