Chestertons Islington reviews

★★★★★ 1/5

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Slumlord. Does not respond to requests and treats even high rent tenants disrespectfully and threateningly. I would never use them to let my property and wouldn’t ever wish to be a tenant. Avoid

Andy · 12 February 2025

★★★★★ 5/5

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Chestertons South West Lettings -Kate

Chestertons South West Lettings -KateA huge thank you to Kate for making my move incredibly smooth. Throughout the process Kate kept me well informed and took a really personal approach. Thank you!!

Sophie · 23 August 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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Chestertons South West Lettings - Melissa

Although it was a bit of difficult circumstances for me to find a place to live while I was under self-isolation period, especially, in the busiest season.However, one of the Agent in Chestertons was kind enough to introduce me fantastic properties through online visiting via WhatsApp and sending me videos (After the period, she booked an actual viewing as well).Thanks for her kind & helpful assistance, I could decide which place is the ideal one for me and move in a very smoothly after the self-quarantine.Thank you for your great assistance :-)

Tomochika · 23 August 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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Great overall experience

I had a great experience with Chestertons during my tenancy. My property manager in particular, Isaiah, was extremely hlepful in resolving a number of different issues and was always on hand to help throughout!

Felix · 29 January 2025

★★★★★ 5/5

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Chestertons South West Lettings - Liam

I could not recommend Liam as an agent highly enough. Any issues we had with the letting process he dealt with in a timely manner and remained transparent throughout the whole process.

Sean · 19 August 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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Chestertons South West Lettings- Sebastian, Barnes

Chestertons South West Lettings - Sebastian WaltersSebastian was extremely professional and efficient throughout the process of renting our lovely flat in Barnes. He answered all our queries and managed the whole process for us although we were overseas and paperwork etc he managed the paperwork remotely. He also liaised seamlessly with our children to arrange the viewing etc before we arrived. Chestertons are privileged to have such a polite and experienced professional dealing with the lettings in Barnes. Well done Sebastian.

Kathryn · 18 August 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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Giorgio!

Giorgio, was amazing! I couldn’t recommend him enough to my friends. Speedy, efficient and even worked his magic on his days off!I found my new home through Giorgio and couldn’t give anyone a better review. Initially I spent weeks going back and forth, checking the market, making offers that got rejected and then I came across some properties on Rightmove by luck they were just listed, and I saw it was with Chestertons. Most negotiators names I don’t remember as the process can be quite overwhelming, but I remembered Giorgio because he was very friendly and always followed up with written communication on previous calls. I called him on Saturday morning first thing after failing to get a viewing slot with his colleagues and even though he was on annual leave, he somehow managed to get me a viewing that day, we offered and he spent his Sunday calling me to tell me our offer was accepted. Not only was the process smooth, and quick, but he didn’t need to pick up the phone and deal with us on his annual leave but he did. He was so polite, so speedy, and ensured that I wasn’t just shifted to the back of the queue. This attitude by far goes along way, more than any other agent. Thank you!

Jessica · 12 August 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Chestertons are your typical sleazy estate agents

Chestertons are the managers for a property we have been leasing for 2 years.To start off, they got the dates on our lease wrong, and tried to send us a correction to sign with dates still wrong, and didn't seem capable of understanding the error. not a good first impression.During the 2 years they managed our property, they did absolutely nothing, and failed to locate the spare key on the one instance we got locked out and needed one.After our 2 year lease was due to expire, the landlord would have been happy to continue with a lease without Chestertons (and split the difference of their 10% fee to reduce our monthly rent) but Chestertons refused to allow this unless we moved out of the flat.All in all, just your typical run of the mill sleazy estate agent company who care nothing about their tenants and are just greedy to collect money wherever they can. ugh.

J · 11 August 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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5 stars for Kai Collins

My sales negotiator Kai Collins didn’t put a foot wrong throughout all of what was a lengthy and difficult process with my flat purchase. He was always around when needed and was helpful in driving the sale forwards.

Lewis · 30 November 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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I had the pleasure of working with…

I had the pleasure of working with Katherine Ma, and I must say her service exceeded all my expectations. Her professionalism, attention to detail, and high level of expertise made the entire process seamless. I would highly recommend her to anyone seeking top-quality service.

Ritchey · 28 August 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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Dawn Cunningham with Chesterton SW was…

Dawn Cunningham with Chesterton SW was simply amazing. She perfectly understood what I was looking for and came up with an stunning apartment to rent ticking all the boxes. It was the quickest and most efficient process I have ever gone through from 1st presentation of the apartment in the evening (video), viewing 1st thing in the morning and 3hrs later signing the contract.Absolutely happy with the service and can’t wait to move in. Thanks, Sandra S.

Sandra · 4 February 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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Couldn’t be happier!

My partner and I really couldn’t rate Chestertons highly enough! We placed our offer for a property in South West Lettings 5 days ago, and today we signed our Tenancy Agreement and paid our deposit, and are both shocked at how efficient this process has been! In particular, Kate, Kerri-Ann and Richael have been incredibly helpful answering every query we each had and made this process as fast and easy as possible for us, despite our constant questions! Ryan, who showed us the property, was also extremely helpful! We’re now looking forward to moving into the property, grateful this process is sorted well before our move in day! Super happy!

Ella · 3 August 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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First time Landlord

I am in process of renting out a property for the first time. Given the process was new to me I needed to ensure I was getting the best advice, making sure my requirements were being matched against suitable tenants and that I could trust the managing agent to look after my property during the rental period. I looked at 3 providers - one similar in scale to Chestertons and a smaller local provider.All 3 demonstrated satisfactory capabilities but Chestertons stood out in terms of their ability to clearly articulate the value they could bring, having listened to my position and requirements rather than churning out a standard sales pitch. I didn’t pick the cheapest option as I could see clear differentiation in the value position and to be honest had a higher level of confidence in the team from Chestertons which has been borne out by my subsequent experience. There are a number of people who contact me from Chestertons and to be honest it can get a bit confusing so another plus is I can escalate to Kerri-Ann when I am either confused or require some quicker action. I hope the service levels remain this high once the rental commences next week

Ian · 30 July 2021

★★★★★ 3/5

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The service is fine except the various…

The service is fine except the various departments and people you have to deal with. What happened to having one person you could talk to on everything?. If you insist on such a user un-friendly system of pass the parcel, then at least let the right hand know what the left is doing. As landlords we pay a lot of money to agents to find a tenant, at least have some compassion towards your client and streamline this extremely cumbersome procedure of several departments , none of which know what the other have done.

Stephen · 30 July 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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100% Satisfied

I have been letting my flat through Chestertons for many years now and have always been completely satisfied with the service provided.Synika Regis-Jackson at the Islington office is the property manager and she's a pleasure to work with.

David · 28 November 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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Amazing experience with Juliette

Just had an amazing experience with Juliette who has been very helpful, friendly and always available to answer my questions. She managed to find the perfect property and helped me through the process, solving every problem in a very short time. Thank you again Juliette

Serena · 7 August 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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Worst viewing experience as a buyer chasing for viewing address & offer updates_Chestertons Battersea & Clapham

I've been flat hunting for a while and started to look around Battersea area. Worse experience ever. Other agencies in this area are just normal. This one is ridiculously bad.If you are buying/renting flats you probably dont have choices. If you are selling/renting out your flats, my experience is they have been so bad that I just want to give up on the flats they represent just to avoid them:1. Viewers have to call 3 times before viewings and no address was provided: Before my first viewing arranged with Charlie, I called 3 times and everytime I was told I will get an email/text and I NEVER did. I had to call on the morning of the viewing day to find out the address.2. 2nd flat I arranged to view with Chestertons Battersea office, no address confirmation at all again. I called and a lady apologised saying this is unacceptable. I only got the text after the viewing happened (Should I blame my mobile service provider?) Again I had to call the office to find out which address it is I am viewing. Painful & confusing.3. Having to chase for updates after offers: I put down an offer and Charlie only replied that there were other offers etc. and the vendor now wants £25K higher than asking price. He's a nice guy but he did not even bother to inform me about the rejected offer.I understand they are busy and of course work for the best interest of themselves & thus vendors, yet there was no basic decency of confirming viewings address with 1 single email after I called for 3 times during the week to find out where I have to go for viewing on Saturday. With this start of experience when they talk about other higher offers being rejected or the vendor now wants £10K - £25K more than asking price, frankly I doubt how much trust I should put in that. The whole process is painful with waiting & waiting and you are never sure what might go wrong in the next step, or how much of any info presented is true. This is normal with estate agents but this time it's painful enough for me to bother with a review.

Yiwen · 20 July 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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I had a great experience speaking with…

I had a great experience speaking with Carl J. from the Chestertons maintenance service. They were friendly, professional, and efficiently addressed my boiler issue. I felt supported throughout the conversation, and they were more than happy to assist with any queries.

Scott · 11 October 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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We initially went with a lower priced local agent for our sale however we found the service frustrating and got little traction in the market. After a month or so we switched to Chestertons and the quality of advice was noticeable in comparison. Within a couple of weeks the house was under offer in a challenging marketplace. Scott Abrahams and Stuart Hawes were great to work with and i would highly recommend them.

Michael · 25 October 2017

★★★★★ 5/5

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Helpful advise from Tamara

Tamara Price has been really helpful and patient giving us advise when offering to potential lettings. She has been guiding us with the process.

Maria · 1 September 2022

★★★★★ 1/5

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TERRIBLE SCAM EXPERIENCE

PS: we are UPDATING the review given Chestertons’ response: they did not have “our best interest at heart” as they stated below. Our response: TPO had agreed (twice, once at first and then at the appeal) that Chestertons has taken advantage of our trust and as a result, TPO ruled in our favour, and Chestertons was held financially liable for the stress and damage caused to us. As such, TPO ordered Chestertons to pay us a “compensation” for their actions. So once again, as you can see in their response to this review, they are simply dishonest and incapable of being accountable for their actions., , , , -Review below:We had a terrible experience with Chesterton Property Management. They are extremely dishonest and have, in our situation, partnered with a building scammer, Panacea Marketing Limited (Lee Deakin). They took advantage of our trust and we lost as a result a large sum of money. Our Property Manager, Justine Waterman, was despite all evidence showing a scam, 100% protected by the management of Chestertons.

Nathalie · 22 June 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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Helpful with deposit negotiation process.

Asha Allert was extremely helpful with the deposit negotiation process.

Aryan · 9 November 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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Renting with Chestertons

Quick and easy process with special thanks to Anastasia who was extremely helpful from viewings to finalizing move in

Dan · 1 March 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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Seamless move, great service

Helped to make my move seamless and as stress-free as possible! Tanya made sure everything ran smoothly and it was a relatively easy process. Thank you team!

Georgia · 6 April 2022