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		<title>AllAgents - Reviews of  ashton-burkinshaw-ltd</title> 
        <link>http://www.allagents.co.uk/rss/Ashton Burkinshaw Ltd</link> 
        <description>Ashton Burkinshaw is the most significant letting agent in Kent & East Sussex - with 12 branches and in excess of 2,000 properties let and managed by us.</description><item>
		<title><![CDATA[30/11/2011 - Kim rated Ashton Burkinshaw Ltd 5 stars]]></title>
		<link>http://www.allagents.co.uk/ashton-burkinshaw-ltd/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I found that dealing with Ashton Burkinshaw was exemplary and second to none, and I have recommended them to friends and family<br />This person would use Ashton Burkinshaw Ltd again.]]></description></item><item>
		<title><![CDATA[5/10/2011 - Ro rated Ashton Burkinshaw Ltd 1 star]]></title>
		<link>http://www.allagents.co.uk/ashton-burkinshaw-ltd/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been tenant  via Ashton Burkinshaw for the past 4 years and enough is enough! I pay over £800 for a modest property( which is fine) The issue's start once you need plumbing or other minor maintenance issues carried out,basically the customer service is APALLING!!! I have reported a plumbing issue over 2 months ago and still waiting for it to be fixed.We had a faulty gas fire and in the end the landlady got it replaced outside of Ashton b because they were not relaying our messages to her and she said was much cheaper to get done herself. Even the plumber when last here said how &quot;tired&quot; the property is.... The problem I have though is that when i can't fix something and i report it they just will not return your calls.I have been with 3 other letting agencies who have given a much better service so beware...I'm staying here until my son starts secondry school then I'm off to find a much better home for the same price but more importantly a much much better letting agent.<br />This person would not use Ashton Burkinshaw Ltd again.]]></description></item><item>
		<title><![CDATA[28/7/2011 - saynotoAB rated Ashton Burkinshaw Ltd 1 star]]></title>
		<link>http://www.allagents.co.uk/ashton-burkinshaw-ltd/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Attention Landlords! Please do not use AB, good, honest, debt free tenants such as my son and his family will not rent from this agent.  They are inneficient, expensive and grossly unhelpful. Read the other reviews if you don't believe me.<br />This person would not use Ashton Burkinshaw Ltd again.]]></description></item><item>
		<title><![CDATA[7/7/2011 - Jess rated Ashton Burkinshaw Ltd 1 star]]></title>
		<link>http://www.allagents.co.uk/ashton-burkinshaw-ltd/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I let my property through this company and paid full management fees for which they did very little. I found  the manageress to be both extremely rude and inefficient, The tennant cause some damage and whilst not major it was enough that I requested some of the deposit to be retained in order to repair the damage. They sent the deposit back to the tennant without getting my authorisation and without informing me until two week later. I certainly would not recommend AB to anyone, I was pre-warned from friends,family and colleagues not to use them, how I wish that I had taken their advice.  I have now let my property through another agent and the whole experience has been better by 100%. They want a lot of money for doing very little.<br />This person would not use Ashton Burkinshaw Ltd again.]]></description></item><item>
		<title><![CDATA[4/6/2011 - Subhro rated Ashton Burkinshaw Ltd 1 star]]></title>
		<link>http://www.allagents.co.uk/ashton-burkinshaw-ltd/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Do not recommend any other to this agency. I lived one year, not get any help from the agency, I asked for toilet flash problem, not get any positive response. They always blame landlord however they said its fully managed by the agency. End of my contact I moved to USA and they didn't return my deposit, however they send me a bill to clean up and decoration of flat which cost me my deposit. I felt totally unfair. Lots of my friends also not recommended this agency but I ignored them, now I understand I should have listened to them. I am totally unhappy :( Don't go.<br />This person would not use Ashton Burkinshaw Ltd again.]]></description></item><item>
		<title><![CDATA[17/11/2010 - unhappytenant rated Ashton Burkinshaw Ltd 1 star]]></title>
		<link>http://www.allagents.co.uk/ashton-burkinshaw-ltd/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[We found them expensive and unhelpful. It is sometimes difficult just to get a reply from them. I will try hard to avoid using them again.<br />This person would not use Ashton Burkinshaw Ltd again.]]></description></item><item>
		<title><![CDATA[14/6/2010 - Soon-to-be-homeless! rated Ashton Burkinshaw Ltd 1 star]]></title>
		<link>http://www.allagents.co.uk/ashton-burkinshaw-ltd/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Never use these people!

Saw a great place to rent, asked how we should go about securing the property - they said we pay the deposit - which we did. With a week left until we moved in, we had a call saying they had accepted a deposit from some other people, and would we like to increase our offer for the place?

WHAT?! The place was supposed to be ours already! So annoyed at these ridiculous people, what a disgusting way of trying to weasel money out of people. So now we need to find a new place to live within a week. Thanks a lot Ashtons!<br />This person would not use Ashton Burkinshaw Ltd again.]]></description></item><item>
		<title><![CDATA[28/11/2009 - vei rated Ashton Burkinshaw Ltd 5 stars]]></title>
		<link>http://www.allagents.co.uk/ashton-burkinshaw-ltd/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Fantastic service.<br />This person would use Ashton Burkinshaw Ltd again.]]></description></item><item>
		<title><![CDATA[30/6/2008 - Happyowner rated Ashton Burkinshaw Ltd 1 star]]></title>
		<link>http://www.allagents.co.uk/ashton-burkinshaw-ltd/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Even if you're desperate, don't use them.  I've had even worse experiences that Dave has.  

Don't be deceived by the "reasonable" rents - you'll get worse than no service (the runaround and eventually promises of work which never materialise). You'll be sorry if you do.

Never ever use them. Just say no.<br />This person would not use Ashton Burkinshaw Ltd again.]]></description></item><item>
		<title><![CDATA[19/1/2008 - anon rated Ashton Burkinshaw Ltd 1 star]]></title>
		<link>http://www.allagents.co.uk/ashton-burkinshaw-ltd/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[This person did not leave a review.]]></description></item><item>
		<title><![CDATA[18/4/2007 - dave rated Ashton Burkinshaw Ltd 1 star]]></title>
		<link>http://www.allagents.co.uk/ashton-burkinshaw-ltd/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[If you rent through them and have a problem with anything in the house (i.e. boiler, fixtures, white goods) do not expect them to help. They never return calls, always have to be chased, try desperately to get you off the phone by giving noncommital answers to questions and most of the time ask you to sort out the problem yourself! what is the point in paying them money each and every month if they are not going to provide the service they are paid for? 

After having no hot water for FOUR WEEKS the people in the branch knew my voice quite well and we often very rude to me on the phone. I am new to the area and do not have friends and relatives to turn to in these situations to use their shower etc so in order to wash both my self and my partner were forced to travel to the local swimming pool every weekday to use their facilities! In the end the delay turned out to be due to the plumber ordering a part which (due to them not listening over the phone) was not even needed! 

Our extractor fan in the kitchen has been broken for FIVE MONTHS due to an electrical fault and is now resulting us having to disinfect the ceiling and walls weekly to stop mould developing - they say that the landlord will not authorise the maintainence - i'm damn sure my deposit will be dented when I leave my property, and for damage caused by something they have done nothing to fix.

I thought for a long time that they simply do not give a hoot about tenents because they are ten a penny but have recently found that they provide the same service to land lords as well. My colleague's parents own over seventy properties in and around Kent and, because they live almost next door to Francis Burkinshaw (the MD) they chose to let one of their residential properties through Ashton Burkinshaw. They were so disgusted by the service they received that they no longer use them - and they are a family friend of the owner!!!!

Since then i have found that my colleauge (a landlord) and two of his friends (tenents) have all had bad experiences with Ashton Burkinshaw and will no longer use them... And as i mentioned previously, i am new to the area and do not know many people.

My view - do not use Ashton Burkinshaw unless you have absolutly no other choice. <br />This person would not use Ashton Burkinshaw Ltd again.]]></description></item>
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