Hunters Forest Hill reviews in Lewisham

★★★★★ 1/5

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Horrible experience and nasty staff

I have dealt with hunters in my life time for the purposes of my parents buying a house and a business and myself moving to a rental property. All I can say is they were consistently unprofessional uneducated and rude. I naively didn’t think it would matter when renting a property who the letting agents were however I was wrong. The biggest item of contention was the deposit. They had deliberately left items off the inventory that were damaged and dirty. I had added additional notes to say for example the carpet was heavily soiled, but because I did not list one particularly piece of damage they would not accept this. The staff were very rude- which is so unnecessary it’s not their money and I was nice throughout, far nicer than a lot of people would be.There’s many more things I could list but all I can say is to avoid them I have since used Hudson moody and they have been a dream lovely staff no matter who you speak to and very competent diligent record keeping.

Emily · 19 May 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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Hunters Pontefract

What a joke this place is! Rented a property from them in august, viewed the property and it looked lovely, 3 bedroom house with a garage in a nice quite area for £650 a month. That’s where the this well sounding house then goes wrong. We’re supposed to have 2 sets of keys, they gave us 1 complete set and a set that fit none of the doors (who knows who’s keys I had and who had my keys?) We had no running hot water for 3 weeks.All of which were reported immediately. That’s when the problems then go even worse, after redecorating ( which the property needed) with their permission most rooms to the house and de weeding all of the gardens, we then realised why the property was so cheap. As the weather turned worse in autumn the boiler had to be put on, the thermostat didn’t work and the boiler was on constantly meaning the bills were ridiculously high, every window in the property was blown and misted the bay window was collapsing so let mould in the front of property, my daughter has a lung condition so this really effected her ( which hunters was made aware of) there were holes in the brick by the back door, when the toilet was flushed the downpipe leaked on to the back door the list goes on and on. We asked for early release of our tenancy ( a month and a half) which the landlord agreed to after a member of hunters had been out to assess the property, they then phoned on the day of my partners nans funeral to say the landlord had changed his mind ( which I never got the message after calling back twice and leaving messages) We moved out of the property in December due to the issues and the fact they weren’t being resolved after countless attempts to contact hunters. They finally got back in contact in January and said if we had just dropped the keys off that would have ended the tenancy? After weeks of trying to contact them. They have since taken the deposit back and rented out the property in pretty much the same condition! Stay away from hunters. They do nothing to help or communicate and are all about the money not the health and well-being of the tenants living in the properties, the tenants are simply cash cows!

Josie · 14 May 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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had serious problems with Hunters…

had serious problems with Hunters Northfields Ealing , on many occasions I asked them not to make appointments without my permission, however they subcontract their lettings to a third party and they never make a mutually agreed time . all i ask is that all appointments aree by agreement ONLY , i cannot say what Hunters are like for landlords but if you are a tenant you wil,l get no help at all

Dissatisfied · 30 November 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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STAY AWAY FROM THEM!!!!!!

I’ve been dealing with this agency for the past 5 years, and once again they’ve proven the worst agency/agents ever. I deal with their branch in Surrey Quays, London, and their service is amongst the worst I’ve ever had in any kind of customer service, plus their incompetence is beyond belief.We’ve had the name of the lead tenant changed from the DPS for someone who doesn't even live here. DPS tells us the agency requested the name, (which the agency rudely denied) and then we find out that only 1 of the current tenants has the name in the DPS although the deposit has obviously been payed by the 3 of us. On top of that, after showing our obvious concern with the situation, we’re told by the agency not to worry, because “it should be fine”. Disgraceful!!!STAY AWAY FROM THEM!!!

Sergio · 15 April 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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The worst Agency ever

The worst Agency ever. They looking every way to win your deposit. Please do never work with them. I was renting a small studio flat. When i first entered the flat the bath was a bit cracked. I never reported cause i thought they know about that. By the time this cracked became worst and worst. When i left property i did changed the bath with my own costs , i cleaned the property with professional cleaning service. Above that they said me that they put other people to clean it again cause it was not cleaned enough, and this cost was 240 pounds, finally i paid for that as well. Before all of these they said me i need to send keys via post to their agency. I did send it to them. After i payed the bath and the cleaning services, they said me that they need to keep some deposit because the keys has not arrived to their office and i didnt send the proof of postage which they never said me that it need to be posted with recorded post or to send them proof of postage. They are Scams do never work with them guys, they don't care how you feel or anything they just want to steal money from you.

Andi · 3 April 2020

★★★★★ 2/5

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Unfortunately once again America…

Unfortunately once again America succumbs to its usual 2-dimensional plots and characters with yet another load of revenge programming loaded with a heavy dose of violence. Predictably, the line is clearly defined between good and evil. Each episode we can look forward to inventive ways in which a healthy cross section of races kill evil Nazis, executing them with catchy one-liners and witty monologues. Most of this garbage rests on a good Jewish teenager who joins a team of what seems like movie extras in order to track down the evildoers and plot their demise.

Stephen · 14 March 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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Avoid them

Avoid them. They inventing fake offers. Everything is beautiful new and shiny but when you viewing house there is a dog s**t on the middle. Which is fantastic for them.

Grabarz · 16 October 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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Thank you Hunters for being always a pleasure to deal with and sponsoring Dalmain’s Christmas school fair this year.

Shaun · 18 December 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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Thank you so much for your sponsorship for the Dalmain Winter Fair, the school and community really appreciates it.

Friends · 18 December 2023

★★★★★ 1/5

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STAY AWAY!

I rented a property for 6 months from this company and it’s by far the most horrific and unprofessional company I’ve ever come across. I got my keys and on entering the property you could smell how dirty it was. The carpet in living room had been so badly worn it had holes in it (when I view the property before it had tenants living in it and this as covered by furniture). Some of the rooms were wallpapered. Obviously lack of cleaning done. I did the inventory hive where you tick of the picture taken by the estate a gent matched the description, it did so I ticked it. All this was via email and before I got the keys to actually see it bare. I was horrified at the state of the place and called them immediately. Banister rail was loose, the back door had dropped, the front door leaked, all interior doors were very hard to open, the showers had been leaking as there was mould on kitchen ceiling directly below, boiler lost pressure when the heating was on and much more. They rectified a few things. Now over the 6 months I was there they did get things sorted (4months before an electrician was employed to fix the smoke alarms). Now I did not receive my full bond back as they took money off me £15 for dust on light fitting, and £25 for paint work that had been scratched (previous tennant painted white paint on brown plastic windowsills). I left the property in an immaculate state. It was much cleaner then when I moved in. Besides Annabelle being the most stuck up rude and unprofessional person I also think I’ve been misled and taken advantage of. As i imagine they took bond money off previous tenants for the decorating issues they did not however rectify this and restore the house to neutral decor. I don’t mind find taken off if I have damaged anything but they seem to take your money and not repair anything!

Helen · 4 December 2019

★★★★★ 2/5

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Have called and left my contact details 4 times in the last 48 hours with the sales team to give me a call so I could arrange a viewing of a house which is up for sale. The sales team must be all over target for the year as I’ve never had to proactively chase a sales team 4 times to give me a call back to try and arrange a viewing - as of now , 4pm on 30th July I’ve still not had a call back from the team. I pity the person who’s marketed said property with Hunters as they seem disinterested in trying to flip it. Hopefully I might get a call back tomorrow as promised 4 times already.... I won’t hold my breath though

Shane · 14 November 2019

★★★★★ 5/5

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These guys are not about volume. You don’t feel like a number. They told me this when they came to value my property but at that point you don’t know if it’s true or just a sales pitch. I can say I believe them now. They told me that if they take on too many clients in one month it will compromise their service and that’s not something they wish to do. They want to win more awards for customer service. They asked me to wait a couple weeks to put my advert live so they weren’t over their limit for that month. I agreed. They delivered. I always got feedback after each viewing via their great email feedback system. They updated me on the market changes weekly as it was a very inconsistent time politically. All the staff are warm and easy to talk with. They are all mature and experienced agents so you always feel your in good, seasoned hands. Highly recommend if you are seeking an agent who is genuinely interested in the best result for you. They even advised me turn down the first offer so they could try and get me a higher price from the buyer! They were great at negotiating on our behalf.

Martin · 14 November 2019

★★★★★ 5/5

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I knew from my initial meeting with their representative Dave, that Hunters was the estate agents for me....they had me at "hello!" I felt Dave had the edge over other estate agents I interviewed because he listened well, wasn't pushy and was genuinely interested to hear my thoughts about the property I wished to sell, something which was reflected in the amazing property details he posted online. He shared my vision in terms of how we could successfully dress and market the property, without spending a huge fortune and still reach it's full market potential by appealing to the widest customer demographics Hunters could reach through various types of advertising....this I'm glad to say, didn't include a 'for sale' sign perched indiscreetly outside the property, as I wished to keep the sale a bit low key from my immediate neighbours. Dave's knowledge, experience and advice was invaluable and gave me the confidence to trust him and the team at Hunters, namely Joseph and Sarah, to just go for it!! My budget wasn't huge so Dave wisely advised me where I needed to splash the cash, make do and mend and most importantly, where to just use a bit of elbow grease!! He was also really patient and understanding when I experienced delays with my builder and missed a couple of deadlines with the photographer. Dave preferred that I should take more time and get this part right because of the huge importance and impact it would have on potential buyers when the property hit the media. Dave crucially assessed the value of my property at key stages before it was advertised and marketed. After seeing the property dressed and photographed, he decided confidently that it deserved a chance to be in a higher price group valuation, a decision critical in today's challenging property market especially if the agent gets this wrong! It was reassuring to know I had the full help, trust and support of all the team at Hunters, who kept me in the loop by managing and alerting me to all the viewer appointments, offered lots of feedback and with Dave's superb negotiating skills, helped me secure the price we reached in the end with the buyer. So after six weeks of advertising on various media, a steady stream of viewers, over a thousand visits on a property website beginning with the letter 'Z' and just as the market was winding down for late autumn, I finally sold just 10K under the top end of the higher valuation. What a result!! I really could not have been in better, professional, responsible and safer hands and I would thoroughly recommend Hunters at Forest Hill.

M · 14 November 2019

★★★★★ 1/5

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Avoid at all costs bad communication…

Avoid at all costs bad communication problems have to keep chasing them.Agreed figure on Friday to let one bedroom property on Monday increased amount by £750 not acceptable or professional.Still not had proper viewing of property at this point sad to say they least bad experience all round.The only prompt response i had from them was an e.mail with a holding charge invoice attached ten minutes after calling to place an interest in viewing the property 🤔🙄

Gillian · 15 October 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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I was very pleased to hear your were sponsoring our dalmain school fair again. Such great community support.

Vanessa · 18 December 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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A great local estate agents that always have time for community causes and always supports Perrymount Primary School

Steffan · 18 December 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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Hunters are really supportive of the local community, especially my daughter's school, Dalmain. We appreciate all their help.

Anna · 18 December 2023

★★★★★ 1/5

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Hunters P'Head - Terrible customer service!

My recent experience with Hunters (Portishead) has been very poor and unfortunately, due to terrible customer service, I will avoid ever dealing with the company again. I thought it may be wise to share this review as I genuinely feel houses may not be selling in our area due to a certain persons 'selling techniques'. Every phonecall before and after our viewing with this person was incredibly frustrating. They were very rude, abrupt and patronising. During the viewing both me and my partner were almost cringing at the 'selling technique' , it was all about him and his contacts, very much a bragging opportunity. This was followed with a very patronising quick fire lesson on 'how to sell a house'. If the agent had bothered to actually ask questions about us, he would have learnt that one of us had very extensive property sales experience. Similarly, by asking no questions about us, he didn't sell the house to us, he merely opened the door and identified what the rooms were. No attempt of selling the features to fit our needs, nothing. Whilst I initiated some questions about the property, the agent didn't answer me directly and would always look to my partner when speaking - we both picked up on this seperately and found it to be very rude and came across chauvinistic! The agent wrapped up the viewing by saying he had a cash buyer in next (as to try and scare us), we waited...and guess what, nobody arrived. During the multiple calls after out viewing (some were return calls to his voicemails) this particular agent would respond like he didn't have a clue who we were, (well if he had bothered to use his customer service skills perhaps his memory would have served him better) after re-highlighting who I was, I was faced with short answers in a 'you're wasting my time tone'. I left every phonecall seething at how rude this person really was.I think anyone who has dealt in any customer facing role understands that customer service is key, find out about your customer, what do they do, what are their needs, build a rapport etc.I appreciate we were only viewers but fast forward to us selling in the future - there wouldn't be a chance I would use them as my agent. Safe to say, I will not be dealing with Hunters again.

Natalie · 22 September 2019

★★★★★ 1/5

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MY ADVICE IS DO NOT USE HUNTERS LETTING…

MY ADVICE IS DO NOT USE HUNTERS LETTING IN PONTEFRACT!!!I would prefer to give NO stars to Hunters Letting Agents of Pontefract. They are a shambles, they dont follow best practice in terms of how they deal with those people that sign agreements with them. I rented a property in the area being charged £700 pcm for a 3 bedroom house WITH garage I was very specific I needed a garage. the house had this and i was informed that everything had been checked at the property when I went to sign the contract. Moved in no working cooker, fridge or freezer, had 3 water leaks from bathroom (that I didnt use) into living room. Also no ability to use the Garage as they didnt give me a remote control for it for nearly 3 months and when they did it would not open but I had a manual handle to wind up and down (but the garage was full of builders rubbish), but of course they said they had checked and it was ready to move into. At the end of the tenancy they deducted £90 from the deposit for pet hair in the main bedroom (Ihave a cat which was always sleeping in its bed on the ground floor plus dead flies on the living room floor). No monies back however for the lack of the garage!! I then overpaid by mistake a further months payment and instead of sending back the full amount of £700 the deducted monies for some reason, no explanation to me. THEY ARE NOT BIG ON COMMUNICATING!!! People may think this is not true, I can prove all of this - there is more but i simply cannot be bothered to put it here. Will be taking legal advice.

Linda · 5 September 2019

★★★★★ 1/5

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Accept no responsibility for misselling

When we purchased our house through Hunters they marketed the property as having a 1.5 acre plot. Since purchasing we have subsequently found out this 1.5 acres is actually less than 1 acre. We have raised this with Hunters who do not consider they have done anything wrong. We have gone through their escalation process for what it was worth and they refuse to accept any responsibility. We are taking further action to understand what laws Hunters have actually broken around misspelling but if anyone has any advice feel free to comment.

Phil · 30 August 2019

★★★★★ 5/5

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Having been letting property for several years I have used many letting and managing agents. Hunters are exemplary in the business. They are knowledgable, transparent and as a landlord I do genuinely get the sense they are trying their best to protect my property and rental income via a selection of services at different levels of affordability all of which have varying levels of landlord protection included. Will continue to use over the long term. Recommend to any landlord.

Michael · 14 November 2019

★★★★★ 5/5

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We bought our house though Joseph Lazaroo of Hunters Forest Hill, we was very pleased with his services and help getting the house. We're pretty sure this is our forever home!!

Ace · 13 November 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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Thank you Hunters, for sponsoring DALMAIN school Christmas fair. You are always a pleasure to work with.

Mike · 18 December 2023

★★★★★ 1/5

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Don’t expect any help.

Trying to talk to someone is just ridiculous. No one can do anything and always passes to another person which leads to waiting for a callback that never happens. I called 8 times yesterday hit voicemail each time, was only calling as again the call I was promised didn’t happen.Very happy to be changing to working with another estate agent.

Danielle.A · 7 February 2023