80% sales valuation accuracy
80% sales fee satisfaction
67% lettings valuation accuracy
80% lettings fee satisfaction
Dec 04,2017
Dec 04,2017
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As a property manager with 12 years' experience never have I ever had the misfortune of dealing with such a bunch of unprofessional, rude and incompetent people. Even if you happen to speak to the managers they are just as bad. Its as though no one working at the company cares about its reputation or repeat business. They literally treat you as though you are an inconvenience to them. We are a professional landlord with a portfolio of over 100 properties, I would dread to think how they would treat a one off landlord with little knowledge. The Colchester branch let our property approx. 6 weeks ago. When we instructed them we asked for a rent guarantee policy to be taken out (in writing as part of our instruction letter), after chasing for the policy for 2 weeks after the tenant moved in I was eventually told this had not been done and wouldn't be done as they don't provide this service unless they manage the property. I mentioned that it was included in bold in our instruction letter and the “area manager†said do you have in writing where we agreed to this… RIDICULOUS, by accepting the property and letting it that in-itself its agreeing to the terms. . I was given their terms and conditions to sign AFTER the tenants moved in and told they wouldn't transfer any of the rent until they received the T&C's back signed (despite us not agreeing with the terms).. in effect BLACKMAIL.
To date we still have not had all the move in money from them, they are refusing to give us a statement with a breakdown of the money collected from the tenants/ their fee etc and we now have no other option then to seek legal advice from our solicitors. They have taken a fee from the move in monies without our consent, we do not even know what amount and we have never signed t&c's. Its unbelievable.
As a professional landlords we have found them EXTREMLEY difficult and uncooperative and we have the benefit of experience and knowledge on our side. Unless you are prepared for a lengthy battle to get your money & paperwork AVOID THIS AGENCY AT ALL COSTS.
To date we still have not had all the move in money from them, they are refusing to give us a statement with a breakdown of the money collected from the tenants/ their fee etc and we now have no other option then to seek legal advice from our solicitors. They have taken a fee from the move in monies without our consent, we do not even know what amount and we have never signed t&c's. Its unbelievable.
As a professional landlords we have found them EXTREMLEY difficult and uncooperative and we have the benefit of experience and knowledge on our side. Unless you are prepared for a lengthy battle to get your money & paperwork AVOID THIS AGENCY AT ALL COSTS.
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I cannot comment as I still don't know what we have been charged!
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Connells
65 North Street
Colchester
Essex
CO15 1PX
01206 899055
Performance statistics
| Services | Valuation Accuracy | Fees Satisfaction | Min Price of property reviewed | Max Price of property reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 80% | 80% | £0 | £0 |
| Lettings | 67% | 80% | £695 | £950 |
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| From Landlords | From Tenants | From Vendors | From Buyers | Other | |||||
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| 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Nov 29,2018
Nov 29,2018
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A fast and efficient service from start to finish. Jody was a great point of reference and very knowledgeable. Made my rental easy.
I will definatly use Connels again....
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Good and fair
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Sep 17,2018
Sep 17,2018
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I was living in London but needed to relocate to Colchester for work. I was finding it impossible to get time off work and come to Colchester to view properties. Connells were great as they agreed for me to view the property using FaceTime - ...
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These were similar to other Agencies.
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Sep 17,2018
Sep 17,2018
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I have found Connells to be extremely efficient in dealing with the letting of my house.It took them no time at all to find a tenant and everything went smoothly.
All the staff very polite and friendly...
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Dec 04,2017
Dec 04,2017
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As a property manager with 12 years' experience never have I ever had the misfortune of dealing with such a bunch of unprofessional, rude and incompetent people. Even if you happen to speak to the managers they are just as bad. Its as though no one ...
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I cannot comment as I still don't know what we have been charged!
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Nov 17,2016
Nov 17,2016
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I can only speak as i find and I found Connells to be very good. I needed to find a property to rent quickly and they managed to find me somewhere and get me moved in within just a couple of weeks. They helped me ...
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As i said in line with the other agents i visited which was the majority in Colchester .
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Aug 02,2013
Aug 02,2013
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Went with Connells as it had received awards and was a large company so expected great things. We had our property on with them for sale for 10 weeks and during those ten weeks we had no viewers and not one call from them to review ...
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