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1.5/5, 13 Reviews
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1 Star Review

By : 'Bee'
Services : Letting(As a Prospective Landlord/Tenant)
Rent PCM : £1150
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : SE26

May 29, 2017
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We rented through them and decided on a place, we paid referencing and holding deposit fee and took our document in within 48 hours( despite there's a bank holiday Monday )the office plus the head office were very unprofessional. They mistakenly copied visa page of foreign country of the British passport submitted to them and asked my partner by email, call on several occasions to bring the passport again to their office for photocopy, after sending my email which was annoying. It took over 48 hrs for them to send an email realising there error and not even a proper apology. After a call from both the head office and branch again on same issue. Referencing took over 3weeks and data protection is not respected at all because they were calling me to talk about my partner. We didn't eventually get the flat and we didn't know this until 2 days to key collection and had to find another in less than 2 hrs before office closing time. Too many errors, waste of money, time, unprofessional and they don't even admit their mistakes or apologise properly but passing blames around. I will say avoid this estate agent by all cost. Bee


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By : Andrew Roberts

May 30, 2017

Hi "Bee". I am sorry to hear this and would really like to investigate further to ensure that what mistakes have been made are not repeated. Would you be able to email me the property details on andrew.roberts@acorngroup.co.uk or call me on 020 8315 6922 to discuss further. Thanks in advance. Regards Andrew Roberts Customer Relations Manager

By : Andrew Roberts

May 31, 2017

Hi Bee, I haven't heard from you but I have made some enquiries into this. I would like to thank you for bringing these issues to my attention and confirm that I have taken steps internally with regards to the administrative error with the visa to ensure that such situations don't reoccur. It was unfortunate that our landlord decided against you as tenants at the last minute. You are aware of the specific reasons why, which I wont air here, but I am afraid that this was the landlords prerogative and one that was out of our control. However, I am pleased that following this, our Sydenham office were able to find you another property where our landlords were very happy with you, all within 3 days of you viewing the property. I hope that you will be happy in your new home, but if I can help further, please do let me know. Andrew Roberts

By : Bee

May 31, 2017

Hi Andrew, I've been busy moving into my new home, hence the late response. I don't have issues with the landlord acceptance at all, I think you misunderstood the whole situation, because I perfectly understand the landlord has a right to refuse or accept tenants. But my issues are with the mistakes in documents communication issue between your branch and head office and delays in referencing, it took over 2 weeks and the landlord didn't get to look into the references until less than a week into moving in date.


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Jun 6, 2018

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Would you recommend ? : No
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Services : Sales( Prospective Vendor/Buyer )
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : SE26

Jul 24, 2017
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By : Andrew Roberts

Jul 31, 2017

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Services : Sales( Prospective Vendor/Buyer )
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : SE26

Jul 18, 2017
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By : 'Bee'
Services : Letting( As a Prospective Landlord/Tenant )
Rent PCM : £1150
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : SE26

May 29, 2017
People found this helpful2

We rented through them and decided on a place, we paid referencing and holding deposit fee and took our document in within 48 hours( despite there's a bank holiday Monday )the office plus the head office were very unprofessional. They mistakenly copied visa page of foreign country of the British... Read Full Review


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Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : SE26

Feb 16, 2017
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I made an offer for a two bedroom flat for �492,500 in Lawrie Park Gardens with this agent. The offer was accepted.I informed my solicitor to await instructions. After,two weeks of not hearing from the vendors solicitor or the estate agent, I contacted Acorn to enquire as to the reason for the... Read Full Review

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By : Andrew Roberts

Feb 16, 2017

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Services : Sales( As a Buyer )
Sold price : £310000
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : SE26

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Answer to queries quickly and efficiently.

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By : 'T'
Services : Letting( As a Owner )
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Would you recommend ? : No
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Simply doing the job they are being paid to do would be a great start

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Services : Letting( As a Prospective Landlord/Tenant )
Would you recommend ? : No

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Would you recommend ? : No

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