Globe Estates Agents
Customer Reviews
Reviewed by a on 2nd May 2008
Services: Lettings (as a Tennant)
Property: Residential
Experience: Would you use the agent again?
No
Hi
We rented off this agency for a year. we left our tenancy in Feb and they have not paid our deposit back despite having all information requested by post / email and fax. They do not answer their phone and my housemate went down there yesterday and local trade have said that they look like they have shut although someone does go by there from time to time. Apparently a number of people have been down there in the last few days saying that Globe owes them money. We are bringing a case against them to reclaim our deposit. If anyone has any infromation on this agency please can they post it on this site? My advice is to not engage this agency in any business.
Thanks
Reviewed by Unhappy on 28th April 2008
Services: Lettings (as a Tennant)
Property: Residential
Experience: Would you use the agent again?
No
We have been renting from Globe for over a year now, we have had problems with trying to get repairs done to the property.
We also received a letter from them a few days ago saying not to pay any ex employees, I have been trying to contact them regarding this for the last week, but the number just keeps ringing out, and think that they may have closed down I am conserned about getting my bond back and am not paying them any more rent until I know what is going on! I would suggest that any other current tenants do the same.
Reviewed by Dave on 28th April 2008
Services: Lettings (as a Tennant)
Property: Residential
Experience: Would you use the agent again?
No
Absolute crooks. Never deal with these people. We agreed a rent, gave our deposit 3 weeks before moving. Called them 3 days before moving out of our flat to arrange the key pick-up to be told that they had rented the flat out for £5 a week more. Had trouble getting our deposit back off them and had to find a flat to rent within 3 days or we would have been homeless.
Reviewed by martin on 14th February 2008
Services: Lettings (as a Tennant)
Property: Residential
Experience: Would you use the agent again?
No
Awful! Completely unprofessional and are still holding my deposit 9 months after I moved out of the property. DO NOT USE!
Reviewed by ghis on 22nd January 2008
Services: Lettings (as a Tennant)
Property: Residential
Experience: Would you use the agent again?
No
Globe took my daughter's holding deposit at the beginning of Dec and told her she could have the keys as soon as the main deposit was paid. As the girls were (and thanks to Globe still are) homeless and desperate to find somewhere to live this was paid the next day. Thus began a series of lies and abuse from the owner of the agency, non-return of phone calls etc. It was only through threatening legal action that the actual deposit was finally returned mid-January. Globe still have the holding deposit which we are trying to get back
They are dishonest, dishonourable and incredibly unprofessional. Hard to believe they have been trading for years as with such an attitude you would expect them to have been forced to close by now
Reviewed by unicorn on 20th January 2008
Services: Lettings (as a Tennant)
Property: Residential
Experience: Would you use the agent again?
No
Reviewed by robbed on 20th January 2008
Services: Lettings (Prospective customer)
Property: Residential
Experience: Would you use the agent again?
No
I cannot stress enough DO NOT USE THIS AGENCY!!!!! I Learnt the hard way. Seriously DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THEM, they are rude, untrustworthy and do not care about anything but money. STEER CLEAR!!!!!
Reviewed by neverglobeagain on 20th January 2008
Services: Lettings (as a Tennant)
Property: Residential
Experience: Would you use the agent again?
No
I wouldn't touch them with a bargepole. All I have heard are TERRIBLE things, invented charges, no one gets deposits back and I started renting with them a few months ago so I am well aware that I will probably never get my money back either.
Reviewed by ShropshireKid on 11th January 2008
Services: Lettings (Prospective customer)
Property: Residential
Experience: Would you use the agent again?
No
Our daughter and friend viewed a flat with a view to renting. At the time of the viewing, the flat was vacant and a £200 'holding' deposit plus first months rent and deposit was lodged with Globe Estate Agents early in December 2007. The flat did not become available because, apparently, the landlord was having problems with the existing tenants.
Globe Estate Agents suggested that they could provide alternative accommodation in the meantime but this has never been provided.
They are very difficult to contact and can, when eventually contacted, be rude and unprofessional. They were contacted by eMail via their website requesting a full return of all monies but, so far, there has been no response (Approx 10 days).
Please take heed of this warning and use this company with extreme care.
Reviewed by antiglobe on 5th December 2007
Services: Lettings (Prospective customer)
Property: Residential
Experience: Would you use the agent again?
No
DO NOT use Globe Estate Agents, they are not only utterly unproffesional and rude but dishonnest.
We put down a holding deposit for a property that had in fact already been rented by another agent (7wks ago) and still have not recieved our money back. The police has now been involved and they are been investigated for theft. I am currently trying to get them barred from the ARLA so if you know of anyone which has had similar problems with them please post a note on the website.
Commented by unicorn on the 20th January 2008
Everyone has had such bad problems with them. Is there anything we can do? They still have my deposit.
Commented by martin on the 14th February 2008
I would also strongly advise not to use Globe under any circumstances. My experience is the same as the others listed here. They are rude, unprofessional, evasuive and dishonest. They have been holding my deposit since I moved out of the flat in May 2007. I have been trhough the process of taking them to the small claims court and they failed to defend the case. Currently court bailifs are attempting to recover the money. I will let you know if this is successful.
Reviewed by extenant on 29th October 2007
Services: Lettings (as a Tennant)
Property: Residential
Experience: Would you use the agent again?
No
Utterly unproffesional and often rude. Globe Estate Agents promised us a tumble dryer within a week of moving in, we never recieved it in the six months we were there. We are still trying to recover our deposit more than two months after moving out.
Reviewed by S on 5th September 2007
Services: Lettings (as a Tennant)
Property: Residential
Experience: Would you use the agent again?
No
Rude, uncooperative and unprofessional!
Reviewed by Pepper on 5th September 2007
Services: Lettings (as a Tennant)
Property: Residential
Experience: Would you use the agent again?
No
Disgusting customer service. Left us on hold for 30 minutes then were incredibly rude and hung up on us. We are paying for furnished accommodation yet there is hardly any furniture. We were given no inventory when we moved in. Rude and unprofessional attitude, problem not sorted after over 2 weeks!
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Globe Estates Agents
At Globe Estates we pride ourselves on being the longest serving independent agent on Bethnal Green Road. We deal with a diverse selection of property covering Residential/Commercial, Sales/Lettings, Investment property and Development Opportunity.
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Commented by Desperate to buy on the 30th April 2008
We have also been tennants for almost a year and moved into a "furnished flat" with no furniture. We had to organise our own furniture as they were totally unhelpful and have never sorted out any of the problems we have reported.
I think we received the same letter last week. We went round to find their office which looked like it was closing down. We went round to all the other estate agents in the area to see if they knew anything. They all said the same thing - i.e. not to ever use them. Apparently they are being taken to court left right and centre, so if you have to go to court to get your bond back I don't think you'll have too much trouble winning!! I would suggest writing directly to your landlord/lady with a copy of the letter as they might not even know anything about what is going on. Also check the account details with your landlord to make sure you are definitely paying them and not Globe.
Can't wait to buy my own place!!!!
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