Portico London reviews

★★★★★ 1/5

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Portico are terrible and rude. immoral and unethical and go to all lengths to find ways to extract money from landlords even when you are not in the contract with them.

Portico are terrible and rude! They do not explain their processes deliberately so they can add extortionate prices on top of what has been agreed and threaten with legal action and court. They sneakily phone tenants although you are no longer in a contract with them which is very unethical and morally wrong so they can see if the tenant is still there so they can sneakily charge you finders fee although the contract has ended. They will then threaten you with court unless you pay them all this money. They have immoral and unethical and go to all lengths to find ways to extract money from landlords even when you are not in the contract with them.

Fifi · 22 October 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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Always a pleasure to work with!

Spyridon, Romona, Lara and the team are always a pleasure to work with. They have been our client for a while now and we have built up a great relationship with them. Would highly recommend Portico and their team!

CPCreative · 5 February 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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Stress free Check Out

After experiencing a difficult End of Tenancy with my previous property I rented, Simon Martin, Portico's Inventory manager, made the checking out process so much less stressful than expected this time around. Everthing was explained in full to me.

Kazza · 5 February 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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I highly recommend Charlene at Portico…

I highly recommend Charlene at Portico estate agents, she has been very professional and helpful in arranging the renewals of my fathers flat, her prompt answer to all my questions has been appreciated. Overall a great point of contact.

Riccardo · 30 January 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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Portico employee road rage

Very negative experience with one of Portico's driver's (male) road rage physically threatening me (small female) with his car whilst I was trapped in a cul de sac trying to park. He then proceeded to call me a ******, hand gestures etc. Was very upsetting.Upset but understand that these things happen, I was more disappointed by Portico's response after I reported the incident to them. I hoped they would have a word with the driver so no one else would suffer similar but was met with only lip service.

Upset · 13 October 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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Had an excellent experience dealing with Portico, really great bunch

Conor · 12 October 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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Quick great friendly service

Quick great friendly service Thank you to Michael and the tean

Gabriel · 15 November 2023

★★★★★ 1/5

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Ignoring my calls and emails constantly

Portico have consistently ignored my calls and emails when trying to enquire into multiple different flats around east London, I’ve left many voicemails and continue to be ignored and not called back despite the singular time I actually got through to a real person I was told I’d be called back later that day with details to arrange a viewing. Writing this review in the hope they see it and sort it out

Eoghan · 8 September 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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Best service we have encountered. Brilliant Estate Agents.

Brilliant and highly recommended!!Having had many bad experiences with many Estate Agents, therefore I admittedly went into this process with my guard up and I had very low expectations. However Bilal, Daniel, Alannah and the Portico team have been amazing from start to finish.Throughout this process they have been fast and responsive to any query that we had but also to my frequent requested changes.They enabled me to achieve a higher price than I anticipated and exceed the ceiling price of the street.I had a number of unscrupulous local Estate agents telling me that Portico had called it wrong however the house sale went through seamlessly and we could not have been happier.If you are considering a sale in the area I would recommend using Bilal, Daniel and Alannah before anyone else locally, noting that I still have a few rentals in the area and have thus experienced many of the others poor level of customer service.

Leon · 3 September 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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Tasks were completed to a high standard

Casey came around to do a few bits and bobs around the house. Tasks were completed to a high standard.

Gareth · 2 March 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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Highly recommended

I rented a property for a number of years through the Walthamstow office and then eventually sold. Sean Hewitt dealt with both the rental and selling and I can thoroughly recommend him and his team for always being most helpful friendly and very efficient. He was always at the end of the phone if needed and dealt with any queries I may have had straight away. He also recommended a good solicitor for the sale. Highly recommended branch of portico

Debbie · 26 August 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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Thank you Mia

I had some issues with my flat rental. Mia Walcott-McCormick was very helpful and promptly dealt with my queries and assisted in resolving issues which could otherwise have escalated. Thank you Mia for a professional yet personal service.

Nilima · 10 February 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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Appalling

Appalling. It has taken us over month to get out deposit back despite approval from our landlord. Disgusting, greedy and incompetent. Give us back the deposit we are rightfully owed.

Chloe · 16 August 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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Nick was great throughout the job

Nick was great throughout the job, was helpful and very tidy. Impressed compare to other tradesmen we have experienced.

Mr · 22 March 2023

★★★★★ 1/5

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Avoid at all costs if you are renting

Rented through their Walthamstow branch.High fees (which were legal then) but slow to fix anything. Refused to fix some things such as the back fence being non-existent. Tried to charge me £180 for my AST rolling over into a statutory periodic. Upped the rent by 10% without fail every 2 years.We were good tenants. Stayed there nearly 10 years. We fixed up the garden (eliminating Japanese Knotweed) and never missed any payments. We kept the place clean and tidy.When it came to the end, they tried charging a checkout fee and back-peddled when I asked if it was illegal (an old template by mistake). They insisted the property should be professionally cleaned by their cleaners, but it wasn't even a good domestic standard when we moved in. We refused and cleaned it ourselves.. They lied on the checkout report claiming that "detritus" was present on carpets and in the fridge. Fortunately I had hi-def video of the whole flat on the date I left (all tenants should do this) and when I suggested they might want to take account of this evidence when setting any deductions they backed down and gave me the whole lot back. Silly them as there was some wear and tear on the place they might have gotten away with, but they just chose to lie.

Paul · 23 July 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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Annie was an absolute delight

Annie was an absolute delight, she reassured me with advice with the current government guidelines and was helpful with the next steps for me and my family. Will look forward to speaking further with her.

Pippa · 6 November 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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Extremely high Landlord fees

I’ve been using portico as a landlord for a few years now as an agent to let my property. Recently I’ve had a terrible experience. Very slow to update me, the fees for basic items like registering tenants deposit is blatantly multiplied (they charged me £70 whereby it’s less than £20 to actually register it). Also they used to deduct fee’s on a monthly basis. They changed their T&c’s without warning so when my new tenant signed a 2 year contract they deducted 9% up front for 2 years which amounts to 3 months rent! I haven’t received any payment as the tenant pays them directly. Please avoid if you are a landlord. There are so many better agents out there that charge half as much and are much more honest and upfront

MA · 29 June 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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Extremely happy with new property manager

We recently had Alice Franco Do Amaral come on-board as our new property manager and since then our experience with Portico has been overwhelmingly positive. Alice came straight in, inheriting a long-running issue from her predecessor, who hadn’t been providing an adequate service. Alice, though, has been brilliant from the get-go: she is patient, an excellent communicator, never goes missing, and, most importantly, gets things done. We are very grateful for the work she’s done on our behalf so far.

Niall · 1 June 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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New property manager Alice

New property manager Alice took over looking after our property just a few weeks ago and yet, she has been so efficient and brilliant at sorting out issues that normally drag out to months and months. So greateful to Alice for the way she understands the issues, takes ownership, finds providers and coordinates with the owner. She is clear and timely in her communications. She always follows up and makes sure issues are sorted. We are really impressed and greatful.Kristina

Kristina · 25 May 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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Very communicative and helpful

Samuel is helping me find a property in Walthamstow. He's great at staying in touch and sending over what we might be interested in. Fingers crossed he can help us find the perfect next home!

Hannah · 25 August 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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Very poor agents

Very poor service. We had multiple issues throughout our tenancy and had to threaten with ombudsman to get things sorted. This started at the beginning when the agent tried to trick my foreign partner into a lease without any break clause and lasted to the end of the tenancy when the agent then took an excessively long time to sort out deposit arrangements (>40 days to provide a breakdown of intended deductions). We only got the ball rolling again when we threatened to sue. I highly doubt they were transparent with our landlord either, as we had to frequently go through our neighbor who knew him to get things done. Never have I seen such a poorly managed estate agency (and I have seen many). Landlords, tenants, buyers and sellers should all stay away, they will cause you more stress than you need.

Will · 11 May 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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A great team!

CP Creative has been working with Portico for many years now. We have a great relationship with many of the staff including Spyros and his team. They are a pleasure to work with.

CPCreative · 22 January 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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It can be a stressful experience…

It can be a stressful experience searching for a new home but Portico Property were great, with a special thanks to Magdalena from accounts who was extremely helpful. I highly recommend Portico Property!!

Chris · 21 January 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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Sharon Chebrot deserves a special…

Sharon Chebrot deserves a special mention for her help dealing with the local council and the Landlords Licencing system, very helpful and efficient.Megan Buchel is always thoughtful and very efficient, excellent at problem-solving.

Lesley · 20 January 2021