Trusted Agent profile · Ipswich
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1,936 reviews across 3 platforms
6 Princes Street, Ipswich, IP1 1QT, IP1 1QT
Connells's office in Ipswich, at 6 Princes Street, is rated 2.4 out of 5 across 1,936 reviews on three platforms, including 312 Google reviews rated 4.7.
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1/5
TrustpilotDealing with Connells has been an…
Dealing with Connells has been an absolute nightmare. They are painfully slow to respond, regularly ignored my emails, and never pushed the buyers for updates. It felt like we were doing all the chasing while they just sat back.
1/5
TrustpilotConnells North St Bristol
Connells North St Bristol Speaking as a landlord I would not use this particular branch of Connells again. While getting some properties valued recently the agent and I got chatting,I explained I had a difficult tenant and due to my age I was thinking of handing my residential portfolio over to a property management company. He advised me to use his team (only one person at this particular branch) and me being keen for an easy life contacted Beth. While I should stress that the team I spoke to in her absence (kingswood branch) came across as wanting to help me and also very professional as was the sales team at this branch,I can honestly say I don’t feel the same way about Beth. I felt like she was under the impression she was me a favour rather than charging me 11% something she actually did say is I’m dealing with the tenant for free despite me telling her to bill me for it. The whole point of me letting her deal with this particularly tenant was to see if she would be capable of looking after my portfolio. I personally feel this would be something she would not be capable of doing.
1/5
TrustpilotWhat an absolute liar and conman the…
What an absolute liar and conman the manager Kyran is.
1/5
TrustpilotLeft alone to deal with a tenant who doesn’t want to leave after being served with a notice.
I directed Connells that I needed my property back and they advised the customer of my instructions. They told me the customer has to save the notice period, which is about a month and a half. As I’m writing this review, Almost 6 months later, the tenant still hasn’t left the property. There hasn’t been any updates from Connells regarding the eviction notice. They left me to deal with the tenant (which hasn’t been easy) although THEY ARE STILL COLLECTING MONTHLY FEES from this property. I have now decided to go the legal route…will update in due course
1/5
GoogleIF I COULD GIVE 0 STARS I WOULD When you are first looking for a place to rent Connells are over the top helpful, but as soon as you are in don't expect much! They didn't help when I had issues with their other tenants, and when I left because of that I was left out of pocket with them taking money out of my deposit because of rent liability when I was previously advised it wasn't the case! Oh and expect them to take over a month to do your checkout report so they can blame things like marks outside the front door and cobwebs on you when you haven't even been near the property since you left and handed the keys in! They are a joke, I could go on and will to their complaints department but needless to say DO NOT RENT FROM CONNELLS!! I wouldn't recommend them to my worst enemy!
Hello Laura, we are extremely saddened and disappointed to see this review of our team as we pride ourselves on the highest level of customer service. Once it become apparent you were looking to move from the property, the team did try and help with this but as this was not possible we're afraid we were unable to assist.
1/5
TrustpilotVery bad property management service
Very bad property management service . It has been six months and they are not fixing the house repair .
1/5
TrustpilotWhen is an auction not an auction - seller beware
Seller beware of signing up to the Modern Auction method of selling your house. I did and wasn’t given the contract to read before signing up or sent a copy to allow the cooling off period by the Watford branch. Apart from being told this would be easy and bidding was like on EBay. Interested buyers would bid and the idea was that the price would reach the reserve or above. The buyer pays 4.2% above the sale price and the seller pays no commission. All good so far! In reality people who view make an offer and as in The traditional selling method the offer is put to the seller. If the offer is refused the buyer is under no obligation to put that bid on the Iamsold website to generate more bids. So for 6O days my house stayed at its original starting price even though people had made offers moving towards the reserve price. People on the watchlist saw none of this as nothing happened. And it certainly didn’t generate a ‘bidding frenzy’I gave notice on the contract and was told it would cost me nothing. SELLER BEWARE clause 3 of the contract which I had never been given a copy of stated that I would be liable to pay the 4.2% for the next 12 MONTHS if anyone Connells had introduced subsequently bought the house. A list of 60 people. Going to a new agent you are tied to Connells for 12 MONTHS and the new agent is obliged to tell Connells if someone from the list buys the house. You, the seller then incurs the 4.2% commission charge plus the commission charge to the new agent. This does not happen if you stay with Connells and use the traditional method. However as they introduced 60 people and failed to sell the house, which by the way was valued much higher at the start of the process and the again by an independent agent more recently, they are unlikely to be able to sell it at a higher price.For a buyer a £300,000 house will cost around an extra £20,000 on top of the buying price with stamp duty and 4.2%. In my opinion The traditional method where the price starts high and buyers make offers gives a far better deal to both seller and buyer as both are in control of the sale price and end costs and there is no ambiguity.
5/5
TrustpilotThanks so much to the team at Connells…
Thanks so much to the team at Connells Ipswich for helping us sell our house. Can't thank Gemma enough for all her help and support in getting things sorted in such a short space of time and during what is a very difficult time for everyone this year. Always polite and helpful whenever speaking to the team from Mark,Barry,Ryan and Calum. Thank you!
5/5
TrustpilotGreen lane Wigan visit
Good morning just a review on connells surveying team excellent internals team on appointment processing very easy to work with
1/5
TrustpilotFalse advertising, lack of communication and professionalism
Connells MaidstoneWe recently rented a property that was advertised as partly furnished. On both the website and after enquiring they confirmed that would include only the white goods. However after moving in we found multiple piece of furniture that were not communicated and now they are asking us to pay for storage in case we don't want them in the house! If you are dealing with them make sure you go through every little detail before you make any decision - overall very poor experience..
5/5
TrustpilotEllen Gynn
We received excellent advice from Ellen Gynn at the Wellesbourne branch, she made the whole journey pleasant and extremely easy.
5/5
GoogleWill be happy to use again as the service I got was very good, with good customer support all the time.
Thank you for your glowing 5* review Matt. Thank you for your supportive words which I have course passed onto the local team. Kind regards, Lucy, Customer Relations.
2/5
TrustpilotPoor Experience
We used them via Persimmons home exchange. The initial valuation and communication with them was great as they want to get your custom. They were meant to phone us/ email about our house listing so we could proof read it before it was put on the market. They listed our house as leasehold and made up information about this lease.. The property is freehold.. 🙄 we contacted them about this and they said it takes a week to amend it on the website. 2 weeks later it is still currently listed wrong.Anyway, this probably lost us quite a few potential buyers but luckily we also had our house listed with a local estate agent who marketed our house correctly and we sold within a week with them!
5/5
GoogleJames Allen came highly recommend and has not disappointed at all. James' advise and guidance has made the whole process of purchasing my first house as smooth and worry free as possible.
Thank you for your glowing 5* review and recommendation Jake. Thank you for your supportive words which I have course passed onto the local team. Kind regards, Lucy, Customer Relations.
5/5
GoogleExcellent service. Barry was helpful from start to finish making sure I was kept up to date and making sure everything was being done when needed. James the mortgage consultant was also hugely helpful. As a first time buyer I didn’t know where to start with finding a mortgage and he made the whole process easy and found me the best deal. Would definitely recommend!
1/5
TrustpilotI was a prospective tenant for one of…
I was a prospective tenant for one of the properties listed with them. They cancelled a viewing 2 hrs before the appointment saying the house was having 'some work done'. We rebooked the viewing for 2 days later and I called on the day of the viewing to confirm some details about the property. It was only then that I was informed that the property was not available. They had not bothered to contact me to cancel the viewing (was meant to happen in less than 2 hours). They did not apologise and were actually quite rude. I don't trust them at all and wouldn't be surprised if the information I was given was untrue. I would not recommend them!
1/5
TrustpilotThe worst agency I had to deal with…
The worst agency I had to deal with very disappointed and I would not recommend it to anyone!The letting agent Lauren Galway’s very rude and discriminating person!she asked me about my share code three times and than after that asked me for a BRP card!after giving her everything at the very end she said that we can’t have the very deposit option!Never ever I’ve been treated like that in this country
5/5
GoogleExperts in their field. Approachable friendly team. Fantastic at getting the house on the market quickly. Team work hard to push properties forward and take on your views to work collaboratively. Would recommend to those looking to selling their property.
Thank you for your 5* review and recommendation Charlotte. We pride ourselves on exceptional service and are pleased that your experience has been a great one. We look forward to sharing your review with the team! Best wishes, Lucy, Customer Relations.
4/5
TrustpilotLilli Cox was very responsive to all…
Lilli Cox was very responsive to all questions and queries. Her second in command - Oliwia was also helpful in responding when Lilli was unavailable. Thank you for all your care and attention!
1/5
TrustpilotI do not recommend
This agency performed a sales and rental valuation at my property. After the total renovation of my house was estimated at £1,600 per month as renting price. Using any website that rents houses in my area the monthly price is around £2,000 in lower standards. The hours in which you can receive apointments are between 8:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. When I asked about later hours, I received the answer that I had to take a day off from work. The agent was very young and his behavior was unpleasant.I must add that I had a total of four agents. I received quotes of £2000 pm or more from three of them.
5/5
GoogleLovely and welcoming place all staff are so nice. Me and my boyfriend had James for our mortgage and he was brilliant, helping us sort out what we needed to do, very helpful, would 100% recommend James.
5/5
TrustpilotExcellent Lettings Agent
I've used Connells now to.manage my properties for 12 years since 2012.on.a full management basis I've always found them competitive component and offer an excellent service particularly at Branch level.Recently we've been looked after by Sonny Munnerley who has provided us with excellent service on the occasion we've had to call upon his assistance. I would recommend Connells as a Lettings Agent
5/5
GoogleConnells in my view have always provided me with excellent service. Callum, assistant manager, has always gone above and beyond. Friendly, courteous and has always got back to me the same day if I had any queries. Would recommend. Thank you
Thank you Anne for taking the time to leave us this tremendous 5* review and recommendation. Kind regards, Lucy, Customer Relations.
1/5
TrustpilotCommunication is appalling
Don't expect anyone to pick up the phone if you have a query. Once you manage to find someone who accidently does they will refuse to give escalation Manager details. Don't expect them to adequately staff their offices. Even their Area Managers follow the same corporate line of hiding who their Manager is to avoid them finding out what a poor service they provide. DO NOT USE THEM.
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