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1 Star Review
Aug 12,2014
By:
'kirstie'
Aug 12,2014
Branch: Arnold, 96 Front Street
Services: Sales (Prospective customer)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: NG6
Branch: Arnold, 96 Front Street
Sales (Prospective customer)
Postcode: NG6
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To add to the horror stories, here is our own:
We are told the agent will be ten minutes later for a house viewing. We wait for half an hour. I try to call them to get an update my number is cut off, twice. ...
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“I had my house rented with knightsbridge estate agents in ......”
1 Star Review
Jul 30,2014
By:
'capes'
Jul 30,2014
Branch: Leicester, 108 Queens Road
Services: Lettings (as a Landlord)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: LE2
Branch: Leicester, 108 Queens Road
Lettings (as a Landlord)
Postcode: LE2
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I had my house rented with knightsbridge estate agents in wigston, leicester for 3years.
They sold out to frank innes and this coincided with a change in service.
Just a total lack of service on behalf of the landlord and tenant. You wouldn't believe the ...
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1 Star Review
Jul 14,2014
By:
'Foxylady101'
Jul 14,2014
Branch: Mansfield, 4 Market Street
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: NG17
Branch: Mansfield, 4 Market Street
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Postcode: NG17
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I'm not sure what the connection is between Frank Innes and Countrywide but between them they provide no service whatsover. Very quick to extract money from both me and the landlord - despite their promises they did not sort out utilities transfer or council tax ...
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“Walked into the office one day in May whilst browsing ......”
1 Star Review
Jun 30,2014
By:
'Run,'
Jun 30,2014
Branch: Derby, 18-22 St James Street
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £445
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: DE1
Branch: Derby, 18-22 St James Street
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £445
Postcode: DE1
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Walked into the office one day in May whilst browsing Letting Agent's windows for a property. Asked on a whim if they had any studio flats suitable for two students to share, was transferred to Adam, who showed us around the flats in the complex ...
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What agent could do to change your mind?
- process applications in time for tenants to move in.
- Maintain any form of contact with customers.
- Create better organisational structures to reduce the possibility of lost paperwork.
- Implement a better computer system as "the E-mail server is down"/ "We;re undergoing IT maintenance" excuses get old, fast.
- Have cases handled by a single employee from start to finish, to avoid miscommunications between staff members.
Learn how to call customers, instead of repeated saying "We'll give you a call", but never actually picking up the phone.
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“Over the one year I've been a tenant with frank ......”
1 Star Review
Jun 17,2014
By:
'112233qwerty'
Jun 17,2014
Branch: Nottingham, 33 Wheeler Gate
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £700
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: NG1
Branch: Nottingham, 33 Wheeler Gate
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £700
Postcode: NG1
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Over the one year I've been a tenant with frank innes I've had nothing but problems. Firstly only a month after moving in my shower broke and they took 3 weeks to fix it. They didn't have a problem with this because apparently a having a ...
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What agent could do to change your mind?
Employ a single person who can actually do their job.
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“They have very poor communication and is difficult to contact ......”
1 Star Review
Jun 14,2014
By:
'Harry'
Jun 14,2014
Branch: Derby, 18-22 St James Street
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £595
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: DE22
Branch: Derby, 18-22 St James Street
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £595
Postcode: DE22
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They have very poor communication and is difficult to contact them.I like the property they managed and secured it paying 200£ as a deposit.Today when going to sign the contract, I am informed that I need to pay 220£ for referencing plus 60£ of admin fees....
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What agent could do to change your mind?
Drop the fees down
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“Was meant to be renting a property from them. Once ......”
1 Star Review
Jun 10,2014
By:
'J'
Jun 10,2014
Branch: Leicester, 48 Granby Street
Services: Lettings (Prospective customer)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: LE8
Branch: Leicester, 48 Granby Street
Lettings (Prospective customer)
Postcode: LE8
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Was meant to be renting a property from them. Once I'd viewed the property I called & paid a £180 holding deposit straight away, this was to supposedly remove the propert from the market so I could begin my application. Started the application process & my garantour did ...
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What agent could do to change your mind?
Going out of business
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“the worst estate agent I have ever come across, no ......”
1 Star Review
May 13,2014
By:
'Harry'
May 13,2014
Branch: Nottingham, 33 Wheeler Gate
Services: Sales (as a Buyer)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: NG7
Branch: Nottingham, 33 Wheeler Gate
Sales (as a Buyer)
Postcode: NG7
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the worst estate agent I have ever come across, no manor and no moral values, they don't return your emails or phone calls. and incompetent.
STAY AWAY.
Harry...
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“I have moved into a frank Innes rental over a ......”
1 Star Review
Apr 30,2014
By:
'Paris'
Apr 30,2014
Branch: Chesterfield, 10 Glumangate
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: S43
Branch: Chesterfield, 10 Glumangate
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Postcode: S43
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I have moved into a frank Innes rental over a year ago now. When we took a look around, things was ok but a lot that needed repairing and re freshing where the old Tentants had put holes in the walls and children had drawn ...
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“As soon as the property came up I rang but ......”
1 Star Review
Apr 14,2014
By:
'Irritated'
Apr 14,2014
Branch: Derby, 18-22 St James Street
Services: Lettings (Prospective customer)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: DE3
Branch: Derby, 18-22 St James Street
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Postcode: DE3
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As soon as the property came up I rang but my call was not returned so I called again, "someone" will call me back. Wrong - each time (three before actually speaking to someone who felt able to take a booking enquiry). I then made ...
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What agent could do to change your mind?
As soon as the property came up I rang but my call was not returned so I called again, "someone" will call me back. Wrong - each time (three before actually speaking to someone who felt able to take a booking enquiry). I then made an appointment to view and when I rang to confirm the appointment I had made they had no record...so I made another appointment even though I was dubious about the appalling service. It's a good job I rang to confirm the appointment the day before driving 60 miles to view the propoerty since it had been let days before. I cannot believe the total and absolute incompetence. I have sold and am looking for a property in a different county, not to be the butt of the branches jokes. It would be nice if these pople had some consideration. I will be looking to buy shortly and will avoid any Frank Innes and subsidiaries like the plague.
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5 Star Review
Mar 18,2014
By:
'polly'
Mar 18,2014
Branch: Coalville, 13 Belvoir Road
Services: Sales (as a Buyer)
Would you recommend?: Yes
Postcode: LE67
Branch: Coalville, 13 Belvoir Road
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Postcode: LE67
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I have just purchased a property through Frank Innes & had the pleasure of being looked after in a highly proffesional manor by Chrissy Lowe. Chrissy was very polite understanding & very helpful always getting back to me.
If i sell inthe future i will be calling ...
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“Please stay away! Horrendous estate agents! I'm in the process ......”
1 Star Review
Feb 28,2014
By:
'FIRSTTIMEBUYER'
Feb 28,2014
Branch: Derby, 22 St. James Street
Services: Sales (as a Buyer)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: DE
Branch: Derby, 22 St. James Street
Sales (as a Buyer)
Postcode: DE
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Please stay away! Horrendous estate agents! I'm in the process of purchasing a house and no one returns my calls or helps. Apparently everyone is constantly sick! Manager doesnt call you back!! (there as useful as a chocolate tea / pot).
Please do not rent or ...
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“Frank Innes acted very quickly selling our house, they listed ......”
5 Star Review
Feb 17,2014
By:
'Mr'
Feb 17,2014
Branch: Nottingham, 10 Central Avenue
Services: Sales (as a Vendor)
Would you recommend?: Yes
Postcode: NG2
Branch: Nottingham, 10 Central Avenue
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Postcode: NG2
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Frank Innes acted very quickly selling our house, they listed it within 24 hours, we had 14 viewings in 2 weeks and sold it in that time frame too. We were really pleased with the communication thoughtout the transaction and they helped us find somewhere too. I would ...
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“Absolutely appalling service. No joined up thinking whatsoever. Dealing with ......”
1 Star Review
Jan 31,2014
By:
'irate'
Jan 31,2014
Branch: Derby, 22 St. James Street
Services: Lettings (as a Landlord)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: DE73
Branch: Derby, 22 St. James Street
Lettings (as a Landlord)
Postcode: DE73
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Absolutely appalling service. No joined up thinking whatsoever. Dealing with Countrywide in Nottingham and the branch in Derby to chase arrears from a runaway tenant is a futile exercise. No calls returned, appalling phone manner and no knowledge or empathy. Avoid at all costs....
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“Where do I start? Lauren 'forgot to mention' an additional £120 ......”
1 Star Review
Jan 09,2014
By:
'Kelly'
Jan 09,2014
Branch: Leicester, 48 Granby Street
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: LE2
Branch: Leicester, 48 Granby Street
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Postcode: LE2
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Where do I start? Lauren 'forgot to mention' an additional £120 administration fee until the day we picked our keys up- embarrassing to say the least. No inventory received as it had not been typed up yet (this was because this was inspected the previous day ...
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“Not impressed at all by the service. Of three properties ......”
1 Star Review
Dec 21,2013
By:
'HAL'
Dec 21,2013
Branch: Derby, 22 St. James Street
Services: Lettings (Prospective customer)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: DE6
Branch: Derby, 22 St. James Street
Lettings (Prospective customer)
Postcode: DE6
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Not impressed at all by the service. Of three properties I viewed, not one had the details set up correctly on the website. Fourth floor flat turned out to be on the ground floor. Another property was listed as available now but turned out to ...
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“Trying to push some side products while advising for the ......”
2 Star Review
Nov 19,2013
By:
'Unhappy'
Nov 19,2013
Branch: Burton-on-Trent, 184 High Street
Services: Sales (Prospective customer)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: DE14
Branch: Burton-on-Trent, 184 High Street
Sales (Prospective customer)
Postcode: DE14
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Trying to push some side products while advising for the mortgage. Plays to be your friend. Arrogant. Not explained much! your money shark nothing else!! AVOID. Found to be the most expensive on market. Not available after 6pm as many others are!...
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“DO NOT EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER HAVE ANYTHING TO ......”
1 Star Review
Nov 11,2013
By:
'Timmyk'
Nov 11,2013
Branch: Derby, 18-22 St James Street
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: DE65
Branch: Derby, 18-22 St James Street
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Postcode: DE65
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DO NOT EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS AGENT (ALSO KNOWN AS FRANK INNES IN DERBY)
the house wasn't cleaned when we moved in. We couldn't get in any other door than the front one because they forgot to leave ...
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What agent could do to change your mind?
Gone out of business
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“Appalling handling of potential sale of our house, we where ......”
1 Star Review
Oct 28,2013
By:
'Mr'
Oct 28,2013
Branch: Coalville, 13 Belvoir Road
Services: Sales (Prospective customer)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: LE67
Branch: Coalville, 13 Belvoir Road
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Postcode: LE67
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Appalling handling of potential sale of our house, we where forced to move estate agent in order to get interest (and sale). We had no confidence in the office staff following feedback from potential buyers that it had taken them weeks to book an appointment ...
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Branch manager should act in a professional manner at all times and not resort to bully boy tactics to attain monies that have not been earned. The Agents complaints procedure requires a radical overhaul as the 'customer' was left with questions completely unanswered..... primarily, how can an investigation into a complaint be carried out by the very individual that is directly involved in the complaint.
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“AWFUL LETTING AGENT! Lied to both myself & tenant a number ......”
1 Star Review
Sep 23,2013
By:
'Purdy'
Sep 23,2013
Branch: Nottingham, 968 Woodborough Road
Services: Lettings (as a Landlord)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: NG3
Branch: Nottingham, 968 Woodborough Road
Lettings (as a Landlord)
Postcode: NG3
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AWFUL LETTING AGENT! Lied to both myself & tenant a number of times. Awful at returning my phone calls. Terrible at communicating information to & from myself & the tenant. Lost inventory. Attempted to bill my tenants when they moved out because "items were not present" when actually ...
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“Un-trained monkeys could do a better job then the current ......”
1 Star Review
Sep 17,2013
By:
'Countrysnide'
Sep 17,2013
Branch: Loughborough, 7 Swan Street
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: LE11
Branch: Loughborough, 7 Swan Street
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Postcode: LE11
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Un-trained monkeys could do a better job then the current staff they employ!
They came to do a property inspection on 11th March 2013, highlighted 28!!! Yes 28 repairs needed in the property from mold in 5 rooms, to the kitchen sink coming away from the wall and rotting ...
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What agent could do to change your mind?
They could actually care!
Or alternatively take action to correct the mess!
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“Terrible service. Multitude of errors culminating in us being out ......”
1 Star Review
Sep 17,2013
By:
'nhtw'
Sep 17,2013
Branch: Derby, 22 St. James Street
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: DE22
Branch: Derby, 22 St. James Street
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Postcode: DE22
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Terrible service. Multitude of errors culminating in us being out of pocket by £810. Although staff were pleasant and friendly (mostly) all the way through the tenancy the complete mess that was caused cannot be overlooked.
To start with we were told conflicting information about handing ...
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What agent could do to change your mind?
Better communication by staff. Staff need to look carefully at tenant information to give correct responses to queries.
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“Absolutely awful! My parter and I were so excited about ......”
1 Star Review
Aug 20,2013
By:
'Tennant'
Aug 20,2013
Branch: Derby, 22 St. James Street
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: WA15
Branch: Derby, 22 St. James Street
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Postcode: WA15
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Absolutely awful! My parter and I were so excited about renting out first property but frank Innes ruined it for us. Firstly we got charged £600+ in fees when we were told they were £100 each. Secondly, they did not even get a reference for myself as ...
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“Awful in every capacity of the word, avoid like a ......”
1 Star Review
Aug 10,2013
By:
'Unhappy'
Aug 10,2013
Branch: Derby, 22 St. James Street
Services: Lettings (as a Landlord)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: DE65
Branch: Derby, 22 St. James Street
Lettings (as a Landlord)
Postcode: DE65
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Awful in every capacity of the word, avoid like a shark-infested plague!
We originally went with Benjamin Oliver but they sold part of their portfolio to Frank Innes. This is where everything went down the toilet. Ironically, the branch have lots of customer service certificates ...
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Hmmm' what could they do to help me change my mind... become a takeaway.
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“Very helpful initially (as letting agents always are prior to ......”
1 Star Review
May 29,2013
By:
'anon'
May 29,2013
Branch: Nottingham, 33 Wheeler Gate
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: NG1
Branch: Nottingham, 33 Wheeler Gate
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Postcode: NG1
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Very helpful initially (as letting agents always are prior to moving in). As soon as something goes wrong they are highly unhelpful, Manager Matthew was possibly the rudest person I have encountered in a letting agent, extremely patronising and didn't know what he was doing ...
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Would NEVER use again.
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“They kindly arranged a viewing for us. As they offered ......”
1 Star Review
Apr 05,2013
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'Disappointed'
Apr 05,2013
Branch: Mansfield, 4 Market Street
Services: Lettings (Prospective customer)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: NG18
Branch: Mansfield, 4 Market Street
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Postcode: NG18
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They kindly arranged a viewing for us.
As they offered a weekday, my husband took a day off.
A few hours before the viewing (at appr. 11 am) they called me to cancel it as the current tenant decided not to move for one more month (...
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“Our experience with Frank Innes started well, when they wanted ......”
1 Star Review
Feb 27,2013
By:
'Frank'
Feb 27,2013
Branch: Nottingham, 33 Wheeler Gate
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: NG4
Branch: Nottingham, 33 Wheeler Gate
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Postcode: NG4
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Our experience with Frank Innes started well, when they wanted our custom but as soon as we came to move into the flat, noone wanted to know. The flat had been described to us as a 2 bedroom flat which was fully furnished, however when we ...
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What agent could do to change your mind?
Coninued customer service after the commission had been colected!
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5 Star Review
Feb 03,2013
By:
'Catiej'
Feb 03,2013
Branch: Chesterfield, 10 Glumangate
Services: Sales (as a Vendor)
Would you recommend?: Yes
Postcode: S43
Branch: Chesterfield, 10 Glumangate
Sales (as a Vendor)
Postcode: S43
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We put our property on the market in July 2012 with the request of assisted viewings during working hours as my husband is disabled. Since we had the initial valuation, which was one of three, we decided on Frank Innes in Chesterfield as we strongly felt ...
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“We recently purchased a property through Frank Innes Chesterfield and ......”
5 Star Review
Jan 30,2013
By:
'Carol'
Jan 30,2013
Branch: Chesterfield, 10 Glumangate
Services: Sales (as a Buyer)
Would you recommend?: Yes
Postcode: S43
Branch: Chesterfield, 10 Glumangate
Sales (as a Buyer)
Postcode: S43
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We recently purchased a property through Frank Innes Chesterfield and were very pleased with the professionalism of Karen Coleman. How refreshing it was to be kept up to date and find someone so helpful. She arranged a structural survey for us obtaining three quotes so ...
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1 Star Review
Jan 11,2013
By:
'Tania'
Jan 11,2013
Branch: Derby, 22 St. James Street
Services: Lettings (as a Landlord)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: DE21
Branch: Derby, 22 St. James Street
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Postcode: DE21
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Apologies, if this prints twice - I pressed the wrong button...
Great start, poor after service - specifically requested long-term tenants but tenants only stayed 6 months (had strict requirements and was prepared to wait for right tenant). Utilities not correctly recorded, errors during inspection and ...
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Mistakes happen but honesty goes a long way and so does courtesy - I don't appreciate being ignored or passed around especially when I am unable to just 'pop' into the branch to sort out issues! Their brochure states best possible service, but unfortunately the service I got was sub-standard and unprofessional - certainly not worth the management fees I paid - Frank Innes needs to relook at their customer service and employ dedicated, honest staff if they expect their company to be recommended by past and present clients... and in this economical climate finding replacements shouldn't be that difficult.
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