Romans
Reading, RG1
2.5/5, 51 reviews
41% recommended
33% sales valuation accuracy
67% sales fee satisfaction
56% lettings valuation accuracy
29% lettings fee satisfaction

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By: 'An'
Nov 10,2015
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I don't know what the Romans experience is like as a tenant but from a landlord's point of view, it is dismal, especially given the high fees they charge. If you live in the area, I would recommend managing it yourself; everything will be done quicker, and you will spend less time on the phone.

My principle complaints are that they are terrible at communicating with the landlord, or even each other, and that they do not provide adequate instruction or supervision for their subcontractors.

We paid a significant sum for some works to be carried out, and Romans assured as that they had checked the work. When the tenant (quite rightly) complained the work hadn't been done, Romans asked me to sort it out. I asked them to contact the contractor; they told me they had and that the work had been completed. When the tenant complained again that it hadn't been done, again they asked me to sort it out. We eventually resolved it, but Romans are apparently incapable of checking their files or talking to each other, and don't seem to really understand the role of a letting agent.

It took a long time to let the property, initially because it needed work, and then because between their high staff turnover (I assume), large numbers of people, and poor organisation, nobody was dealing with it. Eventually somebody returned my phone call with "Hi, I am dealing with your property. Please could you let me know what is going on?" Not what you want to hear after dealing with them for two months.

I have several properties managed by different agents. In most cases, I deal with the same one or two people all the time, and I can expect a response to a phone call or e-mail within 1 business day. With Romans, who are the most expensive by a wide margin, I have dealt with 5-6 people in the last few weeks, and it takes about a week to get any sort of response.

At time of writing, I am also waiting for Romans to send through the first month's rent. I expect this is teething problems related to the large amount of work done (there might not even be rent due to me), but I have been waiting for a week for the answer and/or a statement.

Now that I have a tenant in place, I will stay with Romans until the end of the tenancy, but not beyond that. I would recommend you avoid them.
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Return my phone calls or e-mails Supervise subcontractors Avoid lying to me Give me the rent money
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If the agent were good the fee would be expensive. They are not good; the fee is disgusting.
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18th Aug 2023
reviewed by 'Seema'
“Treated in a very bad and unprofessional way by Romans manager Mr Adam Colvim.. We liked a property and put ......”
6th Feb 2023
reviewed by 'Troy'
“Thank you Kimberley Garcia for all your support as property manager of our flat here in Reading. We're most grateful!...”
16th Jun 2022
reviewed by 'Gracia'
“Huge thank you to Kimberley Garcia from Romans Estate, who is always very proactive and helpful ! Kimberley managed my flat ......”
19th Nov 2021
reviewed by 'FAHEEM'
“Worst place to go, DONT TRUST THESE PEOPLE, BUCH OF LIARS, WILL NEVER RESPOND YOU, I saw a property at ......”
21st Jun 2021
reviewed by 'Prem Kumar Gurung'
“Terrible experience, 0 communication either by email or phone.Left many voice mail never got response. Been trying to buy a ......”
2nd Jun 2021
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“Kimberley in the property management team is always very helpfull and prompt with her informative responses always providing a great ......”
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33-34 Market Place
Reading
Berkshire
RG1 2DE
0118 953 8710

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Aug 18,2023
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Treated in a very bad and unprofessional way by Romans manager Mr Adam Colvim.. We liked a property and put our offer below the asking price as the property needed renovation .. we had our holiday booked so we left for 10 days .. the manager kept calling ...
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Thank you Kimberley Garcia for all your support as property manager of our flat here in Reading. We're most grateful!...
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Jun 16,2022
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Huge thank you to Kimberley Garcia from Romans Estate, who is always very proactive and helpful ! Kimberley managed my flat since 5 years now, and always providing excellent customer service and support! Many thanks Kimberley, you are re a star⭐️⭐️ Gracia...
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Nov 19,2021
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Worst place to go, DONT TRUST THESE PEOPLE, BUCH OF LIARS, WILL NEVER RESPOND YOU, I saw a property at Rightmove for £1200, i booked a viewing, First they turned up late, called in the office about 20 times no one answered, finally guy turned up, saw ...
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Jun 21,2021
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Terrible experience, 0 communication either by email or phone. Left many voice mail never got response. Been trying to buy a property for months and have always been disappointed with the way they handle the situation. Always having to wait for weeks before any updates or ...
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Jun 02,2021
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Kimberley in the property management team is always very helpfull and prompt with her informative responses always providing a great service...
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Feb 19,2020
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They got me a tenant, but apart from that I experienced poor admin and mistakes at viewing stage and throughout the whole set up. I would not recommend Roman's and certainly will look to use another agency when my current one expires with them...
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Aug 07,2019
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A one in a lifetime experience. Stratospheric fees, hidden costs, forced insurance, intrusive unnecessary checks. A company to avoid if at all possible. High pressure to get the "holding deposit" paid then the all the other shenanigans begin....
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extremely high
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By: 'Joanne'
Dec 02,2017
15 people found
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I have rented a property from Romans Estate Agents from February 2017 till October 2017. I had just moved from Holland, found myself a permanent job, but still had to pay 5 months upfront, as was new in the country. So I did use all my savings to ...
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Very bad, never again.
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Nov 21,2017
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This company is rude and only cares about how to get more money from you. Never take correct process or action to solve your problem but only keep calling you when they want mon from you. Will never have any business with them...
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“Worst estate agents I have ever used. Very poor customer ......”

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Nov 12,2017
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Worst estate agents I have ever used. Very poor customer service and organisation, the only time they do a good job is when there is an opportunity to make money for themselves. AVOID....
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Very high for the level of proficiency
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By: 'Daphne'
Nov 06,2017
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This is the worst agency I have ever dealt with. Our estate agency was really slow at picking important issues up and providing a resolution. In particular issues such as excessive mould in the house or broken windows during the winter. Issues like that took ...
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Waste of money.
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Sep 07,2017
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This is the poorest service we never had, read all these comment, be careful when you use them. Our contract ends in April 2017 but we have emailed, called many times to chase our deposit, it looks like no one is working there, no reply at ...
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very bed
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Jul 07,2017
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Romans are the worst agents I have experienced as a landlord. Every email or phone call to them has to be followed up as they never reply promptly or within a reasonable period. They show no client relationship skills. Basically provide a pathetic service from ...
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Average fees but should be discounted given the terrible service.
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“Romans is the absolute worst letting agent I ever had ......”

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Jun 09,2017
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Romans is the absolute worst letting agent I ever had the misfortune in renting from. Not only are they hideously expensive with extortionate fees for every little thing, they are incredibly unprofessional and do not care for neither tenants nor landlords as long as there ...
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The fees are horrendous. about £750 in initial fees for 2 people renting, referencing fees, fees for absolutely every little thing. Horrible. No other agent in the area charges this much.
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May 03,2017
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As a landlord Romans are the worst I have every had to deal with. They do not care about the landlord or the tenants and only seem interested in how much money they can get out of you. Their communication is terrible, I felt I ...
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For the fees they take, the level of service should be a lot better.
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Apr 30,2017
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I have rented a property with Karen as our Prop. manager and I am pleased to say I have found Karen very professional and friendly from day one. She was able to resolve any property matters very quickly, putting us at ease that things were ...
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good
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By: 'Harry'
Mar 22,2017
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I was tenant with 5 Romans for five years . Initially their property management service was good. But later on Karen Campbell become our property Manager. She is rude, incompetent and irresponsible. She never visited our property and call herself our 'property manager. It was horrible time ...
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If you loose your copy of contract they charge £38 to give you another copy. They will rip you off when you will leave their property
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“Romans are the worst agents in Reading to deal with. ......”

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By: 'Ankan'
Jan 17,2017
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Romans are the worst agents in Reading to deal with. They not only charge the highest amount of fees for properties, but also the maintenance service sis abysmal. I lived in a property in Kennet Island without a boiler for 4 months and they did nothing ...
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Too high, unreasonable
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“Worst lettings service I've ever received. 'Andrew frost' or something ......”

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Dec 09,2016
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Worst lettings service I've ever received. 'Andrew frost' or something they never say the surname clearly. He promised to send a pro forma over to me 3 days ago worth £850.00. Still heard nothing back. I moved out my property nearly a month ago and all they ...
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Extortionate.
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“Useless, beyond difficult. Unable to keep to confirmed appointments. Took ......”

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Sep 19,2016
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Useless, beyond difficult. Unable to keep to confirmed appointments. Took the holding fee then did nothing to get references for 2 weeks. Almost failed referencing as my previous landlord was out of the country. They had no contingency. Was resolved, 2 days before move in. By me. ...
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Awful. After receiving quite without tax, paid and then was chased for payment. Also paid for referencing, then did it all myself.
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Jun 20,2016
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I stay in 27 Riverside House Reading. Initially I had a wonderful experience with Romans when I took the house a month back on let. Excellent service from Donna, Samantha. But the after sale services have been horrible. Its more than a month now & the hob ...
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“I had rented a flat through Romans Reading. At the ......”

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Jun 10,2016
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I had rented a flat through Romans Reading. At the end of tenancy, there were some stains on the carpet. I got them professionally cleaned and the stains lightened. They said they were not happy with the cleaning and got them cleaned again. But still ...
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Agency fees is ridiculously high.
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Agency fees is ridiculously high.
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May 11,2016
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Mr. Suleiman is very cooperative and dedicated to his work. He is very helpful and understanding. He managed to show me the flat that meets my requirement from the first review. I am very thankful to him and to Romans....
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Fees are reasonable.
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Mar 15,2016
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We were really please with the support we were given from Romans regarding the Sale of our property. We could contact the Agent any time. We also got our mortgage through Romans. Big thank you to Manasi Dave for recommending Romans to us....
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Agent's fees were reasonable.
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Nov 10,2015
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I don't know what the Romans experience is like as a tenant but from a landlord's point of view, it is dismal, especially given the high fees they charge. If you live in the area, I would recommend managing it yourself; everything will be done ...
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Return my phone calls or e-mails Supervise subcontractors Avoid lying to me Give me the rent money
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If the agent were good the fee would be expensive. They are not good; the fee is disgusting.
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“Romans are apparently the height of incompetency, with the added ......”

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Sep 28,2015
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Romans are apparently the height of incompetency, with the added bonus of being expensive alongside it. Throughout the process of becoming a tenant I was not informed of the inventory meeting I was supposed to attend until the day before, when I was out of ...
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Actually respond to my emails Send me the appropriate legal documentation Be remotely informative when we have contact Potentially be pleasant to speak to instead of rude
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If I pay someone for a service I expect them to actually provide a service.
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Mar 17,2015
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The estate agents are the worst I have come across in a very long time. Neil Burton was the first member of this disastrous team that I dealt with. He came over to my property and gave it the big talk and that he could ...
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“Terrible. Fees are ridiculous. Absolute cowboys. Terrible service received as ......”

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Feb 23,2015
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Terrible. Fees are ridiculous. Absolute cowboys. Terrible service received as a tenant through a fully managed contract - not even sure what the landlord was paying Romans to do. On contract renewal they will get any money possible out of you. On termination of contract ...
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Extortionate. Especially vs competition
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By: 'Mahmood'
Nov 13,2014
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I was selling and wanted to buy through romans as to why I choose them but what they put me through was very bad customer service we had a for sale board up they put a sold board up within a week when my property ...
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At least have rang us as are contract agreement was coming to an end to discuss the matter further try and put them selves in there shoes for better customer service!!!
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Thank you for bringing your concerns to me over the marketing of your home. Customer service is always very important to us a s a company and now we have been able to resolve your issues pleased you have decided to instruct us for a futher 6 weeks to sell your home. Your ongoing business is very appreciated. Regards Jon Roberts, Director, Residential Sales. ...
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