John D Wood and Co Sales London reviews

★★★★★ 5/5

Google

I cannot recommend John D Wood, and Will Rothery in particular, enough. They gave us good initial advice about marketing our house, and were thoroughly professional and easy to deal with all the way through the sale process. Even after the rise in interest rates affected the market they achieved a price in excess of that suggested by other agents in better times.

Katie · 16 April 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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I just moved into a new flat in Notting…

I just moved into a new flat in Notting Hill. The team was always very responsive, on top of everything! I’m so happy with my new property and the service they’ve provided.

Andrea · 23 April 2026

★★★★★ 5/5

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Helpful and friendly

Always very helpful,friendly and supportive whilst remaining professional. Gave good advice. Appreciated individual circumstances. Always answered my queries. Stayed with us through a long process with a positive outcome.

Jane · 15 May 2026

★★★★★ 5/5

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Easy first time buying experience at JDW

Working with Sophie and the rest of her team to purchase my first flat has been great. Always quick to get back to me, friendly and making the home buying experience positive.

Anon · 22 April 2026

★★★★★ 5/5

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JDW in Chiswick helped us move into our new home as tenants. From the start they were friendly, straight to the point, direct and no mind games. All the staff were great. Special thank you to Kay for all his efforts. We will definitely use this service again in future.

Ziad · 23 June 2019

★★★★★ 5/5

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We have recently moved home with the support of Nick at John D Wood. Nick was incredibly responsive and supportive throughout the whole process and I would highly recommend Nick if you are looking for a property in the Chiswick area.PositiveResponsiveness, Quality, Professionalism

Laura · 22 June 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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Great help

Thank you, Paris and staff at Notting Hill office for doing a great job renting out our two-bedroom flat despite a tough market. We really appreciate your hard work and professionalism.

Melanie · 24 April 2026

★★★★★ 5/5

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Great job

I really appreciated Paris’s help at the Notting Hill branch. He helped me find the right flat and did a great job smoothing out any issues that came up along the way

Giada · 16 April 2026

★★★★★ 5/5

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Chiswick Lettings Team

Laura and her team in the Chiswick Rental offices went the extra mile in advising us on every aspect of finding a new tenant for our property including help with plumbers, decorators and removals and most importantly in finding us a good selection of prospective new tenants to choose from. A very hands on operation with excellent customer service and support.

David · 1 March 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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Excellent service from start to finish!

I'd like to thank the whole team at John D Wood in South Kensington and in particular Umar and Angelo for introducing a buyer and working together with all parties (solicitors, managing agents, freeholders, buyer and vendor) in a friendly, personalised and dedicated way from start to finish. Although the whole process - from offer and sales memorandum till exchange of contracts and completion of the sale at the agreed price - took approximately 12 weeks, Umar and Angelo have always kept me informed of every single step towards achieving a successful sale. It was often just a text or quick phone call - even on a Sunday - which kept me motivated throughout the process. I believe that with John D Wood I have been in very good hands and would therefore highly recommend them.

Mark · 6 June 2019

★★★★★ 5/5

Google

Found the website really easy and Nicholas and the team were very helpful when I called up. I didn’t go for the area in the end as my circumstances changed, but would definitely recommend for those looking round Chiswick.PositiveResponsiveness, Quality, Professionalism

Dylan · 22 June 2021

★★★★★ 4/5

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Deposit nightmare solved

We have recently had to move during COVID. It was incredibly stressful and made worse when we found ourselves unable to access our deposit back through no fault of our own. At first I was not happy with the responses I was getting until Rupert Simmonds stepped in. He went above and beyond to cut through red tape and help us to get our deposit back in full. Rupert is a credit to John D Wood!

Shopski · 13 September 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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Thanks to Laura and her team for great service when letting my house in Chiswick for a short let. Very professional and hassle free.

James · 22 June 2023

★★★★★ 1/5

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Really bad when it comes to services

Really bad when it comes to services. My deposit is stuck with them for more than 2 months. Always some lame excuse for not paying back. There is an property manager named Moesha, who will never address any query but will just be harsh I hope to give below 1 star but that the least i can go.

SG · 18 April 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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Claire has been excellent in helping us…

Claire has been excellent in helping us find a rental properly from abroad. She was super flexible with our requirements and timing and always kept us in the loop once we found the property. She did an extra video viewing and asked many questions to current tenants on our behalf. I would highly recommend Claire and her team and if were to rent again would definitely use them!

Agata · 23 February 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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Charlotte Kelly is an absolute star. Professional, freindly and down to earth. She showed us a number of flats and gave us all the facts and local info we need to be able to make decisions. If your going to John D Wood as for Charlotte a true gem.

Geraint · 23 June 2017

★★★★★ 1/5

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I have a property which is fully…

I have a property which is fully managed by JohnDWoods , they couldn't renew my contract due to sick leave of their employee , they cant solve my problem I have to reach to tenant by myself and trying to solve the issues , 20 days pasts the contract end date .

Ali · 24 September 2025

★★★★★ 5/5

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George and the team were very helpful and professional throughout the whole process. I absolutely recommend and would not hesitate to use John D Wood & Co again in the future.PositiveResponsiveness, Quality, Professionalism

Ed · 22 June 2022

★★★★★ 1/5

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DO NOT TRUST THESE PEOPLE!

This company make an appearance of disorganization, but could not possible stay in business, if they were, indeed, as disorganized as they appear. Having managed to fend me off for three days whilst I was house-hunting in France; I finally found that the gem of a house I had found - in Perpignan - was taken off the market; in order that it could be purchased by a relative of one of the partners/directors of John D Wood. Worse than inefficient and unprofessional ... very close to fraudulent! DO NOT TRUST THESE PEOPLE!

Tom · 5 October 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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Thank you Julian for all your help and assistance on the purchase of our new home. The process was incredibly smooth and we thought you particularly responsive to the questions we had. We’d highly recommend purchasing through John D Wood. Adam & Rosie

Adam · 22 June 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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My husband and me were so impressed having decided to use John D Wood & Co. Zara Watterson was amazing to deal with and always at the end of the phone/email dealing with all our questions. She was so professional, but friendly and personable throughout the whole process. We were happy with every aspect of her service - the immediate communication, the professional viewings she conducted and the honest advice on any possible issue. We will definitely be using Zara’s when we decide to move again ;-) Thank you very much Zara

Magda · 23 June 2017

★★★★★ 1/5

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Avoid at all costs. Perhaps ok if you are a landlord but from a tenant's standpoint they are as incompetent as it gets. I rented a property via them and lived in for just over a year. Throughout the time I stayed in the property, there were several issues with the house. Unresponsive and believe it or not a lot of the problems we reported were never addressed while we stayed there. Heard nothing re my deposit until 2 months after I moved out. They were apparently trying to get hold of the landlord and were unable to respond till 3 months had passed at which point I had to raise a dispute. Then I heard back from them and the landlord asking to withhold 63% of the deposit!!!!! And this is in spite of US having re-carpeted the entire property as well as repainted it days before moving out. They/landlord also asked to retain part of the deposit for pre existing issues that were prese t in the check in report as well as items that were removed from the property by the agency!!!!! Some of this is down to a greedy landlord but as property managers they are so poor. They stay silent in all this and clearly have not managed the landlord discussion at all. The landlord asked an amount from the deposit due to the house not being repainted (we had agreed to repaint). John D Wood conducted viewings with the the builders in the property painting the house yet they did not push back. They simply do not care about tenants. And clearly they do not know how to manage such situations. Avoid, avoid, avoid. I happen to also be a landlord to two other properties and I would never ever consider using them in any capacity.

Nikolaos · 22 June 2022

★★★★★ 1/5

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I would give 0 stars if it was an option. We rented a total catfish of a property for 9 months (21 Vaughan Ave) - it looked great from a glance, but was total rubbish underneath. Everything broke... we had a burst pipe, broken toilet, broken boiler, broken fridge, broken front door, broken washing machine, broken dishwasher, and way more. The worst was a blocked sink for 3 months due to incompetent plumbing. Paired with the broken dishwasher, we had to do all of our washing up, for four people, in a bucket and empty it in the gutter in the street. It was miserable. The landlord refused to pay for anything to be fixed when needed, despite us shelling out around £1k each per month for this hell-hole of a property. What does it say about JD Wood to be complicit in such a dire arrangement? They totally failed in their duty to supply a livable property. The worst thing, and the thing that hurts the most, is that the tyrant of a landlord try to steal practically all £4k of our deposit money from us. When it came to TDS adjudication, Harry from JD Wood submitted what we suspect to be false check-in reports that we had never seen before, along with lies about what we were like as tenants. Thankfully, the TDS can see through the BS, and has awarded us our deposit back in full. JD Wood are 100% on the side of the landlord and will make your life a misery. Do not rent with them, ever.

Patrick · 22 June 2022

★★★★★ 1/5

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We recently ended our tenancy with a house in Chiswick due to the state of the house being in constant disrepair from poor maintenance and being a low quality build. The day we moved in the pipe leading to the water heater flooded the kitchen and we had similar issue with the property on a monthly basis for the rest of the tenancy. When moving out we were presented with a false check-in report that we have evidence never occurred in a bid to claim the full deposit by the landlord. During our tenancy we kept good care of the property paying for cleaners and gardeners regularly. We even dealt with many repairs ourselves, one of which our kitchen sink was blocked for one and a half months and we were having to use buckets. This was verified by 3 plumbers was not our doing and that the pipes where build with small pipes angles incorrectly. This and other examples meant the landlord during our tenancy clearly did not even fulfil his legal duty for repairs and lead to us moving out despite having no other need to move. We have attempted to defend our deposit in small claim proving that the check in report was falsified by the fact that images in the report clearly was taken in Summer when the report is dated to Autumn. However, the Agent at Wood's have backed the landlord all the way, testifying that we were poor tenants and that they can verify the validity of the report. All blatant lies to defend their customer. The behaviour is despicable and if looking to rent I would strongly suggest you do not deal with John D Wood as they do not have your back and will lie for their landlords.

Sam · 22 June 2022