Barnard Marcus Dorking reviews

★★★★★ 5/5

Google

Special mention to Emma Cronk who was very helpful, knowledgeable, friendly and professional during our search for a property. Thank you Emma!

Philip · 7 February 2025

★★★★★ 5/5

Google

I have just viewed a property through Barnard Marcus Dorking and felt I had to leave a review to say how impressed I am with their teams’ management of my viewing. Louie was so helpful and polite and very professional when showing me around the property. Thanks also to Tricia for my property valuation and talking me through how they would manage the sale of my house. I feel very confident that I would be in safe hands and not at all pressured. I would definitely recommend this team to anyone thinking of moving.

Margaret · 23 October 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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Excellent service from Bernice at barnard marcus in dorking, very informative agents who helped me find and get a mortgage on my first property. After going through several agents and one property falling through with another agent barnard marcus were very supportive and I would consider them as a first option if possible for anyone. Thankfully put in touch with Bernice Tully who was exceptionally professional, knowledgable and friendly. She handled everything promptly and advised me throughout the whole process and also got me a great mortgage offer. I am very grateful, thank you BM and Bernice!

Jamie · 23 August 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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I would not recommend anyone to use…

I would not recommend anyone to use them. I bought property through them and I lost of lot of money. Its partly my mistake as I didn't know its possible to sell property without person who sells the property not being the owner of the property. They lied to me that person is in the process of the registration and it will take few months. The true was something else. It took me 11 months to register that property with massive Council Tax bill for empty property as well as heroin squatters being inside for 6 months.Two weeks is very short of period to check all tricks that they use to get you into trouble and unsolvable problems. You have to have very experienced solicitors who can read their selling contract special conditions which are usually on written on 20 pages adding all sort of hidden cost on top of the auction price. I paid 8k plus buyers solicitors fee. Mind you they have their own solicitors company who writes this kind od special conditions and "Clients" who they selling for. As I said if you don't have big experience with Bernard Marcus Auctions sale methods don't bother to go there and bid for the properties as you can make costly mistake regret it big time. There are not good deals there for anyone...

Aleksandar · 1 October 2025

★★★★★ 1/5

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ANDREJA KMETOVIC IS EXTREMELY RUDE AND…

ANDREJA KMETOVIC IS EXTREMELY RUDE AND VERY UNPROFESSIONAL AND VERY UNHELPFUL. HE IS A LIAR AND A CHEAT. HE IS ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING. HE NEEDS TO LEARN HOW TO RESPECT PEOPLE. AND TREAT CLIENTS WITH RESPECT!!!The breakdown in communication happened from you, not us. You spoke to my partner about moving up the start of tenancy date to which you said you will let her know after presenting the offer to the landlord. You failed to do that. The dates were the issue here and you failed to notify either one of us that the landlord wanted to proceed with the originally given dates.I really don't appreciate how you have spoken to both of us. According to Victor, I never even spoke to you, which is false. You used the word negotiation on the phone to my partner. This means you should have come back to us and informed us of the dates being the ones given in the offer letter. At no point did Victor also say on Saturday that the holding deposit will be taken away immediately without any consent being given. You both do not seem to understand how to communicate with clients. You cutting the call on my fiancée is unacceptable. You raised your voice first. Victor saying that me and my partner are together means we are one is wrong. It is not my bank account and I am not authorised to make a payment on her behalf. It is illegal. If she did not pick up the phone, you had a responsibility to wait or at least email her, get her consent, then make the charge. Victor saying that this is now how you work as agents is shocking. You do not inform your clients before taking payment? How is that an acceptable business practice?You are saying you took the holding deposit after the landlord confirmed. At what point did you confirm this with either one of us? Victor said that he rang me and I gave him the go ahead. This never happened. It is you two who are messing up facts and diving deeper into miscommunication. Victor said you dropped my partner an email to confirm. This never happened. No email was sent. Before accusing us of falsifying facts, you both need to clarify your stories first and speak to prospective clients properly. You operate in a crowded business market. There is plenty of competition out there so why do you speak to genuinely interested people in this demeaning way?This tenancy is not going forward purely due to the miscommunication, lies, and making up of facts mostly due to you, Andreja. As my partner said, you took the money from her account without any consent or information, this money needs to be returned urgently. This has to happen as you both left us in the dark and did not communicate when you clearly needed to.Refund my money as soon as possible otherwise I will be taking legal action.

Reyman · 5 September 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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I would highly recommend Louis Lepere. We recently purchased our new home through Barnard Marcus and Louis' customer service really impressed us. He is probably the most responsive/communicative estate agent I've come across, always taking the time to come back to our questions, even if he hadn't yet obtained a response from his client. Louis went above and beyond to help secure the deal and we really appreciated all of his help getting the sale across the line.

Charlotte · 23 October 2023

★★★★★ 1/5

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Unprofessional conduct and disregard

Erected a 'for sale' sign on a private residential building in a spot clearly marked 'so estate agent signs' within private property boundary. Repeatedly asked by management company to take down the sign and lied they would. Complete disregard and respect for residential rules for business gains and brand advertising.

NA · 8 May 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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I instructed them to let my flat

I instructed them to let my flat. There were a few things that I was concerned about in terms of their professionalism but ignored it. However I got an offer for my flat from them and was told the references and comprehensive checks were coming. They came the night before the tenants were due to move in (despite me chasing constantly). They failed then affordability checks, and were not certainly not comprehensive but I was told that was what insurance was for. I withdrew and said I felt sorry for the tenants, and got told by Anton he “did not give a sh@t about the tenants” and him telling me how great he was . In addition, despite having my number they kept calling my partner rather than me… I complained and they completely did not answer my complaint in any way, shape or form. Finally, my partner got a call from someone who used to work in Anton’s branch to say she had moved as she could not work for him, and they got lots of complaints about him. Completely different to what they said in their response to me. I finally let my flat for more than they marketed it for and with great tenants. AVOID

Claire · 30 May 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

Google

Barnard Marcus were perfect! I interacted with everyone in the team but mostly communicated with Emma. From the start of my journey, as a clueless first time buyer until the end, they were super friendly and professional. They took the time to understand my personal and financial situation to make the best recommendations. They helped me to understand the entire buying process and fitted viewings, emails, and phone calls around my somewhat erratic schedule. Friends and family noticed how oddly calm I was throughout the entire moving process compared to their buying/moving experience, which likely came from the help BM gave. I could not thank them enough.

Tim · 25 May 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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Overall experience with Bernard Marcus has been disappointing and stressful.

Worst property managers i have ever experienced! We have lived in a property they manage for a while now, but they are Incompetent in responding to any maintenance issues. There employees, especially Samantha, are extremely rude. They ignore your requests/ emails and phone calls, they leave you living in a mouldy property. They do not care about there tenants. They are more interested in getting there fees. You are constantly chasing them to do there jobs properly. Our boiler broke down three times within a year, they leave you without hot water and heating for a week in the winter period and think this is a reasonable amount of time to get a contractor out. The property was not professionally cleaned when we first moved in. The oven broke down three times within 6 months, each time over a week to fix. The company is full of excuses and lies. Extremely shocked that they are still operating and landlords are using them. Inspections completed, but tenants are not allowed the report or want to charge tenant fees! I know for a fact that they just want to take tenants deposit for no reason. Overall experience with Bernard Marcus has been disappointing and stressful.

Jb · 15 May 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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I’d give 5 x 5 five stars if I could

The service by Barnard Marcus, notably Eva and her team was excellent. They are friendly, responsive and professional. Eva gave us an honest appraisal of our house and we had a viable buyer after a week on the market. Barnard Marcus kept in touch and helped make the process smooth. We’re now happily in our new home - from marketing my house to completion BM were on it every step of the way. Thank you.

CATHERINE · 26 September 2023

★★★★★ 1/5

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8 weeks is apparently a 'slight' delay

We reported heavy mould build up in our bedroom walls at the start of December. Samantha Patterson emailed us on the 8th December 2022 to ask us for more photos of the mould. We replied on the same day.We emailed again on the 6th January 2023 with updated photos of the mould as it was getting worse but still no reply. Emailed again on 22nd January 2023 for an update but got no reply.Finally got a reply today (24th January 2023) from Samantha apologising for the 'slight' delay. "I am been waiting for a response form the managing agents of the building who should investigate the possible leak. As I have not yet received a response, I am going back to your landlord to suggest next steps to try and get things moving and resolved."1) 8 weeks since last contact is not a slight delay. 2) There is a leak. it's not the first time we reported this. The managing agents of the building knows this and so does the landlord.3) Why does it take 6 weeks (minus 2 weeks for the festive period) of non contact from the managing agents before informing the landlord?

K · 24 January 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

Google

Trisha was knowledgeable, experienced, professional and polite , whilst remaining down to earth. Very much appreciate BM’s approach.

Toni · 9 November 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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Letting agents are liars

Their letting agents are liars, they lied about the cleaning services and other fixations before move in, they kept pushing for deposits. They delayed all the documentation until the last minute, when I got the key and went to the apartment it stinked, it was dirty and windows were full of mold. Beaware of the letting agent in their finchley branches.

Khurram · 30 December 2025

★★★★★ 5/5

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Wonderful experience with Alan

I had a fantastic experience working with Alan throughout the purchase of my flat. After almost a full year of searching for a property, dealing with many different agencies and unfortunately going through several unsuccessful situations, it was such a relief to finally work with someone as supportive and collaborative as Alan.

Irene · 11 March 2026

★★★★★ 5/5

Google

This is a rather late review ,but a big thankyou goes out to Emma for helping us buy our house in Dorking moved here on the 8th January ,we are eternally greatful to her, for her help and professionalism and helping us secure our home ,thankyou casie & steve

Casie · 6 June 2025

★★★★★ 5/5

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Very good buying experience

The journey to found a flat to buy is quite difficult and the stress of being a first time buyer doesn't help.When we visited our flat for the first time with Bernard Marcus we had no special expectation about this agency and were prepared for a stressful few weeks.However we were lucky enough to deal with Will who, thanks to his enthusiasm and professionalism, made the process smoother and interactive.During the past few weeks, Will has been caring, present and proactive to make sure the sell would go through with less issues possible.I recommend using and trusting this agency and Will!

Célia · 9 December 2022

★★★★★ 1/5

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Evil company

Evil company. Nothing is good about them. When we moved in refrigerator broke down we let them know they didn't even answer. We had to buy new one. End of our contract they asked can you sell the refrigerator for a reasonable price we said ok, they never paid. End of our contract they raised %40 rent. We had to move out.They never came for inventory check and It took 5 months to get our deposit back. They never contacted us. Not even once. At least 20 times I contacted them but they just ignored. Which is deposit must be paid in ten days. 5 months without any single information. Everything I wrote here I can prove. I have kept every single message and email.

Blyn · 14 November 2022

★★★★★ 1/5

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Really not happy with the service…

Really not happy with the service received from Trisha and her team in the Dorking branch. They made the experience of selling our home an unpleasant,stressful and ultimately unsuccessful. We were guilt tripped, bullied and told that we had wasted time and effort not agreeing to move with a weeks notice.The service promised at the first hard sell meeting never materialised and we were passed down to junior members of staff who didn’t have the experience needed to help us

Paula · 4 November 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

Google

What could possibly go wrong with a property transfer between an urgent buyer and a reluctant seller? With both parties having vastly different expectations in this process, it came down to the delightful Katie Shean to save the day. With protracted email exchanges over six months, emotions running high and the palpable threat of the transfer falling through, Katie remained calm and professional and thanks to her excellent people skills and dogged determination to see things through, the transfer finally came to completion and the buyer and the seller lived happily ever after in their respective new abodes. Also, a special thank you to Arif Dogansoy for his market knowledge, valuable guidance and advice and for having the endless patience when dealing with high-maintenance clients. And a shout out to Peter Clark for his input in the negotiation process and to Louis Lepere for providing a VIP service on the date of completion. Great team effort by Barnard Marcus!

Dessa · 23 October 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

Google

If you're looking to buy, or sell a property I would highly recommend using Barnard and Marcus Estate Agents located in Dorking. I called up the shop and spoke to Louie who was so helpful and overall a lovely guy. I then met Tricia who is a lovely, friendly amazing lady who I felt I have known for years. She was so professional and helped me understand the process of buying and selling. Tricia, asked my how would I describe my property i'm looking to sell and I felt from a person to person, she really wanted to know why I loved my house and its best interest. The whole experience has been amazing from the start to the finish. If you are looking for a comfortable pleasant experience then definitely contact Barnard Marcus Estate Agents in Dorking. Thank you to the best team Samantha & Tom

Samantha · 23 October 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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Feedback for Amirah Nawaz Barnard Marcus Hayes

I am writing this review as feedback for Amirah Nawaz mortgage consultant from Barnard Barcus Hayes. She is amazing and professional, offering me great advices, very patient, giving me support and explanation to make me comfortable with my decision. She checked on me weekly, helping me with my searches witch I appreciate a lot . I feel like knowing her for very long time. Very knowledgeable, she find the best deal for me. I couldn't find a better one. I recommended Amirah to everyone at my working place 😊. Thank you for your excellent service , deeply grateful 🙏. Catalina Nedelcu

Catalina · 17 August 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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Top service

Had a viewing this saturday with barnard marcus. service was top quality. usually estate agents are rushed and just care about getting you in and out. but special shoutout to Ian from the sutton branch - top lad who knew a lot about the property. 10/10 would recommend

Kyra · 7 October 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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Barnard Marcus Tried to Bully Me Out of My Tenancy!

If you are thinking of renting through Barnard Marcus, read this review very carefully. Everything in this review is 100% factual. Nothing is exaggerated or made up. I still have all of the written communication, emails and messages to support everything I am saying.

Dexter · 18 April 2026