0% sales valuation accuracy
33% sales fee satisfaction
0% lettings valuation accuracy
25% lettings fee satisfaction
Aug 13,2018
Aug 13,2018
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I recently decided to move to Leeds and was in search of a flat to rent for me and my boyfriend. I came upon a flat of theirs on rightmove, and called the agency to have more information about this property. I was answered that the house was first to be visited by me in person, and on yet another day I was to sign another lease: all of this within a really short time frame (the next week). However I am abroad and explained that I could not find flights, but my boyfriend, who is in the UK, could sign and I could either sign in a couple weeks or they could send me an online or posted contract. They refused to, and with a very annoyed tone told me we both had to be there at the same time and that after viewing it, the landlord still could refuse us, even after I offered them options such as paying for the postal fee or paying the fee 6 months in advance ecc.
Furthermore, it seems that people don't communicate in this office. I had been told to fill out an application form while I waited for a viewing, and when I called again two days later another woman got angry at me for filling it out, saying: "Now I will have to tell the landlord that you made a mistake", after ignoring the fact that I told her someone else in the office advised me to do it.
Luckily, I was right not to buy the plane tickets to go there, because a few days later I received an email saying that the house was gone.
Overall, this agency is filled with incompetent and rude workers, is inflexible and bizarrely is not open to international applicants (which most agencies allow online, from my own personal experience.) I find it uncanny that in such a developed world the leasing of properties cannot be done internationally and requires losing hundreds of pounds on travel expenses.
Furthermore, it seems that people don't communicate in this office. I had been told to fill out an application form while I waited for a viewing, and when I called again two days later another woman got angry at me for filling it out, saying: "Now I will have to tell the landlord that you made a mistake", after ignoring the fact that I told her someone else in the office advised me to do it.
Luckily, I was right not to buy the plane tickets to go there, because a few days later I received an email saying that the house was gone.
Overall, this agency is filled with incompetent and rude workers, is inflexible and bizarrely is not open to international applicants (which most agencies allow online, from my own personal experience.) I find it uncanny that in such a developed world the leasing of properties cannot be done internationally and requires losing hundreds of pounds on travel expenses.
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Linley & Simpson
116-118 Harrogate Road
Chapel Allerton,Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS7 4NY
0113 218 5599
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| Services | Valuation Accuracy | Fees Satisfaction | Min Price of property reviewed | Max Price of property reviewed |
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| Sales | 0% | 33% | £0 | £0 |
| Lettings | 0% | 25% | £500 | £925 |
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| 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Jane was very friendly when we met at the property. It is unfortunate that the property wasnt quite what we were looking for but Jane was understanding and wasnt pushy at all :).
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I recently decided to move to Leeds and was in search of a flat to rent for me and my boyfriend. I came upon a flat of theirs on rightmove, and called the agency to have more information about this property. I was answered that ...
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From day one the service we received from Linley & Simpson was atrocious, at best. The fees (Which I assume were due to the announcement that agency fees will be banned in 2018) we astronomically high. I managed to barter them down 25 pound ...
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AWFUL - EXTREMELY HIGH
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Jun 26,2017
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Absolutely shocking - if I could give less than one star, I would. We have had none stop problems with this estate agent from the day we moved in, from being initially denied access to the cellar which we was sold to us as ideal ...
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a rip off
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So today i woke up because key fell out of doors. No notice that someone coming and no knocking on doors. Well its not a first time. Every time like that. And every time we telling that no acces to property if noone is at home. And i thought it should be 2 people when doing inspection and accessing property on theyr own. Probably next time i will just ring a police. ...
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