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Barnsley, S70
3/5, 26 Reviews
56% Recommended
40% sales valuation accuracy
56% letting valuation accuracy
67% sales fee satisfaction
67% letting fee satisfaction
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By : 'Very poor service'
Services : Sales(As a Vendor)
Sold price : £500000
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : S75
Sep 19, 2022
People found this helpful4
Very poor service. Complete lack of any communication whatsoever. Removed our property to another agent after concers not addressed at all
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| Services | Valuation | Fees | Min Price of property reviewed | Max Price of property reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 40% | 67% | £250,000 | £500,000 |
| Lettings | 56% | 67% | £375 | £950 |
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William H Brown
24 Market Hill, Barnsley, Yorkshie
S70 2QE
S 01226 733456 L 01226 733456
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5 Star Review
By : 'Brogan'
Services : Sales( As a Buyer )
Would you recommend ? : No
Apr 23, 2025
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As first time buyers me and my partner were both very worried about how we would get through the process and being able to understand what we were being told. However, once we met Joe we were both put to ease with how easy it felt to talk to him and understand what we would be doing at each part of ... Read Full Review
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Brogan Ryder said about William H Brown
Services : Sales( As a Buyer )Date: 23rd Apr 2025
As first time buyers me and my partner were both very worried about how we would get through the process and being able to understand what we were being told. However, once we met Joe we were both put to ease with how easy it felt to talk to him and understand what we would be doing at each part of the process, being able to understand and feel secure in actually affording a mortgage. So we both thank Joe making us feel so comfortable after our appointment and helping us through such a difficult process..
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By : 'Very'
Services : Sales( Prospective Vendor/Buyer )
Sold price : £250000
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : S75
Nov 11, 2024
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Originally i listed my house with a colourful online agent and paid them an upfront fee. W H Brown Barnsley approached me telling me how they would market the house differently and that they wouldn't rely on Rightmove and had an army of customers to approach wanting a property in my... Read Full Review
Comments (0)Originally i listed my house with a colourful online agent and paid them an upfront fee. W H Brown Barnsley approached me telling me how they would market the house differently and that they wouldn't rely on Rightmove and had an army of customers to approach wanting a property in my area.
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Services : Sales( Prospective Vendor/Buyer )Date: 11th Nov 2024
Originally i listed my house with a colourful online agent and paid them an upfront fee. W H Brown Barnsley approached me telling me how they would market the house differently and that they wouldn't rely on Rightmove and had an army of customers to approach wanting a property in my area.
The first 4 viewings - all no shows. The only viewing they managed was seen through Rightmove.
Sold the house through a colourful online agent and had numerous viewings via their website.
WH Browns refused to take down my advert once the house was SSC and now getting interested buyers knocking on my door.
My advice is don't touch them and use another agent and avoid a life of pain and hours of wasted time
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2 Star Review
By : 'Kris'
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )
Rent PCM : £670
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : S72
Apr 24, 2023
People found this helpful1
I rented a house with them. The deposit they took off me still haven't been returned after over a month now. They, along with the landlord, try all they can to reduce the amount of it flagging things that needs to be sorted that had already been there when I moved in. You won't get your ... Read Full Review
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Kris Tiano said about William H Brown
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )Date: 24th Apr 2023
I rented a house with them. The deposit they took off me still haven't been returned after over a month now. They, along with the landlord, try all they can to reduce the amount of it flagging things that needs to be sorted that had already been there when I moved in. You won't get your deposit back, at least not in full. I Do NOT recomend them. They're quite dishonest.
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By : 'Very'
Services : Sales( As a Vendor )
Sold price : £500000
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : S75
Sep 19, 2022
People found this helpful4
Very poor service. Complete lack of any communication whatsoever. Removed our property to another agent after concers not addressed at... Read Full Review
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Very poor service said about William H Brown
Services : Sales( As a Vendor )Date: 19th Sep 2022
Very poor service. Complete lack of any communication whatsoever. Removed our property to another agent after concers not addressed at all
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5 Star Review
By : 'philip'
Services : Letting( As a Owner )
Rent PCM : £525
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : S70
Mar 13, 2020
People found this helpful1
Excellent service,Izabela what a good person very impressed,very professional,i wanted a rental valuation and marketing advise,can only give 10/10 for speed and accurate advise a brilliant team,if you are wanting to rent out your property don,t hesitate,call this young woman to do the job, very... Read Full Review
Comments (0)Excellent service,Izabela what a good person very impressed,very professional,i wanted a rental valuation and marketing advise,can only give 10/10 for speed and accurate advise a brilliant team,if you are wanting to rent out your property don,t hesitate,call this young woman to do the job,
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philip hobson said about William H Brown
Services : Letting( As a Owner )Date: 13th Mar 2020
Excellent service,Izabela what a good person very impressed,very professional,i wanted a rental valuation and marketing advise,can only give 10/10 for speed and accurate advise a brilliant team,if you are wanting to rent out your property don,t hesitate,call this young woman to do the job,
very impressed,
regards
philip.
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1 Star Review
By : 'Jodie'
Services : Sales( Prospective Vendor/Buyer )
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : S756
Mar 6, 2019
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I have written to William H Brown Barnsley to make an official compliant. on the 2nd February I emailed to take our property off sale, and rang to confirm. I clearly stated to a member of staff (Sarah) on the phone do not let anyone into our home as we are no longer selling the property, even if... Read Full Review
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Sky high fee's horrendous service.
Comments (0)I have written to William H Brown Barnsley to make an official compliant. on the 2nd February I emailed to take our property off sale, and rang to confirm. I clearly stated to a member of staff (Sarah) on the phone do not let anyone into our home as we are no longer selling the property, even if someone was to make an offer.
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Jodie said about William H Brown
Services : Sales( Prospective Vendor/Buyer )Date: 6th Mar 2019
I have written to William H Brown Barnsley to make an official compliant. on the 2nd February I emailed to take our property off sale, and rang to confirm. I clearly stated to a member of staff (Sarah) on the phone do not let anyone into our home as we are no longer selling the property, even if someone was to make an offer.
I am then to find that William H Brown has continued to show people around our home as the potential buyer left her handbag in our home today. This is clearly an invasion of privacy, and is simply disgusting. We had no warning or notification that anyone was going to be let into our home, or i would of re-iterated that it is NOT for sale and to not let anybody in.
I asked Sarah if someone could drop off the keys to our home and she said 'it wasn't in her job description' I have honestly never met staff as unhelpful as your branch.
You overvalued our home at £135,000 of which Sarah Rang me 5/6 to constantly lower the price as she then found homes for sale in my area weren't selling for the price of £135,000. It is your job to value our home, which was clearly done incorrectly.
I have warned the branch if they enter our home without consent, I will notify the police.
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By : 'Lip'
Services : Mortgages
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : S71
Dec 3, 2018
People found this helpful2
Avoid. Went for mortgage advice. Take your money upfront then give poor customer service. Really disappointing. Wouldn't recommend them to... Read Full Review
Comments (0)Avoid.
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Lip said about William H Brown
Services : Mortgages( )Date: 3rd Dec 2018
Avoid.
Went for mortgage advice. Take your money upfront then give poor customer service. Really disappointing.
Wouldn't recommend them to anyone.
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5 Star Review
By : 'ali'
Services : Sales( As a Buyer )
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : S70
Oct 22, 2018
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as a 1st time buyer i wasn't sure about any of the paperwork to do with buying and selling. they made very easy and simple and they were very helpful when i needed them special thanks to liam taylor who was their for us throughout the whole transaction. i would have bought him a box of... Read Full Review
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very good
Comments (0)as a 1st time buyer i wasn't sure about any of the paperwork to do with buying and selling.
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ali said about William H Brown
Services : Sales( As a Buyer )Date: 22nd Oct 2018
as a 1st time buyer i wasn't sure about any of the paperwork to do with buying and selling.
they made very easy and simple and they were very helpful when i needed them
special thanks to liam taylor who was their for us throughout the whole transaction. i would have bought him a box of chocolate as a special thanks if he wasn't on diet. lol
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By : 'Rob'
Services : Letting( As a Owner )
Rent PCM : £375
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : S75
Apr 25, 2018
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I have always found Jamie Leigh easy to work with in arranging repairs to the house. Usually pretty quick to respond and has the right attitude to fixing... Read Full Review
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Rob said about William H Brown
Services : Letting( As a Owner )Date: 25th Apr 2018
I have always found Jamie Leigh easy to work with in arranging repairs to the house. Usually pretty quick to respond and has the right attitude to fixing issues.
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1 Star Review
By : 'Conor'
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : S70
Apr 15, 2018
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My experience with William H Brown has been disgraceful from start to finish. The extremely poor experience with this agency is the reason I left the property. Initially, the team within the Barnsley branch appeared extremely helpful, this was until I had paid the fee's and committed to the ... Read Full Review
Comments (0)My experience with William H Brown has been disgraceful from start to finish.
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Conor T said about William H Brown
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )Date: 15th Apr 2018
My experience with William H Brown has been disgraceful from start to finish.
The extremely poor experience with this agency is the reason I left the property.
Initially, the team within the Barnsley branch appeared extremely helpful, this was until I had paid the fee's and committed to the contract.
After this point, there was nothing but problems, lies & deceit.
The first problem was that the agency kept pushing back the date that I could collect the keys to move into the property.
I was promised 3 separate dates & 8 days after the initial date I was finally able to move in.
Within the first month, I had 3 separate call-outs for the boiler. Each time with a response from the contractor of "The agency didn't pay me enough to fix the entire thing".
I had to endure having a bucket under the boiler, to catch leaking water for 3 weeks until William H Brown would arrange the final contractor.
After 2 months at the property, William H Brown contacted me, attempting to get me to commit to another 6 months contract on the house.
I informed them I was not yet ready to make my decision, as I had only spent 2 months in the house and was not sure.
This would have been an easier decision if there were not a large cost for the contract fee's from William H Brown every 6 months.
I was "pestered" by William H Brown, with daily telephone calls & emails, this was very disruptive to my life as they rang during work hours. Multiple times a day.
After 2 weeks of enduring this, I decided NOT to continue with the house, not because I didn't like the property - but due to the fact that the agency obviously had no commitment to the tenant.
After informing William H Brown that I would not be continuing with the tenancy - they responded requesting me to allow people to view the property while I still had 2 and a half months left on my contract.
I informed them that I was unhappy with allowing people viewing the house while I was a tenant as I had personal possessions at the property & I could not commit to a specific time due to work.
They continued to push for me to "Drop the keys off" at the Barnsley branch so they could conduct viewings while I was not there.
After 2 weeks of declining this, I received very threatening emails & letters from William H Brown in regards to "Breaching Contract" and "Informing the landlord".
Going forward, I agreed to allow viewings of the property - in the last month of my tenancy.
William H Brown did not send a representative and left it up to me to demonstrate the house & guide people around. I found this extremely disrespectful as I do not work for William H Brown, it was not my job or my role to sell the property to the next tenant.
Finally, after I had vacated the property - I thought the nightmare was over, I was completely wrong. It had only just started.
William H Brown are currently trying to dispute a large portion of my deposit for non-sense reasons, such as "Deep Cleaning" of the kitchen.
Not going into specifics, but William H Brown are trying to charge me for the removal of items which were left at the property by the landlord & also general maintenance which should be conducted by the landlord & agency, such as the painting of outside doors & cleaning of extraction fans (this was never used by me in the entire occupancy).
After trying to negotiate which the agency & landlord, without any movement I have had to raise this to a dispute & this will more than likely end in small claims.
Based on my experience over the last 6 months, I highly recommend you avoid William H Brown by all means.
This is the worst agency which I have ever dealt with.
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By : 'Sarah'
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )
Rent PCM : £800
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : S73
Apr 11, 2018
People found this helpful2
I've never had a problem with Jamie Leigh's service when we've needed to contact her ref an issue. We originally got conned into a 3yr lease because I had a dog. Not a problem happy here. I contacted ref lease renewal in Jan 2018 asking for a rolling tenancy, to be trapped into... Read Full Review
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Comments (0)I've never had a problem with Jamie Leigh's service when we've needed to contact her ref an issue.
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Sarah said about William H Brown
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )Date: 11th Apr 2018
I've never had a problem with Jamie Leigh's service when we've needed to contact her ref an issue.
We originally got conned into a 3yr lease because I had a dog.
Not a problem happy here.
I contacted ref lease renewal in Jan 2018 asking for a rolling tenancy, to be trapped into another 2 or 3 yr lease with only 18 days notice to find else where if this not acceptable.
Then we get told we need a property inspection and they send the most snoty cow they can find who talks down to my sister who's recovering from being hospital.
Then with 6 days before the tendency ends we now have someone demanding renewal fees of £114 which have never been mentioned previously in contact ref contract renewal.
I think it's disgusting to charge this amount to existing good tenants who pay there rent and never give problems for printing a few sheets of A4 paper!!!
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By : 'Jamie'
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )
Rent PCM : £950
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : S72
Mar 1, 2018
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Jamie Leigh has been outstanding in her handling of matters for us as tenants. She is understanding and puts a personal touch whilst dealing remotely. She is patient and polite, and I would recommend her to all prospective... Read Full Review
Comments (0)Jamie Leigh has been outstanding in her handling of matters for us as tenants. She is understanding and puts a personal touch whilst dealing remotely.
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Jamie Mc said about William H Brown
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )Date: 1st Mar 2018
Jamie Leigh has been outstanding in her handling of matters for us as tenants. She is understanding and puts a personal touch whilst dealing remotely.
She is patient and polite, and I would recommend her to all prospective tenants
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By : 'Jon'
Services : Letting( As a Owner )
Rent PCM : £950
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : S72
Feb 15, 2018
People found this helpful0
Jaimeleigh has been supportive and responsive to our needs ensuring that issues are resolved promptly and efficiently. Her communication with us is usually pretty good. We are confident that she meets our needs. Previously the branch were very helpful with making arrangements to let our property.... Read Full Review
Comments (0)Jaimeleigh has been supportive and responsive to our needs ensuring that issues are resolved promptly and efficiently. Her communication with us is usually pretty good. We are confident that she meets our needs.
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Jon said about William H Brown
Services : Letting( As a Owner )Date: 15th Feb 2018
Jaimeleigh has been supportive and responsive to our needs ensuring that issues are resolved promptly and efficiently. Her communication with us is usually pretty good. We are confident that she meets our needs.
Previously the branch were very helpful with making arrangements to let our property. They found a number of excellent prospective tenants which made letting our property very easy.
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5 Star Review
By : 'Team'
Services : Sales( As a Vendor )
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : S63
Feb 14, 2018
People found this helpful1
Excellent friend staff and the customer service was amazing they kept me updated from when Paul first came to value my house to the day the sale... Read Full Review
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Team g said about William H Brown
Services : Sales( As a Vendor )Date: 14th Feb 2018
Excellent friend staff and the customer service was amazing they kept me updated from when Paul first came to value my house to the day the sale finalised
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By : 'Mel'
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )
Rent PCM : £950
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : S72
Feb 13, 2018
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Excellent always does what is asked/required a pleasure to deal with. Not experienced any problems all seems to go smooth,... Read Full Review
Comments (0)Excellent always does what is asked/required a pleasure to deal with.
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Mel Savage said about William H Brown
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )Date: 13th Feb 2018
Excellent always does what is asked/required a pleasure to deal with.
Not experienced any problems all seems to go smooth, thankyou.
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By : 'Stuart'
Services : Property Management
Rent PCM : £400
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : S73
Feb 5, 2018
People found this helpful0
Jaime leigh makes the process of trying to maintain a house as a landlord a lot easier. She is always extremely helpful and goes above and beyond what I would expect of an agent. I would highly recommend... Read Full Review
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The fees seem fair for the service(s) provided.
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Stuart said about William H Brown
Services : Property Management( )Date: 5th Feb 2018
Jaime leigh makes the process of trying to maintain a house as a landlord a lot easier. She is always extremely helpful and goes above and beyond what I would expect of an agent. I would highly recommend her.
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By : 'Beckie'
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : S70
Jan 29, 2018
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Jamie Leigh is brilliant, professional, polite and gets things done promptly and in line with what she says. Highly recommend... Read Full Review
Comments (0)Jamie Leigh is brilliant, professional, polite and gets things done promptly and in line with what she says.
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Beckie said about William H Brown
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )Date: 29th Jan 2018
Jamie Leigh is brilliant, professional, polite and gets things done promptly and in line with what she says.
Highly recommend her.
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By : 'Mr'
Services : Mortgages
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : S70
Dec 18, 2017
People found this helpful1
Absoloutly terrible company, by far the worst in south yorkshire! Cost me a fortune and wasted 10 months of my time trying to sort out a simple buy to let mortgage.... Read Full Review
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Mr Goldthorpe said about William H Brown
Services : Mortgages( )Date: 18th Dec 2017
Absoloutly terrible company, by far the worst in south yorkshire! Cost me a fortune and wasted 10 months of my time trying to sort out a simple buy to let mortgage. AVOID!!!!!
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By : 'Danielle'
Services : Sales( Prospective Vendor/Buyer )
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : S70
Nov 12, 2017
People found this helpful1
Dont use these back in 2014 i had my property up with them 2 years. Hardly got updates when we told them we got a snotty email from the manager. The last year we had our property up with them we had no viewings also vieeings that "Never turned up". We got people to phone and they never... Read Full Review
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Fees seemed reasonable but nah wouldnt use them
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Danielle Browne said about William H Brown
Services : Sales( Prospective Vendor/Buyer )Date: 12th Nov 2017
Dont use these back in 2014 i had my property up with them 2 years. Hardly got updates when we told them we got a snotty email from the manager. The last year we had our property up with them we had no viewings also vieeings that "Never turned up". We got people to phone and they never offered our property. Always insist on knocking your price down. Pictures well they werent giving property justice and when i phoned to update photos took 3 weeks to come out even then they kept some of old photos on it. So in 2016 we took it off market. July 2017 we put our property up with Hunters and in August we sold it. Would never recommend William h Brown Barnsley to anyone
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By : 'JM'
Services : Letting( As a Owner )
Rent PCM : £700
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : S755
Oct 2, 2017
People found this helpful0
Appalling service from this agent. Tenants not properly screened and deliberately misled regarding ability to pay and not provided references resulting in arrears and early termination of agreement. Their attempt to find new tenants has been worse than poor - no communication, slow response,... Read Full Review
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JM said about William H Brown
Services : Letting( As a Owner )Date: 2nd Oct 2017
Appalling service from this agent. Tenants not properly screened and deliberately misled regarding ability to pay and not provided references resulting in arrears and early termination of agreement. Their attempt to find new tenants has been worse than poor - no communication, slow response, dreadful admin and repeats of the same mistakes. A shambles of an organisation.
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