Walton & Allen
Head Office, Nottingham, NG1
3.4/5, 52 reviews
62% recommended
100% sales valuation accuracy
95% sales fee satisfaction
81% lettings valuation accuracy
78% lettings fee satisfaction

“Incompetent, unprofessional, immature and borderline criminal...”

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Apr 13,2020
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zoe
By: 'Steve'
Apr 13,2020
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I started renting a property advertised by Walten & Allen last year and now that I've finally got my deposit back I though I'd let everyone know how bad this agency is - you'll probably be shocked if you read the whole review.

To start off with their agent was late to our appointment to view the flat and had me waiting in the cold until they finally showed up. I was showed the flat with another prospective tenant which was a bit unproffesional in my opinion. The flat was misadvertised as a 1-bed flat even though it was a studio. Despite this I agreed to rent the flat and was reassured that all the maintenance issues would be fixed before I moved in. When I moved in there was no hot water and the bed was broken in half. After repeat phone calls, emails and visits to the agency the hot water got fixed about two weeks later and the bed got replaced after two months - after I filed an official complaint. Their reception would almost always dismiss my email and when I called or visited them they'd say we'll fix it tomorrow - this went on for two months. I should mention that when I spoke with the complaints team at first they were helpful and sped things up, but later on they were very unprofessional, immature and pedantic, and were just backing each other up without admitting it was their fault.

The property had fob access as well as standard key, which I was given at the begining of my tenancy. The agency was so incompetent that they didn't even have a spare key to gain access to the property so I gave them my key during those two months. Unfortunately, one Saturday evening my fob stopped working so I called the out of hours service (that cost me over 10 pounds to call by the way) and asked if they can come by and let me in with the key I had given them. I was told no, they would only come by if there was a fire or a water leak. They expected me to sleep on the street over the weekend!

Over the spring months contractors had to redeck the balcony so they needed access to my flat. This ended up lasting for 3-4 months in which people would be in my flat from 8 am to 5 pm, five days a week. I had no privacy and the flat was always in a mess and smelled of the toxic chemicals they were using to redeck the balcony (I took pictures of the labels stating that the chemicals and vapours were toxic).

I asked the agency if they could put me in contact with the landlady as I wanted to make sure that she was aware of all this and how W&A had handled it. They thought they were very smart in telling me that legally they had two weeks to provide that information and they didn't have to give me her email address. So on the 14th day they sent me an email with her address in France! However, I then spoke with the building manager (independent to W&A) and the manager was able to forward an email to the landlady on my behalf.

The landlady replied to me saying she was shocked by what she heard and only heard the story from the estate agent's side before. She then granted me a rent reduction for when the months the work was going on and also fired Walton & Allen!

I should also mention that the estate agents knew that there was worked scheduled for thre spring but did not disclose this information when I viewed the property.

They only care about money and as a result are incompetent and very shallow people.

I've rented from a few estate agents in the past and W&A are by far the worst!

Stay away guys :)
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Walton & Allen
The Pavilion,1 Lace Market Square
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG1 1PB
0115 924 3304

Performance statistics
Services Valuation Accuracy Fees Satisfaction Min Price of property reviewed Max Price of property reviewed
Sales 100% 95% £51,000 £290,000
Lettings 81% 78% £450 £850
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From Landlords From Tenants From Vendors From Buyers Other
11 4 1 5 14 2 2 0 4 9
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  • Sales
  • Lettings
  • Block Management
  • Surveys
  • Conveyancing
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May 18,2023
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May 18,2023
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May 04,2023
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May 04,2023
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Sep 23,2021
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Sep 23,2021
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Hello, thank you for leaving your comments and we're sorry to hear you weren't entirely happy with our service. We initially sold your property within 4 days of marketing for £15,000 more than the advertised guide price. The buyers were financially qualified to ensure they were suitable to purchase and you were advised at this point that they had a downward chain and were looking to move by the end of August to accommodate their children moving schools as they were relocating from a differe ...

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Feb 15,2021
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Feb 01,2021
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Jan 29,2021
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Dec 22,2020
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Dec 22,2020
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Nov 09,2020
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Nov 09,2020
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Nov 05,2020
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Nov 05,2020
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Nov 04,2020
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Nov 04,2020
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Oct 22,2020
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Oct 22,2020
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“DO NOT USE. Cowboys. Shambles from start to f......”

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Jul 28,2020
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Jul 28,2020
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DO NOT USE. Cowboys. Shambles from start to finish. Unacceptable mistakes were made all the way through the process....
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Jul 01,2020
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By: 'Oliver'
Jul 01,2020
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I rather resent having to select at leat one star... ZERO STARS! Water pouring through the roof of my beautiful mezzanine apartment in a converted £1.7M Print works in Nottingham. Both my agent and I reported an issue with the roof 2 years ago with nothing ...
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May 11,2020
Minithumbdown
By: 'Alan'
May 11,2020
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I placed my trust and property in the hands of * of this firm, they were appalling at every step. Overpricing the sale of my property, Communication was non existent despite their promises, they made Several but kept to non. The most unprofessional estate agent I ...
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May 20, 2020
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Hi Andy, as estate agents we deal with property sales. The information you have copied from our website clearly states that we deal with sales and lettings and as a limited company. I would suspect that no one will speak to you due to your consistent online trolling towards the Walton & Allen group. As your concerns have now been clarified and addressed, we consider this matter closed. ...

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By: 'Steve'
Apr 13,2020
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I started renting a property advertised by Walten & Allen last year and now that I've finally got my deposit back I though I'd let everyone know how bad this agency is - you'll probably be shocked if you read the whole review. To start off ...
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