Reeds Rains Stockton-On-Tees reviews

★★★★★ 5/5

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I'd just like to give Elliot a special mention. From the valuation he was just a bundle of knowledge, very informative and professional. Elliot took great care when taking the photos and arranging the marketing of my property, he put a lot of thought into making my property look the best (suggested opening patio doors overlooking the decked area etc). When taking a photo of the exterior, the sun was annoyingly in an awkward position, Elliot came back to my house 1 hour later once the sun was a little lower to capture a better photo. (Little things like this are just so lovely and thoughtful!!) I had a little trouble my end opening and signing the electronic documents that Elliot had emailed to me. Elliot called me and suggested that he drove to my house and posted the documents through my door for me to sign manually and return back. This was so kind and thoughtful of him and I appreciated it so much! So far I have received nothing but top class service from Reeds Rains and I'm looking forward to coming onto the market with such a great team! Thank you again Elliot, credit where it is due!

Nicole · 19 January 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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Selling a rental property

The business responded to my request to sell my rental property quickly and professionally. They explained timings with regards to tenants contracts and liaised with the tenant to accommodate viewings and a quick sale (pending contracts etc). I am very pleased with the way in which the sale has been handled to date and would recommend them to anyone.

Heather · 29 August 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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Vicky Patterson at Chester le Street…

Vicky Patterson at Chester le Street branch has gone above and beyond her duties to ensure our sale and purchase of our new build have gone as swiftly and as smoothly as possible, chasing up the bottom of the chain which was not her job to do, however nothing was too much for her. Well done, you have done Reeds Rains proud with exceptional Customer Service and Professionalism

Maxine · 12 November 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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Wilmslow Branch amazing team Mark team…

Wilmslow Branch amazing team 👍!!!Mark as team leader very helpful very professional ,regularly updated information about selling progress we are glad we dealing with people like him and his team we never sold House before in current COVID-19 situation it was really big help you can trust someone.Highly recommend very friendly professional team.So many agents on property Bussines in the moment but we are more then Happy to choose Reeds Rains Wilmslow branch.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Mark is the one 💥Thank you again all of You.With kind regards Petr&Jana we love you guys 😘

Petr · 31 December 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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Donna Hargreaves terrible attitude

The Preston branch has a branch manager named Donna Hargreaves who is horrendously unprofessional and appears to have no emotional control for some who claims to have 33 years of customer facing experience as an estate agent. She was told to CC secondary buyer in emails after her oversight and advised us not to tell her how to act.

Jordan · 22 August 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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Thank you

The staff at reeds rains fulwood, have been amazing. It's been a very long and hard process but with Christopher and his team helping and guiding me so much we got there. Thank you guys. Very much appreciated.

Deborah · 5 April 2018

★★★★★ 1/5

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Terrible for Welsh landlords: having a dog and barking yourself

I would have given zero if possible. No-one in the Chester office is Rent Smart Wales trained, or indeed works in lettings now. The maintenance team took 9 months to arrange a pre-paid alarm check; they barely managed two check visits a year pre-COVID and there's been just one this year; all safety checks are late and their default position is, 'we can't use your contractor, shall we send in ours (at 2-3 times the cost)?' yet my contract lists my nominated contractors! I'm paying management fees each month, but I'm the one diarising checks, contacting contractors, and chasing the agent: every single week I'm dragged in for something. I did the Rent Smart Wales training and know that the advice I'm given is almost always wrong for Wales. Now my tenant has done work that's made my property unsafe, and they're pushing all the remedial work and costs onto me! Terrible, terrible, terrible - agree you should find a good local agent who cares about their tenants and landlords. I will never, ever use Reeds Rains again.

Welsh · 24 November 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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Terrible letting agent always chasing…

Terrible letting agent always chasing them and never doing jobs which they were asked to arrange. Gave me bad advise and put terrible tenants in resulting in wreaking my property. I would not monitor the tenant for.me. I'd not recommend this company at all.

Hunter · 17 September 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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1st class estate agents

Jess called valued our property and it was sold in less than 4 weeks.Excellent, professional and friendly service from every member of the team. When we have needed help and advice they have always been there for us.

MAXINE · 28 July 2022

★★★★★ 1/5

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Avoid Reeds Rains as landlord or tenant.

I agree with most of the reviews for Reeds Rains. Dreadful and avoid. I chose them to "fully manage" my flat in Hanley. They found completely unsuitable tenants twice and then failed to "manage" the situation leaving me to take it on. Their business is totally fragmented. Tenants are found by the local "branch". Then they are passed to Southampton and somewhere else for rent collection and credit control. They do not communicate between themselves and I got conflicting emails from two places. They treat the tenant as a commodity, and appear to do as little as possible when a problem arises.

Richard · 31 October 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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Great service and so helpful.

Thankyou so much Alison,Donna and the Reeds Rains team at my local branch for a 1st class job selling my home.A buyer was found within 2 days and the purchase price was much more than i had expected.Nothing was too much trouble for them,always saying "if you need anything or want help filling out forms just get in touch" definately 5 stars from me.Thanks again for a brilliant job done.

David · 27 July 2022

★★★★★ 1/5

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Dreadful, service for landlord and tenant

I chose Reeds Rains to manage my rental property in Macclesfield to reduce the time it was taking to manage it myself. It was the worst decision I could have made. Their 'award winning' out-sourced service meant I never spoke to the same person twice. The customer facing team based hundreds of miles way in Southampton had no idea about the local area and no relationships in place with the maintenance people on the ground or the tenants. One piece of maintenance work took over 6months to resolve. The service was poor from start to finish. My advice would be to find a local independent who actually cares about their landlords and tenants. Avoid Reeds Rains at all costs. Dreadful!!

Lara · 27 October 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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A horrible organisation.

A horrible organisation that is so disjointed it’s a joke. Very rude and their main aim seems to be ‘how can we get more money out of people by doing no work’. People at the branch are okay but the people in the many different disjointed departments speak to you in such an awful way. And if you try and query a charge their go to statement is ‘it’s just the system’ with no explanation behind it. Or if you try and get something fixed in your rented house they’ll just ignore it. I wouldn’t touch this company with a barge pole again.

Linda · 27 October 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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Giving this company 1 star is only due…

Giving this company 1 star is only due to not being able to give 0. Absolutely disgusting rip off company. My son and his partner needed to give early termination of a tenancy due to the property being unsuitable due to change in circumstances. The landlord refused unless they paid reeds rains £720 which were apparently their fees for getting a new tenant. They did not take new photos, they basically just shoved it on their website again and have refused or made excuses in giving a breakdown of what these ludicrous fees are for. Luckily a new tenant was found straight away but God help them cause the landlord refuses to put anything right and reeds rains fob you off saying its not their responsibility & the new tenants couldn't even see inside the property due to Reed rains messing up with the keys. Even to the end they sent a threatening email that if the money wasn't paid by the end of the 4th day after they provided the bank details they would put a stop on the contract termination. Will be continuing to fight these fees & taking up the matter with the property ombudsman as tried their own complaint procedure and got as far as the area manager who was just as useless as the manager at the branch at giving pathetic excuses for these fees.

Diane · 27 October 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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Landlords Stay Away

Landlords stay away from this company. They have literally ruined a furnished flat I allowed them to manage. The flat was fully furnished and as each tenant left, the furniture left with them either damaged or left outside in the rain. No checking of the property, rent is always late, but very quick to pocket fees. Communication is non existent unless they want money. It’s an ongoing joke in my family when you call Reed Rains and they say they are going to call you back.

Francis · 21 October 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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Professional and efficient

My property has just been sold by Reeds Rains Haxby York within 1 week having previously been on the market with another agent for 6 months.They have handled my sale professionally from start to finish and gave us sound advice on how to market our property to achieve a quick sale.

A · 16 October 2019

★★★★★ 5/5

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Professional, friendly & welcoming viewing host

Alan was very friendly and welcoming at a viewing of a rental property in Appley Bridge earlier today.Professional and knowledgeable, he portrayed both himself and Reeds Rains in a good light

JayCee · 12 January 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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worse letting agent possible for landlord

worse letting agent possible for a landlord. Same thing keep passing on to different person from property management and the next person does not know what is happening and keeps repeating the same thing.

Unhappy · 21 December 2022

★★★★★ 2/5

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Leasehold brushed under carpet

Agreed a sale on a property that was leasehold. When I asked for details about the lease prior to sale I was told that solicitors deal with this but its about £100 a year. Fast forward 2 months into the sale and it turns out annual lease is so high my mortgage would be refused. When I told this to the estate agent and that we were pulling out of the sale I was met with a rude and abrupt response. I know they lost a sale, but if they were more transparent from the get go it wouldn't have happened (nor would it have cost me £800 in solicitor and servery fees). When we started to search for another house I avoided any Reeds Rains properties and I will never use their services again.

Sam · 1 October 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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All concerned were helpful and…

All concerned were helpful and thoughtful.

Margaret · 4 October 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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Reeds Rains Rhyl

Excellent estate agents, couldn’t do enough for me as a buyer. Very smooth, easy to contact and kept me updated along with my solicitor. Derry couldn’t do enough to ensure a smooth easy transaction. Highly recommended 😊

Katie · 20 August 2022

★★★★★ 1/5

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Do not rent a property at Reeds Rains - appalling!

Do not rent a property through Reeds Rains. I rented a property for 6.5 years through WIDNES branch the initial experience was good. After vacating on 7th July I have still NOT received my deposit back of £1250. After chasing constantly for some assistance/update/support visited the branch nothing to do with them now. Laura Wilson Property Manager her words "I do apologise for the delay, however I can not release the deposit without the landlords consent. We are chasing this and will update you shortly". No update I've chased yet again. Absolutely disgusting. What's the point of renting through Reeds Rains as an agency if the landlord has all the control might aswell rent direct for all the good they've been!

Dan · 15 September 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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Please will someone call me back re 2…

Please will someone call me back re 2 Marbury court northwich

Caroline · 9 July 2024

★★★★★ 2/5

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Friendly staff but no reply

We viewed a property through Reeds Rains recently, and the lady present at the viewing was very friendly!However, we never got a reply about the landlord's decision. It is just disappointing because we had to travel a long distance to see the property.Portishead branch.

Caio · 11 August 2021