Homelets
Brighton, BN1
1.7/5, 20 reviews
15% recommended
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31% lettings fee satisfaction

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“I rented with Homelets and it was hell!!!...”

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Jan 31,2021
Minithumbdown
By: 'Olivia'
Jan 31,2021
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I rented with Homelets during my second year of uni and it was absolute hell. Within the first 24 hours of moving in, the house had to be fumigated because of a flea infestation which Patrick (manager) refused to believe until I came to him with photographic evidence of my bites. The entire team were completely incompetent, rude and lacked not only empathy but all morals entirely. Every day was a battle with trying to get basic necessities fixed such as our boiler which wasn’t working for over 3 weeks during January. We had no heating or hot water and we all had to sleep in coats etc. After asking daily for someone to come and repair, the staff at Homelets asked us to watch a YouTube video and fix it ourselves!!! The boiler was practically ancient and was a hazard in itself. The entire thing was a nightmare and I beg any student considering a property with Homelets to reconsider!!!!
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31st Jan 2021
reviewed by 'Olivia'
“I rented with Homelets during my second year of uni and it was absolute hell. Within the first 24 hours of ......”
20th Feb 2019
reviewed by 'amanda'
“my son paid 8 months rent for a room he was unable to move into. because he signed a joint tenancy ......”
19th Dec 2018
reviewed by 'Kyle'
“They are rude and abnoxious, constantly patronising customers that have the smallest of problems that need fixing. Aswell as ignoring ......”
6th Oct 2018
reviewed by 'Tenant'
“Unfortunately I will be renting a student house through homelets for the next year. I wish I previously researched the ......”
24th Sep 2018
reviewed by 'Tai'
“I've unfortunately had the displeasure of working with this agency for 2 years, I understand student estate agents are going to ......”
8th Sep 2018
reviewed by 'amanda'
“avoid this awful letting agent and their terribly unfair tenancies, which are joint and several liability. my son never moved ......”
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47 Norfolk Square
Brighton
Brighton and Hove
BN1 2PA
01273 747485

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“I rented with Homelets and it was hell!!!...”

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Jan 31,2021
Minithumbdown
By: 'Olivia'
Jan 31,2021
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I rented with Homelets during my second year of uni and it was absolute hell. Within the first 24 hours of moving in, the house had to be fumigated because of a flea infestation which Patrick (manager) refused to believe until I came to him with ...
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“avoid at all cost...”

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Feb 20,2019
Minithumbdown
By: 'amanda'
Feb 20,2019
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my son paid 8 months rent for a room he was unable to move into. because he signed a joint tenancy with several liability he was liable for 7 other tenants rent also. the stress and worry contributed to him leaving his degree course. he still has ...
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By: amanda zoe
Mar 18, 2019
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my son signed a joint tenancy with several liability so when another tenant did not pay his rent that amount was deducted form my sons deposit, that tenants guarantor was not charged. these tenancies are very unfair and stuents should be very wary of signing them. ...

“They are the worst agency i have ever dealt with and are focused soley on ripping off students....”

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Dec 19,2018
Minithumbdown
By: 'Kyle'
Dec 19,2018
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They are rude and abnoxious, constantly patronising customers that have the smallest of problems that need fixing. Aswell as ignoring phone calls and emails when a serious problem is at hand. My house had no electricity for 2 weeks with major leaks that created a dangerous ...
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Over charge students purpousfully as the market in brighton is overly subscribed leaving for a lack of choise when it comes to renting accomodation
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“AVOID HOMELETS...”

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Oct 06,2018
Minithumbdown
By: 'Tenant'
Oct 06,2018
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Unfortunately I will be renting a student house through homelets for the next year. I wish I previously researched the company before signing my contract. I've never experienced so many issues with a property as I have in the last year of living in my ...
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Way too expensive for what we are given and how we a treated! This house is not safe!!
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“Please avoid, for your own benefit....”

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Sep 24,2018
Minithumbdown
By: 'Tai'
Sep 24,2018
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I've unfortunately had the displeasure of working with this agency for 2 years, I understand student estate agents are going to attempt to take the piss but they really take it to a whole new level, so here's a brief list of what we've experienced with ...
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Bad, £210 and cleaning fees don't look like they get spent on cleaning.
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“avoid at all cost...”

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Sep 08,2018
Minithumbdown
By: 'amanda'
Sep 08,2018
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avoid this awful letting agent and their terribly unfair tenancies, which are joint and several liability. my son never moved in to his student flat but still had to pay for other tneants unpaid rent, cleaning and keys. he paid 8 months rent for a room ...
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high
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“Disgraceful!...”

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Aug 21,2018
Minithumbdown
By: 'Annoyed'
Aug 21,2018
1 people found
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Do not use this company, recently moved our student children into one of their properties, no cleaning had been done, carpets were filthy, boiler wasn't working so no hot water anywhere in flat, crumbling wall in bedroom where damp is penetrating and wallpaper falling off, ...
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High fees and even higher rent
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“Avoid at all costs. I have rented my property through ......”

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Oct 13,2017
Minithumbdown
By: 'Merlin'
Oct 13,2017
1 people found
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Avoid at all costs. I have rented my property through Homelets for many years- seemingly not to have any issues with them. I requested an inspection visit this year to the property and was horrified. The condition of the place was appalling, maintenance work had ...
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Awful- they don't do anything for their commission
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By: Sam
Oct 18, 2017
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Hello, I have just moved out from a dreadfully maintained property, I am wondering if perhaps it was the same one? What street was it on please? Homelets are always keen to blame the landlords from what I can see (and from my own experience) - it appears that they treat both sides as badly! ...

“Booked a viewing for a Friday afternoon (during work lunch ......”

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Oct 12,2017
Minithumbdown
By: 'PBH'
Oct 12,2017
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Booked a viewing for a Friday afternoon (during work lunch hour) and couldn't find property, called up for help and discovered they had actually forgotten to put me in their calendar. Re-arranged for Saturday the next day, lady to show us around (Rose) was 15 minutes ...
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“My son and 3 of his friends have moved into what ......”

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Oct 02,2017
Minithumbdown
By: 'Ian'
Oct 02,2017
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My son and 3 of his friends have moved into what I would describe as a disgusting property. I am sure it breaches all kinds of regulations for health and safety. They have complained and requested remedial action but so far only a token attempt at ...
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“Appalling customer service. The house our kids were moving into ......”

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Sep 19,2016
Minithumbdown
By: 'Sue'
Sep 19,2016
5 people found
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Appalling customer service. The house our kids were moving into was in a poor state with aspects breaching building regs and safety issues. This was promised to be resolved and kids couldn't move in for 2 weeks. Communication about completion of works was poor at best ...
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“Repeatedly asked for a breakdown of why they retained a ......”

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Jul 20,2016
Minithumbdown
By: 'Ian'
Jul 20,2016
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Repeatedly asked for a breakdown of why they retained a huge part of my sons deposit (now approaching 1 year!). They have consistently failed to provide a costed breakdown of the money withheld and I suspect they invented a figure on the spot on moving out ...
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“Moved into the house with a broken thermostat which took ......”

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Sep 17,2014
Minithumbdown
By: 'Anon'
Sep 17,2014
3 people found
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Moved into the house with a broken thermostat which took them almost 3 weeks to fix, when all it needed was for them to take off the old one and put a new one on, something I myself could of done if I knew that was ...
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“Awful communication, takes a very long time to respond to ......”

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Sep 12,2014
Minithumbdown
By: 'James'
Sep 12,2014
5 people found
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Awful communication, takes a very long time to respond to emails or resolve issues after calls, unprofessional, clumsy attitude, staff have no idea what they are doing, constant referrals and zero attention span. Would have been easier and less expensive to let the property myself. ...
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“Homelets Brighton and Hove will extract as much money from ......”

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Aug 31,2014
Minithumbdown
By: 'Tayah'
Aug 31,2014
4 people found
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Homelets Brighton and Hove will extract as much money from you as possible. NOT NOT CAVE IN! if you're already signed and have handed in a deposit, fight them with your government protection scheme. They're bad, don't sign with them. They're not a big company ...
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“Terrible service. Staff are rude do not get back to ......”

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Aug 08,2014
Minithumbdown
By: 'Nancy'
Aug 08,2014
5 people found
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Terrible service. Staff are rude do not get back to you and more than that try to keep your deposit an example is trying to keep my daughters deposit because the roof developed a leak! Owner of Homelets shouts and hangs up on you if ...
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By: nomore patience
Sep 16, 2014
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We are having an awful experience with Homelets. We have compelling evidence that they will do anything to keep our deposit. I too am going to take the Watchdog and Rouge Trader route. It's been back and forth, a MyDeposit dispute and as much warning to all students out there. The property was mouldy, the boiler leaking and the list goes on. They are so irresponsible that they're risking lives. I want to warn every current tenant. They should not be allowed to trade. ...

“I,ve been a tenant for a year, good service ......”

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Apr 25,2013
Minithumbup
By: 'paul'
Apr 25,2013
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I,ve been a tenant for a year, good service especially maintenance and unlike my last agent no renewal fees, I can only praise them....
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“Great service, I have a seafront balcony flat which needs ......”

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Jul 17,2012
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By: 'Rachel'
Jul 17,2012
2 people found
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Great service, I have a seafront balcony flat which needs careful tenants, ended up with two dentists and the place was perfect..can only say great things about them....
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“BE WARNED!!! This agency is a DISGRACE. My daughter has ......”

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Feb 17,2012
Minithumbdown
By: 'Sarah'
Feb 17,2012
20 people found
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BE WARNED!!! This agency is a DISGRACE. My daughter has been living in a appalling property since september after being told that work would be carried out before they moved in to start University. The agency have consistently supported a criminal landlord who has done ...
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“I've been a tenant with this company for a couple ......”

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Jul 01,2011
Minithumbup
By: 'Terry'
Jul 01,2011
3 people found
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I've been a tenant with this company for a couple of years now. I can fully recommend this company, any problems I had with maintenance etc. they dealt with in no time at all....
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By: THE TRUTH
Sep 12, 2012
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This is obviously a review written by somebody that works for homelets, homelets are AWFUL. I've never met a single person with a good experience, I personally know people who have had ceilings fall through, toilets that have never been fixed, frequent viewings with no prior consent...I've even met somebody who went on holiday to return to a house with no roof, they started repairing the roof without informing the tenant and then the building stopped before the roof was complete. The staff are r ...
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