0% lettings valuation accuracy
54% lettings fee satisfaction
Oct 19,2016
Oct 19,2016
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Utter cowboys ! All pointing the finger at each other. I moved in to a basment flat with my two children 3 years ago I have had to.fight to have boiler fixed time and time again , they promise ot replace carpets but never do just say We have measurements it will be done I rang everyday for a month and got nowhere.i ripped up the lino due to black mould underneath and they still haven't replaced it its concrete in my bathroom, I can't afford to replace it.
So rang the council they inspected my flat and found blown tiles insufficient ventilation man hole covers rusting to the point in which my children could have fallen had I not covered these myself at my expense. The rear wall is collapsing due to a giant weed tree they cut 6 months ago but grew to twice the size, rocks are falling in to my garden it's not safe for my children to play near the wall. There is a plant growing from the student tenants boiler upstairs the building is a mess. Myself and the middle Tennant try our best to make repairs and tidy up at our expense but we can't keep doing it anymore. 6 break ins which Drake see as the area I live ins fault rather than lack of security gate I paid to have a grate in the back door luckily they can't get in the flat but easily the garden outdoor toys and a rabbit hutch was stolen from my garden on the occasions of the break ins !
Please pay a little more with a reputable company, ive met the owner several times with false promises every time.
Utter cowboys ! All pointing the finger at each other. I moved in to a basment flat with my two children 3 years ago I have had to.fight to have boiler fixed time and time again , they promise ot replace carpets but never do just say We have measurements it will be done I rang everyday for a month and got nowhere.i ripped up the lino due to black mould underneath and they still haven't replaced it its concrete in my bathroom, I can't afford to replace it.
So rang the council they inspected my flat and found blown tiles insufficient ventilation man hole covers rusting to the point in which my children could have fallen had I not covered these myself at my expense. The rear wall is collapsing due to a giant weed tree they cut 6 months ago but grew to twice the size, rocks are falling in to my garden it's not safe for my children to play near the wall. There is a plant growing from the student tenants boiler upstairs the building is a mess. Myself and the middle Tennant try our best to make repairs and tidy up at our expense but we can't keep doing it anymore. 6 break ins which Drake see as the area I live ins fault rather than lack of security gate I paid to have a grate in the back door luckily they can't get in the flat but easily the garden outdoor toys and a rabbit hutch was stolen from my garden on the occasions of the break ins !
Please pay a little more with a reputable company, ive met the owner several times with false promises every time.
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Resonable but u pay for the bad service
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Drake Lettings
44 Drake Circus
Plymouth
Devon
PL4 8AB
01752 225995
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| Services | Valuation Accuracy | Fees Satisfaction | Min Price of property reviewed | Max Price of property reviewed |
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| Lettings | 0% | 54% | £340 | £695 |
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| 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Mar 08,2017
Mar 08,2017
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I was with Drake homes for almost 2 years in a flat and then moved into house also with drake I have lost my deposit on the flat and obviously now lost the deposit on the property that I am in now almost £1200. When I was ...
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Nov 25,2016
Nov 25,2016
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Drake Homes appears to have ceased trading - and no surprise. Suspicions were raised in September this year when telephone calls and e-mails went unanswered. Enquiries of other agents and Trading Standards revealed that Drake Homes had something of a reputation for misappropriation of deposits ...
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The fee structure can only be described as "interesting" with unadvertised cash payments being demanded from tenants. Not good.
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Having initially pleaded "Not Guilty" to charges of theft, false accounting etc, the horrible Crabb became the subject of a Debtor's Bankruptcy order on 3rd July 2018, and is now pleading "Guilty" as charged, along with her accomplice Jill Woods. I wonder whether anybody will get their money back now...... ...
Nov 24,2016
Nov 24,2016
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Shocking agents. We privately rented with these cowboys for nearly 4 years until our landlord changed agents in september. Now it appears the deposit has vanished. So looking like we're out of pocket. In the hands of the police now. Have heard endless stories of others ...
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Nov 17,2016
Nov 17,2016
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Totally useless they lie do not understand the law relating to protecting Tenants Deposits leave alone paying Landlords the rents they have collected. They, especially Grace, can be aggressively abusive and does nothing there after. I understand they are trying to sell their portfolio on....
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Its Service that matters
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Oct 31,2016
Oct 31,2016
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It is a wonder that this 'company' has been functioning for so long.
Awful unprofessional attitude while things are going okay, as soon as a problem occurs a seemingly regimented system of lying and denial occurs.
False promises and total ignorance of the law. They ...
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One assumes that an agentvcharges a feein return for a service, ive been stuck with these circus perfomers for 14 months and im yet to receive my money's worth.
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Oct 26,2016
Oct 26,2016
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My son had and friends had student let from this company- AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE - his room was riddled with black mould which had to be cleaned daily- I purchased the solution and equipment do do this . To add insult to injury after numerous ...
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Oct 19,2016
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Utter cowboys ! All pointing the finger at each other. I moved in to a basment flat with my two children 3 years ago I have had to.fight to have boiler fixed time and time again , they promise ot replace carpets but never do just ...
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Resonable but u pay for the bad service
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Sep 20,2016
Sep 20,2016
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Agents to avoid. Took months to replace a faulty washing machine after being informed several times of it being in an unuseable condition. Turned up for viewings without notice and failed to inform us of cancelled appointmets. Woke up several members of the house who ...
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Apr 18,2016
Apr 18,2016
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After having been given the benefit of the doubt, and before signing the tenancy agreement.
Our solicitor suggested additional clauses to clear up the legal ambiguity in the document.
these were refused by drake homes, even after being given the opportunity to edit them to ...
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Fees were reasonable
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Nov 05,2014
Nov 05,2014
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An honest customer review, as most of them are done by Drakes Staff. The worst letting agents I have ever come across. As a student I rented with Drakes for my second year house, not knowing much about them. All I can say is I ...
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we were paying to live in a house which was inhabitable.
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Sep 11,2014
Sep 11,2014
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Well frankly all I can say is please for your own sake use ANY OTHER COMPANY BUT DRAKES! We moved into a student house that was filthy, invested with bugs and very faulty. Not only are drakes non-responsive and do not come and fix anything (...
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Aug 14,2014
Aug 14,2014
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My experience with drake was a smooth and happy one. We had 24 hours notice when we had staff members entering the property. Maintenance was quick and effective. The only issue we had was with our internet but that was something to do with the supplier ...
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Jul 23,2014
Jul 23,2014
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I have lived in Drake's property, and they have proven extremely unreliable on so many accounts. They turn up without any notice, threaten tenants with pictures, and ask for extra payments, when legally proven not required. Utterly disappointing.
This is the opinion of not just ...
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