Bridgfords Newton-Le-Willows reviews

★★★★★ 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

★★★★★ 5/5

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Rebecca Farnell was very excellent

Rebecca Farnell was very excellent, from the day of the viewing till the day it was concluded. she was friendly, kind, and her customer services skill was fantastic as well. i reckon you give her a raise. well done.

Idowu · 26 January 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

★★★★★ 5/5

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Ashley - Great Sankey

Ashley, at the Sankey Branch, was brilliant! My offer was confirmed in August 21 and after many date changes I pulled out when the vendors wanted a 'provisional' completion of April 22! Through all that time Ashley kept me up to date and went above and beyond to try and get the sale to completion. She is a credit to Bridgfords

Susan · 13 January 2022

★★★★★ 1/5

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This company is a ripoff they also run under the name of countywide letting. They deduct all types of fees hoping you will not notice on the invoice they send you on Countywide bill heads. I was renting houses out for meny years And can say without fear of contradiction that this is the worst company I ever deal with..! Stay away from them very bad news company. The reviews on there site are from falsely put there by people connected to the company or people contacted to the staff.NegativeQuality, Professionalism, Value

Andrew · 15 June 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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Reliable and helpful

This is a great agency: they put us in touch with our new landlords and were very helpful every step of the way (special thanks to Ash!). They were always easy to reach, responsive and polite. When we arrived at the new place we had a lovely welcome pack waiting for us. Thanks for everything, Bridgfords!

Clara · 15 August 2022

★★★★★ 1/5

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Awful service and expensive fees. Landlords should use someone else.

Been with Bridgfords for a few months and cant really give positive feedback back on any part of their service. They are slow to respond, aggressive and generally useless. Their service centre is completely separate from the lettings team which results on breakdown in communication and poor service. They are great at selling their service to entice you in then run a mile once you are signed up.

Ped · 3 December 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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Illegal

They will call you in and tell you to speak to their mortgage advisor who then tells you that he can get you the property if you sign up with them for £660+ non refundable, he will use their own solicitors too. My wife and I asked what about the other bidders and he said, the vendor won’t see those bids don’t worry. This is completely illegal and we walked away, he then said you are willing to walk away from this deal and get outbid. I said yes I would rather lose out on 20k than give you one penny. It’s kickbacks galore in that place and we know full well we will now not get that property. I would love to speak to the person selling the house but they have moved abroad and left these clowns in charge.

Richard · 12 May 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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I recently sold two properties through Bridgeford at Newton, Le, Willows. The service that I received from Stevie, Ashley and Steve Hook was exemplary. They kept me up-to-date every step of the way, with phone calls, emails and text messages. I'll be more than delighted to use their services again. It is my pleasure, to thank all the staff for their kindness and help in selling my properties.

David · 16 June 2016

★★★★★ 5/5

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We spent several months in late 2018 and early 2019 trying to buy a house in Newton-le-willows. I had varying levels of contact with 6 local estate agents and Bridgfords stood out as being the only one to not only look after their sellers, but also take a real interest in us as buyers, proactively informing us twice of houses coming to market which they thought might be suitable (we bought the second one). They were helpful and responsive throughout the process and worked hard to resolve the differences between us and the sellers. Estate agents get a bad press but Bridgfords are not like the stereotype and I would definitely recommend them.

Alison · 15 June 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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Terrible communication, valuations and organisation.

We sold our flat with Bridgfords Swinton and the experience with them was terrible from start to finish. They over-valued our property by £15,000, meaning that when our buyers applied for their mortgage they refused to give them their full amount, causing us to have to sell the property for £15,000 less as we didn’t have the time to put the property back in the market due to our chain. We had further issues with our buyers’ mortgage application causing a huge delay in the sale, and we actually ending up initially losing our forward purchase due to this. Throughout this whole nightmare Bridgfords were absolutely useless. We told them time and time again to call my partner instead of me, due to our professions, and they constantly ignored this and rang me. We had to deal with our buyers directly as Bridgfords had very little communication with either of us, and would actually ring us to ask for an update on our buyers situation! Causing us more stress and an extra party to deal with and update. Whenever we spoke with Bridgfords they had absolutely no idea what was going on and couldn’t keep track of any part of the sale. They were by far more of a hinderance than a help. They also didn’t conduct any showings of our flat themselves (as they had initially sold to us) and we had to do every showing as whenever we asked them they said they were busy. They charged us £2,200 for the pleasure of all of this.Overall, if we ever come to sell again we will be sure to steer clear of Bridgfords and would highly advise others do the same.

Alice · 29 February 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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Dont Waste Your Time

I had a very bad experience with one of their estate agent in cheadle hulme. Be aware of Omara, she views you the property and stands still and doesn't even puts up an effort to speak or show the property. A pure lack of training and wonder how bridgfords keep a check? On top, if there's other properties to see, they'd give you excuses and never deliver what they promise, delays on delays. I guess barely they have good agents and mostly its all bad. Its pitty to know what such companies has such employee who works as if they are forced to do so.

Zehran · 17 February 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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We had the pleasure of liaising with Sophie at Bridgfords while purchasing our new home. From start to finish our experience was first class. Sophie became part of our family, we spoke that much! With the rollercoaster of emotions that comes with buying a new house, I can honestly say I would absolutely recommend Bridgfords to help with the journey. Thank- you for everything you supported us through!PositiveProfessionalism

Anna · 15 June 2022

★★★★★ 1/5

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Not a great experience

We went to Bridgfords because they got the best reviews on Google. OMG if they are the best, just imagine what the worst would be like. Gave us a very dodgy valuation 30% above what we eventually sold it for.

Honest · 8 September 2025

★★★★★ 1/5

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I’ve been trying to call for 3 days now, I’ve also emailed and messaged them on Rightmove with no answer. Terrible first impression. It’s a real shame as we're ready to buy and they’ve got some great houses in Newton Le Willows.

Callum · 31 May 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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Do not trust them, they will rob you blind

Do not under any circumstances go with these! They will steal from you. They never asked prior to us applying whether we would need a guarantor and because it became obvious we did after application they decided not to go with us and stole our holding deposit from us. We a family with a small child and a baby on its way and they refused to give us our money back. They wouldn't budge a little bit. Not even offer a little bit back. Horrible estate agent that will rob you blind. Do not trust them!!!!

Natalie · 26 January 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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Zero engagement for deposit return

My tenancy ended on 9th Jan and I emailed Bridgfords to ask how I go about getting my deposit back.Emailed again on 15th Jan saying there had been no reply received to my request.An agent did respond so say someone from the deposit team would be in touch.Chased again on 22nd Jan advising that nothing had been heard - to date zero response.They were very good when it came to take my money. There can be no excuse for the lack of engagement. A dispute has been raised with MyDeposit.

Katherine · 26 January 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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I recently sold a house through Bridgfords. I found the service first class, with everyone willing to go the extra mile to get the house sold. It wasn't the easiest of houses to sell, it took a lot of extra effort, which was carried out proactively by all at Bridgfords. I strongly recommend anyone selling their house in the area to use Bridgfords A special thanks to Amanda.

Marcus · 17 June 2014

★★★★★ 5/5

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We highly recommend Bridgfords

We highly recommend Bridgfords - Whitby. Maddie, Victoria and the team are amazing. They are very approachable, friendly, have excellent communication and also very knowledgeable on the area and of the market.

Mr · 23 January 2024