Chestertons Kew reviews in Richmond upon Thames

★★★★★ 1/5

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Extremely poor service

Extremely poor service. When questioned, they were poor to respond generally and when they did they were arrogant and dismissive. I engaged their services to manage my flat rental and they changed 5 agents who were supposed to be my point oif contact within the first 6 months. When I decided to change agents I asked for reassurance that they would facilitate a smooth transition. They flatly refused to do so instead stating that they would fulfil their contractual obligations. It has been the most frustrating experience that I have ever had as a Landlord. The whole idea of getting them to manage was to reduce my workload and stress yet they caused the exact opposite. If you are a small landlord, they are not interested as they are a big corporate, despite their empty reassurances otherwise. Avoid Chestertons at all costs for managing your property as it seems that ther is high staff turnover so continuity will be poor.

GD · 25 October 2022

★★★★★ 1/5

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Terrible experience with Chestertons Fulham…

Terrible experience with on-going property relationship with Chestertons Fulham, please avoid carrying business with this branch.Before signing a rental contract, the staff was always helpful, smiley and responsive. After signing the contract, I have been switched to a huge void, a non-responsive department that does not answer the phone (I tried calling 5 times and leaving my phone number), usually responds emails in 3 business days, and does not solve anything for tenants. In my first day of tenancy, there were 3 contractors renovating the fllor in the kitchen and I was not able to move in on my first day. It has been 4 weeks since I found out that the washing machine is completely out of service (they did not check that before securing the contract, of course), and basically there is no resolution so far. Again, please avoid this company/branch.

Antonio · 21 October 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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Chestertons service

I’m letting my property through Chestertons. And Xiaoyi has been very helpful and responsive with helping managing my property.

Aurora · 16 November 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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Max West was extremely helpful

Max West was extremely helpful, friendly and efficient. Thank you

Giuseppe · 24 May 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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Tamara Price is amazing!

Tamara Price is amazing!!! She took the time to understand my needs and helped me find the perfect flat. 10/10. Would recommend!

Piper · 2 September 2023

★★★★★ 1/5

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Unskilled staff, below poor service

I used Chestertons to help find and rent my current property and their service was below poor. They failed to prepare the property prior to our move in date, despite pushing the date back to ready the flat and when we arrived to a filthy flat they were completely offline and unresponsive. In addition they offered compensation that they were not entitled to offer then informed us we were wrong to be compensated. Horrific agents and I would never use them again nor recommend them to anyone else. If you are thinking of using Chestertons, please seriously reconsider.

Emily · 16 October 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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Finding and securing a rented property

Trying to select and secure a rented property from an overseas location and without the ability to view, other than online, is fraught with difficulties and potential pitfalls. However, thanks to help from the team at Chestertons St Johns Wood at every step in the process, we managed to find a property that met all of our criteria and then went through the quite demanding process of identity and financial checks, eased by the help of Megan and Luana in particular. It was a friendly, efficient and first rate service from all at Chestertons.

John · 14 October 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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Sarah was very friendly and professional

Lamya · 2 August 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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Disgraceful!

It has been nine months since we moved into the flat, and we are still waiting for some maintenance, not to mention a refund for a storage that we had to pay back in September as the flat, precisely, wasn't ready. We have been through three different property managers, and still we are not getting the right service. Disgraceful!

Monica · 3 May 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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I have to write a negative review for…

I have to write a negative review for Chestertons because their service is so poor, unprofessional and bad(I want to use other words and I think "unprofessional and bad" is probably an understatement. I have gone back and forth with Chesterton on this for so many times and yet they randomly added another fee of £180 and deducted that money from my rental income. This is like 3rd time. Previous two times I have spent months to get those money back and this time again. As expected, no response from Chestertons. God knows how long this will take to get my money back. In addition, Chestertons actually have no property manager, when I ask, everyone is saying someone else need to look into this matter for me.

QQQQ · 11 October 2022

★★★★★ 1/5

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Outrageously bad

Do you think paying £300 plus to change a fire alarm is reasonable? Do you believe you should be paying for the cleaning of a flat you don't own? Is two weeks a reasonable response time to answer an email? If you've answered YES to any of those questions, then Chesterton's is for you! This agency is so useless, so incompetent, and rips you off SO shamelessly, I'm shocked they have such a good rating. We used them as managers of our flat for nearly a year and deeply, deeply regret our decision. AVOID these incompetents at all costs!

CA · 7 October 2022

★★★★★ 1/5

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Subpar property management service

We're currently renting a property which is managed by Chestertons. Unfortunately, we have had a terrible experience with them in regard to some issues that needed resolving in the bathroom.One contractor sent by Chestertons took five visits and approximately 16 hours to install a bath shower and redo some tiling in the bathroom, while another needed 8 visits to fix the toilet and redo some other tiling. These jobs are taking a suspiciously long time to resolve - to the point it feels like they are doing it on purpose so they can extract as much money out of the poor, unsuspecting landlords as possible, while at the same time causing massive inconvenience for tenants. It almost feels like Chestertons are willfully allowing this to happen. This is not an acceptable property management service I'm afraid. Chestertons haven't even bothered to come to our apartment to assess their work.All landlords beware.

Kenny · 6 October 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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Great Estate agent ,professional and helpful. Thanks Elina

Just want to say a big thank you to Miss Elina for helping us and Chesterton estate agents . Superb work and Elina was so helpful and understanding. Thank you very much keep up the good work!

Dav · 16 February 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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We are immensely grateful to Kerl and…

We are immensely grateful to Kerl and Abby from Chesterton for their invaluable assistance in helping me and my flatmate find our dream home. We've now settled in and couldn't be happier with the location, interior design, and layout of the house. Their professionalism and dedication made the entire process a smooth and enjoyable experience. Thank you, Kerl & Abby, for making our home search a success!

Skyler · 7 November 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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We recently had some works done which…

We recently had some works done which Chesterton arranged and managed. Communication was good and our property manager (Olympia) stayed across the process and remained engaged through to completion. Ok to pay the fees when these things get done properly.

Adam · 25 February 2025

★★★★★ 1/5

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Worst experience in my life

Worst experience in my life. Unreliable and fraudulent. I took a short term let. After signing the contract and paying advance, they ask me for more money in addition, without a receipt. I send total payment in two payments because my bank did not allow me to make such a large transfer. I send both transfer copies in an official document with CRO. One payment arrives, the other one does not by the weekend. They do not give me the keys. My lawyer is getting me a full refund. Never go to scoundrels like them. Be careful.

Marco · 30 September 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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Tamara Price was so helpful and…

Tamara Price was so helpful and personable and helped massively with advice and suggestions for submitting the strongest offer we could for a flat. We were successful in getting accepted for said flat.

Rosie · 15 August 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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Assistance with new landlords certificate

Hanna Malanyuk was very helpful in providing me with the information required to complete the new landlords certificate form.

CAROLINE · 2 November 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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Tamara Price was exceptional

Tamara Price was exceptional and quick to answer all my questions. Unfortunately, the deal didn't go through, but she continued to help us find a new home! Professional and knowledgeable of the market!

Gonçalo · 12 August 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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Great customer service

Team at Chestertons have been very good at providing a high level customer service and Hanna Malanyuk, who has been assisting us with various tasks from compliance to arranging works in a property, has been wonderful. She is knowledgeable, professional and efficient. Having Hanna by our side gives a pice of mind and we are very grateful for having her to look after our property. Thank you!

Iryna · 1 November 2023

★★★★★ 1/5

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Rude and Unprofessional

The estate agent I dealt with was so rude and repeatedly asked if I could afford the flat before even viewing the flat. He assumed I had no knowledge of the current renting market and was very condescending when I told him my price range. When I turned up to my viewing, he dismissed me and didn't introduce the flat at all. I 100% do NOT recommend this place to anyone.

Jacko · 17 July 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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Have been waiting since May to get some…

Have been waiting since May to get some work organised in my flat. Since Richard Parkin took over there seems a sense of urgency and renewed quotes are now sensible and more favourable to me as the flat owner than previously. Five stars are specifically for Richard's help so far NOT a general judgement.

John · 22 July 2024

★★★★★ 4/5

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I have been using chestertons for a…

I have been using chestertons for a while and they really have shown so much care and attention in helping to find the right property for me. They are a great team and unlike other estate agents talk to each other in different offices! They are helpful and really lovely to deal with!

Consumer · 7 August 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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Avoid using this company by all means

Avoid using this company by all means -We lived in a property managed by Chesterton's for a year. In the time we lived with them, we reported issues with the accommodation in the first week of moving into the accommodation, they didn't sort this in the 9 months of us living there. They constantly sent someone out to 'price it up', but never once did someone come to fix anything. Things like not providing keys for the windows to open, bath panels and shower's hanging off the wall. We had 4 different property managers in this time as people kept leaving the company. The guy who came round to look at the property to price up the issues mentioned that the accommodation was that poorly put together that he couldn't believe it. After 9 months of getting tired of nothing being fixed, we decided we had to get out.Once we left, we were assured that we would not receive any cleaning charges if we used their registered cleaners. When handing over the keys, Andrew mentioned that the flat was cleaner than it was before we moved in. After using their cleaners, they still tried to take £160 for a cleaning charge. The individual who has been working on getting our deposit back has been everything but competent, we had to wait 2 months for our deposit to come back. It's gotten that bad that even the property owner has mentioned to us that she will never use Chesterton's again. I would love to leave a 0 star but for some reason that isn't possible.Considering we had nothing fixed in the time that we lived in the accommodation, we thought we'd be able to leave the flat. Instead we had to pay over £600 to leave early.I would avoid using this company at all costs, not only will you have nothing fixed, but they will also try to scam you out of most of your deposit.

Olly · 13 September 2022