Bridgfords Merseyside reviews

★★★★★ 1/5

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Very bizarre ethos

My wife and I found a property of interest being marketed by the Washington branch. We were in a very strong position regarding our status as we are actually completing on our current property on the 30th and prepared to move into rented to get the right house moving forward. This was pointed out to the representative who took the phone call. We viewed the property and I must say the young lady who came out was very friendly and professional. It was very clear from both the pictures and the live viewing that the property required a lot of work both inside and out to make it liveable. We exercised due diligence and found that the property next door had been on the market in June 2024 for exactly the same price as the one we had interest in but it had been fully modernised, had an extension and fully landscaped garden. We felt a below asking price was in order taking this information into consideration and made contact again with the Washington office. The offer was put forward and we were told as it was 5 minutes to closing they would contact the vendors Monday and be in touch. Monday came and went with no follow up call. Today I rang back in and spoke to the exact person I’d discussed the offer with and he seemed totally un phased he hadn’t made any contact with an update. I explained the rational behind the offer regarding the house next door and he replied ahhh that house is much smaller. When I pointed out we had the original listing in front of us and it was exactly the same he just said oh and moved on. Again we explained the situation and even intimated we may go up a little. He said he would go back to the vendors and call me back. Well would you believe it still no call back. I’m really now not surprised after reading the rest of the reviews on here but I do hope someone of a higher level reads this and maybe educates this chap on the art of selling and negotiating. Right now he’s more sales prevention and a poor representative for front of house sales. We will move on and look elsewhere.

Paul · 22 October 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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Scheming, conniving people

They were nice enough when I wanted to rent a property. Not so nice at the end of my tenancy when they withheld my ENTIRE deposit without providing any breakdown of costs, reasoning and ignored all my requests. I had to make a claim through the My Deposits scheme who eventually recovered most of my deposit back. Company were useless, unhelpful, rude and trying to take advantage of a young girl living by herself. Well you made a bad choice because I got back what was mine, no thanks to you, and will NEVER rent or buy through yourselves again.

Emily · 18 October 2018

★★★★★ 1/5

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Not even worth one star

Not even worth one star. I am the landlord and I received the worst service I've ever experiences. If you want to be ignored for weeks and lose money, use their service. I was holding off at giving this review hoping that things will improve, but after weeks of chasing my emails were falling on the deaf ears. First of all, accounts either too busy or too incompetent to deal with basic request, not willing to investigate any repair issues charges, the companies they are using to fix the property are doing botched jobs, resulting in hundreds of pounds loses. Sheer irresponsibility and lack of professionalism, unwillingness to help or resolve any problems leaves you humiliated as a customer, I would go quietly if I wasn't paying any money, but since I'm being charged EACH MONTH for the service which I COULD DO MYSELF, I think I deserve to say something! I really hope I can close my account as soon as possible because I'm really done with being neglected. Can I just ask, how hard is it to reply to an email? Be prepared to wait a week, of FOUR in my case. Horrible, caused huge distress and I really hope your management take note of all the negative response EVERYWHERE and do something about it. Lettings agency on the other hand in Swinton on the other hand is lovely and Hannah Smith was particularly help full, than her for that.

Yuna · 8 June 2018

★★★★★ 1/5

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Made an offer on a property

Made an offer on a property. Which was accepted. Property was removed from rightmove. Had a survey carried out RICs survey 2. Before even getting the Survey report back. The property was back on rightmove. As Bridgfords driving up cost for there commission on property sales. Blaming cooperate client. Very poor practice stay clear of.

Nathan · 1 June 2023

★★★★★ 1/5

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I was tenant for 8 years

I was tenant for 8 years, problems with communication, leaking roof repaired after 6 months, need it to call every 2 weeks to have an answer that "we will contact landlord, team or anyone else in the next 1 hour". Yeah 6 months water was leaking on my head. The best part is that something like that is with everything. Now I'm waiting for my deposit after when I moved out. There is barely any communication, no confirmation and very bad service even at the end of my tenancy. If you like problems and bad service you can do the business with Bridgfords. If you like good service and nice people you need to look anywhere else.

Lucas · 17 October 2017

★★★★★ 5/5

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Mortgage adviser at Halifax branch

Lee the mortgage adviser at the Halifax West Yorkshire branch is amazing. I was trying to get my property re-mortgaged and as this was the first time I’d gone through it I was a bit nervous to say the least. The property in question was my dads who had passed away. Lee was brilliant, I did really know what I was doing and I had spoken to many different mortgage advisers. After speaking with them I just through the others just wanted my money but Lee was different. He spent time explaining everything to me and was always there if I needed him. Was hard to get him on the phone but he would email back as soon as he could. He did everything right for me and I highly recommend him. I will be going back to him once my term has come to an end, every time.

Charlie · 13 August 2017

★★★★★ 5/5

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Exceptional service from Molly and the wider team at Bridgfords since we first made contact with them back in April. They've been really flexible with appointments to view/access the property and helped to push the purchase along when it was needed. Molly checked in with me every week to make sure everything was going to plan and to help where she could. We really couldn't have asked for better service.

Yvonne · 15 June 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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Highly recommend

Beverly/Nicola and team at the Burnley Branch have been utterly amazing dealing with my property purchase. Super quick responses to emails, calls. Friendly service. I couldn't of asked for a better service. Highly recommended.They are a credit to this company.

Jan · 26 April 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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Stevie Hook at Bridgfords Newton-le-Willows has been absolutely fantastic helping us purchase our new home. Service, integrity and personal ownership of the purchase from viewing right through to exchange that we really would not have expected and have not seen from other agencies that we have purchased properties from in the past. A big big thank you to Stevie and the whole team we came across at Bridgfords Newton as they were so helpful and a pleasure to deal with. Many thanks and we highly recommend Stevie and the team at Bridgfords Newton-le-Willows as Stevie personally took all the pain out of purchasing our new home and it was hassle free process from beginning to end.

John · 16 June 2016

★★★★★ 5/5

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We recently re mortgaged through Bridgefords in Newton Le Willows.Our point of contact was Mr John Chivers. I would like to say a big thank you to John for all his help and advice.My partner and we found the whole experience very easy and was impressed by the speed of the service with no problems and no stress. I would recommend John to anyone seeking advice over mortgage matters as he is very easy to talk to and easy to get along with and extremely professional. Well done and 10/10 from us !!!

Mark · 16 June 2016

★★★★★ 5/5

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We have recently sold our first home and bought our new house through Bridgfords in Newton Le Willows. The service we received as both sellers and buyers was very professional. The manager came to visit our property, took our information, photographs and measured our house and we had viewers within the first few days resulting in an agreeable offer shortly after. Stevie assisted us in finding our new home and although the purchase of our new house was not an easy transaction Stevie and Ashley were always on hand to deal with any difficulties quickly and effectively. Telephone calls were always returned promptly and as Stevie liased with all solicitors involved in our chain we were always kept updated. Many thanks to the staff in the office. We were very pleased with the service we received and would not hesitate to recommend you to others.

Stephen · 16 June 2016

★★★★★ 5/5

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Bridgfords Denton

Cant recommend Bridgfords Denton enough. Bought through them recently. The team were so helpful throughout. Great communication, nothing was too much trouble. Aldo used their mortgage advisor, Gemma. She was fantastic. Never dealt with a broker like her! She went through the whole process in detail and always on hand to answer any questions I had! Many thanks to Ryan, Stacey, Adam and Gemma. You guys made what could have been a stressful so smooth!

Gone · 24 January 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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Rip off Britain would have a field day…

Rip off Britain would have a field day with this lot I turned down my perfect property once I found out it was it was this terrible company ! How they still in business I have no idea

Tony · 6 January 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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Apalling handling of my mother-in-laws…

Apalling handling of my mother-in-laws property. Took a massive %age of the rent, did nothing for the money, never communicated, never responded to messages or calls, left us with a squatting tennant for over a year after being serviced notice, never checked the property properly, never followed up on the deposit so we lost that as well. One star is far too much to give them. I suggest you never consider using this company.

Andrew · 25 November 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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They are shocking

They are shocking.I emailed & spoke to them at the middlesbrough branch about a property near 2 weeks ago. on the phone i was told the potential move in date was 8/9/24 They told me they would do a video tour heard nothing so chased them to which they came back with a rubbish excuse the tenant hadnt been in touch so they couldnt get into the propertyI withdrew interestThey are shocking at communication & couldn't run a bath

Finn · 2 September 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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they say they are going to call you…

they say they are going to call you back but they dont too many sales reps only interested in their commission very poor service, avoid this company

Michael · 1 April 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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Got bored of chasing them

Called multiple times to try and get a viewing booked in. Was told multiple times someone would call me back. Got bored of chasing them.

Kiwi · 15 April 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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4th tennant same issues- damp, mould, negligence

I am the forth tennant leaving my current rental property with the same letting agency and landlord due to the same issues. Mold, damp, negligence and conditions quite frankly not fit for living. I'm breaking my tenancy agreement with permission of the landlord, however never expected to be hit with Bridgfords re-housing fee because quite frankly didn't expect bridgfords to take on this property with a now fifth tennant following years of the same issues not fixed. The 95 year old landlord lord is maybe not able to care for this property but I'm not reviewing him right now. There's something really sinister about a company needing capital gain to the degree that they are willing to miss sell and mislead another tennant into this property a fifth time. Please please stay away.Edit- just noticed that they have a new tennant already from a video viewing alone. Pictures posted of the property are from years ago. Next tennant likely spun the same lines as me, "we are so busy with viewings on this property it's so desirable we can't possibly fit you in, take the video viewing and we advise you to go for it within the next 24 hours before it gets snapped up" there have been no physical viewings of this property whilst I have been here. This is miss selling and pressure sell tactics. The next person will likely have had to pay the same heavy holding fee as me, there rent has gone up by £50 and their deposit by £200 from the 7 month's when I came in with minimal work done on the neglected property. This company is predatory.

Robin · 7 August 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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Huge thank you to Ellie who organised my new move, really helpful and the process was speedy! Much appreciated

Bradley · 15 June 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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Chris Parkin was my mortgage broker

Chris Parkin was my mortgage broker, really helpful I had been told from another company that I would not be able to get a mortgage, Chris went above and beyond to make it happen. We had issues with the lender taking unnecessary time on some issues Chris chased them everyday and I am now in my lovely new home. I will definitely recommend Chris in the future.

Amanda · 10 June 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Awful customer service

Awful customer service, do not respond to emails, make you feel like an idiot on the phone for asking questions after not getting responses. absolutely gutted that I have to deal with this company.

Sarah · 20 January 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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made me complete 5 recaptchas to…

made me complete 5 recaptchas to unsubscribe from their spammy emails. this is a tactic to waste people's time so they give up and stay signed up to emails. why would I need to prove my identity to unsubscribe from emails? even a hacker would have better things to do

Nicholas · 13 August 2025

★★★★★ 1/5

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Lack of communication, unethical and unprofessional Practices

I had a very disappointing experience with [Agency Name]. I initially booked a viewing for a flat that was on sale, only to find out the appointment was cancelled because the flat was sold, and they forgot to inform me.Giving them another chance, I booked a viewing for another property. However, they insisted that I use their mortgage advisor even though I already had one and an Agreement in Principle. When I refused to change my mortgage advisor, they immediately cancelled my viewing appointment. This kind of behaviour is unprofessional and unethical. I would not recommend this agency to anyone.

Barbara · 25 June 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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Atrocious Customer Service

Atrocious Customer Service. Have been chasing their Burnley branch for 6 weeks now and have emailed individuals there, as well as their general contact address and no one gives a damn.

Stephen · 29 January 2026