61% lettings valuation accuracy
20% lettings fee satisfaction
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15th May 2024
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6th Sep 2023
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19th Apr 2023
reviewed by 'Joanne Gregory'
3rd Jan 2023
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Performance Statistics
| Services | Valuation | Fees | Min Price of property reviewed | Max Price of property reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lettings | 61% | 20% | £300 | £3,000 |
Review statistics
| From Landlords | From Tenants | From Vendors | From Buyers | Other | |||||
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| 8 | 71 | 9 | 196 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
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May 06,2020
May 06,2020
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Truly truly awful. After being ultra helpful to het your business the service declines to non existant. The first branch we dealt with closed in Huntingdon who promptly lost our keys. The file was forwarded to the Peterborough office who were equally inept, I only ...
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Apr 17,2020
Apr 17,2020
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Tenant has proved payment but Countrywide have not passed it on. Generally terrible service over last 3 years. Would give zero if possible....
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Feb 17,2020
Feb 17,2020
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I have been living at a property where a draft was noticed, it then was outlined that it was a severe hole in the wall back in November. Since then we have had a very cold winter and therefore had to have the heating on ...
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Nov 02,2019
Nov 02,2019
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I have been a tenant of Countrywide Lettings for over 10 years.
Throughout this time I have enjoyed living in the house and its lovely situation, but have continually had to complain about the inadequate sewage system. The pipes to the cess pit are collapsed and ...
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Oct 29,2019
Oct 29,2019
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RUDEST AND INCOMPETENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY EVER
My Husband and I are tenants of a property which, since moving in in May 2019, we have had serious issues trying to get this management company to deal with our various significant problems. i.e. w.c.'s, heating, ...
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Sep 18,2019
Sep 18,2019
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Thieves! They have been illegally and without any excuse withholding my tenancy deposit for 2 months after the tenancy ended, although my former Landlord has since long ago given his consent for it to be returned in full! Stay away from Countrywide in Croydon/Bromley...
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May 15, 2021
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Same here, although it's 'only' been a month for me. I requested my deposit back in writing, agreed deductions with the landlord (because I had not choice), and filled in the paperwork. Bridgfords/Countrywide, York, have released my deposit from the Tenancy Deposit Scheme and banked it in their own business account. They keep bluffing when I chase it up, saying they're waiting for authorisation to release it, and yet the landlords have agreed for it to be released to me. They are simply just kee ...
Aug 15,2019
Aug 15,2019
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Absolute shambles. No assessment of suitability of the tenant and Countrywide caused endless problems. A total disaster. Had to give one star as no option to give minus 5....
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May 23,2019
May 23,2019
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I had to fix many issues in the rental myself as the agent was never bothered to chase up original snagging issues. Including a working shower head, front door not locking and the toilet not actually being attached to anything. Last winter it snowed and ...
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Classic extortion for a tenant.
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Apr 17,2019
Apr 17,2019
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No service at all. They just want your money.
We paid the final month rent, and in the middle of the month, we were asked to move out of the property. They promised to return the overpaid rent, but then refused to do that and ...
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Apr 02,2019
Apr 02,2019
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My property was fully managed with countrywide, The estate agents said on the first initial meeting on what they can do for you which seemed great, So before Tennant moved in I had there own contractor come to check the gas and electric so I ...
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Mar 25,2019
Mar 25,2019
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Just a terrible service.
You hope to be talking with sensible people instead they just try to charge you for anything without thinking twice. The hold your deposit for as much as they can and make you go through the pain of claiming it back.
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Mar 20,2019
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Really annoyed with Countrywide services. After 6 months delaying the transaction, they left a debt in the gas and electricity meter of about £300. Clearly, they didn't do a proper job and their prices are not cheap.rnIf you claim, then they drag everything longer or blame ...
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I was told the total price would be £1400 (based on the range of the property I was to purchase). Well, the fees raised unexpectedly to £2000.
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Feb 28,2019
Feb 28,2019
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They charged us the wrong rent for three months then contacted us demanding the money though it was their fault not our own.
We had to move out because my father one of the tenants unfortunately passed away before Christmas.
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Dec 03,2018
Dec 03,2018
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Don't tell a tenant to set a direct debit up to pay each months rent on the first day of each month and then start ringing them up on the first day of the month complaining about not receiving the rent yet.
As you may ...
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Nov 07,2018
Nov 07,2018
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I have never written an online review for anything in my life but this lettings agency has angered me so much that I feel the need to inform everyone to STAY AWAY from this absolutely terrible agency.
Throughout the two years we had to have ...
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Terrible
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Nov 01,2018
Nov 01,2018
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Kind and polite... until they receive your payments.
After that, forget about them. They won't be of any help, totally useless. They become very responsive again at check out, when they will find a way to deduct what they can from your deposit. Useless. Avoid....
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Sep 10,2018
Sep 10,2018
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Countrywide's MO is to take over small high street companies and then masquerade under what appears to be a local name. Countrywide took over a small independent letting agent in
Amesbury and the name to Austin Wyatt. All of the experienced, knowledgeable staff either left ...
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High, and extensive. Some are hidden (eg premiums added to maint bills paid to them directly by the contractor). And even a simple renewal ix overcharged.
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Jun 28,2018
Jun 28,2018
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The complete lack of full management of our property from the is company is outstanding, never did I think a lettings agency could be so incompetent. They take the fee (plus extra fees that I struggled to get back) but do not provide the service. ...
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May 05,2018
May 05,2018
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This company are daylight robbers. They can't be trusted. They will do everything to get out of paying back a bond. The companies they use to clean charge extortionate prices for cleaning a fridge.
I wouldn't ever use these again....
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Rip off...like most to be fair
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Apr 21,2018
Apr 21,2018
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Absolutely awful from start to finish. Was told I would be set up with electricity when moved in and set up in a different house resulting in debt collection agencies contacting me to collect debt for a property I didn't live in. We set up ...
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Mar 29,2018
Mar 29,2018
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The level of incompetency is astounding (a special shout out to Cherie Vowles, Property Manager in Bristol whose inability to do the most basic of tasks made me speechless on several occasions).
We rented from them for 1 year and I can honestly say it was ...
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Feb 16,2018
Feb 16,2018
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By far the worst estate agent I have ever dealt with and I have been both a landlord and a tenant for the past 20 years. They offer an impersonal and chaotic service and seem to make up unfair fees and charges as they go along. ...
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Rip-off. They charge all kinds of unfair and hidden fees.
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Feb 05,2018
Feb 05,2018
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Let me tell you about my little afternoon of rage courtesy of Countrywide Lettings and their profound ability to share personal data literally willy nilly.
Recieved a letter via post and email inviting me to organise a check out where they listed the future tenant ...
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I first let the properly 4 years ago but remember that the fees were nearly double that of competitors. Fee to renew the property also seemed high considering we sent back our signed agreements and never got copies back that were signed by the landlord.
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Jan 29,2018
Jan 29,2018
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I just can't believe such behaviour from a company like this. I've been offered to renew the tenancy for another 2 years which I accepted, signed and paid the fees £120. After 3 months they came to me stating the landlord didn't sign back so I have to ...
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Jan 20,2018
Jan 20,2018
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Cannot give you manager's full name (georgina) as she would not take our call but left a trainee to try and deal with some serious issues. Would never, never use your company againok area. We only ended up with useless company by default of you ...
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Bad for the service received on ending rental contracrt.
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Jan 20,2018
Jan 20,2018
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Poor service. Not recommended. Reluctant to be informative and helpful if outside their standard responses. More interested in fitting in with their own systems than providing a decent service to their over-charged clients....
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Fees too high and they charge both the owner and the tenant for the same things.
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Jan 11,2018
Jan 11,2018
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I have been a tenant of a property in Southampton for two and a half years with Countrywide (via Morris Dibben Rentals). My friends are the landlords of the property. Luckily I have just bought a house in the area and am moving out as ...
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They are standard for the area I believe.
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Mar 06, 2018
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Hi Claudia, I wish you good luck with this, hopefully it will make Countrywide (who are a national company) take note of the appalling service some of their tenants receive in Southampton.
You can make contact via their website here:
http://www.countrywide.co.uk/contact/customer/
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Jan 06,2018
Jan 06,2018
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The WORST company to deal with. The property management company Countrywide made us wait over 7 months for house repairs, then Gascoigne Pees agents made my husband, baby and I homeless over the new year period and then expected us to STILL pay rent with an ...
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Ridiculous. No inventory carried out but still charged for it. Admin fees are a joke!
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Nov 21,2017
Nov 21,2017
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An utter disgrace of a company. Avoid like the plague. Do NOT buy a property that is managed by these charlatans, When you come to sell, they will charge you hundreds of pounds for a useless Management pack and put obstacles in your way. This ...
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Extortionate, greedy, corrupt.
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Nov 15,2017
Nov 15,2017
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Do not go with this letting agency, unless you have money to burn. They are only interested in money, they don't accept or admit when they are wrong and will only return any money they owe you if you take them to court.
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Bad Me and my wife count as 2 2 X £150 admin fee 2 X £25 reference fee 2 X renewal fee (which they tried to reduce to every 6 months!!
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