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33% lettings fee satisfaction
Nov 22,2023
Nov 22,2023
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Felicity J Lord (Greenwich Lettings) made multiple serious errors in our tenancy application and refused to engage in conversation in writing, resulting in a three-month fight for a full refund of our £500 holding deposit, which was eventually gained thanks to the perseverance of the Property Ombudsman.
Firstly they didn't progress our application or process any documents for over two weeks after we paid the deposit, and did not respond to calls or emails until we stated we would withdraw the application.
They then quoted a move-in date two weeks after the move-in date signed on the offer form, stating that the current tenants couldn't move out. This was then retracted when it was proven that this was against the offer submitted and accepted, as well as the advertisement of the flat which remained on RightMove.
The branch refused to refund the holding deposit, despite two clauses of the Tenancy Fees Act being applicable to our case. They also claimed that we misunderstood the legislation.
The refund was gained after the Property Ombudsman was contacted, however it took them two weeks to refund the money after they confirmed the decision. They claimed that they did not have my bank details, and requested my private data three times from different contacts within the company, raising significant GDPR concerns.
We had an awful experience and only got our money back after a lot of stress and lost time. We are just glad that we saw the problems early in the process and didn't get tied into a 12 month tenancy agreement.
Firstly they didn't progress our application or process any documents for over two weeks after we paid the deposit, and did not respond to calls or emails until we stated we would withdraw the application.
They then quoted a move-in date two weeks after the move-in date signed on the offer form, stating that the current tenants couldn't move out. This was then retracted when it was proven that this was against the offer submitted and accepted, as well as the advertisement of the flat which remained on RightMove.
The branch refused to refund the holding deposit, despite two clauses of the Tenancy Fees Act being applicable to our case. They also claimed that we misunderstood the legislation.
The refund was gained after the Property Ombudsman was contacted, however it took them two weeks to refund the money after they confirmed the decision. They claimed that they did not have my bank details, and requested my private data three times from different contacts within the company, raising significant GDPR concerns.
We had an awful experience and only got our money back after a lot of stress and lost time. We are just glad that we saw the problems early in the process and didn't get tied into a 12 month tenancy agreement.
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Felicity J Lord
3 Greenwich South Street
Greenwich,London
Greater London
SE10 8NW
020 8269 0844
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| Services | Valuation Accuracy | Fees Satisfaction | Min Price of property reviewed | Max Price of property reviewed |
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| Lettings | 100% | 33% | £1,450 | £2,100 |
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Nov 22,2023
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Felicity J Lord (Greenwich Lettings) made multiple serious errors in our tenancy application and refused to engage in conversation in writing, resulting in a three-month fight for a full refund of our £500 holding deposit, which was eventually gained thanks to the perseverance of the Property ...
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Sep 05,2021
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Well where do I begin...FJL might not tell you that they take all fees upfront. So you might find yourself out of pocket for the first few months of tenancy. But the problems don't stop there.
I suspect having earned their commission the interest ...
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Jun 07,2021
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Really disappointed with this agent. Being a train journey away from London, we started inquiring about one of their properties a week and a half in advance before we planned to go to London for some viewings but kept being told to call closer to ...
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Feb 12,2018
Feb 12,2018
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Make sure you do not trust anything they say verbally. They both do not respond to emails and also do not record anything that was discussed verbally. Do not move forward until you get it all down on email....
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You pay the fees and they do half the work. It's very stressful using them.
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Feb 12, 2018
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Hi there,
We're very sorry to hear this, we value all feedback and have already provided you with a detailed response to the matter above.
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Apr 27,2017
Apr 27,2017
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Verbally agreed to waive letting fees as the property was also being shown by Alex Neil then reneged on the offer once we had sent the deposit over costing an extra £400. My own stupid fault for trusting an estate agent, my advice would be that ...
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‚£400 more than they agreed, bargain.
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Oct 26,2015
Oct 26,2015
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I rented a flat via their agency and I am very unhappy the way this agency dealt with the whole process from the beginning. They never answer my emails and are very evasive and condescending over the phone. It's hard to understand why I paid ...
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Nov 10, 2015
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Good evening,
We are really sorry to read this. Would you mind emailing the details to [email protected] so we can investigate the problems you faced further? Thank you.
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Jul 07,2014
Jul 07,2014
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For property management avoid FJLord completely. I had the unfortunate experience of paying 13% for my flat to be managed and it resulted in me having to manage the property managers whilst making expensive international phone calls to get the simplest tasks completed because they can't ...
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- Delivered on the agreed services - Improve communication within the company, between branch, management and billing - Train staff on escelation process, to be competent to deal with and reply to customer requestsAttached Filesnbsp;
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The fees were in line with other agents in the area, however the service was so disappointing and of low quality that probably any agent would have been better.
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Dear Landlord111,
I'm really sorry to hear about your experience and the service you received. Please can you email [email protected] with your name and property details so we can investigate this. We do not condone poor service and would like the opportunity to try and rectify the situation.
Many thanks, Melanie Smith, Customer Relations Manager ...
Sep 24,2013
Sep 24,2013
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Lauren told me about a property available last wednesday and I agreed to view it on thursday. I turned up, however she told me when I arrived that they had no keys, it was a wasted journey for me, but I gave them the benefit ...
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