Langford Russell Sevenoaks reviews

★★★★★ 5/5

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I rented my flat through Acorn

I rented my flat through Acorn. They have been fantastic, especially Mauricio & Davide. They have been professional and informative throughout the process. I would certainly recommend them to anyone.

K · 10 October 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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Simply wonderful rental estate agent

My family and I have had the pleasure of dealing with Lilia Ghenim from the Belvedere office of the Acorn Group and I literally couldn't have enough positive words to share. We were renting our family home as a result of moving ourselves and Lilia first advised us of an appropriate rental value (greater than we'd assumed) and found us a wonderful family to rent the property within three days of being commissioned (whilst also holding an open day to ensure we had options, should we need them). Our purchase then got caught in a protracted and seemingly never-ending chain (8.5 months) throughout which Lilia remained calm and composed, kept the potential tenants updated and removed all guilt, anxiety and nervousness we had from the process. With all we had going on with our own purchase, Lilia ensured that we knew that the rental side was managed. On top of all of that, she's simply a pleasure to deal with and I've never doubted that she genuinely cares. I couldn't recommend her highly enough.

RobMSELondon · 20 July 2022

★★★★★ 1/5

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Poor management from Tanya Weise and Amy Knowles and 0 tenant rights

I am living in a property managed by Acorn. I have lived there for the past 2 years. I am going to write down my poor experience so this can open the eyes of those who have to deal with this agency. - I started living in this property in September 2022. After the first month there wasn’t any hot water from hand-held shower for 6 months, from October 2022 to April 2023. I contacted the agency and I quote Tanya Weise (property manager) “this is not an inhabitable property, therefore we can’t do anything and it’s not a flat problem”. Most of my neighbours renting through other agencies either got this problem solved or received a compensation. I had to keep paying £1300 through all these months with no explanation given. - In January 2023 I asked my property manager, Tanya Weise, to send me a confirmation letter (not a contract) that I am renting the property. I quote “we don’t provide with this letter”. I needed this letter for a Government Grant. I had to let that grant go due to this. - Last month, I asked the agency if I could change the sofa and replace it with a new one, keeping the landlady’s sofa stored. After 4 weeks of back and forth messages with Tanya Weise, she didn’t give me any solutions and she did not answer any of the phone calls for over 2 weeks. There are also being problems with my storage space in the building that apparently I am not allowed to use. - After all of this problems, I asked my property manager to be able to have a personal conversation with my landlady to discuss all of these small things, however, nobody gave me a solution and they are trying to avoid me from speaking with the landlady. Also, I am not being forwarded any communications with my landlady either. - At this precise moment I don’t have any hot water from both sinks. This has been happening for the past 2 months, and no solution has been given. I cannot wash my dishes with hot water or have a hot bath. - I contacted Amy Knowles to change my property manager and request for my landlady details and I quote “there hasn’t been any material issues with Tanya Weise so she will continue to be your property manager” I do know that by law I am entitled to have my landlady’s contact. I also know that I should not be without hot water for such long period of times. In conclusion, please, avoid the services of this agency. They don’t provide with any good service and they believe they have all the rights and us, the tenants, don’t have any.

Paula · 28 September 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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Lettings department is a let down

Lettings department is a let down. - The person you are looking for is never available, promised call backs never happen. - Lack of internal communication ie the house we rented was being sold, then towards the end of tenancy our property manager (some new person who was never introduced) asked to urgently confirm if we want to renew tenancy...- Ridiculously overpriced quotes for work. Received a £3k quote to fix a window issue. Got it done for a few hundred without them...Spent a bit over 5 years in the property, in year 2 we stopped talking to them and went directly to our landlord due to above mentioned problems. Landlord ended up selling the house via another agency for same reasons. Waiting for the deposit now, provided all information they asked for and received zero confirmation/update as to what to expect. We are talking about a 30 seconds email...

Istvan · 11 July 2022

★★★★★ 1/5

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AVOID ACORN IF YOU ARE A LANDLORD.

I rented my apartment through ACORN London Bridge for a couple of years. I have just ended my relationship with them after abysmal service. They were unable to secure me a tenant that would stay for longer than 6 months, and on two occasions they advocated the break of contract after only a couple of months. They still charged the tenant the administration fees, and I only found out about this after they had mistakenly forwarded these fees on to me, then demanded that I return the money.I now have a flat with broken blinds, broken internal furnishings and additional furniture they allowed tenants to leave behind, without checking on the inventory. They oversaw the breaking of my boiler then administered the replacement of a new one for over £3000.00. During winter, and didn't tell me until two days after new tenants had moved in and had nearly frozen to death. My last tenant was allowed to break her lease early on the provision she would pay out some of the contract, yet i haven't seen any of this money and now no one at ACORN will respond to my emails.I now have a new agent who has found me a great tenant.Avoid ACORN, they're cowboys, dishonest and incompetent.

Eddie · 7 July 2022

★★★★★ 2/5

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Very disappointing experience - Crystal Palace Branch

Very disappointed with Acorn, we have just had to get rid of them due to poor service. Initial chats went well, we were told they sold another flat in our block and had plenty of viewers lined up - hence we went with them.This turned out not to be the case, we had 4 viewers in the 8 weeks we were with Acorn. They were mostly not appropriate for the type of flat we were selling, and the feedback from the agent was extremely poor and unhelpful so we weren't able to improve (mostly just said "not suitable" to us, which indicates to me they were not getting the right people through the door).I have to be honest, the agent Luke couldn't have seemed less enthusiastic about being there and made zero effort to talk the property up or mention outdoor storage (I had to do that myself). He actually seemed annoyed that he had to be there at all.Once we told them we wanted to break contract because of these issues, didn't hear from them again. We were never a high priority for them, that much was clear.Would definitely avoid Acorn in the future, great sales chat which didn't materialise.

Bina · 5 July 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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A big thank you to Mark and all his…

A big thank you to Mark and all his Team at the Rainham office. All the Best.

Lester · 18 October 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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Emily, our Estate Agent from LR was amazing.She supported us in buying our house with fairness and attentiveness at all times, working effortlessly to get things sorted and ask questions to the vendor and get information we required to make our decision. House moving is stressful business, but with Emily and the rest of the LR team at our side, the stress was really reduced. Thank you!

Rupert · 24 August 2023

★★★★★ 1/5

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Where to really start….

Where to really start - from the offset the agent we dealt with lied to us consistently about an endless list of things, about the sellers situation, to the the tenure of the property, to the structure of the property - the list goes on. Every agent we dealt felt like they were pretending to be an estate agent, and seemed to think that the best way to handle buyers is to lie to them, and the deny everything. They will do whatever they need to to get the property sold. They are smarmy, untrustworthy and selfish. I can’t imagine the culture in the office is healthy at all. Our solicitors said they were the most unprofessional, rude and intimidating agents she had ever dealt with, and if the whole process hadn’t already been delayed by so long because of their complete lack of ability, we would have gone to the Property Ombudsman because some of their practices were so incredibly dodgy and almost definitely illegal. I wouldn’t go near them with 10 barge poles.

SC · 13 September 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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Total Incompetence total willingness to get your money

I agree with previous reviewer: I have experience with Acorn in London. A good quality flat in decent surroundings- in theory... It started before moving in with the property manager going on planned maternity leave in the middle of processing the contract this without notifying me and without providing a backup. I could not understand why she didn't get back to me for the finalisation just a few weeks before planned moving in date. I thought that was a singular mistake but unfortunately not. The inventory lacked many very very obvious faults in need of correction. They were going to fix a lot of things based on the viewing of the property and also inventory but after many months, several phonecalls, emails and a couple of friendly handymen coming and fixing one thing at the time, shrugging shoulders at others or saying, "Ill just have to go to the store to buy this thing" (after which I never saw the person returning) and people coming to inspect and take new photos there are still lots of things to be repaired among theme one of the major kitchen appliances which is only partially working. During all this time new people to talk to at Acorn who have no clue what their predecessors have agreed with me or what has been done. Their office must be a mess. No I really do NOT consider myself a fussy person by here Ive really lost my nerve a couple of times. Acorn is plainly unreliable although claiming to be "a well reputed firm" (as someone upsettedly said when I was calling) with some nice block of flats. Mixed and confusing messages all the time! If you still choose to rent via Acorn because you found a nice flat make ABSOLUTELY sure EVERYTHING is repaired before you move in. Also Beware of extra fees amounting to hundreds of £s surrounding the signing of the contract. But of course they are all to willing to have you pay full rent... BTW The rubbish/recycling area is aways full of things that do not belong there. Why not out put simple pictorial signs up by the bins on how and what to recycle and give the opportunity for the tenants to have bigger items removed by Acorn for a small fee instead of sending pointless letters pointing out that you should not put mattresses or sofas by the bins to the tenants. You still have to remove the stuff in the end so why not have it as a service. Get an in-house handyman/concierge who could work in the building!

MrsFarawayfromhome · 15 February 2016

★★★★★ 5/5

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Highly recommend their Lewisham office

Highly recommend their Lewisham office, Arikson and Dammy were key to our sale going through

Clive · 23 November 2023

★★★★★ 1/5

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We are still having issues renting a…

We are still having issues renting a place I’m beginning to take things very personal They took over £500 of my money for a holding deposit and now won’t give it back It’s against the law so looking at a small claims court …. Because my referencing didn’t go through / FAILED as they keep saying which makes you feel horrible… Apparently they use it for the cost of referencing… I’ve been private renting for 12 years at my current place … I have a good credit rating …. So something isn’t right Give me back my money 💰

SJC · 19 May 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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Very Helpful Agency

I could not be happier with the service. I have been in touch with few agents and everyone is so nice within Acorn, but Heidi who is responsible for this property is defo so far the best agent I have ever had, and I rented from different agencies in the past, so I feel lucky right now. She has been always helpful and made me feel comfortable, she always reached out and was available for any of my queries and most importantly actioned everything very promptly! I always felt supported and she actually helped me feel like I am at home rather then just place I am renting which is the reason why I choose to stay with them!I recommend to everyone to get in touch with Acorn Estate Agents 100% 👏🏼

Darian · 21 April 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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Right from the outset, Langford Russell's service was excellent. They did a fast valuation, produced quality marketing material (inc drone external footage) for listings then organised and managed an open day which immediately successfully sold our house at the asking price. As the transaction progressed, LR staff were proactive, organised and professional through to completion. We are happy to recommend them and would use them again.

Nick · 24 August 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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I can't recommend Acorn Estate Agents…

I can't recommend Acorn Estate Agents more highly - they found me wonderful tenants, were very knowledgeable and nothing was too much trouble. My account manager, Jamie Perrin has always replied immediately and been incredibly helpful and professional.

Rachel · 10 February 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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Grove Park Office

Grove Park Office. All went extremely well with the sale of a property for which I was a Trustee. A very helpful team, and minor difficulties were soon resolved.

Richard · 25 July 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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Very good service and thanks to James…

Very good service and thanks to James Clachar for is help through out the process and after

Edith · 18 March 2025

★★★★★ 5/5

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Excellent service from Rubeena and…

Excellent service from Rubeena and Lilia. They really took her time in making sure we were well informed throughout the process and they continually assured us that we were in safe hands.We can honestly say they went above and beyond in making sure everything was done including chasing up other departments to speed up process.They were quick to respond to all our enquiries and checked on us after the process to ensure we settled in well. We can't recommend them enough. A big Thank You for making sure we had a smooth renting journey! - E&R

Ed · 24 February 2022

★★★★★ 1/5

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Updated review - there are plenty of other companies I’m sure

Further update to my review posted 15 July 2024, I received an email from Paul Deveney 16 July 2024. How efficient or coincidental was that!!! Well I have not dignified the email with a reply. It amounted to ‘corporate speak’ and my fault - not checking the small print. Mr Deveney stated some ‘Staff Training’ needed to be carried out. I find that difficult to comprehend. How do you ‘train’ staff to be honest and have integrity when some of their staff blatantly lied. I thought companies would strive to enhance their reputation apparently not. Fortunately I will not be in that situation again. Take a long dispassionate look at letting agencies before you sign a lease. It could be a frustrating and expensive experience. Good luck.

Theresa · 9 August 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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***Review prior to response*** Does not respond to sales enquiries and allow viewings on houses advertised - poor estate agent ***Review after estate agents response*** Andrew, yes we have now arranged to view the property but it took you as an estate agent 6 days to reply to my enquiry & that was only because you were notified of this negative review! Maybe start responding to the sales enquiries as quickly as you do negative reviews.

Ash · 24 August 2022

★★★★★ 1/5

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Unbelievable awful.

Unbelievable awful. Rented a property through them for a year. Moved in three days later than arranged due to their mistakes on name, address and date on contract (the three most important details on the contract!) End of tenancy handled similarly incompetently. If I could give 0 stars, I would

Laura · 4 July 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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Couldn’t recommend them enough!

The whole team at acorn were amazing and the lovely gentleman who dealt with all my tenancy was absolutely fantastic and went a love and beyond to help. Thank you Jamie for all your help.

Sacha · 19 August 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Nearly 2 months that I’ve moved out and…

Nearly 2 months that I’ve moved out and still haven’t received my deposit. So awful to deal with. Had alot of mould in the house and never did anything to fix. When they were doing viewing for new tenants they never mentioned the mould so people get stuck to a contract. Agreed to move out paying a fee. Collected the keys from us and the next day we get told we still have to pay rent and bills. Don’t use Acorn if you want to stay out of trouble.

Ledio · 8 August 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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Joy Davis

Joy Davis. What is her secret in keeping her job? She is very rude to customers and constantly makes mistakes. It would appear she does not care to make improvements to her behaviour. I was a landlord and had to leave Acorn because of her.

Maria · 21 October 2025