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Whatever you do, do not let Haart manage your property for you, they are totally useless. Last year, I used their "full management service" to manage the letting of a property I own in Colchester as I live too far away to manage it myself. The service is an absolute joke, they don't manage the property at all, they just give the tenants the keys, and leave them to it.
They said they would do an inspection once every three months, but I always had to remind them to do it, and after asking several times, they would give me a lame report of the condition of the property that had very little information on it and just said the property was in good condition. All the reports I got were identical to each other, making me doubt that they actually visited the property.
My suspicions were confirmed when I visited the property after the tenants had moved out and saw the pictures the cleaners took of the state the tenants had left the place in. The last inspection was supposedly done a month before they moved out (it was supposed to have been done two months before that, but as with the previous inspections, they hadn't done it of their own accord and I had to ask them several times to do it), and like the other reports, said the place was in good condition.
The carpet was filthy throughout the whole property, the bookcase had been moved into the landing restricting access down the stairs (almost certainly a hazard), there was loads of grease up the walls and on the ceiling in the kitchen and the kitchen table top had been completely burnt off, a socket had been damaged and was showing wires, a thermostatic value had been snapped of one of the radiators, the lawn mower had been dumped in the garden making it unsafe to use, there was a load of rubbish in the garden and it was heavily overgrown with weeds and bushes (at least a years worth of growth), and they had taken two of the expensive single divan beds from the bedrooms and dumped them in the garage (damaging them in the process) and bought cheap double beds and put them in the rooms instead.
Haart expect me to believe that all this was done in the month after the final inspection. What a load of crap!
So, the garden experienced a year's worth of growth in just one month, aye Haart? The tenants decided to buy double beds when they only had a month left in the property (they were students who were graduating this year, so they knew they wouldn't want to renew the contract for another year), aye Haart? The tenants were clean and tidy and perfect for 11 months, but then had personality transplants and become slobs who lived in their own filth for the last month, aye Haart? What complete nonsense.
As most landlords know, inspections are extremely important as they allow you to see if the tenants are looking after your property, and if they are not, you can try to get them to correct their ways (and if they don't, then you can evict them and therefore try to minimise the damage they can do). But as Haart didn't seem to do the inspections, the tenants were just left to cause more damage to my property that possibly could of been prevented. It's now going to cost me thousands of pounds to get the property back into the state it was in when the tenants first moved in.
So, a warning to all landlords, DO NOT TRUST HAART TO MANAGE ANY OF YOUR PROPERTIES, THEY WILL JUST TAKE YOUR MONEY AND DO NOTHING FOR IT.
They said they would do an inspection once every three months, but I always had to remind them to do it, and after asking several times, they would give me a lame report of the condition of the property that had very little information on it and just said the property was in good condition. All the reports I got were identical to each other, making me doubt that they actually visited the property.
My suspicions were confirmed when I visited the property after the tenants had moved out and saw the pictures the cleaners took of the state the tenants had left the place in. The last inspection was supposedly done a month before they moved out (it was supposed to have been done two months before that, but as with the previous inspections, they hadn't done it of their own accord and I had to ask them several times to do it), and like the other reports, said the place was in good condition.
The carpet was filthy throughout the whole property, the bookcase had been moved into the landing restricting access down the stairs (almost certainly a hazard), there was loads of grease up the walls and on the ceiling in the kitchen and the kitchen table top had been completely burnt off, a socket had been damaged and was showing wires, a thermostatic value had been snapped of one of the radiators, the lawn mower had been dumped in the garden making it unsafe to use, there was a load of rubbish in the garden and it was heavily overgrown with weeds and bushes (at least a years worth of growth), and they had taken two of the expensive single divan beds from the bedrooms and dumped them in the garage (damaging them in the process) and bought cheap double beds and put them in the rooms instead.
Haart expect me to believe that all this was done in the month after the final inspection. What a load of crap!
So, the garden experienced a year's worth of growth in just one month, aye Haart? The tenants decided to buy double beds when they only had a month left in the property (they were students who were graduating this year, so they knew they wouldn't want to renew the contract for another year), aye Haart? The tenants were clean and tidy and perfect for 11 months, but then had personality transplants and become slobs who lived in their own filth for the last month, aye Haart? What complete nonsense.
As most landlords know, inspections are extremely important as they allow you to see if the tenants are looking after your property, and if they are not, you can try to get them to correct their ways (and if they don't, then you can evict them and therefore try to minimise the damage they can do). But as Haart didn't seem to do the inspections, the tenants were just left to cause more damage to my property that possibly could of been prevented. It's now going to cost me thousands of pounds to get the property back into the state it was in when the tenants first moved in.
So, a warning to all landlords, DO NOT TRUST HAART TO MANAGE ANY OF YOUR PROPERTIES, THEY WILL JUST TAKE YOUR MONEY AND DO NOTHING FOR IT.
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Good Morning Lokman,
Many thanks for your comments and feedback of any kind is always welcome here at haart.
However I would like to clarify a couple of points if I may. The property in Hawthorn Avenue that you offered on was an extremely popular property and was viewed by a large number of applicants, we received multiple competitive offers for the property and unfortunately your offer was not at an acceptable amount to my clients and an offer from an alternative party was accepted on t ...
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Hello Poppy. Spencer has 25 years serving the community in this business and is a standard bearer for the industry. I would be keen to talk to you more about your comments/feedback here, would you please call me on 01206 546432 thank you Simon Andrews Area Partner ...
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Warning to sellers and buyers! Please read. Stay away from this company. Disloyal, dishonest, untrustworthy and atrocious ethics all round. I was selling my property with this agent and was told the Covid-19 would not effect the sale and that the staff were working from ...
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Good Afternoon.
Firstly I would like to extend our sincerest condolences to you.
I believe your son was renting a property outside of Colchester, so we have passed your comments to the relevant Branch and the Kent Property Management team. Please do contact them on 01634 753538.
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Hi there,
Thanks for your kind words and thank you for the 5-star feedback.
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Feb 27,2015
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This experience has been HORRIBLE!!! When coming over from Sweden to the Uk to view, they messed up my viewing and didn't tell me! I ended up coming here, spending lots of money and wasn't able to see ANY of the properties they were going ...
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Hello
I am very sorry to hear about your experience. Please email [email protected] so we can investigate this for you and ensure there are no further delays.
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I was left feeling disappointed and lied to by the Chelmsford branch of Haart estate agents . After having and offer accepted we expected all to run smoothly. We were first time buyers and the vendors had no chain. After months of hearing nothing and chasing ...
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Been honestAttached Filesnbsp;
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Hi Jane
I'm really sorry to hear about these issues you faced. I will ensure your feedback is passed on, if there's anything else I can do to help please don't hesitate to contact me via email at [email protected].
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Iam at this moment waiting to hear when an agent will visit my tenant who is being evicted today.
I have been told by the local office in Grays they no nothing about it and there is only one person in
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The agent could have returned my calls, as a legal team they should have the answers to legal questions not say I will have to come back to you which they never did. I would like to have dealt with one person but the turnover of staff seems to make this impossible ,as a managing agent your company do not manageAttached Filesnbsp;
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I think the fee is far to high ,as I seem to be chasing Haarts to do there job
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Dear Mr and Mrs Boorman,
I am so sorry to hear about the issues you have faced. Please email me at [email protected] so I can look into this for you.
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WARNING: to anyone thinking of using Haarts, Colchester - Do not even consider it. From the moment we moved in (when the rental house was filthy, there was no one available to do the check-in, we then had to beg for the check in report ...
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Dear MN,
I am so sorry to hear about your experience and the service you received. I will make sure to pass on your feedback. If you need any further help with this please do email me at [email protected]
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Hi Wallace,
Really sorry to hear about your experience. Please could you email the details to [email protected] so we can look in to this. We will also be able to look in to your deposit for you too.
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Dec 18,2013
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Impossible to get through to the agents and always dealing with different people. Fees are way too high and are for made up things. Had to chase the agents constantly to make sure they sent out the right forms and they never kept me informed ...
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Dec 15,2013
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Whatever you do, do not let Haart manage your property for you, they are totally useless. Last year, I used their "full management service" to manage the letting of a property I own in Colchester as I live too far away to manage it myself. ...
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I have received a shockingly bad service for the past three years from Spicehaarts Colchester, in every aspect of service. To top it off I have recently left the property to be told the landlord didn't want a final inspection, despite me pushing for an ...
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The maintenance team never phone you back or tell you to ring back tomorrow when you have water pouring through your ceiling. The whole company has communication issues, they dont speak to each other let alone to you. It would be good if they could stick to their word and give me my deposit back.Attached Filesnbsp;
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Jul 27,2013
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In what Capacity did you use the - It says Sold a property using them. that should read they are unable to sell property
after signing 20wk contract they took over 2 weeks to get the advert displayed as we wanted it photos epc etc
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They could doe some of the things they prommised when they signed us upAttached Filesnbsp;
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Jul 14,2012
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Dreadful service all round. Local agent poor but customer service at Colchester about as bad as it could be.
Have now given them notice. Liz Nelson - all your promises have come to nothing.
No communication, excessive quotations for works, incorrect inventory reviews, constant changing ...
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May 19,2012
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The property management in Colchester is terrible. They do not return the calls, nor e-mails. No matter how many times I have to call them or write to them for over 2 months. Things have not been resolved. Their answers are: either he is not in ...
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Absolutely agree with this.as soon as haart moved to Colchester in an obvious cost cutting excersize, the customer service has all but evaporated!someone needs to investigate the Colchester branch for,quite frankly,unacceptable customer service.you can't just ignore your tenants and landlords for months.I also,as a tenant,do not believe that you 'cant get hold of the landlord' - It's been 11 months,has he/she dissapeared? ...
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