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Experienced landlord with different lettings agency over the years I can say Leaders hands down is the most incompetent agency I have ever come across.
Leaders are simply too BIG to care and YOU ARE JUST A NUMBER, they do not care about you or your property.
Paid for a fully managed service for years, and wanted was an efficient, competent, professionally managed service that communicates well with the landlord.
What I got was the most inefficient, incompetent, and unprofessional service that lacks even the most basic communication skills, that I have ever come across In my entire life.
The level of incompetence shown by Leaders in (mis)managing my properties is beyond belief:
• missed property inspections
• Failure to transfer and register tenant deposit!
• Consistent lack of comms
• repeatedly chasing the most basic of queries
• Lost set of keys
• unauthorised Maintenance done
• Consistent errors, mistakes and lies
• checkout inaccuracies
• erroneous charges
All above just some of the failings and by no means exhaustive.
In spite of all the failings above Leaders will not let you out of your contract with them unless you pay a punitive and excessive exit charge of 2 months’ rent + VAT!, Leaders reward for their failure!! Think carefully before signing the terms of business!, they would rather see you pay for their own mistakes.
What is even more shocking is Leaders inability to put things right be accountable and take responsibility, none of these individuals that I have dealt with over the past months has the ability, capability or willingness to put things right or to see right from wrong. The impression I get is that either A the staff simply do not care or B staff a little wet behind the ears, in either case simply unacceptable when you are entrusting them to look after what is most people’s biggest asset.
Typical scenarios from Leaders:
Me: “why has my rent not been paid?”
Leaders: “I will check with credit control, and get back you” (they never do)
Me: “why have I been over charged?/ why has my rent not gone into my bank account? / where is my refund that I was promised?”
Leaders: “I will check with the accounts department, and get back you” (they never do)
Me: “why have my property inspections not been done?”
Leaders: “I will check with the inspections department” (they don’t get back!!!)
Me: “Property need re-marketing"
Leaders: “I will get someone from marketing to give you a call” (you guessed it this call never arrives!)
Typical scenario you will find yourself in time and again with Leaders, everyone passes the buck and no one takes responsibility of acting on your requests, you are paying for a ‘fully managed’ service and you find yourself doing the managing all the time between all these different departments and playing piggy in the middle getting passed from pillar to post. As a busy landlord paying for a service you want your life to be made easier and not harder.
As a landlord it is easier to self-manage your properties or better still sign up to a proper agency, rather than pay Leaders for a fully managed service where all you will end up doing as a landlord is managing Leaders mis-managing your properties and paying them for the privilege.
God forbid should you require some maintenance and you choose to use Leaders contractors, they will charge you an extortionate amount way above a reasonable market rate,
Leaders is absolutely the very worst company I have ever had any dealings with in my entire life, where the levels of service are just abhorrent and the sheer scale of incompetence shown from top to bottom is beyond belief.
Leaders do not communicate at all well and have proven themselves to be totally unprofessional incompetent, dishonest, negligent and totally untrustworthy many times over.
Online blog soon detailing all failures (link will be posted below), also in touch with local and national newspaper consumer journalist to publish article on Leaders gross incompetence and gross negligence.
Leaders are simply too BIG to care and YOU ARE JUST A NUMBER, they do not care about you or your property.
Paid for a fully managed service for years, and wanted was an efficient, competent, professionally managed service that communicates well with the landlord.
What I got was the most inefficient, incompetent, and unprofessional service that lacks even the most basic communication skills, that I have ever come across In my entire life.
The level of incompetence shown by Leaders in (mis)managing my properties is beyond belief:
• missed property inspections
• Failure to transfer and register tenant deposit!
• Consistent lack of comms
• repeatedly chasing the most basic of queries
• Lost set of keys
• unauthorised Maintenance done
• Consistent errors, mistakes and lies
• checkout inaccuracies
• erroneous charges
All above just some of the failings and by no means exhaustive.
In spite of all the failings above Leaders will not let you out of your contract with them unless you pay a punitive and excessive exit charge of 2 months’ rent + VAT!, Leaders reward for their failure!! Think carefully before signing the terms of business!, they would rather see you pay for their own mistakes.
What is even more shocking is Leaders inability to put things right be accountable and take responsibility, none of these individuals that I have dealt with over the past months has the ability, capability or willingness to put things right or to see right from wrong. The impression I get is that either A the staff simply do not care or B staff a little wet behind the ears, in either case simply unacceptable when you are entrusting them to look after what is most people’s biggest asset.
Typical scenarios from Leaders:
Me: “why has my rent not been paid?”
Leaders: “I will check with credit control, and get back you” (they never do)
Me: “why have I been over charged?/ why has my rent not gone into my bank account? / where is my refund that I was promised?”
Leaders: “I will check with the accounts department, and get back you” (they never do)
Me: “why have my property inspections not been done?”
Leaders: “I will check with the inspections department” (they don’t get back!!!)
Me: “Property need re-marketing"
Leaders: “I will get someone from marketing to give you a call” (you guessed it this call never arrives!)
Typical scenario you will find yourself in time and again with Leaders, everyone passes the buck and no one takes responsibility of acting on your requests, you are paying for a ‘fully managed’ service and you find yourself doing the managing all the time between all these different departments and playing piggy in the middle getting passed from pillar to post. As a busy landlord paying for a service you want your life to be made easier and not harder.
As a landlord it is easier to self-manage your properties or better still sign up to a proper agency, rather than pay Leaders for a fully managed service where all you will end up doing as a landlord is managing Leaders mis-managing your properties and paying them for the privilege.
God forbid should you require some maintenance and you choose to use Leaders contractors, they will charge you an extortionate amount way above a reasonable market rate,
Leaders is absolutely the very worst company I have ever had any dealings with in my entire life, where the levels of service are just abhorrent and the sheer scale of incompetence shown from top to bottom is beyond belief.
Leaders do not communicate at all well and have proven themselves to be totally unprofessional incompetent, dishonest, negligent and totally untrustworthy many times over.
Online blog soon detailing all failures (link will be posted below), also in touch with local and national newspaper consumer journalist to publish article on Leaders gross incompetence and gross negligence.
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Mar 23, 2024
100% agree with your write up I have had a nightmare with them. And your are right about being passed around departments I now know the internal workkngs of leaders... Everything is a separate departments unbelievable and they pass you around and then have additional people to deal with it becomes a joke. Feb 25, 2024
Hi Fred - yes me too exact same situation, erronous charges, and also said no to extra services such as Leaders premier service which appeared and they charged on my statements anyway for more than once and had to fight tooth and nail to get my money refunded and did not refund until chasing for months! Feb 25, 2024
Hi Samuel RashidThe level of failings are that serious that I am too considering legal action.
I would love to exchange contact details so I can hear of your experience too.
Intend to publish online blog soon hopefully within a few months,
I await your response Samuel by reply to this comment.
Ps I am amazed that Leaders have so many positive reviews, however they mostly fake by the way which I can prove, with so many employees and staff friends and family posting it on google reviews.
Feb 23, 2024
Hi there, where will the blog be posted? I too am about to take serious legal action. Maybe we could all work together? Thank you Feb 23, 2024
I couldn't have said it better. THE most frustrating, uncaring, bunch of people I have ever had the misfortune to deal with. It's true they always say I'll get back to you (if you are lucky enough to even get anyone to pick up the phone) and they never do. Recently an additional service that I said NO to has appeared on my statements anyway! Not to mention countless other errors on recently re-let properties. Feb 15, 2024
So true they take no responsibility in mistakes. I have to pay for a boiler repair because they said that the guarantee docs for new boiler was not transferred to them from previous company, also tenants caused damp in property which I damp proofed the first time and guarantee cert was provided which Leaders could not find on their system (please note before I let the property it was surveyed and there was no damp) Tnts have wretched my property . I would never recommend them to anyone. I am at the process of contacting the Local council for advise and to make an official complaint to the relevant agencies. They should not be able to get away it it. Its disgusting
Jan 20, 2024
This review of Leaders is spot on. I was with them and they were beyond awful! I now have my property with another agent and it is now run properly!
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| Lettings | 48% | 51% | £395 | £1,150 |
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Worst Letting Agents I ever encointered in 50 years of renting/letting. Bad customer service and very vad attitude. Still 2 weeks waiting for ny deposit. Landlord is horribke Dors not want to fix issues with house...
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1 start is too nice
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Very dissatisfied and disgusted with the service from this estate agents. I've never left a negative review in my life but the treatment I received is deserving of one. Myself and my partner arranged for a viewing for a property to let on the 24/03. We ...
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Misleading, terms and condition breaking, AVOID AVOID AVOID leaders!!
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we have a house in Derby that Leaders manage
to days statement has arrived .the cost for replacing a faulty cupboard door hinge ..£ 45 and £250 for a call out .thats not good value its a rip off...
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Liars and scammers !!! AVOID! i was almost homeless because of them! First tenancy agreement signed from 8th, I couldn’t move in until 15th. I was able to get keys once I contacted manager because those RUDE PEOPLE in derby office don’t know anything, ...
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Rebecca Martin is an absolute star when providing customer service to use. She has helped manage my property on rent very well and would definitely recommend her services to anyone.
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Very bad experience. They dont know what they are doing. Left my patio doors unlocked after a viewing. Kept hold of my deposit unneccessarily and were reluctant to forward it. Poor management. Just after your money even when youv'e finished your business with them. Sly, ...
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Disappointed in the entire process of letting with Leaders. *read the Trust Pilot reviews* not Goggle, cannot understand how there is a 4.3/5 rating here
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