William H Brown Oadby reviews in Oadby and Wigston

★★★★★ 1/5

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Worst letting agency ever.

Awful. Never renting with this company again, their lack of communication is atrocious. Had to phone them about 10 times for certain issues and each time they’d have no notes of the conversation before. They treat tenants and landlords in a bad way. We received multiple arrears emails in ‘error’ with no formal apology. Had to chase them to renew contracts and when it wasn’t renewed after months and we decided to move out they said we had been living there illegally. I would avoid this company like the plague. The turnover of their staff is awful so the person you were contacting would close their inbox then you’d have to try and contact someone all over again.

Aimee · 3 March 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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I'm honestly unsure if they are…

I'm honestly unsure if they are dishonest or unknowingly poor.We had multiple instances where we were given incorrect information about our tenancy (allocated parking, viewings etc). We had both William h brown and tradesmen coming up the house without the required 24 hours notice.We had reported that the decking was rotten when we first moved in, however this was not dealt with and in fact forgotten.We had a leaky kitchen sink which was fixed around a month after it was initially reportedAnd our personal information was handed out to third parties without our consent

Alex · 27 February 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Stupidly used these as they were a big company

Stupidly used these as they were a big name company, struggled constantly to get in touch with them, advice was shocking even offering help to buy which wasn’t even available to me, decided to tell me that after taking my money though. Still not completed a mortgage with them and I paid for the service in November 2020. Shocking, I’ve been passed back and forth from broker to trainee to broker each one saying sorry I’ve been moved to a different department I’ll be able to help you again in a few weeks, what helps that, I will probably lose the deposit on the new house and chance to purchase a new family home thanks to these inept “sales people” utterly disappointed

Robert · 24 February 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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LANDLORDS NEVER USE THIS COMPANY

LANDLORDS NEVER USE THIS COMPANY. At the moment we have myriads of complaints lodged with them. At best all they have ever said after months was a pathetic sorry. We have been lied to and they got us into a situation where the council were on at us. In our minds they are incompetent. They attempted to charge us for things we didn't want. It has cost us time, stress and money. To us it seems it is a case of take your money and then do virtually nothing for a supposedly fully managed service.

Suzy · 3 February 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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DONT WASTE YOUR TIME Absolutely appalling service from these…

Absolutely appalling service from these people, they want to see if you got the money before they even entertain you for a viewing, I’m a successful business owner, I have three car showrooms around the country and they want to see my bank statement for a 100 grand house lol 😂 Crazy people. Don’t waste your time with these people. Go to purple bricks or white gates who let you view properties without seeing if you have the funds.

Rehaan · 21 April 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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TERRIBLE

TERRIBLE , DONT BELIVE THEYRE LIES. They will do anything and bee nice till they get your signature, and then you will see that nothing is like it was suppose to be. i got keys to the house and without no agent waiting for me at the property, change the place for taking the keys 10 times, inside the house a lot damage and rats underneath the floor. They take like months to do anything and do as little as possible. STAY AWAY FROM THEM

Toni · 31 January 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Absolutely awful - Do not use.

Absolutely awful. Do not use.They charge for everything and the invoices do not make sense (so you can't keep track).They use the 'float' without telling you and then charge you for it.Gettin uptodate accounts is a nightmare - apparently only available once a year...The house wasn't inspected every 6 months (due to Covid) but they still charged for it.I disagreed with their check out report - damage to the property was not listed in the report... I sent pictures. They said they'd look into it which translates as 'do nothing' and then say they disagree as it wasn't in their report...?

Chris · 26 January 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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TERRIBLE DO NOT USE WILLIAM H BROWN

They have harassed us at every turn. Every month without fail they claim we haven't paid rent when we have. They haven't fixed our broken FRONT door and its been MONTHS that its been completely unusable. They send people round to do random jobs around the house WITHOUT telling us (including in a pandemic!!!!!!! Are you insane!!!!!) They are SO SO UNHELPFUL. when we complain about things they dump the blame on someone else and no one, not one single person can sort a thing. They are useless. Worst experience with an estate agent I've ever had. Do not use WHB.

J · 23 January 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Terrible

Dear Sir/Madam,I am writing to complain about Rob Jones. About 10 days ago I visited your Grays branch in relation to get a new mortgage. Rob came outside we had a brief chat he told me to reply to his email with the required documents. After our brief conversation he asked for my payslips covering past 3 months. I stayed all night to carry out that task. I sent whatever he asked for. He didn’t reply as he promised. I therefore next day returned to your Grays branch and stood outside for a few minutes while he was too busy ignoring my presence, a young lady came and asked if she could help. I asked her to pass the message to Rob to phone me. He never phoned me, once I rang him and left voicemail and other times I only rang but didn’t always leave a voicemail. This afternoon I visited your Grays branch, Rob came outside to tell me he has been really busy between appointments and didn’t get time to carry out his work for me. What right does he have to waste my time . This is terrible service. If he had no time why did he waste my time as well. This is insulting and I am going to complaint about this.Gurprit Kaloya

Gurprit · 13 January 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Abysmal service to landlords!

Abysmal service to landlords. Staff don't communicate with each other, quotes they obtain for repairs are excessive, in one case twice what two local contractors quoted. They can never manage things without our involvement and take months to resolve matters. Left us without a gas safety certificate because of their failure to observe deadline. Make incorrect deductions from rent and try to sneak through hikes in their charges without prior arrangement. Repeated promises that the service will improve are baseless. Just totally inadequate in all respects - find someone else to manage you property!

Bereaved · 13 January 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Terrible customer service

I was repeated called, texted and emailed by Adele at the pontefract office to sell my home with them in their Boxing Day sale. I did message to say I had sold my property and did they have any houses coming up in my area to buy up to £300k - zero response. A perfect house came up for sale with them in our area on the Boxing Day sale but was also up for sale with Strike and they could not be bothered to tell me so guess who sold it Strike!

Mrs · 10 January 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Concerning lack of accuracy

We attempted to purchase a property through the Swaffham branch which was described as having equestrian facilities. The property turns out to be subject to various undisclosed restrictions and clauses that prevent its use for keeping horses. After we pulled out of the purchase and disclosed these issues to WHB, the property was re-marketed without any amendment to the listing. We presume this is a deliberate attempt to mislead future buyers into thinking this is a viable equestrian property.

Dr · 23 March 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Let down with no explanation.

I called to book a valuation, arranged for 3 days later. After waiting half hour I called to check arrival time. They said they had no record of it (yes, definitely right company). That's it. No apology, no offer to rearrange. Will take my business elsewhere, not a great start if they can't even schedule an appointment.

WH · 6 October 2023

★★★★★ 1/5

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Use another estate agents

Absolute awful experience as well as I have been waiting for a refund for nearly a month now with no communication about my money… always having to ring up to be lied to again. Finally got through to the manager of this branch to be told I’ll get a call back, guess what I haven’t had? Oh yes a call back confirming where my money is. Don’t waste your time with this estate agents.

Emily · 7 February 2022

★★★★★ 1/5

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Absolutely awful

William H Brown don’t even deserve the one star I gave them. They had our property on the market for 20 weeks and couldn’t care less about selling it. They are totally useless - negative when showing people round, the photographer they use is awful, they sent round people that were obviously not the right type of person - I could go on and on. Moved to Richard James and they sold it in less than a week.

Sara · 1 June 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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This estate agents are by far worst I…

This estate agents are by far worst I have come across...they have absolutely NO back office...selling the house is one thing but how they manage the sale after that it quite simply dreadful..the lack of communication..total and utter negligence in handling forms ..they are truly all over the place and have cost me thousands in interest payments..they recommend cheap paralegals to the buyers to handle the legal side of things and its only at the last moment a solicitor actually looks at the case and then comes up with an abundance of new enquiries which causes huge delays...1 of my buyers took 13 weeks to get a survey..another had waited so long had to ring the mortgage company themselves to found out the bank had been trying to get hold of whb broker for 3 weeks!! To confirm a simply address...another buyers help to buy form took 6 weeks to get right..and on and on the failings happened!! every single one of my buyers did not have one good word to say about this outfit ..not one! They simply cannot manage the aftersales if you do anything this year DO NOT use this office it will cost you money in the long run there are plenty of good reliable estate agents out there that keep you updated ..track all paperwork ..acutely fill out forms..and more importantly spend the time to make sure forms have been recieved and are correct all the stuff you would expect from a professional company of which this is not!..trust me when I say this they have cost me 1000s in interest payments due to negligence and My company will NEVER use them again you have been warned!Steve StindersCeo Stinders Construction ltd

Steven · 10 December 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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The Perfect Match

It was always going to be a long journey trying to purchase our first home amidst all this pandemic and economical uncertainty. However, with God and William H Brown Grays at our side we managed overcome what seemed to be a pretty tall order. Debby B especially was amazing. She didnt just try sell us any old house, rather she matched us the perfect property for us. These are the things we really appreciate. For her it wasnt just a sale but it was about the right Sale.

SLY · 24 November 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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Probably the worst experience i have…

Probably the worst experience i have had buying houses. If you are a seller that want toi was told offer was not accepted one day, next day i received a call saying to send my document as my offer was accepted before and encouraged to use solicitor through sequence (solicitors who are not responsive, ignore emails and never reply back to you) while, all these was going on. i receive a further call that the seller was ringing everyone who has viewed the property to give their final offer. Why would you let me engage your solicitor or told me my offer was accepted when you are still in the bidding stage? I will try avoid this agent every opportunity i get. surprise to see that the same offer i gave is what is being paraded as what the b=property is being sold for online £47k if it is, then this is borderline fraudulent and not getting the person who is being repossessed the best chance.also when i made my complain known, The lady who address my complain made no effort whatsoever to understand what aspect i was not happy about (i was unbothered if you get a higher offer as when it comes to corporate sales thats the goal). i was not pleased with the service provided.

Luqman · 9 November 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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I sold my house recently in West…

I sold my house recently in West Yorkshire - the process, in having my house valued to it being placed on the market, arranging viewings was seamless. WH Brown ensured they took care of it all. All viewings were vetted and I was kept up to date as much as I needed. The sale of my house was quick and I was supported by the branch manager in the purchase of my new home in a different part of England. Michelle and Louise are an asset and I would highly recommend W H Brown to both sellers and purchasers.

Sparkle · 29 October 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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Possibly the worse letting agents in the world

I'd give them zero stars if that were an option. The letting agents are two-faced, unreliable, dishonest, unpleasant, and only out for money. They are thoroughly nasty human beings. They change your energy supplier to one they prefer (without your consent) and tell your current supplier that you're leaving them. Then you are charged at the highest rate and they won't sort the problem out. That's just ONE of the many, many, many problems with them. AVOID THEM LIKE THE PLAGUE!

Sheena · 4 October 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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William Browns Hull …

Terrible service if there was an option for minus stars would use DO NOT USE worst service I have ever received would never choose this company again and strongly recommend others not too. Myself and my partner paid out £600 for their services to help purchasing our house they did nothing we chased them up. They blamed Covid over the whole thing utterly not an excuse for incompetent and unprofessional service heard from others they have had similar experience judging by this they won’t be in business much longer .

Laura · 19 September 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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avoid at all costs

avoid at all costs; the agents are stubborn and nasty

Persona · 12 September 2025

★★★★★ 5/5

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Good job, Jack Elston from william H Brown Stevenage Branch

Purchasing or selling a property can be a very stressful time . Finding a real good estate agent is crucial . I am so pleased to have Jack Elston from William H Brown Stevenage as my agent. He is so efficient ,professional , friendly... He has done everything possible to make things going smoothly. Good job, Jack.Thank you so much.

Diana · 20 June 2023

★★★★★ 1/5

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I must say I have never rented before…

I must say I have never rented before and thought william h brown would be a great company to rent through as you not only get the place you want but a great support network, how wrong was I the staff are rude and not helpful when i phoned up about things not working like the shower not working I get told it's nothing to do with us you have to call the maintenance department so I call them they then tell me we have to phone the landlord, so I said ok well I am disabled and can not actually have a bath so a shower is a must , 5 weeks later shower still not fixed I phoned them every day and was told have not got hold of the landlord to which i told them u paid you my rent so why dont you just fix it and bill the landlord no we can not do that I was told so after 5 weeks of having strip down washes I had had enough and complained to there main office in Birmingham which was sequence homes, they finally got someone out to me the next week, but I am still waiting for 10 other jobs to be done , do not rent through William h brown the staff are rude and unhelpful I have asked for a refund of the rent I paid upfront and I would move out as the place is that bad but they just ignore me so I would never rent from this company ever and would suggest others to go elsewhere . Very unprofessional.

Wendy · 11 September 2020