Trusted Agent profile · Plymouth
★★★★★
585 reviews across 2 platforms
143 Ridgeway, Plympton, Plymouth, PL7 2HJ, PL7 2HJ
Fox & Sons's office in Plymouth, at 143 Ridgeway, is rated 3.6 out of 5 across 585 reviews on two platforms, including 164 Google reviews rated 4.9.
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5/5
GoogleDan Luckie is brilliant as a mortgage broker at this branch. Extremely responsive, helpful and understanding in every way. He definitely goes the extra mile and offers the best products tailored to the individual(s). Very knowledgeable and trustworthy, would highly recommend.
1/5
TrustpilotOne star is one too many
One star is one too many; what can I say...Avoid at all costs! They valued the property at 400k in line with Zoopla and several other valuations including a RICS valuation. They convinced us to go on at 375k to start a bidding war which they insisted they could do. Typical sales crap. Anyway, they planned to do an open day, listed the property then unlisted it to allow Rightmove to update normally a 48-hour process. It didn't go live on to Rightmove for almost 14 days despite numerous calls to the office and getting fobbed off and told this was normal, It is NOT! This led to only 2 viewings on the open day. We had spoken to their mortgage team and almost 20 weeks into the contract they have still not contacted us back to provide the updated mortgage information meaning even if an offer was received it could not be accepted and despite formal complaints this was still not resolved. At almost every stage they have tried to get us to drop the price to 350k even though we did receive an offer of 370k and they said that was the best we could expect. They have tried to get us to do a boxing day relaunch with only 10 days left on the contract and when we did try to get a relaunch by dropping by 2% they did not return our calls. The viewings were shocking, and they didn’t know which garage was which. Failed to point out key aspects of the kitchen and planning permissions in place for expansion and on two occasions failed to show up leaving me to do the viewings not to mention inaccuracies when updating Rightmove. In my opinion they are more focused on their Rightmove statistics than customer service in 20 weeks our property was emailed out twice to perspective buyers! AVOID and use an small or independent.
5/5
GoogleBrilliant service! Especially from Dan Luckie the mortgage advisor
Many thanks Helen for the great 5* review and your kind words. Best wishes, Lucy, Customer Relations.
5/5
GoogleDaniel was fantastic when it came to arranging our mortgage for us. Quick and responsive just what you want when buying a house in a pandemic. Couldn’t recommend enough.PositiveResponsiveness, Quality, Professionalism, Value
5/5
GoogleDANIEL LUCKIE AT PLYMPTON - THE BEST PLACE FOR MORTGAGE ADVICE! I have been dealing with Daniel Luckie from Fox and Sons for almost two years now. We have had house after house fall through and multiple re-applications. Dan never once had any issues with helping us through any problems that arose. We have asked a lot of Dan in terms of work and he has never let us down once. He always gave regular updates and would have any mortgage requirements either requested or sorted imediatley. I can not compliment the service enough. The whole team in the Plympton office are very friendly and happy to help. 100% recommended.PositiveResponsiveness, Quality, Professionalism, Value
5/5
GoogleReally helpful team that guided us through our purchase. A special mention to Daniel helped secure our mortgage and the house we wanted. Thanks
4/5
TrustpilotGood service from Fox and Sons lettings…
Good service from Fox and Sons lettings Bournemouth branch. Karen and team helped let my property quickly and to decent tenants. All very professional throughout
5/5
GoogleKeith and his team were really helpful and professional. We would not hesitate to go back to Fox & Sons, also very enthusiastic. Thank You All. Definately Recommended.PositiveResponsiveness, Quality, Professionalism, Value
5/5
TrustpilotA great service at Bognor
A great service at Bognor, with great leadership. In particular, we are extremely impressed with Sam, a relatively new member of their superb team. He is a great asset to their personalised service. New as he may be to the role, he is the most proactive and communicative estate agent we have ever had the pleasure of working with on our case. We have moved 8 times in 50 years, and he is the best there is. He remains aware of customers plight, and engages every skill in selling our property.Despite having our first offer withdrawn on health grounds, Sam continued his efforts to find another buyer aware of our needs in moving out of area. He remained focussed, maintaining a balance between encouraging and supporting us the vendor, whilst not exerting too much pressure on prospective buyers, till reaching success in getting a second offer on our property. He has an amazing customer focus with a calm, efficient and professional approach, in both his personal presentation and his work. He works long and hard hours in pursuit of a successful outcome for vendor and buyer alike, and his timely communication during contract process is much appreciated. He is so interested in what he does and his positivity is refreshing and encouraging all the way.
1/5
TrustpilotTruly awful
Truly awful. Once they have a buyer for your property they have zero interest in customer service. Don’t reply to emails or return phone calls. In my case they lied about aspects of my sale. Nearly 6 months to complete the sale. Terrible.
Hi David,I am terribly sorry that this is the service you have received from one of our Branches.if there is anything i can do to help with this matter.please get in touch with us.
5/5
TrustpilotSteve delivers on his promises
Selling the house you were brought up in and your parents worked every hour in the day to own and then love for over 45 years is not easy. Luckily Steve, also a local lad from Hampden Park understood this, as well as the my challenges of living remotely, and made sure I was fully supported through the process. I asked for help, I got it, I said comms would need to work around my mother’s care and my NHS work, he said “no problem”. To promise is easy, to deliver is quality.I would have no problem recommending Steve @ Fox & Sons - you couldn’t be in better hands!
5/5
TrustpilotHelpful and proactive!
As a Conveyancer I have found Fox and Sons to be extremely helpful and useful through the transactions I have worked with them on. In particular Thomas Barrett has been fantastic to deal with.
1/5
TrustpilotFox & Sons Hastings..
Fox & Sons Hastings... clownsWhere to start with these clowns. Appointed them to sell building land. They took photos of someone else's land that was no where near the property and I had to correct them before they published. In the odd 6-7 months they were marketing, they got a sale, but I barely received any updates unless I phoned them. They never responded to any emails and told me they never received them when I challenged them... ok then, even though I copied three of them every time.When I phoned it went to answer machine sometimes and nobody ever called back or if someone did answer, they would tell me they'd pass on a message, but still never called back. We had a sale at this point, but the builder was messing about. I decided to write a final demand email, so looked on line for the managers email address and low and behold... I've been emailing him all along, Daniel Cotterill. He's a partner and if he cannot be bothered to respond, what chance do you have. I phoned again for the last time before removing them and he answered the phone (caught him) and told him he had two weeks to get the contracts exchanged or they were getting kicked off.Two weeks passed and nothing, so I phoned them again the day before and spoke to someone else, left a message, but still no response/call back. They were dropped three days ago and I sent a scathing email to Fox and Sons Hastings, their head office, backers and IT team. No response, there's a surprise. Don't do it. Do not use these chancers at any cost. They will try to pull you in on an overpriced deal just to get you on the books. Pay more for a better service elsewhere, which to be honest will be everywhere else.Daniel Cotterill... you and your team are a discrace to the industry. How Fox & Sons Hastings are still trading is beyond me and I would put money on this sloppy outfit being out of business within 2 years.
1/5
TrustpilotHastings branch what a joke I was…
Hastings branch what a joke I was phoned out of the blue offering a free valuation which I accepted then the problems started. I was offered a slot on Saturday 3rd April 11:00 with the valuer only to receive two text messages at the same time with an appointment of 10:45 and 11:30 after ringing there office the 11:00 was confirmed as correct only to receive a call a little while later to change the time to 12:00 so I said I will cancel the whole sorry affair only to get another text confirming my 12:00 appointment with a different valuer. How hard can it be to get something so simple right.
2/5
TrustpilotNot even a congratulations or enjoy your new home.
I recently purchased a property with Fox & Sons in Hayward’s Heath and the service was poor. Firstly after enquiring online a number of times to view a property no one returned my calls or emails. My mother called and was lucky enough to finally book a viewing. The viewing went smoothly and the lady who carried out the viewing was good. During the purchasing process the updates from the agent was little to none, the seller and I spoke between ourselves to resolve any matters. On the day of completion no call or email was received from the office and on collection of the keys, they did not ask for my ID or name and happily handed the keys over. Not even a congratulations or enjoy your new home. I think a little bit of customer service training would not be wasted.
5/5
GoogleFox and sons plympton where extremely helpful though out the entire process of selling are old house. Rachel at the branch in Particular stood out and was extremely efficient at keeping everything and everything moving the right direction while getting the best outcome for everyone. Would definitely use again. Thankyou to everyone for getting us all moved
1/5
TrustpilotAfter our experience with this company…
After our experience with this company they easily deserve the above rating. We were with them for about about 8 weeks and during that time feedback was near non existent and the quality of photographs was just awful. He tried to push anyone through the door even though they were not interested.He used to say oh I'm just around the corner and I would like to show someone your property. When in fact the property matey was showing them they did not like and he thought oh well I'll chance his luck.However I am to blame because I should have invited 3 agencies and should have not been governed by their low commission.I honestly got what I paid for and that was zilch.UPDATEI sent my concerns to the office concern d and they have now dealt with all issues. However my review stands as this was a very honest account at the time.
5/5
GoogleDANIEL LUCKIE AT PLYMPTON - THE BEST PLACE FOR MORTGAGE ADVICE! I have been dealing with Daniel Luckie from Fox and Sons for almost two years now. We have had house after house fall through and multiple re-applications. Dan never once had any issues with helping us through any problems that arose. We have asked a lot of Dan in terms of work and he has never let us down once. He always gave regular updates and would have any mortgage requirements either requested or sorted imediatley. I can not compliment the service enough. The whole team in the Plympton office are very friendly and happy to help. 100% recommended.PositiveResponsiveness, Quality, Professionalism, Value
5/5
TrustpilotWe have recently completed on our house…
What a great team of people. Communication has been been excellent. Right from the start of the process Todd, Steve and Tom have been fantastic. Special mention for Tom as he was always available to discuss any issues we had. He was honest and very reliable. He always seemed to go above and beyond, chasing all the relevant people, getting the information we needed to feel reassured. It has been a pleasure to have Tom managing our house sale and we would highly recommend Fox and Sons to anybody wanting to sell their house.
1/5
TrustpilotIf I could give zero stars I would
Avoid these in Hayward’s Heath. Plenty others that are much better. We received a number of calls promising the world, they did not deliver and they couldn’t even be bothered to keep us updated on our property. We had to chase a number of times to get our property on right move, they were not interested in communicating with us, felt as though they stop trying once we signed up. Regretted it immediately! Sent a complaint in and they refused to refund our cash back for the photographs they made us pay upfront for. Avoid.
1/5
TrustpilotRude, Unprofessional, Untruthful
I asked to view a property. The agent was over 10 mins late. We asked numerous questions, both verbally and in writing. I didn't receive any acknowledgement of the email or any reply. I asked again in writing. Received a response - the majority of the answers bore no resemblance to the truth. I challenged them. They blamed the Vendor. I asked to see the property again, the same agent was 10 minutes late. We asked to walk around the property (without him on our heels the whole time) - he replied 'what can you have to say that you can't say in front of me?' We put in an offer. No response. No acknowledgement. Nothing for three days. We put in another offer. Complete silence. Telephoned and asked to speak the Branch Manager. I was told he would ring me back shortly. Zero response.
1/5
TrustpilotThis agent is absolutely useless.
This agent is absolutely useless.I had them around to value a property that I was looking to list. They came around and looked but failed to call back with a valuation. They then called a week later to ask if I would like to list it with them. When I advised they had not given me a price, the lady said she would look into it and get back to me.She never did.I am now trying to buy a property they have listed.I had a viewing which they failed to do a follow up call on. When I called them with a question, they said they would call me back, which they failed to do. It then went under offer, but the sale fell through. At this point I thought they may call and say it was back on the market and was I still interested, as you would expect an agent trying to earn a fee to do. No call.Again I had to call them, leaving three messages on the answer phone to tell them I was still interested. None of which they replied to.Having experienced their service from being both a seller and buyer I would advise you to avoid this company.
5/5
TrustpilotHighly recommend this agent Tom and…
Highly recommend this agent Tom and Charley were brilliant from start to finish. sold my property within the first week.l and kept my updated every week until the end.
1/5
TrustpilotAvoid.
My experience was a Plymouth branch but it would appear from reviews, there are problems nationwide. I would rate 0 stars if it was an option and wish I had checked here before agreeing to allow Fox and Sons to market my property. Luckily I didn’t pay any up front costs. After going to cancel my appointment for a valuation as they don’t provide floor plans as standard, the agent said he would provide this and encouraged me to meet with them due to being a ‘big seller in my postcode’. This is my first time selling, I have little knowledge on it. Not a cheap company to use, took photos with no advice on how to make my property look. Literally point and snap. I was emailed the ad on a Saturday to check over, I emailed back amendments. They amended half of these and put it online without any further contact. I was at work and realised later in the day the ad was online. They were then closed the Sunday and then didn’t amend it until Monday late afternoon.The property information stated was incorrect and other information was completely missing. Once this got amended, then a floor plan was added without being asked to check it first. The floor plan was inaccurate, the pantry was missing, a built in wardrobe was in the wrong location and the master bedroom appeared almost smaller than the second bedroom when it’s considerably larger. The ad was littered with basic spelling and grammatical errors. I asked them on Tuesday morning to amend the photos and floor plan. I then decided to ask them to remove the ad completely and requested this by 10:15am. The agent attempted to defend what he had uploaded saying no agent could do better. Yet other flats are up for sale in the complex with much better ads and photos. It took 2 emails and 2 phone calls to have it removed. I requested email confirmation once it was done and received none. My ad was live for 4 days with incorrect and also missing information. I was quoted £2150 fixed fee for this service, payable on completion. I’m shocked a company charging this amount could perform such a bad job. The agent had sold it as ‘you get what you pay for’ to suggest I don’t use another cheaper company. He spoke about his eye for details. When I raised issues about incorrect details, he said they don’t matter and the flat will sell itself. If the flat will sell itself, why am I paying a premium rate for a service when others charge a fraction of the price? The agent also informed me they sold a lot of properties in my postcode. I have since checked this on an independent site, to realise they aren’t in the top listed sellers for my postcode. I have since found a similar priced local agent who has the highest percentage of sales in my postcode. I wish I had thought of doing this search to begin with and avoided Fox and Sons.
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