0% lettings valuation accuracy
40% lettings fee satisfaction
Sep 02,2015
Sep 02,2015
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Never ever choose Platinum. They take weeks to sort out any maintenance issues, to answer emails, the phone, to call you back. They don't do their paperwork properly which leaves the opportunity for them to screw you over with your deposit. If you do get any of your deposit back even if it's with DPS, it will take months. Not only will it take months, you won't be able to get hold of them to find out what's taking so long. The staff are rude and unhelpful and are only interested in one thing, taking your money.
If you're a student then you've got no chance of them taking you seriously or treating you like an adult.
Do yourself a favour and go elsewhere to save yourself months of stress and hassle.
Be careful with your tenancy agreement and read through the whole thing paying close attention to the different ways in which they can take your money, some things are worded so you wouldn't realise on a skim read.
If you're a student then you've got no chance of them taking you seriously or treating you like an adult.
Do yourself a favour and go elsewhere to save yourself months of stress and hassle.
Be careful with your tenancy agreement and read through the whole thing paying close attention to the different ways in which they can take your money, some things are worded so you wouldn't realise on a skim read.
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I totally agree with all the reviews above 1 star is far too much if we consider the way how they treat people, this people really do not deserve to be in the business...
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Dec 10,2017
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Awful estate agents. Made many false accusations. Had monthly inspections but they still would come randomly without any warning as they had mixed up dates from their end. Terrible organisation, constantly having to repeat ourselves in emails. Good luck getting your deposit back. Avoid these ...
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Mar 10,2016
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Please heed what this and all the other reviewers are saying. These are Cowboys and nasty ones at that. As tenants we were given 2 addenda to the Tenancy Agreement by this company which they claimed to be legally binding and had to be signed by ...
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Bad. They are worthless and care only about money.
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Sep 02,2015
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Never ever choose Platinum. They take weeks to sort out any maintenance issues, to answer emails, the phone, to call you back. They don't do their paperwork properly which leaves the opportunity for them to screw you over with your deposit. If you do get ...
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Sorry we didn't meet your expectations on this occasion.
Contrary to your comments Platinum aim to respond to maintenance issues promptly and therefore I would be interested to investigate the specific issues you are referring to.
Generally the deposit process is straight forward and a comparison of the condition of the property at the start of a tenancy with the condition of the property at the end. I am happy to review the charges requested on behalf of our landlord and see whether they we ...
Apr 27,2015
Apr 27,2015
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Avoid these jokers like the plague. They will try and screw every penny that they can out of you. Their house inspections are a farce, they make claims and provide no evidence. I went to the DPS and Arbitration to challenge them and they made ...
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Been honest, returned emails or phone calls, been consistent.Attached Filesnbsp;
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No business wants complaints and we are sorry we didn't meet your expectations on this occasion.
Your comments are interesting in that they highlight common misconceptions about the agents role and the process.
- All deposits have to be protected by landlord or agent and have a prescribed dispute procedure.
- Platinum uses the DPS custodial service which means the money is held by the DPS directly and can only be released when both sides agree. This is the most secure method for the tenant a ...
Sep 23,2014
Sep 23,2014
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This agency did nothing for me as a landlord.
When the tenancy ended they returned the tenant's deposit in fill , less £29 for locks i had to replace as keys were not returned.
Platinum completely ignored the fact that multiple tenants had occupied the house in ...
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They did NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!
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Always disappointing to receive complaints and more so when this is so far from the truth.
Often part of the agents role is to advise landlords of their legal responsibilities and to accept the terms of the agreement they have entered into with their tenant. We act for the landlord and sometimes that means stopping the landlord from breaching their obligations and making unreasonable claims.
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Contrary to your comments Platinum aim to respond to maintenance issues promptly and therefore I would be interested to investigate the specific issues you are referring to.
Generally the deposit process is straight forward and a comparison of the condition of the property at the start of a tenancy with the condition of the property at the end. I am happy to review the charges requested on behalf of our landlord and see whether they were fair. Please note that Platinum makes no check out fees and does not make any charges against the deposit. In addition all deposits are
protected by the DPS who offer a full independent adjudication service based on the evidence.
I am happy to review the issues in your case please contact Gareth Evans on the office number 01905426000
Your comments are interesting in that they highlight common misconceptions about the agents role and the process.
- All deposits have to be protected by landlord or agent and have a prescribed dispute procedure.
- Platinum uses the DPS custodial service which means the money is held by the DPS directly and can only be released when both sides agree. This is the most secure method for the tenant as the alternative insured methods are open to abuse as the landlord and agent could still access the money without the tenants knowledge. The tenant in these circumstance would have a long winded process to claim on the insurance.
- The custodial system however is slow to process and go to arbitration which is independent and evidence based. A 4 month delay is not uncommon.
- Where landlords complete works themselves to avoid contractors charges it is common not to have receipts which can leave landlords out of pocket when making a claim.
- A claim is based on the cost of returning the property to the original condition the landlord does not have to complete the works. EG If a shelf is damaged by a tenant there is no requirement for the shelf to be replaced for the next tenant the landlord could decide not to provide one for the next tenant but he has still lost a shelf. So his claim is valid.
- Agents work on behalf of the landlord protecting their investment and will act in the interests which includes advising them what is reasonable to claim.
Please note Platinum does not charge for the additional work for handling disputes so any time spent is lost. Unlike many other agents we do not ask our contractors for kick back commission so tenants are only charged the genuine cost not an inflated figure.
In this case we offered the tenant a settlement figure which was rejected and received more than double back from the DPS back for our landlord based on the evidence including start pictures, regular inspections and warnings and check out report.
We manage over 700 tenancies and can count the disputes on one hand. Obviously we can always do better and revised documentation and procedures for 2015 should help.
Apologies again for your inconvenience