33% sales valuation accuracy
25% sales fee satisfaction
Apr 24,2014
Apr 24,2014
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I was due to buy a property, offer accepted. 3 Months down the line nothing had moved on, neither of us in a chain. There were restrictions on the property, and the vendor was in negative equity. Connells did nothing at all to move this on without a lot of pushing by me. They then claimed that they were not getting paid any more for the property, yet I finally found out from the vendors solicitor that they were claiming £4000 from the vendor on top of the £10,000 negative equity and another substantial debt that had to be paid off as well.
They made no effort at all to apologise, and blamed the customer. They should have chased this information up quicker, they should have helped the customer with forms she needed to fill in. Only at the end of 4 months did they start to offer some help, by which time it was clear it was too late due to the vendors finances. They should have found out information like this before I had to pay solicitor fees, mortgage fees etc. Now I am unpacking cardboard boxes and have no where to live.
They made no effort at all to apologise, and blamed the customer. They should have chased this information up quicker, they should have helped the customer with forms she needed to fill in. Only at the end of 4 months did they start to offer some help, by which time it was clear it was too late due to the vendors finances. They should have found out information like this before I had to pay solicitor fees, mortgage fees etc. Now I am unpacking cardboard boxes and have no where to live.
What agent could do to change your mind?
They need to check vendors situation at the start of the process, not expect the buyer to find it all out after forking out a lot of money and time.Attached Filesnbsp;
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| Services | Valuation Accuracy | Fees Satisfaction | Min Price of property reviewed | Max Price of property reviewed |
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| Sales | 33% | 25% | £170,000 | £200,000 |
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Once again at the 11th hour Anthony Callega from the mortage team went beyond his call for duty to work to secure us a mortage just as the banking crisis broke a few days ago. I know he was stressed but he remained professional and ...
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Where do I even start...We've gone through the heartache to be in the process of buying a property for almost 5 months, to only receive an email that the seller changed her mind about selling. We've invested a lot of money, time and mental energy ...
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We are sorry to hear of your continued dissatisfaction. We understand that you have progressed your complaint through our Internal Complaints Procedure, and an investigation has been conducted that did not support your viewpoint. You have the information available to progress to The Property Ombudsman, should you wish to explore additional recourse.
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The transaction was not completed, we lost a large sum of money in searches and solicitor fees as the other side - the seller pulled out after 5 months in process, 2 weeks before completion. We received no support from Connells and feel defrauded.
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I put my house on the market with Connells. It took 3 weeks for my house details to actually go live. I had to write them myself, the typos were so bad in theirs. No floor plan! I was incredibly busy over that period, (i don't ...
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May 11,2017
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Shani has always striven to provide us with the best service possible and I highly commend her services.
I do, however, have some issues with the way that Connells is set up as a letting agency. It appears to me that they have too few ...
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Monthly fee good but tenancy handover charges are often high
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Mar 22,2017
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Shani and the team at Connells were absolutely fantastic throughout the whole process from the start of the tenancy through to the tenants moving out. They were high professional, keeping me informed and advised at every step. Thank you Shani and Connells as a whole....
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Dec 13,2016
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Dogged perseverance from Shani to get my problems fixed and I thank her for her professionalism and telephone manner.thank you....
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Sep 08,2016
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Jul 14,2015
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Rude, repeatedly pushing mortgage on us even though already had one in place. For ever having to chase. Priced marked up too high. No customer care unless you use them for mortgage and conveyencing. Put us off buying from them. Would not recommend....
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Apr 24,2014
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I was due to buy a property, offer accepted. 3 Months down the line nothing had moved on, neither of us in a chain. There were restrictions on the property, and the vendor was in negative equity. Connells did nothing at all to move this on ...
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They need to check vendors situation at the start of the process, not expect the buyer to find it all out after forking out a lot of money and time.Attached Filesnbsp;
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