Winkworth Highbury reviews in Islington

★★★★★ 5/5

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Sean Ward and the team at Winkworth Highbury were fantastic during our house purchase. Always very responsive and a pleasure to deal with and really did help the process to run smoothly.PositiveResponsiveness, Quality, Professionalism

Victoria · 24 October 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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For four weeks the branch staff thinks…

For four weeks the branch staff thinks it's ok to have mice and all the associated issues running round the flat and still no date for when the people will be coming to sort out the issue, very poor. Am sure they wouldn't want this in their own homes but it's ok for people that pay their salaries

Paul · 4 October 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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I’ve been working with Kelvin for a few weeks now and he has been very professional and informative about the market. Incredibly patient with my search and have full trust in Kelvin assisting me with the process.

Patrick · 7 November 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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Guildford Estate agent winkworth

Guildford Estate agent winkworth. Got shown a property today with my partner and 8 month old baby today. I'm offended you would even think that a filthy student property would be suitable for mt family anyway! Was absolutely disguted that you can show property's in these conditions like that and think its acceptable (and in a pandemic you should be sanitising everything down!) When tenants leave if you think showing a dirty property with dirt and filth is acceptable it is not! Trying to sell a property to me in such disgusting conditions and thinking its okay to show people shows what type of estate agents you would have been if we were to have gone with you. Asked to be taken off the books would not recommend thank god we curved this! Will be telling everyone to avoid this estate agent. Your reviews don't look great anyway even though you deleted my Google one!

Theo · 30 January 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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I'm waiting to hear back from Winkworth…

I'm waiting to hear back from Winkworth Kensal Rise lettings about why I'm being contacted by the utility provider to pay bills on an account I assumed was closed on my moving out. As a landlord, I pay Winkworths the 'Fully Managed Fee', a level of service for which they state they will inform the utility providers of the new tenants details. My credit rating is at risk as I have ignored emails from the utility provider on the basis that I have paid all bills before the tenant moved in. What is the point in 'informing the utility providers of your new tenants details' if the account isn't closed? I await a response. Very disappointed at what is either negligence or very misleading terms of service (if 'informing' providers achieves nothing of value to me as a client.)

Jonny · 14 January 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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Thanks to Finlay Cook for taking my…

Thanks to Finlay Cook for taking my sale to completion. However, it was a team effort by everyone in the Kensal Rise office. Everyone was very pro-active in marketing my property and keeping me updated on viewings and feedback. Once the sale was agreed, Finlay made sure everything went through and addressed any questions from both me and the buyer. Thank you

Gillian · 18 June 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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Sold property through Winkworth

Sold our Property through Winkworth and must say Jack was unbelievable in how he handled the sale.He could not have done enough and I would 100% recommend dealing with him .

Jonathan · 9 May 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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Last-Minute Viewing Cancellation

We traveled almost 2 hours for a booked house viewing, only to have it canceled last minute. This lack of coordination raises doubts about the agency's reliability. Agents should excel at arranging viewings, and this experience fell short of expectations. Hope for improved communication and better service in the future.

İsmail · 7 March 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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Typical response from a company when…

Typical response from a company when you have received poor service. Why would I want to contact their office after receiving a call from 'George' who basically tried to lie his way out of the situation. Exactly how do they think they can resolve the situation - the property has now been sold! I also need to mention that in the phone call received after my original post he stated ' I had to inform the vendor that you are in a chain of 9' - this is why the vendor decided to go with someone else - this is a blatant lie as I checked with our agent who provided me of details of our chain which consist of 5!! So not only did he lie to the vendor but also by not allowing the final bids by 10am next day (his idea!!) he deprived the vendor of the 5k offer we were going to make over the maximum stated price because the place was worth it - thats just us what about the other bidders - who knows what they could have offered given the level of interest in this property (which in itself questions their ability to accurately price the property) - given that they had had 10 viewings in two days and the vendors asked that no more viewing be permitted as they wanted to make a decision. My own estate agent was appalled at the service we had received as he considered it completely unprofessional - but then this is a franchise operation - no different than dealing with Mc Donalds!! I'm done with this now!

Keith · 21 November 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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Appalling unprofessional service from…

Appalling unprofessional service from Poringland branch. Saw a property that was priced with a guide price. Liked the property so offered full asking price only to be told that there were another 4 viewings that day and that an offer had been made but all offers were to be put to the buyer by 10am following day when a decision would be made. Agent insisted he would call to get our final offer at 9.45 and that reading between the lines they were basically playing all buyers to see if they could up the price!. Gave us personal email to contact him if we had any queries regarding the property that we wanted answered before 10am final bid cut off - sent email - NOT EVEN BEEN READ! - N0 CALL!! at 9.45 waited until 11am asked for agent only to be told he was not even in the office!! 10 minutes later get a call from the office (not the agent we had dealt with but someone else) only to be told that the house had gone to another buyer - didn't seem to understand why we were so angry at not being told anything or even receiving the call for final offer. Doubt if we would even have received a call or got any information if we hadn't had chased them. Absolutely appalling unprofessional service by amatures - wouldn't touch them with a barge pole.

Keith · 20 November 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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One of the worst agency… DONT WASTE YOUR TIME.

I would say one of the worst agency that I worked with. Exteremly unprofessional. They don't even call you back until you called them many times. I have seen a flat with them and I was the first one that seen the flat. I was there after 2 hours they post on rightmove. (This is what they said to me) I have seen flat 2 times and happy to pay deposit straight away. They told me that they will let me know after checking with lanlord. By the way his name was Lewis. He didn't even bother to call me that flat is gone because they have another offer accepted. Very unprofessional. I wouldn't suggest anyone this agency. Don't waste your time.

Aziz · 19 November 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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Professional and reliable.

Connor has been helpful and reliable in looking after our property and has dealt with any issues quickly and efficiently.

Mark · 4 November 2024

★★★★★ 2/5

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Unprofessional and disengaged

I bought a flat with Winkworth and decided to try to sell my property through them a few months ago. They seemed quite engaged, up to the stage where I actually signed the sole agent agreement. The timelines they gave me for listing it were not met and clearly just a lie. The one paragraph description of the flat they wrote was laughable - it didn't in any way describe my flat (highlighting aspects such as hard wood flooring and Nest which I do NOT have) and was full of typos - clearly something pulled together in less than 5 minutes. The initial brochure included only pictures of the living room until I called this out. Once on the market, there was basically no interaction at all, no feedback on any viewing, nothing at all. I asked them to remove the listing 2 weeks ago and even that seems like an unmanageable task. I'm waiting until the agreement expires to re-list with someone more professional.

Jasmine · 5 November 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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The whole experience with the team at the winkworth helleson branch

The whole experience with the team at the hellesdon branch were amazing, Daryl, was so helpful with the questions and made the process amazingly easy, thanks for helping us move into our new home

Mark · 5 December 2025

★★★★★ 1/5

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Tenants, Landlords, run away from them!

I will try to summarise my recent experience with Winkworth (Islington).At the beginning of September we went to see a property in Eagle Point building (Old Street Area). The viewing went really good, the Negotiator (George) was very kind and as we liked the property in less than 30 min we paid and let agreed the property.Our moving date was the 30th of September, more than 20 days later, during that time, and since day one we have asked three simple questions:- Does the property have fiber internet installation?- Does the building have bike storage?- When can the items that we don´t want be removed from the property?The first one was never answered, the most accurate response we got was "we think so", the second one was wrongly answered that the building has not bike storage facility and we are still waiting for a response on the third one.(FYI - The first two questions are answered on the property info document that we found when we moved in, so they were totally unaware of the characteristics of the apartment, very professional...).Apart from these questions, during the process there was no updates, and I had to chase them on weekly basis.On the moving date (30th) we come to the property for the check in inventory, and it was then when we realised that some aspects of the property were completely dirty (Oven, Taps, Toilet....) it was disgusting, so the first thing we did was to contact the Winkworth's Property Manger (Donna), which in a very defensive way, and without even apologising for the status of the property and the lack of hygiene (especially with the current Covid situation), said "You have not requested the property to be professionally cleaned"... We were shocked, we reviewed the contract and as it happens with all tenancy contracts, there is a clause that specify that when you leave the apartment you must professionally clean the apartment, so we reply back to Donna and then she confirmed that apartment was professionally cleaned when the previous tenants left the apartment (all her response was in the same tone as the initial one, no apologies, all defensive, really impolite).We replied back to her again, this time in a more serious tone, and complaining about her impoliteness but also to ask her for the proof that the apartment was professionally cleaned, because it would really surprise us if someone would say that the apartment was cleaned after looking into the photos we took, and for probably the tenth time to ask for when will they take the things that we don´t want from the property.As you can imagine, there were no more responses, so we cleaned the apartment, as it was disgusting for us the lack of cleanliness and we have have just contacted the director of the Winkworth Islington branch, and write this review as we believe anyone thinking on hiring their services should think about it twice, regardless if you are a tenant or a landlord, but actually, if you are a landlord you have probably more to lose, as they will be talking on your behalf and I would never let someone like them to talk on my behalf.

Adrian · 3 October 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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great value

We had a difficult sale mostly due to difficult solicitors but Guy and team went over and beyond to make it happen. Couldn't recommend enough. Happy we didn't go for an online broker as sale would surely have fallen through. Fair pricing. thanks.

ReviewerName · 24 July 2023

★★★★★ 1/5

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Winkworth leigh on sea

Winkworth leigh on sea. A bunch of liars and con artists. We rented a flat and asked for a break down of the fees we had to pay and also for the landlords details which were missing. The staff nodded and smiled and yes we will get those for you as we signed the contract and got our keys. 5 minutes later when we asked for them again they said we couldn't have them. Blatantly lied to pur faces. They take so long to respond to problems with the flat and didnt fix the big issues. The place obviously had mould which had been painted over as it appeared after a few weeks of moving but lied when asked about it and later said they think it might have had in the past but they were unaware. They also turn up well over half hour later to an appointment they made to inspect the property upon leaving. Their store was a 8 minute walk to the flat and when we called to see where the agent was, she hadn't left yet despite being 20 mins late already. Avoid these useless people at all costs.It's funny how a company only wants to help you after you leave them an honest bad review. I'm not wasting anymore time responding to such an awful company.

Walker · 24 July 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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Utter jokers

Utter jokers. They made it so difficult for me when mentioning I wanted to view some properties near Victoria train station. An Indian guy in his early '40s asked me to come to their office, after asking all the irrelevant questions on the planet then showed me a rubbish council flat. I was feeling a bit sick from his car fumes and asked if we could meet at the next property while I was walking. I have never seen him ever since: he simply disappeared and did not even answer the phone. I was too embarrassed to call the office and complain. I gave up on this company, they are just bullies asking to pay for just about everything while they laugh all the way to the bank thinking if you are a single woman with an 'exotic' accent you must be having a low IQ too. Bunch of jokers to be avoided.

CP · 22 March 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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Thoroughly disappointed with Winkworth , Brook Green W14 .

Extremely unreliable and unprofessional . I was advised to market my property with Winkworth , Brook Green , Shepherds Bush Road. The owner , Ben, came to value my apartment on Wednesday 7th , he was enthusiastic about getting it on the market next Monday. He confirmed all details discussed in person on an email on 8th , I called in the morning on 9th to reconfirm I was very happy for them to proceed and I then got a call from the photographer who booked in for today 10th at 09.00 am but after 20 minutes he sent me a text saying that he had a double booking and did not offer another option. I tried all day yesterday 9th to find out what had happened and only today at nearly 02.00 pm I got Ben’s email saying that he could not market my property as the situation would not allow him to satisfy my needs. I wasted 3 precious days and think it is outrageous that someone thought to be an established professional, can actually behave like this. Unexpectedly disappointing.

A · 10 July 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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I can doubly recommend the brilliant team at Winkworth Highbury has they not only sold our flat but also found us the house we’ve just bought. We are especially thankful to Zac, who was unwaveringly unhelpful throughout our house search, but also Katherine, Michael, Jake and Clair who provided seamless advice at different points.

Sophie · 24 October 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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I had a wonderful experience working with Kelvin. He was incredibly responsive, patient, and dedicated throughout the entire process. I highly recommend his services to anyone looking for a reliable and supportive realtor!

Cindy · 6 November 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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Had a great experience arranging a new…

Had a great experience arranging a new rental with Aysha and Rory from Winkworth Stoke Newington and Winkworth Islington. Aysha in particular was super responsive and very helpful. Thank you!

Henry · 16 December 2025

★★★★★ 5/5

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Great team at Highbury and Islington, Michael was very communicative and found us a home that we would have assumed was well out of our price range. Thoroughly recommend.

Hollie · 24 October 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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Very happy with the good service

Very happy with the good service. Thanks Oliver for caring and all the staff to make it happen. Will recommend this lettings agency Winkworth for professionnalism.

Fatima · 28 June 2021