William H Brown Northampton reviews

★★★★★ 1/5

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Do not use as a Brooker!!

Used as a Brooker for my first mortgage 6 yrs ago. Used them twice on renewals as a life time member - each time paid £99 admin fee (for pratically nothing) plus broker get over £200 from lender for my application. This year, far more clued up and do not use William H Brown as brooker. They charge you £99 fee for what? (Call it admin fee) plus they get money from the lender. already. Use Mojo (excellent) or go directly to your lender (for rate deals) if you have an existing mortgage already. Cuts out all the unnecessary so-called 'admin fee' or what William H Brown call 'life time member'. Disappointed in William H Brown for taking customers naivety for granted.

Aarti · 23 September 2026

★★★★★ 5/5

Google

Very friendly staff and patient to answer questions :) Kristian was my agent, he was brilliant, I will be coming back :)

Iza · 11 April 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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Not the best communication, failed to refund money, treated like a second class citizen.

I’m disappointed with my experience with William H Brown during my recent property purchase. At the beginning, I was assured that using their recommended mortgage adviser and conveyancing firm would make everything nice and straightforward. In hindsight, I clearly misunderstood my position in the hierarchy, as i was just treated as a money bag. The main issue was an upfront payment I made for searches. I paid the money to William H Brown with the understanding that it would be passed to Conveyancing Direct. Unfortunately, it seems to have entered some sort of financial Bermuda Triangle. I was later told I would be refunded. Lovely. Except the refund never arrived. Unfortunately, the sale still needed to move forward, so I had to pay Conveyancing Direct directly myself to ensure they could close the transaction. In other words, I had already paid for the searches once, the money had apparently gone missing somewhere between the kingdoms, and I then had to procure more money myself and pay so the sale could actually proceed. After completion, I chased the refund by email several weeks later. No response. So I called three different William H Brown agents on the same day. One told me they no longer dealt with it because the case was closed. Another kindly promised to email me instructions on what to do, which, much like my refund, never arrived. The third promised to call me back. I also found the mortgage adviser’s approach disappointing, as I was repeatedly offered additional packages and insurance products despite making it clear that I only wanted the services necessary to complete the purchase. She also made an offer at lower interest rate but neglected to lock it in. When it was time to sign things off, i found myself with a higher interest rate. The house purchase itself eventually completed, but the handling of my money afterwards has been particularly disappointing. I’m not sure what the official refund procedure is at William H Brown, but apparently it involves patience, multiple phone calls and accepting that once your money enters the building, it might not come out. I would expect much better communication, coordination and accountability, especially when you’ve already had to pay the same cost twice just to get your own property purchase over the line.

ANDREI · 2 September 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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Extremely disappointing experience with…

Extremely disappointing experience with William H Brown - Welwyn Garden City I was provided with incorrect service charge information for a property I was seriously considering purchasing. I relied on the figures advertised and proceeded with the purchase process, resulting in legal and conveyancing costs before the discrepancy was identified. What is particularly frustrating is that the incorrect service charge was later acknowledged, yet William H Brown still proceeded to put the property back on the market without correcting the service charge information. Despite acknowledging that the figures were incorrect, they refused to take responsibility for the costs I had incurred. I understand that mistakes can happen, but continuing to advertise a property with incorrect information after the error has been brought to their attention is extremely disappointing and raises serious concerns about the accuracy of the information provided to potential buyers. I would strongly advise anyone purchasing a property through William H Brown to independently verify all service charge and leasehold information before committing to the purchase.

Brikena · 28 August 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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My experience with William H Brown was…

My experience with William H Brown was a nightmare. 1. The pictures of the apartment I wanted to rent was completely different from what was on the website. The apartment was a total let down 2 . I was pressured to make a withholding deposit, which at the time I was not aware that it was non refundable. 3 . Immediately after making the payment, informed the agent that I don’t like the apartment and not sure if I wanted, mind you all of this was on a Saturday, so by Monday morning I called to cancel and requested my deposit back, and that was when the horrific situation began. 4 Both the agents and the landlords are extremely unreliable, the lies they tell. 1 month after am yet to receive my deposit.🫤🫤🫤

Customer · 24 August 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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PLEASE STEER WELL CLEAR!!

Poor communication, false promises from sales, lettings and mortgage services. Started off great but once they've had your money they don't care about resolving any issues. Don't bother with the lifetime membership as you'll have to do all the work yourself. Don't bother with management services for letting a property either, they won't tell you about any problems and they'll let your tenants damage your property and steal from you without any reconciliation measures or compensation. I sold my flat over a year ago and I'm still battling with them and the Zero Deposit scheme to compensate me for my property being stolen and damage that I paid to fix for the new owner out of my own pocket. PLEASE STEER CLEAR, SAVE YOURSELF A HEADACHE!!

Miss · 20 August 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

Google

Where do I start ... My word! 1) Lettings are useless, always unreachable. Just a group of unprofessional girls not wanting to pick the phones up. We were always transferred to Sales. 2) Their young manager Mollie is as rude as could be, she shouts at customers who complain about their customer service and disagree with her lack of work methods. 3) William H Brown do business with shady landlords who don't care about their property and will increase the rent at least £100 pcm over the average market price without repairing anything. 4) We were told that a No deposit scheme was available. After paying the holding deposit (obviously non-refundable) they told us that the landlord suddenly wants a full 5-week deposit. We believe this to be a teamwork of lies planned by both the agency and landlord. 5) They lie to potential tenants about the conditions of available properties and availability dates. Avoid this agency at all costs.

Jemima · 16 March 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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As a tenant this is the worst rental agency I've ever dealt with - expected more from such a big name

As a tenant this is the worst rental agent I've ever dealt with. 1) Difficult to get in touch with - they hardly ever answer the phone. 2) The property was dirty when we moved in, no inventory provided. 3) The property was managed by Sequence Ltd who have provided a very disappointing service - early on we were told (via a phone call and after several weeks of us asking) to arrange for repair of a maintenance issue ourselves and that this could be deducted off our rent afterwards, and that the landlord had instructed this. We never received the refund, they said because they didn't have records of that instruction. Several staff members had started then left during our tenancy which didn't help (we were there for 6 months). 4) We are now having to contact Tenancy Deposit Scheme to get our deposit back relating to a different issue, mostly due to our inadequate landlord who it seems is trying to claim a random amount of money anywhere he might get away with it (we left the property in a cleaner state than when we arrived to try to avoid any possible excuses for deduction from deposit). Sequence Ltd doesn't appear to know about or be bothered about the law and tenant's rights.

Customer · 11 August 2026

★★★★★ 5/5

Google

I was very pleased with the service. Louise and Molly were sensible, practical, helpful and managed to get everything done on time, and kept me updated. All in all, I was impressed and would happily use them again. Recommended.

Tony · 9 September 2025

★★★★★ 5/5

Google

Couldn’t fault my first letting experience with William H Brown. The experience, was smooth, easy and I was kept well informed throughout the whole process. Special thanks to Kristian and Charley who couldn’t be more helpful, answering all our questions and going the extra mile to help.

Sophie · 2 June 2025

★★★★★ 5/5

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Ollie Aston flat inspection

This Morning I had Ollie Aston attend my flat for an annual inspection. He was on time as agreed. He took photos for Landlord and was a very pleasant with his customer communication during the visit. I raised a few questions which I hope to hear back. I wish him the success in his employ and rate 5 star service. Overall have dealt with WHB for 6 years always been of a high standard.

Peter · 24 August 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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I would not trust these people

I would not trust these people, I emailed them to arrange a viewing on a tenanted property, no contact, after a couple of days I called them to arrange a viewing for same property, straight away the sales person tried steering me to another property instead, but I held firm, they said they would get back to me with an appointment, they never did, it’s now sold. They have preferred investors waiting in the background, other sectors would not get away with it.

Anthony · 10 July 2026

★★★★★ 5/5

Google

I am very grateful to the Agency for their participation and assistance in finding tenants for our house. Especially Louise Holyhead, who was very patient, politely helped and clarified all the questions and problems that we had, due to our personal inexperience, helped with the viewing and selection of tenants. She assisted in the preparation of documents, their clear understanding and signing them, despite the distance. We are renting a house for the first time and Louise helped to feel confident and calmly entrust our house to the tenants. Also, thanks to Laura Garrard for helping with documents and answering questions, viewing and selecting tenants. I recommend this Agency and I am pleased to be their client.

Yuliya · 12 November 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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Northampton branch

Northampton branch, Tim, Jade, Kristina and Adam, helpful from day dot, always there at end of line, very considerate, kind, caring and respectful, if I could rate higher than 5 * I would, they all went above and beyond, made a difficult situation easier to handle. I highly recommend William H Brown they’re all a credit to the company!! Thank you so very much guys 🩷

Michelle · 8 October 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

Google

OMgoodness! Bad Service here. Avoid 🤬 This company is not open, honest or transparent. William H Brown failed to disclose that property was subject to probate at time of offer (June 2023) and once they had disclosed 6 months into process , they left us waiting a further 2 months before realising probate still hadn’t been applied for - shocking !! We encountered such long delays the 18 months it took William H Brown to get this sale/ purchase ready denied my now deceased brother opportunity to live in his own flat !! 😡 Shame on you !

Paula · 11 October 2025

★★★★★ 5/5

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Excellent

Supportive, efficient and very professional. thankyou William H Brown in particular Anne Luby - changed life for our family for the better.

Customer · 2 September 2026

★★★★★ 5/5

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Impeccable Service!

We recently had the pleasure of using William H Brown also known as Sequence as our estate agent during our house purchase, and I cannot speak highly enough of their outstanding service. From the very beginning, Libby our Mortgage Advisor was incredibly professional, knowledgeable, and attentive to our needs.

Beloved · 11 February 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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Poor Customer Service

They rang me on Friday 12th of June and left me a voicemail to call them back to organise viewing a property in Upton that wasn’t clearly listed as being owned by Lomond. I rang them back several times and left voicemails only to be ignored, I then followed up with a second email query also to be ignored. After looking at the property its clearly managed by Lomond, so they have likely liaised with them to blacklist me from renting their properties. This is over one ancient paid off &satisfied CCJ.

Adam · 18 June 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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Very unprofessional

Very unprofessional my daughter has moved in to one of there properties and have had nothing but issue after issue and they don't seem to be bothered as long as there getting there money, works that have been done are to a very poor standard as they use an odd job man and not professional trades matters are being taken further, I can provide photos and evidence to anyone wishing to rent there properties before you go down the same road

Richard · 13 June 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

Google

1 star - but only because you can't zero star - If dissimformation, dishonesty, broken promises or miscommunication were a commodity, this buch would be millionaires - Do not trust them, second check anything and everything they tell you. I dont believe I had one honest communication with them in 18 months, had the property we wanted to buy had not been exclusive with them we would have walked away lomg ago - Buyers (and sellers) beware.

Andrew · 11 October 2025

★★★★★ 1/5

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Keep pestering me despite house selling months ago

Came to our house for a free valuation before putting it on the market. We went with another agent because we felt William H Brown overvalued our house. We told them as soon as we decided that we wouldn’t be going with them. Since then, they have pretty consistently called me from various offices (local/regional etc) asking to co list with the agent we chose, trying to set up an appt with their in house mortgage advisor, asking if we have found anywhere else, asking how our sale is progressing etc. Our house sold in a week and we had an offer accepted on our new house the following week so we have absolutely no need for any input from William h brown. Yet still, three months later, they call me fortnightly to ask how everything is going, despite me asking them repeatedly to remove my details and any data associated with me. They are dogs with a bone who won’t take no for an answer!

Em · 21 May 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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Unprofessional

I dealt with William H brown, Holderness road branch as a tenant. Firstly, they tried to scam me into buying home insurance as an essential requirement of the contract. During the tenancy my landlord was lovely and remained in touch directly, so thankfully I didnt have to deal with them. At the end, I was in huge trouble because WH brown's absolute unprofessionalism. Despite multiple calls and requests they failed to provide references for my next agent. I had no where to go for a week due to this delay. It cost me a fortune! Over a month has lapsed but they have done anything about my deposit. When asked they said to get in touch with the lamdlord directly. Whereas they were the ones processing the deposit collection initially. After sorting it with the landlord myself it was over 2 weeks without any further progress to deposit return. Really a shameful service!! Staff and service all pathetic

Reema · 15 May 2026

★★★★★ 5/5

Google

Fantastic team My experience with this agency in Northampton has been fantastic and a massive thanks to Kris and Louise for their support from the beginning to the end. Both were very helpful and kind and they even manged to get me and my family a bigger house to live in. I would highly recommend this agency in Northampton because of their kindness and support. Much love from me and my family.

Emmanuel · 12 November 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

Google

I had a house inspection today at 11,30 with Eleanor. I had a couple of concerns myself which I discussed with Eleanor and she was so professional and helpful. She was very friendly and approachable

Laura · 11 August 2026