50% sales valuation accuracy
0% sales fee satisfaction
100% lettings valuation accuracy
67% lettings fee satisfaction
Aug 14,2014
Aug 14,2014
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The only reason I've given one star is because there isn't a lower grade. Yesterday an agent from Abbotts of Basildon, Essex came round to give me a valuation to selling at some point within the next few months. The guy who came round spun me a yarn about "signing now will save you having to do it when you're ready to sell" and that he had to take a photo of the property "to prove I've been here". Yeah, right. Today I find my house on the internet. To add insult to injury, the property had been priced at the lowest end of his quote. OK, I suppose I should have taken an hour to read through all the small print but wasn't permitted the luxury. Today I phoned the agency and was informed that I had signed a twelve-week sole agency contract - if I wanted out of it I'd have to pay £500. Fortunately, time is on my side and I'm in no hurry to sell so I'll wait until the twelve weeks is up then use a professional agency instead of these sharks. They're the sort that give estate agents a bad name.
What agent could do to change your mind?
Telling the truth would have been a good start.Attached Filesnbsp;
Comment on agent fees
‚£500 for "inconvenience" - of travelling to my property (5 minutes' drive) and putting the details on the internet, which I asked them not to do anyway. Yes, big rip-off.
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| Services | Valuation Accuracy | Fees Satisfaction | Min Price of property reviewed | Max Price of property reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 50% | 0% | £500,000 | £500,000 |
| Lettings | 100% | 67% | £750 | £825 |
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| From Landlords | From Tenants | From Vendors | From Buyers | Other | |||||
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| 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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Do not rent from them. Will not take any responsibility for any of their errors. They wrote the wrong number on the boiler and I’m supposed to pay for their mistake. Carpet smells of urine. Window is broken and smashed me in the face. ...
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Feb 19,2020
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DO NOT LET FROM ABBOTTS / COUNTRYWIDE
They offer zero support to tenants. Resolve no complaints whatsoever and only ever represent the interests of the Landlords.
I had a problem mould and they completely refused to resolve it and said it was up to me to ...
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Sep 12,2016
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They are totally irresponsible . I have been given a house for rent. It was fully dusty house. Kitchen tap is not working washingmashine is not working. But for one week they did do nothing. I feel they have good combination with land lords to cheat ...
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Aug 25,2016
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We have now used Abbotts Basildon twice now, first to find a flat to rent for our son and again when we required new tenants for a house we rent out. On both occasions they were brilliant! For various reasons both times we needed them ...
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Very reasonable, paid less than been charged before
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Apr 27,2015
Apr 27,2015
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We went with Abbotts as they seemed the premier estate agency for Basildon.
We cannot fault their admin team, in fact I thought they were very on the ball and pro-active.
The actual estate agent himself was a totally different story. If you've heard of ...
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They could have simply re-worded the contract as we had verbally agreed.Attached Filesnbsp;
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Aug 14,2014
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The only reason I've given one star is because there isn't a lower grade. Yesterday an agent from Abbotts of Basildon, Essex came round to give me a valuation to selling at some point within the next few months. The guy who came round spun ...
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What agent could do to change your mind?
Telling the truth would have been a good start.Attached Filesnbsp;
Comment on agent fees
‚£500 for "inconvenience" - of travelling to my property (5 minutes' drive) and putting the details on the internet, which I asked them not to do anyway. Yes, big rip-off.
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