S. Aurelijus said about Portico

Services : Letting( As a Tenant )Date: 25th Jun 2020

AVOID THEM IF YOU CAN !!!!!!
Agents promising allot of thinks before you sign a contract, when you put your signature it is hard to deal with them. When we moved out from rented property following all big list of rules we still waiting for our deposit back that nearly 3 moths still disputing ower £120.

Short story how it happened:
We moved in IG50HG house, the house was terrible state as owners just left the country, but before we signed contract we agreed with Portico letting agent, to we will organize cleaning services, rubbish removal service and we will do the painting in the house from our cost, we will keep all invoices and all that money will be deducted from our monthly rent. All was done how we agreed.
We did not charge for house painting with was done.

When the contract finished we left the house and all starts then, them trying to deduct money from the deposit for all of it!!! An agent with promised all to us ignoring us. And deposit people trying to find all silly bitts in the house with is wrong to avoid paying our deposit back!

By them emails it looks like we moved into a just refurbished house with new kitchen and etc. and damaged it all in 6 months.
So just avoid companies like that !!!
I am including a couple of pictures state of the renting house via PORTICO before we moved in.
I have got a lot of pictures before and after the contract finished.

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