1 Star Review
Jan 14,2019
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Jan 14,2019
Branch: Leicester, Dimension House,
3/4 Westbridge Close
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: Yes
Postcode: LE4
Branch: Leicester, Dimension House,
3/4 Westbridge Close
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Postcode: LE4
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Moved into a property handled by Northwood in November 2017. The whole moving process was great. Northwood helped as much as they could and made everything easy for us. Not long after moving in, we had to completely redo the inventory as the original one composed by Northwood was a shambles. Many faults with the house were not listed or listed as good working order when in fact they were damaged. Not to mention that they listed a door bell as an air freshener???!
Had a few issue with the property during the tenancy and reported them promptly to both the landlord and Northwood. A lot of these issues were from damage caused by previous tenants which had not been rectified properly or actively covered up. Once issue started to arise, this showed up a lot of incompetency by particular staff members and the company as a whole.
When vacating the property, this is when the real issues started.
Northwood have claimed that damage that was already present at the start of the tenancy and actually listed on the inventory, was done by us and our fault and charged us for it.
They have lied about the state in which the property was left and took pictures before everything was removed, and then charged us according to the pictures rather than the fact the house has been emptied after they were taken.
When emailing back and forth to resolve the issue without escalating it to the TDS, I was met with rude and inaccurate reposes.
On top of bogus claims of damage, they add on made up fees to reclaim the loss they are making on their âgarenteed rentâ policy.
This issue has not been escalated to the TDS along with estate agency regulators and solicitors.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND STEERING CLEAR OF ANY PROPERTY MANAGED BY NORTHWOOD LEICESTER!
Comment on agent fees
Extortionate!
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OK, you've created a pretty damning review, so what I am going to do (for the benefit of our readers) is to spell out how these things are adjudicated - because while there's always two sides to every story, the independent adjudication process that operates through TDS (Tenancy Deposit Scheme) provides the clearest examination of the true facts.
And in this context let me point out that TDS awarded the agency, Northwood, every penny that was claimed for the damage you caused. This covered every aspect of our comprehensive check-out analysis, for which there was full photographic and written evidence of the ingoing condition, and then of the outgoing - far worse - condition you left the property in.
In other words, far from being "bogus" claims against you, they were entirely supported by TDS.
The basis of your review that service was "terrible" is therefore exposed simply as someone wanting to bleat about being exposed for your poor living standards.
The vast majority of tenants behave with impeccable care towards properties that landlords willingly give tenants to occupy as their homes - we are there to be impartial between landlord and tenant and to try to provide harmonious arrangements...
...and then there's someone like you. You couldn't even defend your unsubstantiated position to the TDS, but felt it OK nevertheless to slander a hard-working young member of the Agency staff with this "fake news review".
You should be ashamed of yourself.