“Had a terrible check out experience with this......”
2 Star Review
Oct 12,2021
By:
'Linda'
Oct 12,2021
Branch: London, 429 Westferry Road
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £900
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: RM16
Branch: London, 429 Westferry Road
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £900
Postcode: RM16
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Had a terrible check out experience with this , initially at the start of our tenancy the company was okay. They were very helpful in the beginning. But during our tenancy standards seemed to have slipped, firstly it took forever for repairs, the flat we were in had faulty electrics I think as the cooker tripped several times. It was replaced but after several emails and phone calls. Secondly the property was infested with mould, when we let Holland know they responded with they would come and paint over it . But that dosent fix the problem, we had agreed upon that over the phone but no body turned up to resolve the mould issue, we sent a few emails as we were scared it would spread to other parts of the flat but we were ignored. We had a little one in the flat and the mould effected her health, she always had a cough or flu even during the warmer months.
Thirdly, we had no help regarding utilises, the utility bills were considerably high electric cost £250 a month, I suspect the property wasn’t properly insulted or had double glazing because in winter you could see the wind blowing hard against our thick curtains and through the blinds which meant the heaters had to be on all the time but as soon as they were turned off it would be cold again. Outside was always warmer than the flat, When we raised concerns about this and possibility of checking the meter again we were ignored, they seemed to ignore phone calls or concerns raised over the phone and we had to send a few emails before we would receive responses.
Lastly, our checkout experience was horrible and I believe they took us for a ride; on the day of check out the check out officer arrived and we asked him for an extra hour as I was still in the middle of cleaning. He said this was fine but as I was cleaning he proceeded to take pictures, I thought he was taking pictures of the rooms I had finished cleaning but instead he took pictures of the mess I was in the middle of, in several pictures you can see me and my belongings and rubbish in the hallway which were ALL REMOVED before the keys were handed over to him. Sneaky sneaky tactic so it could seem as if we left the property in a terrible state. After this we were sent a large bill and claims we had damaged the property, they wanted us to pay for repainting because there were marks on the wall which is unreasonable as the majority of the marks were due to where the furniture had been against the wall and the mould we had complained about during our time in the property. And the agent at first stated we hadn’t cleaned at all then changed it to we had completed a domestic clean. We even suggested if we could go back to the property together to show them we left it in a better state than the check out inventory states but they declined and escalated the issue. We were naive enough not to take any pictures when we left the property and they used this to their advantage, it’s not fair that we should have to pay for the flat to be redecorated and professionally cleaned when it’s just scuffs and marks on the wall from furniture and we cleaned. I had been having a tough time already due to suffering a miscarriage and depression, the stress from this ordeal had just sent me over the edge. Holland property should do better, we were good tenants and we didn’t deserve this.
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