Langford Russell reviews

★★★★★ 2/5

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Really great experience… Not!

We've had a really great experience finding and putting in a rental offer with The Acorn Group. In particular, Vincent Bui helped us through every step of the process and was always on hand if we had any questions or concerns. Thank you so much Vincent and the rest of the staff at the Catford branch!Edit:I've had to come back and edit this to reflect the continued service my partner and I have received, which has sadly been incredibly poor. Once we were passed on from Vincent to other members of the team (Connor & Ryan) our service has declined massively. We were promised a complete repaint and clean of the unfurnished property when we put the offer in (2 months before moving!). When arriving on the move-in day we found that not only had the flat not been repainted, it was full of the previous tenant's furniture and discarded personal items! Also the en-suite bathroom (despite apparently being professionally cleaned) was full of black mould - which was majorly concerning as I suffer from asthma due to our previous flat's black mould infestation. Because of this we'd emphasised the importance of having a mould free flat to Acorn multiple times and they'd been really sympathetic, so to arrive and find this was really upsetting. It was clear that no one from Acorn had been round to inspect the property since the previous tenants had moved out. Thankfully Acorn did arrange for the old furniture to be removed, but this took incessant emails, phonecalls and even marching down to the Catford branch to speak to them in person for this to be sorted, which was not what we needed on an already stressful moving day. We never got a further response on the mouldy bathroom other than 'well it was professionally cleaned', despite the fact that the inventory description and photos also show it being mouldy. As of this point, nearly 2 weeks after we moved in, we are seemingly no closer to getting the paintwork completed despite also regularly pushing for it and enquiring about it. Overall a real letdown from a company that (at first glance) seemed quite good.

Sam · 2 November 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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They love wasting everyone’s time

They love wasting everyone’s time. Just rented a flat though them and they are extremely slow, we had to chaise them over 100 times to give us any updates on the status of the flat. After i have signed the contract and made the payment they wouldn’t relieve the key until I go to their office with my passport ( which was never a discussion before I made the payment) also I don’t understand why they couldn’t meet me at the property I won’t recommend them! Jayne was extremely unprofessional and slow replying to my emails!

Florica · 22 October 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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Great experience

I have dealt with multiple estate agents in the past, and I found the staff at Acorn Rainham branch exceptional. Mark and Kieran were professional as well as very friendly and easy to get on with. They kept me informed the whole time, which other agents have not.

Customer · 9 July 2025

★★★★★ 5/5

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Will was exceptional from start to finish in dealing with the sale of our property. Will was proactive when potential hurdles occurred and kept us constantly informed with updates to ensure we were kept in the loop, our customer experience was excellent and we’d certainly recommend his services to anyone looking to buy or sell

Lucy · 29 October 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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Great experience with Acorn Dulwich

Great experience with Acorn Dulwich. My flat was sold quickly following good marketing. The buyers solicitors dragged the sales process out but George was really on top of it - chasing them and prompting me when there were things we could try from sellers side to help move things along, drawing on experience and providing good advice. Would definitely use Acorn again!

Kb · 21 April 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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I was attended by Bethany Taylor and I can't be happier. She is an excellent professional, always willing to help and available at all times, even during off-work hours. She found me a house when I was desperate and other agencies rejected my request and she knew how to understand me and deal with my problem. I am very grateful to her. The day of delivery of keys I arrived much later than the closing of her work schedule and she waited for me patiently to give me the keys, always with education, kindness and a big smile. She is a wonderful person and a great professional who always tries to do everything she can to make the client happy. Thanks to Bethany the company gains a high reputation and I will recommend this company to everyone, just because the way she has treated me and solved my problem. I am your customer forever. Thanks Bethany for all the help and trust you have given me since you met me. You are a beautiful person and an ubeatable professional.

Lou · 25 August 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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Right from my 1st meeting with Joe, Liam and Adam, they have been incredibly professional, helpful and accommodating of my needs as a buy-to-let investor who hadn't been on the market for years. Joe kept calling each week to get updates as to how I am progressing with my other viewings in spite of the fact that the property I viewed with him did not meet my criteria at the time. Great guys and a great team overall. I definitely recommend them to anyone and would like to do business with them again.

Paul · 25 August 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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Amazing Team

I dealt with Samantha from when purchasing my first home and she was just too good for words!! As a first time home buyer the whole process was so stressful and Samantha was just brilliant in explaining things, keeping me in the loop, providing me with helpful information and just as a general support for the process. I would have been a mess with out her! Would 100% recommend Acorn (Especially Samantha) when buying a home!

Jessica · 8 July 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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Outstanding customer service

Massive thanks to Louis from Acorn FH for helping out with quick enquiry. He managed to find me a great property, on request came to see me before others to view it. I was treated very politely and professionally. Louis went above and beyond to take the property in a matter of days as i was in trouble and needed to move out quickly. He negotiated the price and got it down for me, and took care of paperwork which made it very smooth. I would highly recommend seeing this guy, as well he helped me with advice to sort out a bad agency problem. Thank you very much.

Jacek · 17 July 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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I am very impressed with Jack and the Langford Russell team’s professionalism. From the initial viewing through to completing the rental, the whole process was handled smoothly. Jack, Giovanna and the rest of the team were fantastic to deal with.

Rajendra · 16 February 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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THE SIX FAILS OF ACORN - NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

The only good thing I can say about Acorn is that we are no longer letting our flat through them. FAIL ONE: Their very aggressive letting agent offered to discount our first month set-up fee from £360 to £199 but they charged us £360 regardless. The letting office denied all knowledge of the discount and it was a battle to get it reinstated. FAIL TWO: We rapidly discovered that almost all our calls and emails to Acorn went unanswered and it was virtually impossible to communicate with them. FAIL THREE: They charged us £180 for a PAT electrical appliance test, and we received no response when we queried it, or when we queried their lack of response. We subsequently discovered the PAT test was not a legal requirement, and that they had not even performed it. They then denied charging us for the test, and we had to prove that they had. FAIL FOUR: They also charged us £210 to apply for a Croydon landlord licence fee on our behalf and then left the application incomplete, whereupon we received a threatening email from Croydon Council demanding immediate payment. FAIL FIVE: They charged us £96 for a plumber’s visit in which the plumber did nothing except suggest spending over £400 on replacement bathroom taps, when we knew that the originals had cost £64.75. When we tried to follow up direct with the plumber he dropped all communication with us. FAIL SIX: Finally the tenant abandoned the flat without notice, leaving it in a filthy state and full of junk, with bathroom fittings pulled out the wall. We notified Acorn by phone and email with photographs of the mess. The tenant then advised both Acorn and ourselves by email that she could not afford to clean it and that we would have to pick up the cleaning tab ourselves. We had it professionally cleaned at our own expense and emailed Acorn on 22.05.2020: “Please advise where we may pick up our keys on 28.05.2020” which was the date the tenancy legally ended. Predictably there was no reply and their local office was closed on 28.05.2020. However, on 29.05.2020, the day after the tenancy ended - they sent in a check out team who left lights on, drawers and cupboards open, items on the kitchen counter, the toilet seat up and the new throw and mattress cover pulled off the newly cleaned bed, the day before our new agents were due to show it. For this unauthorised incursion, they charged us £159. When we challenged this, they insisted that we were contractually obligated to pay for a checkout. We responded: “What part of “Please advise where we may pick up our keys on 28.05.2020” do you not understand?” I received the response: “I cannot see that you received a response from us to confirm key collection.” Yes, dear readers, you read that right. They didn't have to return our keys on the grounds that they ignored our email requesting the return of our keys! Best of all, Acorn gave the tenant a copy of the check out report as well as a reference, allowing her to pass on the abuse the next landlord.

Melissa · 21 June 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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The team at Langford Russel have been very professional in dealing with the sale of our home. A particular thank you to Sienna for all her hard work, calm words, expertise and positivity. It made a huge difference to our experience and our ability to stay calm even when things got tricky.

Matthew · 15 May 2025

★★★★★ 5/5

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Acorn - Northumberland Heath - FTB - Excellent Service

I had the pleasure of working with Acorn Northumberland Heath to purchase my first home in Erith and would like to thank the Team for making this such a pleasant experience. Shoutout to Amelia Giles and Layton Thomas for their hard work - you guys are amazing. Attentive, professional and excellent service received throughout the process.

Michael · 26 August 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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Jonathan was amazing with our recent…

5 stars.Jonathan was amazing with our recent house hunt. He listened to our brief and called us as soon as a property was available - we saw it before it was even online which gave us an edge against the competition viewing. It was exactly what we were after and we put in an offer straight away. It's not often you find an estate agent that listens to your brief AND follows the process right through to exchange, but Jonathan did it all and was invaluable to us. He kept us calm during the stress of solicitors etc and helped chase up all relevant parties which really is above and beyond. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend him to anyone house hunting / looking to sell their property, for a great service with a smile!

Miss · 4 March 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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Property Managers can't manage anything

I had an amazing experience with guys in sales team - very friendly, attention to detail service - till I sign the rental contract.From when the tenancy of our dream home has started, our nightmare began.The property manager is an absolute nightmare.She (I would like to name her if possible for other people's sake) asked if she can visit a property for gas inspection, in less than 24 hours notice.We told her it is impossible to arrange it at last minutes as we are both working in office and need at least few days to see if it is possible to arrange a work from home option. Also contract clearly states that agent/landlord require at least 24hours notice for a visit. No reply by the time of the visit next day - one of us urgently managed to wait for a visit. No one has come.Then she has arranged another round of gas inspection and property inspection on 14th Feb so one of us has agreed to work from home to attend a visit.Then she has emailed us that the visit will be 5th of Feb.We were so confused and told her we have arranged out time for a visit on 14th of Feb as originally agreed.She then told us she has mistaken a date and confirmed the visit will be 14th of Feb.On 14th of Feb, she hasn't visited our property although we confirmed several times, no phonecall, no email.On 17th of Feb, 3 days later, for the first time she emailed us as per below."I did call and the person I got through to advised a property inspection was not arranged so I was unable to attend on Friday."Not sure what she meant - anyways,1. When sales team contacted both myself and my partner, all went through perfectly fine, and no-one else would answer our mobile.2. She would have been able to ring our door bell on 14th Feb 9am -12pm as agreed. We have stayed in property for a whole day just in case they are running late. No visit/phone/email on the day, and next 3 days.Before signing a contract we have agreed with a landlord that the property to be freshly painted. That was part of our rental agreement.Property management team has assured it will be done either the day we move in or few days after we move in.It still hasn't happened.All of this happened within 6 months from the day we moved in.We have few experiences with other agents but by far Acorn is the worst.We like a property itself but not happy with the way it's managed.Landlords, tenants, please avoid this agent at all cost. Before you end up like us.

Akiko · 18 February 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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Sidcup to the seaside

We initially had Kelly value our home just as the Sidcup Branch of Acorn opened. It was almost a full year until we put the house on the market with Acorn (we’d initially gone with another EA), and Kelly arrived with the same warmth, enthusiasm and intent as before. In order to sell our house, I was impressed at how Kelly just didn’t look at the price and numbers, she’d taken into account the style and type of property we lived in and was able to contact those people whom she thought it would appeal. From this we had quality viewings, not quantity. We had realistic conversations about house prices. Our views on this were always respected whilst recommendations were backed up and essentially we were happy to trust Kelly.Kelly kept in good contact with us through the entire process, some hand holding towards the end when the pressure was on for all parties concerned, Kelly understood our concerns and did her best to understand the emotional side of selling the house whilst dealing with the office side.We thoroughly reccomend Kelly (and Paul) and the entire Sidcup Acorn team. Their approach felt up to date, progressive and personal and we now live in our dream house by the sea. Thank you.

Jaron · 28 January 2020

★★★★★ 3/5

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Okay, but could certainly improve.

A solid if not great estate agent. They know the SE London area well and the fact they can utilise their customer base across their branches is a positive.Initially very eager to get the flat on the market and take our business; very confident of a quick sale but when viewings failed to convert into offers for the first couple of months, updates were infrequently offered despite chasing. That said, once an offer did materialise our account manager Leon was very good in handling the process on our behalf and remained available for any other questions we had until the process concluded.

Adam · 22 January 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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Exceptionally poor property management…

Exceptionally poor property management company. As others have noted, constant changes to the account manager, cancelled appointments, accusations of not being up to date with payments (lots of time spent proving I made early payments), claim they had keys for showing property only to find they didn't on the day requiring me to rush home, attempt at getting us to pay for another deep clean at check-out and to top it off 2 month wait to have our deposit returned. The sheer incompetence of Acorn is incredible and would avoid at all costs.

Don · 24 November 2019

★★★★★ 5/5

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I am really happy to supply a glowing reference for Langford & Russell Estate Agents and in particular Keith Suttle, who looked after me from the beginning. Moving home is the most stressful time for anybody and Keith literally took over and handled everything for me. This man went above and beyond what I could ever have hoped for and I have no hesitation in recommending these incredible Estate Agents Jane LowndesPositiveResponsiveness, Professionalism

Jane · 25 August 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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Professional and Meticulous

My husband and I would like to thank Mauricio for the immense help towards finding our flat. He and Sian did a meticulous job through the renting process. I appreciate the level of professionalism and dedication put towards their job. I would highly recommend these agents in case of finding a perfect home. Thanks to the entire team for performing a wonderful job.

Bhavana · 12 December 2022

★★★★★ 2/5

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I have mixed feelings about my…

I have mixed feelings about my experience with acorn because it's not nice having to judge the company due to one member of staff behaviour. Fair enough a ccj was found on my file but as soon as the ccj came up the staff responsible for my case became uninterested, stopped returning and picking my calls. I had to track him down through the company phone. He basically did not care. Bare in mind my deposit money is still with the company. After a few days of receiving completely air from the agent, I gave up and wanted and requested for my money back. There was no need to get rude to them because im sure thats what they expected but the level of professionalism was -0! My partner and myself was extremely appalled. I had to leave and find another lettings agency elsewhere.

D33 · 4 August 2019

★★★★★ 5/5

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Property sold!

I asked 3 different estate agents to value my property and Acorn, Swanley returned the best, most realistic valuation with very comparable rate of commission. They produced an impressive, high standard brochure for my property. Within one week I had approximately 6 positive viewings and within 3 weeks I accepted an offer and have just exchanged on the sale.I’d like to thank all the team at Acorn for their due diligence, dedication and professionalism throughout, in particular Hayley Gardner-Bryant, Kieron Russell and Mark Sugarman, who showed great team work throughout.I highly recommend Acorn Estate agent, if your considering to sell your property.Margaret, Swanley

Karin · 1 August 2019

★★★★★ 5/5

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Izabela Wrobel is a star

I have been dealing with Acorn for around a year i can not say i have had the best experience and if i knew it was going to be anything how it is i would not of used them but since Izabela Wrobel started dealing with me and my apartment my thoughts of acorn have dramatically changed. Izabela Wrobel sticks to her word and does her job very well but still treats people like they are humans. Izabela has been a massive help. I honestly believe if Acorn worked in the way Izabela does that would not have many problems and have tenants that love living where they do.

Jade · 23 July 2019

★★★★★ 5/5

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Oliver, Sienna and co sold our house in a difficult market. They provided some good suggestions as to how we could make our house more attractive to buyers and were very professional, supporting us through the maze of selling a property.

Keith · 16 January 2026