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99% lettings fee satisfaction
May 13,2013
May 13,2013
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Well, I'm glad that's over.
I've sold my flat in Taymount Grange now and will soon never have to deal with Freshwater again. Both in buying, leaseholding and finally in selling, my experience is that they are exceedingly slow, their bills are very very high in comparison to others and they are very difficult to work with.
Having Freshwater or any of the other group companies associated with any property I wanted to deal with in future would put me off entirely. I would not recommend having anything to do with them in any way.
Taymount Grange SE23 in Forest Hill for example, looked to have been neglected for many years with minimal maintenance performed poorly. Then, in the space of three years, (I assume because of the neglect) major works had to be performed at the cost of many hundreds of thousands. Fortunately these are now all complete... just as I sell off and run away. I lost track eventually, but over the three last years I think the excess service charges on my one (of about 100 flats in the block) were about £25,000. On top of the annual £1800 gouging.
Avoid.
I've sold my flat in Taymount Grange now and will soon never have to deal with Freshwater again. Both in buying, leaseholding and finally in selling, my experience is that they are exceedingly slow, their bills are very very high in comparison to others and they are very difficult to work with.
Having Freshwater or any of the other group companies associated with any property I wanted to deal with in future would put me off entirely. I would not recommend having anything to do with them in any way.
Taymount Grange SE23 in Forest Hill for example, looked to have been neglected for many years with minimal maintenance performed poorly. Then, in the space of three years, (I assume because of the neglect) major works had to be performed at the cost of many hundreds of thousands. Fortunately these are now all complete... just as I sell off and run away. I lost track eventually, but over the three last years I think the excess service charges on my one (of about 100 flats in the block) were about £25,000. On top of the annual £1800 gouging.
Avoid.
What agent could do to change your mind?
Root and branch reform of your business. Update yourselves to serve your customers and you'll probably make more money...Attached Filesnbsp;
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Freshwater Property Management
3rd Floor Suffolk House
George Street
Croydon
Greater London
CR0 1PE
020 8662 8870
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| Services | Valuation Accuracy | Fees Satisfaction | Min Price of property reviewed | Max Price of property reviewed |
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| Lettings | 0% | 99% | £1,400 | £1,500 |
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| 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
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Dont touch this company or any company associated with it. Highdorn, My Deposits, Daejan. Utterly unscrupulous and without any shame at all.
They treated friends of ours who had little English like dirt and only court action got their deposit back. Beware....
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Aug 19,2021
Aug 19,2021
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extremely rude staff that treat tenants like rubbish. Every single time they come in they ask for our details and our landlord has also given them - but they never use them to contact us prior coming. They may call themselves a property management company, ...
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Jun 27,2021
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Really can’t even describe how terrible this agency is. DO NOT RENT A PROPERTY THEY MANAGE. No matter how nice or how good the price you will regret it. No replies, rude office staff, repairs never done or by terrible cowboy builders/plumbers who ...
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Mar 21,2019
Mar 21,2019
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I would give no stars if I could. The worst company I have to deal with, and that's saying something considering I have to deal with so many different service companies as part of my job.
The over charging for every single thing is horrific, ...
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Terrible - horrific over-charging and fees
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Jan 03,2019
Jan 03,2019
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I would like to share my recent experience with Freshwater Management company. Ms Shioban and Mr Jonathan were really great to work with.
I was in need of a parking bay during Christmas vacation but due to most of the staff being on Holiday , the ...
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Fees is good when such quality of service is provided.
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Sep 21,2017
Sep 21,2017
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Since buying a leasehold flat in a Freshwater block about two years ago I found the service charges to be excessive with unjustified increases of nearly 100% per year. The standard of the services very poor (especially for the level of charges) and the attitude of ...
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Excessive
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“Rude & extremely unprofessional company. They over charge leaseholders & make up ......”
Apr 21,2017
Apr 21,2017
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Rude & extremely unprofessional company. They over charge leaseholders & make up their own prices & jobs.
They quite happily take your money but do nothing to show for it & when a major job needs doing, they rip you off no end.
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Massively over priced
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Jan 22,2016
Jan 22,2016
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We bought a flat within a block that is managed by Freshwater a year ago. When we purchased the property we were told the service charge was £200 per quarter but have paid over £300 every quarter and have just received a huge excess service charge invoice ...
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Apr 29,2014
Apr 29,2014
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We have had a ¢â‚¬Ëœhistoric leak' in our shop for a very long time, I have phoned and emailed Freshwater regarding the leak on several occasions with no avail. I would NOT even recommend this company to my worst enemy (if I had one!). The ...
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Answer emails / phone back after logging a complaint... Terrible serviceAttached Filesnbsp;
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Oct 29,2013
Oct 29,2013
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Utterly terrible. Company based purely around turning a profit with total disregard to clients. I would give them a negative score if I could.
Word of advice never believe anything they say to you, and if they tell you something make sure you get it ...
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May 13,2013
May 13,2013
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Well, I'm glad that's over.
I've sold my flat in Taymount Grange now and will soon never have to deal with Freshwater again. Both in buying, leaseholding and finally in selling, my experience is that they are exceedingly slow, their bills are very very high ...
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Root and branch reform of your business. Update yourselves to serve your customers and you'll probably make more money...Attached Filesnbsp;
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Dec 18,2010
Dec 18,2010
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Freshwater are the kings of bad managers. Don't go anywhere near them....
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