Halfway Family Estates Swale reviews

★★★★★ 1/5

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Don’t let or Buy the property in Alton…

Don’t let or Buy the property in Alton Mews Aylesbury, HP19 8JZ.Be careful if you’re still going ahead with this property.The property is poorly built and the painting and the electrical works are of very poor quality. I would have given 0 rating if possible. If you have gone through them for letting and if you have paid some deposit, you are never going to get any money back. I paid £1146 as deposit and stayed there for 10 months. It was very new property. Already there were marks on the bathroom floor of paints, and in checkout they have mentioned as the floors are not cleaned though it was given back in exact condition i got. They conducted the checkout without my presence. The bulbs keeps flashing even after changing them already 3 times in last 10 months. our property was in the ground floor, so due to the moisture the walls were getting moulded regularly even after cleaning. The edges of every walls were showing wear and tear due to the poor quality of painting. The property was handed over well cleaned and they haven’t returned me a single penny as they say it requires deep cleaning. I wasted my 2 days to clean them. Deduction of some amount is acceptable, but whole amount for due to the poor quality of the building is not acceptable at all. Rubbish customer service and Mr Alexander was of no help

Prince · 17 October 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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Terrible exerience with Connels

I am not sure if all estate agents are money grabbing, corner cutting vultures but my experience with Connels Worcester has been horrible. They ofcourse charged me with a £600 tenant finder fee, and have convinced me that the zero deposit scheme will ensure if there are any damages to the property they will be paid by the tenant(s). Ofcourse the apartment was left in shambles despite having regular inspection visits at my request and the repairs done to the flat were horrible. I would recommend finding a different management company to manage your property if you cant do it yourself. Absolute livid by their horrible service

Ahmed · 16 August 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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AVOID!!!!

AVOID!!!!! These are the worst solicitors to use for buying and selling your property. They are unprofessional, rude, accept no responsibility when things go wrong and speak to you in a derogatory tone, like your an inconvenience for asking for an update.Poor communication with internal departments and actually bad mouth their own solicitors! Do not speak to external companies to chase enquiries, or update them. Everything is done via email, no personal touch. Dismiss your complaints and bully/threaten you when you question things.Increase fees which they don't tell you about or ask you to authorise then refuse to explain them when you receive your final bill.The list is endless!

Kelly · 7 August 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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Appalling service

Made an appointment to view a property. For 3 days in a row they sent me a reminder to attend the viewing. I arrived & waited in the bitterly cold weather for someone to arrive. On phoning the company I was told someone would be with me in minutes. After a further 10 minutes I phoned for a taxi to collect me. The agent did eventually arrive but I told her that I no longer wished to view the property. I thought I would've received an apology from the branch manager but no such luck. Avoid the company.

Louise · 14 February 2026

★★★★★ 2/5

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Like all estate agents

Like all estate agents, they are vague and not capable of providing buyers with the required information. Basically estate agents book in a handful of viewings, act as a path through to portals like Rightmove and that’s it. The house sells itself, not the agent. They just collect commission for hardly any work.

Mr · 20 August 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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The lettings team at Redhill are pretty…

The lettings team at Redhill are pretty good but let down by very poor maintenance. As a landlord I am very disappointed. Significant damage has been caused by a shoddy repair and it’s causes me an awful lot of trouble, so much so that I’m considering instructing my solicitors.

EMMA · 10 September 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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They don’t even deserve 1 star rating…

They don’t even deserve 1 star rating apauling service from day one , was lied too about doing viewings had to do them myself . Told to keep reducing price by I am sold . Leicester branch manger waste of time, passes the book denying everything when I have evidence . Do not go with these at all disgraceful company need watch dog to do coverage on tv and they need to go to be taken to court and forced to close .

Joe · 15 January 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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This is the worse most unprofessional…

This is the worse most unprofessional low class company I’ve had the misfortune to deal with in 50 years. They will do absolutely anything to wriggle and negate any responsibility when things go wrong, which they will I assure you.. do yourself a favour and steer well clear . They don’t deserve one star, the higher up the chain you go the more incompetent it gets. Awful, terrible service. I spoke to the police about the incident and the Seargent said “ oh they’re terrible , we’ve had problems.”

Christopher · 13 January 2026

★★★★★ 5/5

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Great Service

Great Service - I am a local businessman so busy with my own business. Kyran the branch manager at East Grinstead has handled the purchase of a 5 bedroom house for me very professionally making the process very straight Forward. I would thoroughly recommend the branch. The Financial Advice was also very helpful with great advice and did all the work - service i would expect from my own team -very satisfied to date.

Colin · 21 August 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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Nicola and Mihai were both very helpful…

Nicola and Mihai were both very helpful and supportive during the process of renting a flat. They were able to coordinate matters from start to finish, and I would recommend both of them.

ANTHONY · 15 December 2025

★★★★★ 1/5

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Awful customer service

Awful customer service! During my remortgage they never answered phonecalls nor responded to emails and they promised they'd pass the message onto the mortgage advisor time & time again, but nothing ever happened. After complaining about my mortgage advisor Ralph Wilkinson things only improved slightly as he still continued to ignore all my phonecalls but would just send a vague email in response. This was an incredibly stressful experience and I would say definitely avoid!

Andrew · 2 February 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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Very disappointed with connels at St…

Very disappointed with connels at St budeaux office.My offer was accepted by the seller than was told the buyer has gone with a higher offer and first time buyer. Which I accept but what I do not accept is being ignored by the office which I sent several emails to and I copied in the manager which I appreciate he was on holiday.. explained my mobile would not let me ring them. So hence sending emailsI was going to put a higher bid in on the property but my emails was ignored.All you had to do was answer my email and say the seller is not accepting any higher bids on the property.Also was told I was not a cash buyer but I could be wrong. I thought if I sold my house and the sale from the house goes into my bank and I pay for the house out of the money. This classes you as a cash buyer. Very disappointed customer. Hence why you receive a bad review. Not even worth 1. Manager not even messaged either

Karen · 18 March 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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Poor they do not contact you

Poor they do not contact you. I wouldn't recommend them. I have asked 5 times what date doe's my contract end still no reply. The staff can be rude when you call for information. Do not sign the content. Please do not ues.

MRS · 12 September 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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I loved the property on their site

I loved the property on their site, I asked for viewings on 31 ist of January, I was asked to view the property on a Saturday 05 of February, the key lock wasn't working I was asked to go back and view on 12th of February, after viewing we were told that we would get a phone call with landlords approval or not, then I got a phone call from the Connels, asking me how much I was gonna give to them i told the the price, and if it was long therm wich I agreed.No phone call from the Landlords approval or denial, I called the Connels twice on 12th and 13th of February,her colleagues told me: the first time the lady how show us flat was busy, the second time she was out, on 14th of February I checked the site and the Status was "let agreed "; later i was told that the flat was given to someone else. No common sense from the Connels to tell us the good or bad news before their changed the flat status on Google and let's find out this way.No common sense from the ConnelsI was wondering let agreed by whom?

Leliana · 14 February 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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They have been holding my deposit since…

They have been holding my deposit since March with no reason at all. We spoke to the landlord personally and agreed an amount which we sent an email detailing and still they don’t want to process our deposit. The one star is for Naomi and Ben from the hitchin office everybody else is useless

Hope · 17 June 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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Rude and do not communicate dont…

Rude and do not communicate dont update you and do not reply to messages .. waste if time and a just unreliable very unprofessional especially a guy named luke Rolt and chante Stott avoid these 2 at all costs

JIMMY · 24 September 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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Worst estate agent in Kings heath…

Worst estate agent in Kings heath Birmingham Area.Letting Branch Manager Parminder Mahay is very rude, never reply to emails and pick up the calls, always shouting on phone, Very poor customer service and they don't care about you. Don't be fooled by the brand name. Avoid doing business with them if you want peace of mind. People, be aware of this estate agent. Never use this estate agent.

Engali · 29 July 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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Ghosting I believe has happened rental connells blaby office Leicestershire …

Ghosting I believe has happened rental property agent never replied back to me for ages then say not accepting my application affordability was there, taken all my time to gather all they needed and if this was a problem could have ask for a guarantor i have asked for all my documents to be removed and be deleted in my opinion appalling please be aware .

Michael · 26 February 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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Poor service letting a property.

Just watched a investigation by panorama on connells estate agents which was very concerning, highlighting the company dishonesty. I went to connells in kingswood Bristol to let out a property. The letting agent seem to know what he was doing. Definitely had the talk but unfortunately did not have the walk. When he posted the property on rightmove website. The photographs of the property were horrendous!!! The photos were so blurry and poor they looked like a 10 year old had taken them. No video as promised. As soon as I seen them, I demand they be taken down before futher damage was done. I was assured this would corrected. When chasing them up the next day I discovered they had replaced the photographs with ones I had taken myself and doing up the property. They failed at the most basic and crucial part of advertising the property. I would advoid this company and also watch the tv investigation on connells. Advoid at all cost unless your happy to be taken for a ride.

Georgina · 19 October 2025

★★★★★ 5/5

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Amazing service

I dealt with Tracey and Raife in teh Ashford Park Farm branch, for the property I just purchased. Tracey was exceptional, updating me every step of the way oh the progress; what was needed my side for my solicitors etc. Which was extremely helpful given that I am a first time buyer. And Raife was very extremely helpful in helping me negotiate with the sellers and both of them were reassuring during the whole process.

Kayleigh · 5 March 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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We are absolutely disgusted with the…

We are absolutely disgusted with the way this situation has been handled. We placed a deposit on a park home in good faith, fully expecting that we would be kept informed of any deadlines or time scales relating to the sale. The park manager had apparently relayed a time frame to the estate agent, yet this crucial information was never passed on to us.

Donna · 27 February 2026

★★★★★ 1/5

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Shoddy valuation service

I’m a first time buyer, in the process of trying to buy a property. Connell’s were commissioned by Skipton Mortgage to do a valuation on the property that I had made an offer on. When the valuation came back, it was rejected and there were key things in the valuation that were categorically incorrect. The main thing being that the property that I had put an offer on “sat above a commercial dwelling”. This was challenged with proof that the property I had an offer on was NOT above a commercial dwelling but there was a refusal to change the valuation despite the proof. As a result my mortgage offer was declined. I really wish mortgage companies would stop using this awful service that Connell claim to have. If you are applying for a mortgage please ask whether the insurance company outsource and if they do, to whom. You may have a mortgage offer declined.

Charlotte · 29 September 2025

★★★★★ 1/5

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Utterly unethical and despicable company would give them zero stars if I…

I would give them zero stars if I could. I am trying to fire them but they eont be fired. They reduced the price of my house and splattered it all over the Internet. I have written emails. Sent WhatsApp messages and made a ton of phone calls and they keep saying they will find out what happened. I dont care what happened. I just want all the ads removed from all the websites and want the sign roved from my property and I can't get anyone to do anything. Meanwhile my house is being advertised at too low a price and making it harder and harder to give to another company and to put the price back up again. This is the most unethical and despicable estate agents I have ever used. This was Paignton branch. Don't use them.

Maggie · 29 September 2025

★★★★★ 1/5

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They are hard to contact them

Its hard to contact them, they do not pick up the calls . When they pick up the phone, there’s a such bad customer service. Do not work with them.

Oana · 30 September 2026