Portico London reviews

★★★★★ 5/5

Google

Looking for a rental property and Zohal Shafai from the Portico team reached out super quickly within the day if my enquiry! Very grateful to have been shown the property, clear on next steps and full property overview and details. I was quite new to the area but great to have a completely awareness on the location benefits! V.impressed with Zohals knowledge and how quickly she responded to my emails with clear next steps. 100% recommend!

Shahriyar · 22 June 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

Trustpilot

Jade and Portico are amazing

Jade was our agent at Portico and made renting the house of our dreams a reality. She put us first, made us feel top of her priority list and has made two friends very, very happy.We had all paperwork/legal bits sorted well in advance, and I can honestly say I have never felt more safe and secure going through an agent before. Thanks to Jade for all her work with us <3

Jasmine · 21 March 2022

★★★★★ 1/5

Trustpilot

AVOID AT ALL COST! HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE!

Since the beginning of the tenancy we encountered numerous issues. When agreeing on the flat with the letting agent, we signed the tenancy agreement for £748 per month, which after 2 days or so was changed by Portico and they emailed us with a change in rent per month to £800 as Landlord "wanted" more and earnt more before. We were unable to negotiate, as we had to move, and when Tenancy Agreement was signed, we felt like that it is too late to change things around. Just a few months after moving in, despite it being a "long term let", we received calls and emails saying that the landlord "changed his mind" and wants to sell the flat now. We therefore needed to go through the huge amount of stress and anxiety as nobody told us exactly what is going on, and how this will affect our contract. Additionally, we were without hot water and heating for more than 4 months despite it being a health and safety issue during the winter (our boiler missed an important part as per the engineer who came to check it, and was not able to complete the yearly gas certificate and test, as it was faulty and Portico/Landlord had no money to fix this urgently). At no point have we received an apology or a decent compensation for this from Portico. We decided to leave after a year, when our contract ended, however due to COVID19 we had to extend for an extra month, which happened after a long discussion, as they tried to force us to extend for another year!!! Needless to say that the rent would have increased of course! When moving out, I asked to be present when doing check-out inventory, but was greeted with Simon Martin, who were arrogant, rude, and belittling. They tried to keep all of our deposit £800, and even when trying to dispute with them, they were not listening, did not respond to emails or calls, and were not helpful at all. After a 2 month or so dispute process with TDS, thank God we managed to get most of our deposit back from this useless agency. Fellow tenants, please ensure if you at any point sign a contract with Portico, make videos and pictures when moving in, and before moving out. Otherwise the best is if you avoid at all cost. A total rip off, with unexperienced and unhelpful individuals, who will not care about your wellbeing and concerns.

Reka · 25 August 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

Trustpilot

Very helpful and efficient!

Lady (Walthamstow) was extremely helpful (and patient) with all of our questions. Very quick and efficient process; between viewing a property and signing a rental agreement it was less than a week and Lady kept us reassured throughout. Thank you, Lady!

Laura · 20 January 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

Trustpilot

Incredibly helpful and polite staff!

Samuel Johnson was incredibly helpful, polite and professional. The property I was enquiring about was no longer available yet Samuel immediately found me a similar property that met all my requirements. He even went a step further to check out all the requirements I would need for my particular circumstances and found an easy and achievable solution that would work for us. I really appreciated the effort he put in to accommodate us and help us find a home. I will gladly be using Portico again as my first choice when searching for homes.

Gillian · 14 August 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

Trustpilot

Great service from Magdolna of Portico Highbury

Magdolna of Portico Highbury has put an enormous amount of work, much beyond what I would expect from an estate agent, and helped me admirably while I was working searching for a property. She was with me every step of the way and proved extremely effective and helpful. Highly recommended!

Oded · 18 November 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

Trustpilot

Great Customer Service

Runy and Erick made our new life in London happen. They were always very good at returning calls and helpful with communication between us and the vendors. Happy to recommend. Many Thanks

T · 3 February 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

Google

So far so good moved into a flat with my partner and the agent I dealt with Will was very good and professional , always quick to reply to multiple questions and didn’t seem like I was too much bother would recommend.PositiveResponsiveness, Professionalism

Angela · 24 August 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

Trustpilot

Above and beyond!

Sean and his team go above and beyond when it comes to customer service, which is a the most important consideration when buying a property in the Walthamstow area, and the London more broadly. They ensure an honest and straight-forward purchasing process. Having had property viewings with a number of Portico's competitor agents, we found them to be incredibly aggressive in the way they market homes and hold bidding processes to unrealistically inflate prices. I did not find this approach ethical or customer friendly at all. With Portico, I was very pleased with their clean-cut approach. I would not hesitate to recommend Sean and his team to friends, family and those looking for a new home in the Walthamstow area.

Nishal · 10 June 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

Trustpilot

Avoid at all costs.

Property was not cleaned during move-in. None of their numbers on their website actually work. Nice office doesn't cover their unprofessional team.Worst situation has been that 3 calendar months after moving out of one of their properties, Portico's Property Manager Charmaine Fernandes has refused to respond to my emails or phone calls regarding my deposit. Unresponsive during the quarantine and somehow just as bad before.They will effectively hold your money hostage and do NOT care a lick about their tenants.Avoid at all costs.

GG · 22 May 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

Trustpilot

Portico have managed the letting of our…

Portico have managed the letting of our Clapham flat for the last decade or so. Our daughter has just moved in so we no longer need Portico. Throughout that time we have been impressed by their efficiency and responsiveness. If we ever let it again we will go straight back to them. Jane and Andrew

Amanda · 18 August 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

Google

Just want to say a thank you too Sean Hewitt for excellent service on managing our property . Jackie,Lynn,Julie and Sarah

Lynn · 16 October 2025

★★★★★ 5/5

Google

I had a great experience with Michael. They were professional, helpful, and made the viewing easy and enjoyable. Would definitely recommend!

Ilma · 16 October 2025

★★★★★ 5/5

Trustpilot

Best letting agent for landlords

The lettings department of my local Portico branch have been extremely helpful. Way before my property was ready to let, they gave me advice on so many things, with no pressure to even sign them up to let my property. Marc the manager is extremely knowledgeable and friendly and Helene in accounts is very efficient. I have never had to chase any rent ever! Everything is easy and transparent. Exactly what you want when letting your property.

Vicky · 28 January 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

Trustpilot

Difficult sale- handled with empathy

Portico sold our property that they also had managed. It was a difficult sale process but portico worked hard to keep us informed and updated where they could and also put the effort into chasing and following up the buyers side to get elements progressed. Shaun and his team took my many calls - often when I was frustrated and stressed and overall handled my questions in a calm and empathetic way, which I appreciated.

Charlotte · 22 June 2021

★★★★★ 4/5

Trustpilot

Working with Tom Houseman for Airbnb

Working with Tom Houseman on our Airbnb account bookings has been a nice and easy experience. Tom has been speedy in his responses, knowledgeable and accommodating to our requests during our first 8 bookings.Our only concerns during the first 3 months have been on 2 occasions where some misalignment with the cleaning company resulted in new tenants arriving to a less than perfect house. Not sure who or how but a little disappointing. That said, it was Tom who jumped in and took immediate action on both occasions resulting in happy tenants once again.

Nick · 21 February 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

Trustpilot

Good experience and highly recommend

I have always had a very good experience with Portico Leyton estate agents who are very professional in finding tenants for us in a difficult market, they are unrelenting in trying to find the right tenants for us through out the search process. I have used this service now for 7 years and it because of Marc professionalism and expertise that I would highly recommend them. Thank you Marc for all your support over the years!

Nick · 31 March 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

Trustpilot

Woodford Daniel should work in Tesco stacking shelves

Not sure how too being....first impressions should have said it all, the Woodford branch are the worst I have ever dealt with or should I say Daniel was. From first phone call to enquire about a property for sale was told that I should not come view as it was close to selling, after forcing a viewing I was greeted by a lovely chap who told me it was no where near close to selling.I proceeded to make an offer and was then confronted from an angry Daniel because of our offer and then proceeded to call us liars and then interfered with our sale by calling our estate agent telling him we are time wasters and he should not sell our property for us.

Scott · 17 February 2020

★★★★★ 4/5

Trustpilot

IW review

I have rented my flat both as short let and Airb&b with Portico. Tom Houseman was absolutely excellent in managing of Airb&b and highly professional with guests and myself. I cannot but give me less then 5*.However this review doesn’t apply for Tom only but also other colleagues. Megan Squire also found successful first short term tenancy and is now reviewing the strategy for a second one. However her relationship with financial department is not very seamless since mistake get made in invoicing wrong and not agreed with Megan inventory fees in the contract we signed. Generally the part that invoices and the part that makes agreed contract with client needs improvement. Hence for this an overall 4* is an adequate review for Portico.

Anon · 12 February 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

Trustpilot

BLACK MOULD IGNORED

Urgent complaints regarding serious black mould ignored for over two years.

Megan · 10 January 2026

★★★★★ 5/5

Trustpilot

Great service

Great service, Thank you Michael

Charlie · 28 August 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

Trustpilot

Outstanding service

We had the option to go with several letting agents when we finished refurbishing our property in Woodford Green and glad we decided to choose Portico as Chris and Ash have been really efficient, very professional and most user friendly throughout the process. They had tenants viewing the property the next day after the property was advertised and the first couple rented the property - the team at Portico made the process very easy. Would recommend them totally if you are looking to rent a property.

Jessica · 16 November 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

Trustpilot

First Time Buyers

Portico Leyton were great to work with, and guided us step by step through the process of buying our first flat. We had, just previously, had a bad experience with another agency so were feeling apprehensive and nervous about trying to buy another property, but team were really supportive and informative the whole way through. They were in constant contact, quickly responding to any queries we had via phone / email and they kept us up to date on all progress. We would definitely consider moving though them again in the future!

Sophie · 19 August 2019

★★★★★ 1/5

Trustpilot

Lies.

Becky was extremely friendly during the viewing and on all further phone calls relating to my purchase of the property (which has since fallen through). Unfortunately, her careless errors and subsequent lies have cost me the property, cost the seller money, and caused us both a lot of stress.After my offer was accepted, it became clear that Becky had made a careless error in her original email when she claimed the property was chain free even though it was not. This obviously makes a material difference to the situation and therefore I reduced my offer by a small amount. After a week of back-and-forth, and with other added complications not helped by Portico/Becky's involvement, I was told the seller had decided to instead accept the other bidder's offer because I was messing them around too much.I knew something didn't feel right about this and so I privately posted a letter through the door of the seller explaining what had happened and asking for some clarity on their version of events. The seller told me that Becky never admitted to her error, instead making up lies about why I had reduced my offer, and this is what inevitably lost me the house, and caused the vendors to instead choose a seller who had made a lower offer than me.Estate Agents already had a bad rep. It is not helped by cowardly acts such as this with absolutely no integrity or professionalism. I will never be using Portico again, and you should be wary if you do.

Adam · 13 August 2019