Dacre Son & Hartley Ripon reviews

★★★★★ 5/5

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Would highly recommend

Would highly recommend. Staff in at the West Park office (thanks Jen and Amie) were very professional, helpful and did exactly what was promised. Throughout the viewing process they kept us up to date, always had a named contact who was prompt to respond to questions. When it came to completing the sale - we had many issues agents in the chain and solicitors, however Jen and Amie chased up, kept us informed and I felt were always working in our best interests.

AK · 30 July 2025

★★★★★ 2/5

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A disappointing service

Such a disappointing service from Dacres. Getting to the point of having your home valued is a big thing, especially in the current climate. And having worked hard on making significant improvements to the house, the descriptions received by the valuer were unfair, mostly negative and insulting. There was a lot of talking and very little listening. Realistic and constructively critical comments are one thing, insults are another and there are ways in which you can support and guide a potential vendor without making them feel so uncomfortable and upset in the process. Sadly, this isn't an estate agent I would either recommend or use based on this.

KPop · 30 November 2023

★★★★★ 4/5

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Great service from Ian Bradbury at Darce Son & Hartley

Ian B at Darce Son and Hartley was friendly and professional. His reassuring manner, mixed with his knowledge and understanding, gave us complete confidence every step of the way. It’s rare to find someone who truly listens and cares, and Ian went above and beyond to ensure everything was handled for us. I would highly recommend Darce Son and Hartley, especially because of Ian’s outstanding service. Thank you for making a positive buying experience.

Jalpa · 3 June 2025

★★★★★ 5/5

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Exchanged contracts today and complete tomorrow. From day one of marketing my property to the viewing on the property I wanted, Claire at Dacres Ripon has been 💯 what you could hope for in an agent. Fair and wise pricing advice. Smart negotiation. And then tireless effort to drive towards completion. If you live on her patch, don’t hesitate. A star 🌟 professional. Thanks Claire.

Phyl · 13 June 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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Terrible service

Terrible service, unethical and will screw you over as a buyer as soon as look at you. Had an issue with our sale, but they stated they'd keep the chain together. They didn't, they have said they were contacted by someone who found out, but there was no need to do this. We were back procedable by the Wednesday. On the Thursday EVENING they showed the property again, having never informed us this was happening.

Adam · 21 February 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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Sharp Practice

As per the 15+ negative reviews already written about this so called Agency NOTHING has changed. Thank God that due to their sharp practice I a cash buyer was not even disclosed to the seller nor afforded a viewing of the property I wished to purchase. I was told," Don't bother going to the house it's just been sold". I was 2miles from the house on the Date and Time agreed for my "Viewing" !!!! It transpired it was sold the day before and they didn't have the courtesy to tell me nor the owner who wanted a "Cash Buyer" NOT TO BE TRUSTED!!!!!

Sam · 25 September 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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Each and every single person at Dacre, Son and Hartley are so passionate about what they do! They take care with understanding when identifying what a clients need is and they are so decicatee to assisting their clients. If you are thinking of selling, buying, renting or looking for mortgage advice please contact them. I wouldn't go any where else. Thank you Dacres you're all amazing xx

Lisa · 3 May 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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Top top man Phil

I used Dacre, Son & Hartley’s Elland Branch for the sale of my property. The process was completely flawless. Phil was fantastic. He helped with the valuation and with his expert help, we accepted an offer on the house within 9 days of listing. If you ever need an estate agent Phil is definitely THE MAN! Thank you.

Claire · 22 March 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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poor customer service, very disappointed

Recently saw a house I wanted to purchase and the estate agent dealing with me was also the vendor associated with 3 other vendors. I was told that my offer was accepted and received confirmation of this. I was advised by the estate agent (vendor) that she and her husband who showed us around the house really wanted us to purchase the house although they had received a higher cash offer. In such a short time I built a good relationship with the estate agent and a couple of days ago she advised me to send all my paperwork over including ID and mortgage offer along with proof of the deposit to secure the house, which was done. Only now have I called back to discuss if there was anything else they needed and the estate agent I had been speaking to ( the vendor) advised her colleague was dealing with my case now, only to find out from her colleague ( the branch manager) that they had decided to accept someone else's offer, (although mine was guaranteed to be accepted) who had offered more and in cash? But they didn’t have the decency to tell me, what’s more, disappointing is the fact the state agent I was dealing with ( the vendor) advised me when I just called someone else was dealing with my case , I think honesty goes a long way and as I said to the branch manager had she of told me this information her self they had accepted another offer I would have not taken as bad, especially when she guaranteed that It was me they wanted to buy the house. When trying to explain this to the branch manager I found him very patronising in explaining the process with his shouting tone of voice and that the estate agent didn’t have time to call me as “ she was too busy trying to clean her desk before 5 pm for her holiday” My gosh that is some level of customer service. Very disappointed.

The · 11 August 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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House purchase in Settle

We've just exchanged contracts on a house purchase in Settle, arranged through Dacres local branch. They've been extremely helpful throughout our whole house-hunting and purchasing process, managing to fit in viewings when we were up in Settle, sometimes at quite short notice. We'd particularly like to mention Andrew, who showed us round several houses, Tom , who responded to email messages when the office wasn't open, Mel, who we spoke to at the beginning, and who let us peer over her shoulder to see the details of a property, and Julia who passed on her local knowledge during our second viewing of the house we're buying. A thoroughly professional approach from all.

I · 25 July 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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I'm both buying a property and selling…

I'm both buying a property and selling a property through Dacres and from the start the experience has been outstanding with excellent communication from Gavin, Sue, Adam and Em! I can't thank them all enough for keeping me regularly up to date, being very honest, fair and balanced in the feedback and getting my property advertised so quickly! Within a day they had 10 viewings and I've had 2 offers already. They have worked the most unsociable hours to help me sell quickly knowing that it is a requirement for the seller of the house I'm looking to buy and have been so flexible in their approach. Customer service at it's best! In all honesty I'd never heard of them before thinking of putting my house on the market, I was given their information through a local Facebook page recommendation - I definitely see why they were recommended! THANK YOU!

Sarah · 12 March 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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Had a good experience here buying my house. Michael was always on the phone and very attentive. Recommend

Dana · 10 November 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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DO NOT RENT HERE. Dacre and Sons will not honour theIR word, nor treat you like human being. my tenancy was due to end during lockdown, and dispute a verbal contract that I would only pay for the days I was on the property, as soon as I was out, they claimed "normal practice is to give a month's notice so you will have to pay a full months rent" Normal practice?! They have zero compassion, and see you as nothing more than a bank account to bleed dry. everyone else in the UK right now is banding together and helping out their friends and neighbors. but Dacre? no they do nothing but try and get more money out of you and use a pandemic as an excuse. shame on you. DO NOT TRUST THIS ESTATE AGENTS.

Dave · 26 May 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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Dacres were the agent on the house we were purchasing and although they weren’t technically acting for us they really went above and beyond to help us complete the purchase in some quite tricky circumstances. Thanks to Kelly, Martina and Jayne.

Imogen · 18 February 2023

★★★★★ 1/5

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Poor Customer Service

Telephoned 4 times before I managed to get through. Left a voicemail - no call back. When I finally managed to speak to someone they stated that they were not doing anymore viewings despite the property only coming on the market yesterday. I was a cash buyer with no chain but they were not bothered stating everyone is a cash buyer. Rude!!

Kash · 2 February 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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My mum recently passed away and we had…

My mum recently passed away and we had to sell her apartment. It was a very tricky place to sell as it was partly owned by a housing association. One of the other estate agents in ilkley really devalued it and even scoffed saying in future they may refuse to sell these apartments.

Lynne · 30 June 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Not much of a salesperson

Matthew Fox from the Saltaire office came and did a valuation of our home, after we showed interest in one of their properties.

GCP · 6 July 2025

★★★★★ 5/5

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Professional service delivered in a pleasant way. I would highly recommend Richard

Richard · 27 October 2017

★★★★★ 5/5

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I met Claire first ,I thought she seemed very nice and not pushy.Along with all the other staff I got along well with them all , very happy with them all. Professionally business like all along.

John · 22 December 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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Great response to my concern.

I recently put a review on here regarding a staff member Anita.

Dave · 1 August 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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I would never recommend this Company to let a property out. Emma Kerrywood Head of Lettings washes her hands of landlords with crooks which have gained access to landlords homes due to the poor referencing undertaken by Homelet, the company Dacre Son & Hartley use to reference tenants. Use at your peril.

Loretta · 2 August 2019

★★★★★ 5/5

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Amazing professional service

Absolutely blown away with your amazing service. Seamless from start to finish. I did review the other local estate agents but very impressed with Dacres.

Carole · 30 March 2025

★★★★★ 5/5

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We have been very impressed with Dacre, Son and Hartley. Elliot and Ben at the Ripon office were very helpful and provided a great service to us and kept us informed of new properties amd were always willing and able to take us to view the properties we were interested in. Thank you.

Rachel · 11 April 2018

★★★★★ 1/5

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Let down by last minute effective cancellation of valuation due to Dacres double booking and not really given another option. Could not recommend.

Steve · 10 July 2021