Fox and Sons Sussex reviews

★★★★★ 1/5

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Fox and Sons letting agents - no service at all

Fox and Sons advertised a property to let nearby that was particularly suitable for us. I sent a message via the Rightmove website expressing our interest and asking to view the property. I got no response at all. I called the telephone number and left a message on the answer phone - and got no response. I called the branch and was told I had reached the sales team who could not help but they took a message for me and said they would get the letting department to call me back. No response. I sent emails. No response. Eventually today I drove to the branch to talk to somebody. The lettings department is behind a locked door, no response when I rang the bell. I went into the branch and was told the people there were sales staff and the lettings staff were unavailable. I asked for contact details of a regional manager or head office that I could contact and was told that they do not know the contact details for a headoffice/ regional manager but would take my details and ask the lettings agent to call me. Of course they have not. I eventually drove to the property to see if I could contact the landlord directly. Not surprisingly, after all this time that I have wasted trying to raise somebody from Fox & Sons the property has been let to somebody else. I will never ever use Fox & Sons and would advise others not to either.

Maria · 27 June 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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Look else where for an estate agent

I will join the significant percentage of reviewers giving Fox & Sons, in this case the Bitterne branch, 1-star. As the buyer of my property said after the end of completion of the transaction, "Fox & Sons were awful". That was my experience throughout the majority of the sales cycle. I suggest finding a different estate agent.

PeterQS · 10 September 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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A first rate experience from the start…

A first rate experience from the start with Fox & Sons Chandler's Ford when selling our property. I cannot thank Chloe enough for keeping things moving and keeping me sane through some horrendously difficult times with my solicitor whilst selling a property. I am so grateful for all the help and advice along the way. Fantastic team and service.

Claire · 16 June 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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Calum Barnes has proved to be a most excellent individual when inspecting a property, he is full of useful advice and made the viewing a most expedient experience.

David · 16 April 2025

★★★★★ 5/5

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Manager Steve is very professional and…

Eastbourne Office, Town Centre.Manager Steve is very professional and a very likeable guy. Lots of local knowledge. Will get you the best deal he can. All the staff are very friendly and helpful. A joy to meet.I sold my previous property with them, and got my full asking price..very quickly.Would highly recommend, and they will certainly be my choice for when i next sell.Keep up the good work guys :)

Helen · 18 March 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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Worst estate agent I’ve ever used

Worst estate agent I’ve ever used . How are still trading and there management don’t intervene respond to 2,8 rating . It’s unbelievable. Sack the main guy from Bexhill branch, most unprofessional agent I’ve dealt with in 30 years

Chris · 5 November 2025

★★★★★ 5/5

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I did not plan to move to Bexhill, until Tyler from Fox and Sons showed me around town on our tour of three properties!! She was very professional, helpful, enthusiastic. Also great support from Charles, on the phone. Thank you!! Now I can't wait to live in Bexhill!! maryann in St Leonards on Sea

Maryann · 15 January 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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Hastings 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.

Timothy · 2 April 2021

★★★★★ 4/5

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I had a good experience buying a flat…

I had a good experience buying a flat represented by Fox & Sons in Hastings. All the staff, especially Alex, Dan and Charles, were very reactive when I had queries per email or the phone and were very helpful in making sure tradespeople had access to the flat throughout the process when checks had to be done. They made the transition very easy.

Ann · 11 June 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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They just lie, also supported by management, despicable

had a viewing booked, no-one turned up. when i queried; agent stated was gone. They had left 2 messages to cancel, on a phone that doesn't have a messaging system. When i raised a complaint to head office, management just doubled down on this lie. They simply cannot be trusted.

Publicly · 12 July 2025

★★★★★ 2/5

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Disappointing experience

Disappointing experience. Fox and Sons (and their parent company Sequence) have done a very poor job for us. Emails went unreplied, questions unanswered, very slow to do their jobs etc. After 5 months I threatened to pull out of the purchase and voila, they started to chase client and solicitors.

George · 10 February 2023

★★★★★ 1/5

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Stop advertising on right move as a…

Stop advertising on right move as a ‘flat’ when it clearly is not and you can see it’s a studio very misleading and not what people want to see when looking come on fox and sons it’s clearly not difficult to get right

Damien · 20 September 2025

★★★★★ 1/5

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Luke Hallewell from Fox and Sons

We had Luke from Fox and sons in Hastings round to value our property and at the time he was very nice and knowledgeable. We had in total three agents round who all valued the property about the same. After this we had some conversations with all agents and decided not to go with Fox and sons as after speaking with people knew they advanced us of their very unpleasant experience with them.we Emailed Luke at Fox and Sons to say thank you for your time but we have decided to go another route , below is a copy of the response we got back from him.Notice all the exclamation marks and how he tries to make us feel guilty about going elsewhere !“ Good Morning, What’s the reason for going with another route? I have worked so hard to have given you the best fee anyone has ever had from a fox and sons even better than what my own sister was able to get!! To do this I had to have a long meeting about it with my area manager to get approved! We have the biggest reach in the town due to our offices across the UK and have the best client care set up in the town. I know you had two other agents out one is yet to sell a house over £375,000 this year so I wouldn’t go with them!!I keep getting clients of the other agent you had who claim to be the best in the town, calling me up to take the property on as they haven’t heard from them and been made to do viewings themselves!! They claim they are too busy this is due to them having to many properties to manage this can be seen as they are known for having the highest fall through rate as well. The route you have decide to take I hope works well for you but if you need my services in future once being on with another agent I won’t be able to get the fee lowered again. This is a shame as you had mentioned you would use us if we could do £6,500 including vat and I actually managed to get it to £6,000 including vat. Kind Regards,Luke HallewellValuer 33 Havelock Road, Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 1BET 01424 722177

Mr · 2 May 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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Callum showed us a property he demonstrated key features and clearly understood the mental process of buyers. Thoughtful and knowing when to use silence effectively.

Geoff · 16 April 2025

★★★★★ 1/5

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Unwanted Cold Call

I have just had a cold call from Fox & Sons Poole where they asked how my property search was going despite the fact that I have never even contacted them, given them my details or asked them to call. I am not even looking for a property!

Firkindolloper · 21 July 2025

★★★★★ 1/5

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I made the mistake of going with Fox and Sons last May, and they turned out to be terrible. I dumped them and went with another estate agent. That would have been the end of it, and I wouldn't have left a bad review but... I specifically …

SUE · 16 April 2024

★★★★★ 4/5

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Excellent communication and support throughout the process of buying a house. Eddy and his team are knowledgeable and went the extra mile to answer questions and provide vital information to make buying a house as smooth as possible. Easy access and availability at all times.

Billy · 14 June 2023

★★★★★ 1/5

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When Fox and Sons get your email and…

When Fox and Sons get your email and phone number, the harassment begins. I’ve asked them repeatedly to delete my data but they ‘archive’ it and then the phone calls and spam starts again.

Lisa · 4 December 2025

★★★★★ 5/5

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Best experience ever

Good experience! Whenever I rang through to the office, the people who answered the phone were very friendly and professional.Zoran at the Fox and sons Taunton branch was also incredibly helpful throughout every step of the process! Despite probably being very busy, He always kept in contact with me and provided updates along the way, and always responded quickly. He was very patient and answered all of my questions(!) and was so reassuring throughout the whole process.Now me and my family we are able to move to our beautiful new homeThank you Zoran

Frank · 10 April 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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They were the worse letting agency

They were the worse letting agency that I have worked with, they don't report things from tenant to landlord and vice versa, they are just on the landlord side and not as a in between person to mediate, they don't do their work properly, are very unprofessional, avoid at all costs to work with this people, there are loads of letting agents to work with(Reviewed) One day after I posted this review, Fox & Sons decided to leave a review on google as I'm a tradesman and guess what, they rated me 1 star without having any contact with me in my area, just so you can see how unscrupulous and vengeful this people are, avoid! avoid! avoid! still haven't received my deposit after almost 2 months I left the house I rented through them

Nuno · 8 April 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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Scarlett Hepburn

I had a amazing support from scarlett, specially in renting a 4bedroom house and guidance through the whole process which really made it easy.

Chiedozie · 27 February 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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I made the mistake of going with Fox and Sons, Bexhill

I made the mistake of going with Fox and Sons in May, and they turned out to be terrible. I dumped them and went with another estate agent. That would have been the end of it, and I wouldn't have left a bad review but... I specifically asked for them to remove my details from their system, and not receive any marketing. Low and behold, I started receiving marketing calls today. So, here's my review of them; Terrible photos, and I had to take my own high def' ones in the end, and even those, they managed to pixelate and screw up when they put them on the web. Even though I showed them round, they kept sending agents to viewings who hadn't been here before, and had no idea where anything was (a large sprawling property). They push all their own financial services and conveyancers, who are rubbish, and have numerous bad reviews on the internet. I had no idea who was in charge, or who I was dealing with from week to week, and they lied about their database of potential buyers. In any case, if I receive any more marketing calls from them I am reporting them to the police for harassment. Don't use them.

Sue · 14 March 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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I would recommend Travis and Charles at Bexhill-On-Sea very highly, they are very friendly and professional, kept me updated at every step of the way. My property was on the market 2 weeks and sold, and it was completed in 7 weeks. If you are thinking of buying or selling a property you can’t beat this duo. Thank you guys.PositiveProfessionalism

Philippa · 14 June 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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I just want to say a huge thank you to…

I just want to say a huge thank you to Kate and the team in the Lettings department at Saltash Fox and Sons. Kate,especially, provides a really personal service for the tennant find service and is ‘always on the end of a phone’ offering answers and solutions. She has been brilliant and always goes that extra mile.

M · 17 December 2021