Purple Frog Property Ltd
1.8/5, 61 reviews
20% recommended
59% sales valuation accuracy
47% sales fee satisfaction
67% lettings valuation accuracy
33% lettings fee satisfaction
Purple Frog specialise in letting, management, sales and investments in student property in Birmingham, Bristol and Nottingham. show more Purple Frog specialise in letting, management, sales and investments in student property in Birmingham, Bristol and Nottingham.

Performance Statistics
Services Valuation Fees Min Price of property reviewed Max Price of property reviewed
Sales 59% 47% £0 £0
Lettings 67% 33% £270 £2,000
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From Landlords From Tenants From Vendors From Buyers Other
3 0 8 46 0 0 0 0 1 3
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“Avoid at all costs...”

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Jul 10,2018
Minithumbdown
By: 'Harvey'
Jul 10,2018
5 people found
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Company with only one aim, to try and rip off students. Left house in 10x cleaner state with no damage done and they try to claim charges of over 300 pound. They shall not be getting a cent from any of us. Absolute disgrace avoid at ...
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“Truly awful company - avoid at all costs!A truly ......”

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Dec 19,2017
Minithumbdown
By: 'zhiheng'
Dec 19,2017
1 people found
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Truly awful company - avoid at all costs! A truly awful and unprofessional company! There are hardly any experienced and dedicated staff working there... Though when you get in contact with them they are friendly, they seriously lack knowledge in experience with dealing issues. I've ...
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By: James Mason
Dec 20, 2017
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Dear Zhiheng We have provided you with photographic proof of why the charges have been applied and discussed the charges with you on multiple occasions. Following our response to your initial dispute, you weren't happy. We escalated your dispute to our Deposits Manager, who investigated your points and replied. As you are clearly still not happy with our response, I suggest you take your dispute to the DPS, as you are entitled to. At the start of your tenancy, we shared the inventory wit ...

“Purple frog was the worst letting agency I have ever ......”

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Nov 27,2017
Minithumbdown
Ashley
By: 'Worst'
Nov 27,2017
1 people found
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Purple frog was the worst letting agency I have ever come across. We had pre-agreed terms prior to moving into our property. Upon moving in, none of the agreements were met. After constant contacting purple frog to deal with this they either “forgot” or they ...
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By: Ashley lizamore
Dec 13, 2017
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In regards to the start of our tenancy I met with a number of law advisors, who advised us to walk away from the contract at the beginning of our tenancy and that we were completely free and able to do so. Upon trying to tell your staff that, he lied in my face and tried talking to me like I'm a dumb student. I understand you have a lot to deal with however.. I think as a company treating students as adults might be a better way to start. From the beginning and we aren't the only ones who feel t ...

“Over 3 months ago (It is now October) we left our ......”

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Oct 09,2017
Minithumbdown
By: 'Unhappy'
Oct 09,2017
1 people found
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Over 3 months ago (It is now October) we left our property which was let by Purple Frog Birmingham. Over that time we have been trying to get our deposit back. Since disputing those charges we received 3 weeks (and still going) of silence from the agents. ...
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Bad - Unnecessary applications fees, extortionate tenancy agreement and inventory fees for template documents that are inaccurate and bear no weight against the documents they send you in the post.
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By: James Mason
Oct 10, 2017
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Dear unhappy student Sorry to hear you're having problems with your deposit dispute. Please can you contact me at [email protected], as a matter of urgency? Your dispute email should have been acknowledged and a full response received in 5 working days. Did you dispute with us or through the deposit protection agency? Please get in contact so I can investigate. Looking at your comments about our agency fees, I'm a little confused. We don't charge tenants for inventorie ...

“I'm very disappointed with PurpleFrog's …I'm very disappointed with PurpleFrog's ......”

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Sep 11,2017
Minithumbdown
By: 'Your'
Sep 11,2017
1 people found
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I'm very disappointed with PurpleFrog's … I'm very disappointed with PurpleFrog's service. They are very disorganized; a lot of "chasing-up" is required for them to follow through with what they said they would do. Our experiences include: 1) Taking multiple e-mails and two months for them to ...
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Comparatively on the expensive side; a rip-off for the quality of service to be completely honest.
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By: James Mason
Sep 18, 2017
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Dear Zhiheng Lou You have pasted this review across several sites. Please refer to my original answer which I have pasted below. I also note that, despite my offer to help you, I am still waiting for you to email me about this. Once again, I have reached out on several occasions asking you to email me directly. Please can you email me with the requested information, so I can look into this for you? My first response to you: Dear Zhiheng Lou Sorry to hear that you are disappoint ...

“Purple Frog have been great throughout the tenancy at fixing ......”

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Jun 29,2017
Minithumbdown
By: 'Selly'
Jun 29,2017
2 people found
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Purple Frog have been great throughout the tenancy at fixing problems that we have and have generally been friendly throughout. However when it came to getting the deposit back they were charging extortionate rates for very little work that needed doing. They tried to charge ...
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The fees were standard at the start of the tenancy but for anything you have to pay to do with the house it is extortionate.
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By: James Mason
Jun 30, 2017
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Dear Selly Thanks for your feedback. Its really great to hear that you enjoyed living in the property and we sorted any issues that you had. Im sorry to hear that youre upset about your check out inspection. We try to do these inspections with one of the tenants present, so that you can see why weve added charges. We try to be as transparent as possible. As you can imagine, it is a very busy time of year for us, as we have hundreds of tenancies coming to an end. That said, the pe ...

“In their naivety, my daughter and her 6 university student friends ......”

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Mar 06,2017
Minithumbdown
By: 'Shocking!'
Mar 06,2017
4 people found
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In their naivety, my daughter and her 6 university student friends were cajoled into paying a £59 Admin fee EACH (£413!) without any understanding of what it was they were paying for. The contract that subsequently followed for their property was onerous to say the least and fundamentally ...
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Very Bad
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By: James Mason
Mar 09, 2017
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Dear Annie Thank you for taking up my invitation to get in touch. I have actually just sent you a reply to your email. If I have not mentioned this in a previous response, I apologise, but the reason that we thought your group had pulled out because of a change to the group size is as follows: At the time of the events related to the review, none of the group had been in touch to explain that you were dropping out. We only discovered this when we were called by a parent asking for a r ...

“after 2 years and millions of emails i'm still waiting my ......”

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Feb 01,2017
Minithumbdown
Cesare
By: 'Cesare'
Feb 01,2017
2 people found
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after 2 years and millions of emails i'm still waiting my deposit! all my emails ignored absolute the worst company...
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By: James Mason
Mar 06, 2017
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Hi Cesare Sorry for the delay in getting back to you on AllAgents. However, I notice that on 2nd Feb, you got a reply from my colleague, saying: Hi Cesare Looking over the notes I can see that my colleague Emma-Leigh is the person who has been communicating with you about your deposit return. We are still yet to receive confirmation that your bills and council tax was dealt with for the duration of your tenancy. I have just spoken to the Ops Manager and she has confirmed that we c ...

“If I was a comedian this company would be one ......”

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Nov 25,2016
Minithumbdown
By: '6'
Nov 25,2016
3 people found
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If I was a comedian this company would be one of my jokes. Please tell me where you train your staff, I want to shut it down immediately. 0/5 should be an option for this business. In fact, Purple Frog is not a business, it is ...
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By: James Mason
Dec 08, 2016
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Dear Charlie Thompson I'm sorry to hear about your experience. I understand your frustration with the situation. One of the other tenants in your group also brought this to our attention. Unfortunately, the error was caused by human error. We would certainly never deliberately tell you something that was untrue. The member of staff that you spoke to when you were told that you had secured the tenancy made a mistake and we are very sorry that it caused you such aggravation. I am delighted ...

“Hands down one of the most frustrating and unprofessional companies ......”

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Oct 26,2016
Minithumbdown
By: 'Tom'
Oct 26,2016
4 people found
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Hands down one of the most frustrating and unprofessional companies I've ever dealt with. They will blatantly lie to your face in an attempt to prize money from you. A couple of the staff can be helpful at times, but for the most part the ...
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By: James Mason
Oct 13, 2016
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Hi Tom It's been 3 days since I reached out, but I've not heard back from you. Please can I ask that you contact me as soon as possible so we can sort your deposit situation. I understand that the deposit process might be frustrating. We do have detailed information about deposits on our website. Emma-Leigh, who is one our deposits team wrote a blog about this recently: http://www.purplefrogproperty.com/blog/zen-deposits/ This should explain the deposits process and how we try and keep it as f ...

“Extremely poor service the likes of which I have never ......”

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Oct 22,2016
Minithumbdown
By: 'The'
Oct 22,2016
3 people found
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Extremely poor service the likes of which I have never experienced before, on arriving at our new house it was full of bags of rubbish and completely filthy. After complaining numerous times to various members of staff it took over a month for the house ...
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“Get the feeling that some of the good reviews on ......”

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Dec 02,2015
Minithumbdown
By: 'Pugface'
Dec 02,2015
6 people found
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Get the feeling that some of the good reviews on here are fakes. Perhaps Purple Frog are good to Landlords but as a tenant I have repeatedly found the customer service to be absolutely terrible. It seems they have been trained to just agree to ...
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By: Patrick Garratt
Feb 22, 2016
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Hi There, I'm not aware of any positive reviews on this site to be fake. I'm sorry you've not been happy with the service you've received. We have recently started making the direct phone numbers available for members of our team so that you can reach an individual directly if they are available. We ask that you provide proof that you have paid your bills and dealt with your council tax at the end of your tenancy before deposits are returned; this is in accordance with the tenancy agreem ...

“The staffs are not helpful at all, rather arrogant. The ......”

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Oct 12,2015
Minithumbdown
By: 'B'
Oct 12,2015
2 people found
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The staffs are not helpful at all, rather arrogant. The house itself was appallingly dirty and even after requesting for maintenance numerous times, nobody turned up. No, I am not going to recommend this agent to anybody....
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By: Patrick
Oct 24, 2015
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Hi There I'm sorry to hear that you aren't happy with the service you've received. Please get in touch with me on 07817 793 828 or [email protected] and I would like to discuss how we can put things right for you. Kind regards Patrick (Co-Founder) ...

“I have been using Purplefrog as a Let-Only letting agent ......”

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Jul 29,2015
Minithumbup
By: 'James'
Jul 29,2015
3 people found
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I have been using Purplefrog as a Let-Only letting agent for 5 years. In this time the team has been highly professional and personable. They maintain good levels of communication throughout the letting experience. I feel that the team really care about letting out my properties ...
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“Our dealings with Purple Frog as three students starting their ......”

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Jul 23,2015
Minithumbup
By: 'Hayley'
Jul 23,2015
3 people found
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Our dealings with Purple Frog as three students starting their first year this September, has been absolutely fantastic! Sam has been a superstar and we can't thank her enough for all she's done for us. We have now managed to find a lovely house in ...
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“I've been a tenant with Purple Frog for three years ......”

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Jul 21,2015
Minithumbup
By: 'Jess'
Jul 21,2015
0 people found
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I've been a tenant with Purple Frog for three years now and the service has always been great. They are fast to respond to queries and their staff are very friendly and approachable. They have made renting a house really easy and hassle free - ...
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“Excellent service, deal with all queries in a fast, professional ......”

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Jun 29,2015
Minithumbup
By: 'Simon.'
Jun 29,2015
0 people found
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Excellent service, deal with all queries in a fast, professional and efficient way. I recommend Purple Frog to all my friends and business associates. Advice always excellent and freely given. Can't recommend highly enough....
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Good value for money
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“Sabrina (Ops Manager) was AWESOME with listening to my needs ......”

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Jun 28,2015
Minithumbup
Sabrina
By: 'Alan'
Jun 28,2015
3 people found
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Sabrina (Ops Manager) was AWESOME with listening to my needs as a tenant and providing good customer service. She met two of my requests regarding monthly Direct Debit and move in date with no problems and actually exceeded my expectations in the end to be ...
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“I have found Jo Whyley extremely helpful and professional in ......”

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May 08,2015
Minithumbup
By: 'CLM'
May 08,2015
4 people found
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I have found Jo Whyley extremely helpful and professional in recent communications regarding lettings. She replies very promptly and has made good suggestions, as well as adjustments at my request. I have found other employees to be very slow at responding and not as innovative ...
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“The staff were really friendly and welcoming as soon as ......”

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Mar 05,2015
Minithumbup
By: 'amy'
Mar 05,2015
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The staff were really friendly and welcoming as soon as you walk into the branch, they helped us find a house that suited our needs very quickly, would recommend to other students looking for housing in Nottingham....
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“Nice branding, young staff, seem really friendly.Got a maintenance ......”

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Mar 04,2015
Minithumbdown
By: 'sellyoak'
Mar 04,2015
2 people found
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Nice branding, young staff, seem really friendly. Got a maintenance problem though? Tough. Again, they're very nice about it, but haven't resolved issues that were reported at the beginning of the tenancy (6 months on!) and have actually lied to us about the reasons for this. ...
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By: Patrick Garratt
Mar 22, 2015
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I'm sorry to hear that you've not been happy with the service you've received. We take all complaints very seriously and have a complaints procedure in place to make sure that any issues are resolved. Please contact me directly ([email protected]) so I can discuss these issues with you further. Unfortunately we can't guarantee that prospective tenants actually turn up to viewings that they have arranged, we understand that it can be frustrating though, you have our apologies for ...

“As soon as I walked into the office the staff ......”

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Feb 19,2015
Minithumbup
By: 'Lucie'
Feb 19,2015
4 people found
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As soon as I walked into the office the staff we're very friendly and welcoming. We were a group of 4 looking for a house close to the University and we needed to find one quickly as we were all going on our year abroads. All ...
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“Great and quick service and responses, We didnt take a ......”

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Feb 18,2015
Minithumbup
By: 'Tsunge'
Feb 18,2015
1 people found
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Great and quick service and responses, We didnt take a property with them - unfortunately someone else beat us to it but they had the best service of all the agencies we dealt with...
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“Purple frog Made it really easy for me when looking ......”

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Feb 10,2015
Minithumbup
By: 'Nad'
Feb 10,2015
5 people found
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Purple frog Made it really easy for me when looking for accommodation and the signing up process was quick and easy. Although I did have some trouble with damp in my house it was dealt with as a serious matter.. Would definitely rent with them ...
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“Comparing the stressful process organising my halls of residence, using ......”

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Feb 09,2015
Minithumbup
By: 'Holly'
Feb 09,2015
4 people found
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Comparing the stressful process organising my halls of residence, using Purple Frog was really refreshing! The first house I saw I now live in! The office has a really relaxed atmosphere and the fact that it is staffed by students is really nice because they ...
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I'm happy to pay for good service!
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“Purple Frog helped me out when I was panicking about ......”

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Jan 30,2015
Minithumbup
By: 'HappyTenant'
Jan 30,2015
4 people found
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Purple Frog helped me out when I was panicking about having to find an affordable place to live at short notice. I'd not done this before and their whole process was quick, easy and not pushy as I have found with other property agents. The ...
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“A bunch of fraud is operating this company whose main ......”

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Jan 08,2015
Minithumbdown
By: 'Tasneema'
Jan 08,2015
5 people found
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A bunch of fraud is operating this company whose main purpose is to rob the international students. I was an international student in University of Birmingham and took a room in rent from them and my contract ended in last June. Still to date, they ...
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By: Patrick Garratt
Mar 30, 2015
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This is a completely incorrect review which has been reported to the company maintaining this website many times for being false. The person who wrote the review has even asked them to take it down. We rented a property to an company who help international tenants find accommodation in the UK we had a contract with that company only. That company sublet the room to this individual. The company had financial difficulties and weren't able to pay the rent so the landlord held onto the deposit u ...

“Purple frog are one of the most devious thieving con ......”

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Dec 01,2014
Minithumbdown
By: 'pete'
Dec 01,2014
3 people found
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Purple frog are one of the most devious thieving con artists u will find out their do not go any where near them if you want deposit stolen and nothing fixed when broken and the boss is an arrogant peice of work all in all ...
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By: Greg - Purple Frog
Jan 26, 2015
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Hi Pete. We have recently come across your review online and wanted to address it in further detail with you. Having looked at the information you have supplied, we do not have a property in BS26, the rent figure of £600pcm for a house/flat of 5 cannot be correct either, so we have having a lot of difficulty working out who you are. I also cross checked all the Peter or Pete's on our database for the 13-14 tenancy period cannot also identify you that way. The Government implemented Deposit Prot ...

“We drove 600 miles from Northern Scotland to Purple Frog, Birmingham ......”

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Nov 09,2014
Minithumbdown
By: 'Helen'
Nov 09,2014
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We drove 600 miles from Northern Scotland to Purple Frog, Birmingham having let a flat for our daughter at start of university. We were then left for TWO and HALF HOURS standing on the street waiting for keys to arrive. Eventually the keys did arrive but ...
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What agent could do to change your mind?
Nothing they are a disorganised disgraceful rip off. They should have a monitoring system to check if flats have been cleaned after vacating them.
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By: Patrick - Purple Frog
Jan 28, 2015
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Hi Helen, I've been investigating the issues you and your daughter have experienced. We took over the block your daughter moved into from another agency and unfortunately things didn't go as smoothly as we would have liked. We will be contacting your daughter directly this week to see if we can make amends. ...

“This companies attitude to problems is to ignore them,, ignore ......”

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Oct 20,2014
Minithumbdown
Gregg
By: 'his'
Oct 20,2014
3 people found
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This companies attitude to problems is to ignore them,, ignore you or refuse to take your calls and never return a call. Use a different phone and/or name or say you are enquiring about renting a property and miraculously you get through to someone, ...
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What agent could do to change your mind?
Stick to contract Take calls Return calls Reply to emails Do not lie or manipulate the truth to suit your own ends. Provide reasonable assistance to problems, take problems seriously, address problems directly and with maturity. Understand the terms of your own agreement . Provide property of reasonable standard by inspecting properties prior to acting on behalf of a landlords, ie improve stand of properties on books and thereby improve your own reputation. Have a complaints procedure that is fast and efficient, not one that takes an entire academic year! Once owners purple frog or it's employee's word is given not to back track but turn up on time and get works done as arranged on time. Rethink and start again! s So many students are complaining about your company it has the worst reputation on campus, unless you alter your attitude you may cease to have a viable company, students attitudes and expectations have altered so keep up with present attitudes.
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