Reeds Rains (Newtownards) reviews

★★★★★ 1/5

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What an appalling company

What an appalling company. They informed my energy company that I had left when in fact I wasnt due to move out for another month. This has resulted in weeks of trying to sort out my energy bills that have had me close to tears. They denied doing this which was rubbish as the energy company actually gave me their name. For over 5 weeks I have been trying to get my deposit back despite no issues with the land lord and he confirmed it was OK to release my deposit. They lie routinely on the phone saying the deposit has been released when it hasnt. They also ignore emails. My landlord issued me with a section 21 and gave me 2 months to get out. A lovely lady from the council told RR to not take any legal action as I was activley looking for a new place. They ignored this and advised the landlord to persue legal action. The council lady spoke directly to the landlord and it was agreed to give me an extra month. They dont care about anyone and just pass on to other useless colleagues. AVOID at all costs

Louise · 1 December 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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Five stars!

We've received excellent service from Macclesfield Reeds Rains branch. The team have been consistently helpful, pleasant and hard working during the sale of our property. Special thanks to Anthony, Trevor and Sue for all your help. I have already and will continue to recommend Reeds Rains to others.

Jennifer · 21 November 2019

★★★★★ 5/5

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Laura provided an excellent service

Laura provided an excellent service. From the first contact she gave me many options, and once I chose my apartment she supported me throughout the entire process. She was always helpful and professional. I highly recommend her!

Ms · 5 March 2026

★★★★★ 5/5

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Thank you Alison you're a star!

From the moment I arranged to view to the day of completion I have had nothing but a fantastic and positive experience with Reeds Rains Bamber Bridge.Alison Whiteside was very friendly, knowledgeable and very professional throughout. All enquiries were answered immediately and she made the whole process effortless. She is a character and chatty which made me feel 'at home' comfortable and in good hands.Thank you Alison you're amazing.

Mr · 29 April 2022

★★★★★ 1/5

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My experience as a guarantor

My experience as a guarantor for a tenant who has rented a property from this company worsens by the day. In addition to the issues I raised in an earlier review, which hasn't even been acknowledged, I have learned the flat wasn't inspected before it was let and now there is a plethora of serious problems. The Branch Manager refuses to discuss the situation with me so I have been forced to pursue a formal complaint. AVOID AVOID AVOID

Lynda · 5 December 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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Put my house on the market before with…

Put my house on the market before with other estate agents with no luck. Reeds rain put my house on the market and virtually had a buyer straight away so I can finally move on to a smaller house which is all I need. Thanks for the great service Reeds Rain.

Mrs · 4 October 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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Completed on our first home yesterday

Completed on our first home yesterday! Jess from Reeds Rain Manchester City centre office was amazing from start to finish! As first time buyers the process can be very overwhelming and she was very informative and helpful with any questions we had the entire process! Even going out of her way to help us secure the information required for us to meet our completion deadline! Strongly recommend! Thanks Jess!! :)

Lauren · 26 February 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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Excellent communication and efficiency…

Excellent communication and efficiency to finish in purchasing our new home.Tom at Reed Rains was fantastic. He gave me great advise on process of buying and possible delays to watch out for. He negotiated with 3 bidders and helped us secure the property we wanted.I would highly recommend this team for great service at what was probably the busiest time ever with the end of stamp duty waivers ending.from startKeep up the good workBrianne

Mrs · 25 June 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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I cannot thank the staff at Reeds Rains enough for their assistance in the sale of our property and the purchase of our new home. Our house was valued up for sale and sold within 2 weeks and Ryan made the process very smooth. The girls kept us up to date with every viewers comments. All staff are extremely helpful and easily contacted, if you leave a message you can be assured that one if the staff will ring you back. For a stress free sale or purchase we couldn't recommend reeds rains enough.

Angela · 11 October 2019

★★★★★ 1/5

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I used dress rains Burnley to rent out…

I used dress rains Burnley to rent out my property. The number of hidden charges was astronomical so I received almost no rent for four months. The tenant decided the to leave early and break the contract. There was no effort on behalf of reeds rains to sort the situation out. Suddenly there were lots of strings attached to the guaranteed rent scheme they were charging me for. Extremely complacent and absolute daylight robbery as a landlord. Every single invoice had some dreamt up hidden charge.

Rosia · 19 September 2019

★★★★★ 1/5

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Poor service - Halifax

Just thought I would highlight to potential sellers the service sellers are receiving. I contacted the Halifax Branch through rightmove last weekend to view a property they had for sale. I am a cash buyer and they have still not made contact. I would. E very disappointed on this service if they had been selling my property

Anita · 19 June 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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5 stars!

My partner recently sold his property through Reeds Rains Hull, from start to finish they were professional, friendly and couldn’t do enough for us! They chased the entire chain and went above and beyond to make sure the sale went as smoothly as possible. Every time we called they were knowledgeable and gave us the best advice they could. Steven and the team are a great asset to Reeds Rains.

Bethany · 11 February 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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I am still on the offer from reed rains…

I am still on the offer from reed rains Manchester, and the process and my communication with reed rains staff have been amazing

Ikenna · 16 September 2025

★★★★★ 1/5

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Awful service

Awful service. Moved around and been renting for the past 7 years and I have never had an experience like this. I've never had an application process thats taken more than a couple of weeks max. With Reeds Rains, it has been 4 weeks and still not sorted. References were an issue due to them using the incompetent service that is Experian. Everytime you contact the office, you get fobbed off and you can never get through to the person dealing with your application unless they happen to answer the phone by chance. Looking to BUY a property soon and I will not be interested in any property advertised by Reeds Rains! First and last!

Zainab · 3 August 2019

★★★★★ 5/5

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Great staff too deal with

JUST · 13 October 2026

★★★★★ 5/5

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Wonderful service and support at the worst time of my life

I am in the process of securing a tenancy through the Rotherham branch. I cannot fault the experience so far... Reeds Rains has made everything so easy at the most difficult time of my life - moving out of my late mother’s house as it must be sold - so I couldn’t appreciate them more in this period of intense grief and turmoil. Communication is excellent and service is friendly. I am also incredibly impressed with the tenant portal, which makes it so simple to set up services and utilities. All in all, I would like to commend Reeds Rains, and especially Sarah, my main point of contact, for taking so much of the stress out of this massively difficult life-changing time that I’m going through.

Ellie · 16 July 2019

★★★★★ 5/5

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REEDS RAINS REDDISH BRANCH LETTINGS

I came to Reeds Rains after dealing with a terrible estate agent company to help me with a difficult tenant situation. Reeds Rains was completely proficient in handling everything quickly and very effectively. I worked with Heather who was very attentive and friendly. All in all, could not recommend this branch more, they did everything I could’ve possibly wanted as a landlord and are superb at helping landlords with everything they’d need.

Moni · 30 September 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Worst agents ever (CHESTERFIELD)

Worst agents ever. So unprofessional and do not stick to their word. Bought a house through them which the sale process was horrendous. They did not enclose the full information of the house sale even though they was quite clearly aware. When it came to light the seller only owned 25% of the property they was trying to sell Reeds Rains has zero knowledge of the 75% owner and it was down to me to purchase the Title Register and send to my solicitor to find out what was going on. The seller was a complete nightmare throughout , basically matched up to the agents! Showed no willing to exchange and complete which when we finally did (on the same day) I was absolutely at breaking point. Passed from pillar to post throughout with different stories from everyone who worked in branch, When I finally got the keys and went to the house the back fence was totally down which I had not been made aware of ( this was no way visible to me from an exterior inspection ) however one of the neighbours notified me that Reeds Rains has been made aware with photo evidence by her, several weeks before.They had promised repair of this as it was blocking her drive however this never happened. After various emails and calls between them and them admitting to me they should have sorted it, they decided to wash their hands of it and advised me to seek advice from a solicitor. After weeks of stress, an unsafe garden for my dog, and upsetting my new neighbours , I was promised a contribution towards the repairs from the seller which Reeds Rains was supposed to sort however this never materialised. So I was left with a very large bill I did not account for when buying the house. Now months later I am still getting letters addressed to Reeds Rains for outstanding bills from before I took on responsibility of the property. Total cow boy outfit! With all the online low fee agents popping up you would think they would try and pull their finger out and stay in business. No homes to sell / let = no job.

Sam · 2 July 2019

★★★★★ 5/5

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We would like to thank Reeds Rains for…

We would like to thank Reeds Rains for all their help and assistance in our recent move A great team who put a in lot of effort on our behalf and specifically Alison who gave help and advice all the way through thanks again Steve & Sue

Susan · 23 November 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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AVOID AT ALL COSTS

Absolutely disgusting treatment from the agents and landlord. I don’t think the box is quite big enough to fit all of the problems we have encountered in the last year. The lack of communication is atrocious, and the inexperienced staff is embarrassing. Don’t think they know that my partner worked for an estate agents and knows all the legalities of certain procedures which they clearly don’t know. Avoid at all cost.

Consumer · 8 August 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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Mr and Mrrs Quintas

Your team was very friendly and very helpful.we have let a house in Barnoldswick and everything was done perfectly without stress.special thanks to Lorna Mason who take care of everything for us, very kind and very professional, she is the best.we will recommend Reeds Rains to everyone

Joao · 24 November 2019

★★★★★ 2/5

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Avoid Reeds Rains if possible - exploitative, disorganised and stressful

We are renting a house managed by Reeds Rains. Our landlord is wonderful, but our experience with Reeds Rains' poor management has caused serious issues and made us feel insecure in our tenancy, leading to unnecessary stress. In the last six months, we have:1) been forced to live without hot water/heating (in February) for two weeks as the Reeds Rains' maintenance department did not pass on information about the issue to our landlord. We made a formal complaint to Reeds Rains who reluctantly (after weeks of calls and emails) agreed to compensate us. They did not take responsibility, despite their agent acknowledging that he had neglected to pass the information on for over a week. 2) Despite going on to a rolling monthly contact (SPT), Reeds Rains are now attempting to force us to sign up to a 12 month tenancy, at the cost of £120. We did not have to do this last year and they are not answering our questions appropriately, and their poor communication has given us the impression that we have no choice but to sign up to the tenancy. Their emails have implied that we sign a 12 month tenancy renewal or our notice will be served. We are not in the position to sign up for a 12 month tenancy as, after two years in the property, our circumstances are changing. There has been no acknowledgement of this or any sense of understanding by their renewals team.3) We are often called for marketing purposes by Reeds Rains local branch who seemingly call to thank us for looking after the property so well and then attempt to sell us products which we do not need, and they will ask questions like 'do you know what you'd do if you couldn't pay the rent?' 4) Our experience when when signing up to the initial contract was comical as their representative was unable to deal with paperwork, frequently lost documents and wasted hours of our time in the branch office during our working days all for a sign up process which should be simple.5) Their fees are extortionate and we will have to pay £120 to leave the contract. Overall, our experience has been fraught with difficulties. The company have little understanding of the situation renters are in, and they attempt exploit our position for their financial gain. We would not recommend any landlords to use Reeds Rains to manage their property, and we could advise renters to use a different lettings agent.

Elinor · 24 May 2019

★★★★★ 1/5

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Shafted and lost money

I went with Reeds Rains because they were selling the house we wanted to buy and therefore it would be in their interest to sell ours.They found a cash buyer living in rented accomodation; a couple on their second marriage who both owned houses and were selling them. Hers had been sold and they were buying ours with the proceeds. His was being sold and the proceeds were to be used to do a loft extension to add a 4th bedroom to our house that they needed. On the basis of them being cash buyers and could complete quickly, we agreed a sale price £20K less than our asking price.6 weeks down the line things weren't progressing and I started chasing Reeds Rains only to be told there was a problem at the bottom of the chain. WHAT? There is no chain, they are cash buyers. Oh, soon after you agreed the sale they decided to incorporate his house sale into your house purchase.So our cash buyers had turned into a chain of 3 and Reeds Rains hadn't even decided to tell me. If I had known, I would have re-negotiated the price.Reeds Rains insisted that they had told me as soon as the deal had changed and it was on their file. They are LIARS (as I suspect all Estate Agents are), and had not sent me anything in writing to ensure I was aware of the change in circumstance.We didn't actually manage to move until 3 months after Notification of Sale. So much for a quick sale which cost me £20K.I would advise anyone buying and or selling to get EVERYTHING in writing and not just rely on telephone conversations.

Chris · 19 May 2019

★★★★★ 1/5

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Worst Experience of my Life!

We attempted to purchase a house through Reeds Rains some time ago now and it's taken me a long time to get over the issues we had with their awful and unprofessional customer service. Thankfully the branch we used, Fulwood Preston, has now been closed down although no doubt the staff involved will still be working within the business in their disgusting manner.We attempted to put offers in on a particular property but Susan Taylor, who we unfortunately had to deal with most of the time, was extremely obstructive and lied throughout the process. At one point Reeds Rains chose to not pass our offer on to the vendor and it was only when we made contact directly with the vendor that this was discovered. The vendor was absolutely appalled by their attitude and even went into the branch to tell them what they thought.It was quite clear throughout the process that Susan Taylor did not want us to purchase this house, although we never found out why, as her attitude was consistently awful. The branch manager told us to go to see our mortgage advisor and get in touch when we had done so. Our mortgage advisor kindly called the branch on our behalf as we had been instructed to do. Unfortunately Susan Taylor answered the call. After he passed on all the information they had asked for Susan Taylor said "I don't understand why you've called because they are not going to get this property anyway" before slamming the phone down on him. He was understandably shocked.After some time we eventually got our offer accepted only to be told at the last minute that the other potential buyers had finally decided to match our offer and the vendors had decided to go with them as they were sick of the whole saga. We accepted their decision but it was clear that Reeds Rains cost us the purchase of this property with their underhand tactics and awful customer service. Strangely enough when the property did eventually go through the sale price was £5000 less than what we had offered which only confirmed my suspicions.Disgusted with the service we received we decided to take our case to the ombudsman. Throughout the complaints process Reeds Rains were absolutely terrible, contradicting themselves and refusing to believe they had done anything wrong.After many months the ombudsman made their decision and ruled in our favour on three separate counts. They agreed with exactly what we had said right from the start and we were awarded our much deserved compensation.What astonished me is despite the ombudsman ruling that Reeds Rains acted unprofessionally at various points and that they had caused unnecessary emotional stress, never once has anyone at Reeds Rains apologised. I thought when the cheque for our compensation arrived in the post it would be accompanied with an apology but no. Absolutely nothing.What a terrible company from top to bottom.

Jay · 29 April 2019