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Mears Group, a UK-wide housing and social care provider has won the contract to provide accommodation in Glasgow to house Asylum seekers in Scotland
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By : 'Vincent'
Services : Letting(As a Owner)
Rent PCM : £500
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : G31
21 Dec 2019
People found this helpful5
The mears group have taken over the contract to house asylum seekers in Scotland. We relet properties with them on the promise from Chris that everything would improve , however it was just rubbish. The problem is that they have refused to pay us the last 3 months rent until we sign their lease terms! Here are they things we found out. Firstly in order to help you understand them, you need to know that the Mears group are a large maintenance company and as such with by having this new asylum contract And forcing landlords to only use their lease agreements, they have been giving a blank cheque book to determine how much work gets done in each property and to instruct their own contractors to do it at the landlords cost. 1. They will only pay LHA rates and tried paying it in arrears. Best letting to People on DSS 2. Despite claiming that they will carry out any small adhoc repairs themselves at no cost, they have now written into their lease that they dan do any work and deduct it from the rent. This will no doubt be a money generating machine for them to take as much of the rent as they can. 3. Even if you are allowed to get your own contractors in, they Have strict criteria and will only allow them in if they have had a disclosure check. Another hurdle you have to overcome. 4. They reserve the right to do any safety checks they want at your cost, without giving you the option to send your own contractors in 5. They make you sign a 3/5 year lease with no break clause on landlords side, but tenants can walk away 7. They have requirements that are well above the standard that a private tenants require. They will gladly move a tenant in, however once the lease is signed, they will come back to you with all these extra things that need done at your expense In summery, you may be tempted by this long term lease, however it will cost you dearly in the long term with all their additional requirements and charges, many of which are not required in normal private lets
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By : Alicia Davies
25 Oct 2020Mears group are renting my fathers house and subletting to a tenant. My father depends on the rental to cover the cost of his sheltered accommodation. Mears group have been raising a catalogue of expensive repairs and demanding my father pays them, leaving him little to cover his rent. They are now trying to say that if he doesn’t approve repairs that they will get them done and charge my 94 year old father the cost.
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By : '1-2-let'
Services : Letting( As a Owner )
Rent PCM : £395
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : G31
23 Mar 2023
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Mears Group have a a ONE BILLION POUNDS government contract to house asylum seekers. As a letting agency, We have been renting a high number of properties to the various companies operating these contracts over the last 15 years and had very little issues, until the MEARS GROUP won it in... Read Full Review
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By : 'ana'
Services : Letting( As a Owner )
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : G32
11 Mar 2022
People found this helpful4
We gave Mears our property to let, now they have went and withheld our rent claiming unwarranted upgrades are required Despite being advised not to. I signed a 5 year agreement with them believing this would give me piece of mind, now there is nothing i can do. Please don't make the... Read Full Review
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By : RSJ
2 Oct 2023Hi there! I hope you don’t mind me reaching out here . We would be very interested to have a chat with you about this issue, as we are currently looking at Mears Groups and potential breach of...
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By : 'ExposeMearGroup'
Services : Letting( As a Owner )
Rent PCM : £450
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : G31
28 Jul 2021
People found this helpful9
We have been renting a considerable number of properties to Asylum seekers ever since the home office contracts began. We have gone through the teething problems of the Angel Group, right through to Orchard & Shipman, Serco and now The Mears Group in 2019. During this journey, we expected... Read Full Review
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MEARS began OK, but as of ...
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By : 'Jonathan'
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : NE2
17 May 2021
People found this helpful3
MEARS began OK, but as of late, it has engaged in a campaign of intimidation, harassment, denial of service, sexism, heterophobia, and cover ups. It is disgracing the... Read Full Review
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By : 'DSL'
Services : Property Management
Sold price : £500
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : CB22
26 Jan 2021
People found this helpful4
Yet again Mears have cancelled an appointment with no notice or attempt to contact me. I am disabled and have been with no heating since 7am. When speaking to a very rude member of Mears staff they hung up. I was trying to make a new appointment and was told that i could not cancel the appointment... Read Full Review
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Unprofessional, unhelpful, ...
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By : 'Caroline'
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : BD22
25 Nov 2020
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Unprofessional, unhelpful, time they got their act together, sending arrears letters out to an 87 year old on the day he moves in to a flat when it's already been... Read Full Review
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By : 'Malgorzata'
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : NG31
17 Oct 2020
People found this helpful1
The worse service I have ever came across! After waiting for two weeks for an engineer to turn up, he only came to say it’s beyond repair! Another few days added without hot water and heating... eventually boiler has been fitted and worked for two days! Phoned Meres and I was told they... Read Full Review
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By : 'taking'
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )
Rent PCM : £400
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : MK3
22 Jul 2020
People found this helpful3
Mears Group / YourMK, YourMK /Mears Group it doesn't make any difference which way round they go, in Milton Keynes they're one in the same and they all hang out with and get paid by Milton Keynes Council at the expense of disabled council tenants. They have always done odd repairs... Read Full Review
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By : 'Lima'
Services : Property Management
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : NE8
14 Mar 2020
People found this helpful0
Very very very bullshit house company They have given a three bedroom house, for a family of 7. All the bedrooms are tiny and it stinks. They are liars and trick u to move house by giving false description They are really forceful and give fake utopian description of where they move you to,... Read Full Review
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By : 'Katie'
Services : Property Management
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : S41
28 Feb 2020
People found this helpful3
We reported we had no access to hot water on the 16th January as our immersion tank needs replacing - it is now the 28th February (over 6 weeks later!) and they have done nothing. We have a newborn son, which they are aware of, and they have still done nothing. Our local council has contacted them... Read Full Review
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By : 'Vincent'
Services : Letting( As a Owner )
Rent PCM : £500
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : G31
21 Dec 2019
People found this helpful5
The mears group have taken over the contract to house asylum seekers in Scotland. We relet properties with them on the promise from Chris that everything would improve , however it was just rubbish. The problem is that they have refused to pay us the last 3 months rent until we sign their lease... Read Full Review
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By : Alicia Davies
25 Oct 2020Mears group are renting my fathers house and subletting to a tenant. My father depends on the rental to cover the cost of his sheltered accommodation. Mears group have been raising a catalogue of...
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