Winkworth Estate Agents
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Agent Information
Winkworth Estate Agents
Winkworth was established in Mayfair in 1835. The company now has over 90 offices, including 60 in London alone. As an active supporter of industry regulation, Winkworth is a familiar and trusted feature of the estate agency landscape.
All Winkworth offices are independently owned and operated and we work hard to uphold the highest standards across the group. However, if you feel the service you received from one of our offices was lacking in any way we have a step-by-step complaints procedure which is underpinned by The Property Ombudsman Service (TPOS).
If you would like to discuss your experience, contact Hugh Dunsmore-Hardy, Non-Executive Director of Winkworth, at hdh@winkworth.com.
Offices / Branches
- Bournemouth - 279 Lymington Road Highcliffe, Christchurch,
- Brighton - Cross House Alfriston, Polegate,
- Brighton - 97 Church Road, Hove,
- Croydon - 82-84 South End, Greater London
- Croydon - 82-84 South End, Greater London
- Enfield - 35 High Street, Barnet,
- Exeter - 23 Southernhay West, Devon
- Guildford - 99 West Street, Farnham,
- Harrow - Octavian House 292 Preston Road Wembley, Greater London
- Harrow - 240 Station Road Edgware, Barnet,
- London - 2 Barnes High Street Barnes, Richmond upon Thames,
- London - 22 Streatham High Road Streatham, Streatham,
- London - 241 Wimbledon Park Road Southfields, Wandsworth,
- London - 196 Upper Richmond Road Putney, Wandsworth,
- London - 157 New Cross Road New Cross, Lewisham,
- London - 17 Lower Clapton Road, Hackney,
- London - 16 The Polygon Clapham, Clapham Old Town,
- London - Surrey Quays, Southwark,
- London - 137 Balham Hill Balham, Wandsworth,
- London - 174A Lavender Hill Battersea, Wandsworth,
- London - 17 Upper Tooting Road Tooting, Wandsworth,
- London - 37 Church Road Wimbledon, Merton,
- London - 364 Regents Park Road, Finchley,
- London - 106 Highbury Park Highbury, Greater London
- London - 45 - 47 Westow Hill Crystal Palace, Bromley,
- London - 289 Brompton Road Knightsbridge, Greater London
- London - 9 Spring Street, Westminster,
- London - 97 Uxbridge Road Shepherds Bush, Shepherds Bush,
- London - 141 Ladbroke Grove, Kensington and Chelsea,
- London - 129 Shepherds Bush Road Hammersmith, Greater London
- London - 40 New Kings Road Fulham, Hammersmith and Fulham,
- London - 398 - 400 Lillie Road Fulham, Greater London
- London - 5 - 6 Station Buildings, Ealing Common,
- London - 269 Chiswick High Road Chiswick, Chiswick,
- London - 299 Kennington Road Kennington, Lambeth,
- London - 236 Railton Road Herne Hill, Lambeth,
- London - 49 Brent Street Hendon, Greater London
- London - 10-11 Grand Parade, Haringey,
- London - 891 Finchley Road Golders Green, Golders Green,
- London - 364 Regents Park Road Finchley, Finchley,
- London - 12 Broadway Parade Crouch End, Hornsey,
- London - 55 New Oxford Street West End, Westminster,
- London - 103 St Johns Wood Terrace St John's Wood, Westminster,
- London - 123A Gloucester Road South Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea,
- London - 31 Belgrave Road Pimlico, Westminster,
- London - 16 Spring Street Paddington, Westminster,
- London - 178 Westbourne Grove Notting Hill, Notting Hill,
- London - 118 Kensington Church Street Kensington, Greater London
- London - 67 Farringdon Road Clerkenwell, Islington,
- London - 36 Highgate High Street Highgate, Haringey,
- London - 65 Upper Street, Greater London
- London - 306 Kentish Town Road Kentish Town, Camden,
- London - 11 Dartmouth Road Forest Hill, Lewisham,
- London - 97 Lordship Lane Dulwich, Southwark,
- London - 46 Westow Hill Crystal Palace, Bromley,
- London - 5 Blackheath Village, Lewisham,
- London - 158 The Grove Stratford, Waltham Forest,
- London - 76 George Lane South Woodford, South Woodford,
- London - 216 Brick Lane Shoreditch, Tower Hamlets,
- London - 429 Roman Road Bow, Tower Hamlets,
- London - 90 Walm Lane Willesden, Barnet,
- London - 42 Totteridge Lane Whetstone, Whetstone,
- London - 515-519 High Road Tottenham, Haringey,
- London - 11 Stoke Newington Church Street Stoke Newington, Hackney,
- Northampton - 8 George Row, Northamptonshire
- Southampton - 2 Black Swan Buildings, Winchester,
- Tonbridge - 47 High Street, Tunbridge Wells,
- Twickenham - 5 Westminister House, Richmond upon Thames,
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Customer Reviews (Page 2 of 2)
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by 'Maddy' 4/5/2011
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- Lettings (as a Landlord)
- Experience:
- Would you use the agent again? No
Offered my 3 bed furnished property to 4 students (3 males, 1 female). I had assumed one of the males was in a relationship with the female and they would be sharing the largest room.
This was not the case because, unbeknown to me, Winkworth had agreed that the conservatory could be converted to a bedroom!!
This arrangement was predictably so unsuitable (heat/traffic noise, poor ventilation etc) the poor student that drew the short straw had to move into the living room instead. They installed plasterboard partitions, blocking most of the light and shifted all my beautiful furniture... (read more)
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by 'tna' 14/4/2011
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- Lettings (as a Landlord)
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- Would you use the agent again? No
They told my tenants I wanted to move back into my property. This was not the case - I wanted tenants to stay. They were arrogant and very hard to contact, rarely returning calls.
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by 'Unhappy Winkworth customer North London' 24/2/2011
- Branch:
- 515-519 High Road Tottenham
- Services:
- Sales (Prospective customer)
- Experience:
- Would you use the agent again? No
Winkworth are incredibly unprincipled - having agreed to take a property off the market after we had our offer accepted, they did not do this, and communicated a resulting higher offer to the vendor (after everythign was in place). I would not recommend using them if you are buying a property.
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by 'silver' 2/2/2011
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- Lettings (as a Tenant)
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- Would you use the agent again? Yes
Moved out in October. It's February now, I still couldn't get my deposit back. I'm sure what they're doing is illegal.
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by 'Matt' 14/12/2010
- Services:
- Lettings (as a Tenant)
- Experience:
- Would you use the agent again? No
1 month into moving into my Brixton flat I discovered that my electric coin meter was also supplying a downstairs flats hot water. Winter kicks in and no heating. The boiler is situated in another flat so I have to rely on them to switch on the heating. Our times do not correspond, and so heating comes on just as I leave for work and goes off 1 hour after I get home. Winkworths have pushed me from pillar to post for 3 weeks now and still not got heating. Am now seeking legal advise on this issue as I'm sure it's not right that a seperate flat has control over another flats heating! Have also suggested that I deduct some rent when it's a due only to be told "the landlord wouldn't be favourable of this". Quite frankly I don't favour having to rely on someone else to turn my heating on or indeed pay for someone elses hot water. I'm amazed that such an established estate/letting agent would allow themselves to take on Slum lords, but I guess it pays their bills!
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by 'Nick' 24/11/2010
- Branch:
- 97 Church Road
- Services:
- Lettings (as a Tenant)
- Experience:
- Would you use the agent again? No
Try to avoid Winkworth as much as you can actually. I am still renting one of their flats in Brighton and the service I have received so far has been awful. Terrible leakage on the bathroom ceiling from the above apartment but no one cared despite my daily phone calls to them. Apart from that, as this was not enough I am left with no boiler for over 10 days now although I am daily reassured that "someone is coming this afternoon to replace the broken boiler part". I am still waiting for that "someone". Also they have not yet fixed the problem with aerial. They are definitely not getting rent this month. They are acting like babies. No shame at all. Avoid!!!!
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by 'ank' 22/9/2010
- Branch:
- 67 Farringdon Road Clerkenwell
- Services:
- Lettings (Prospective customer)
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- Would you use the agent again? No
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by 'Ned Lloyd' 15/9/2010
- Services:
- Sales (Prospective customer)
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- Would you use the agent again? Yes
Bunch of wide boys who tempt you in by quoting high valuations but then insist on high commission and hedge their view. 2.5% in Central London as a starting point? Nice job if you can get it! And they wouldn't drop below 2%. Didn't get my business.
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by 'Winkworth-sucks' 6/9/2010
- Services:
- Lettings (as a Tenant)
- Experience:
- Would you use the agent again? No
Winkworth are only in for your money. Once you hand it over to them they delay everything and meet none of the promises they made to you. If anyone ever bothers believing reviews, trust me, trust this one. There's nothing good about Winkworth, not even time spent writing this review.
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by 'Rafael' 21/8/2010
- Branch:
- 46 Westow Hill Crystal Palace
- Services:
- Sales (Prospective customer)
- Experience:
- Would you use the agent again? No
I've contacted Winkworth's Crystal Palace branch in order to book a viewing at a property I was willing to buy as I even had the budget for it and would've probably put an offer (if I would've managed to visit it) but it took the agency 4 working days to contact me back. Mr Ryan called me asking if I was still interested in viewing the property (which is quite obvious) without showing any kind of care for the work he does and advised me he would contact me as soon as he got the keys to the property (as if it would take long considering the flat was already being offered for some time). After this contact, I never received any further call from them, even though I chased them once and left message to the agent.
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by 'TenantRules' 22/7/2010
- Services:
- Lettings (as a Tenant)
- Experience:
- Would you use the agent again? No
Winkworth took over management of our property half way through the full tenancy period (over 3 years). Once they took over, we found response to problems slow, but not terrible.
Check-Out, however, was a nightmare - they must think tenants and landlords have just crawled out of the sea.The person dealing with our check-out has not followed any of the guidelines laid out by the Property Ombudsman, and seems to be under the impression that we are in some kind of war with the landlord (we like the landlord) whilst also imagining we would be happy to have deductions taken from our deposit without any invoice, quote or receipts!
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by 'Qwerty' 24/6/2010
- Branch:
- 241 Wimbledon Park Road Southfields
- Services:
- Lettings (Prospective customer)
- Experience:
- Would you use the agent again? Yes
We were tenants with Winkworth for a while - nothing much to report but they were fine. Left my partner (who lived there before me) without a working boiler for a while, shame this couldn't have been fixed promptly, but they were ok accepting deducted rent as due compensation. East Dulwich branch were helpful when we were looking for a new flat, lined up lots of viewings and were always prompt, and on leaving our old place the Wandsworth branch were very helpful in advising us about our deposit and other concerns we had.
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by 'Eddie' 18/4/2010
- Branch:
- 5 - 6 Station Buildings
- Services:
- Sales (as a Vendor)
- Experience:
- Would you use the agent again? Yes
Their service was professional and efficient. They advertised the properly promptly and showed potential purchasers round. They very quickly negotiated the price I wanted and kept in touch with buyer, surveyors, and solicitors in an efficient way making sure that everything went smoothly.
The sale went through in the target time and I am a happy bunny.
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by 'Anonymous' 4/3/2010
- Services:
- Lettings (as a Tenant)
- Experience:
- Would you use the agent again? Yes
Overall I'd say we had a good experience letting from Winkworth. 1 bed flats are oversubscribed in this area, and as such go very quickly, so when a property became available that we had previously registered an interest in, they were quick to let us know and to take a deposit when we decided to take it (naturally!)
Here's a breakdown of fees as they don't advertise this on their website: Holding deposit - one week's rent, reference checks
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by 'Kats' 10/2/2010
- Branch:
- 103 St Johns Wood Terrace St John's Wood
- Services:
- Lettings (Prospective customer)
- Experience:
- Would you use the agent again? No
I just wanted to point out that we are really disappointed by Winkworth's services.
We had put down an offer for a flat and the property was given to someone else , even though the landlord had accepted our offer. We were not even asked if we could offer more for the property before signing the deal with someone else. This had put us in a fix because we were only left with 10 days to find another property as we had given the notice to current landlord.
To make up for this, Winkworth offered us to see few more properties. One of the properties that was sent to me by Winkworth was on market on
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by 'Lucianna' 6/2/2010
- Branch:
- 82-84 South End
- Services:
- Lettings (as a Tenant)
- Experience:
- Would you use the agent again? Yes
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by '1outof7' 24/11/2009
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- Lettings (as a Tenant)
- Experience:
- Would you use the agent again? No
Dire.
We were told the flat would be cleaned. It was not.
We were asked to go to a central office 6 miles away from work during our lunch break to sign the contracts at a time convenient to them. We told them to get real.
We understand they lied to the landlord about the condition of the property, sending him photos of it before the previous tenancy. And charged him for an inspection too!
And the worst part? When we turned up at the flat with our key one of the previous tenants WAS STILL LIVING INSIDE! It was a surprise for both of us... the agent had conveniently disappeared by the time we got back to the office.
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by 'Bobby D' 11/11/2009
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- Sales (Prospective customer)
- Experience:
- Would you use the agent again? No
We are currently going through the buying process with these people and they are very rude and obtuse. They have shouted at my wife when they haven't gotten their way. Simply hate them and can't wait for the process to be over so i can file an official complaint with The Property Ombudsman.
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by 'ihriel' 4/9/2009
- Branch:
- 82-84 South End
- Services:
- Lettings (as a Tenant)
- Experience:
- Would you use the agent again? No
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by 'Ladder Dweller' 17/4/2009
- Services:
- Sales (Prospective customer)
- Experience:
- Would you use the agent again? No
(Harringay branch) After putting in a serious offer on a property, I heard nothing for 8 and a half weeks. After this I grew tired of waiting I grew disillusioned with the agent and the seller, and took the decision to withdraw and try elsewhere. I then received a load of abuse from someone called Ennis or similar, who told me I should buy in Scotland! Well, I had the last laugh after buying a great flat and receiving a call from the same guy a few months later trying to drum up business. Needless to say, I told him where to go.
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by 'NOT Worth It' 15/4/2009
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- Lettings (as a Tenant)
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- Would you use the agent again? No
I'm surprised there aren't more bad reviews of this company - everyone I've spoken to who have had the misfortune of renting with Winkworth (London East & West) have commented on their poor service.
We waited months to have anything fixed and received emails off them which were so badly written we wondered how some of them had even got a job.
When it comes to checking out of the property they absolutely take the mickey - they tried to take off
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by 'zara' 21/12/2007
- Branch:
- 82-84 South End
- Services:
- Sales (Prospective customer)
- Experience:
- Would you use the agent again? Yes
You really can talk business with them and they are flexible and do what they can for the buyer and the seller at the same time. Straightforward and good honest sales.
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by 'KubilaiKhan' 9/10/2006
- Branch:
- 82-84 South End
- Services:
- Sales (as a Buyer)
- Experience:
- Would you use the agent again? No
We used Winkworth a couple of years ago to buy a house. We weren't particularly impressed. Despite registering with them, they failed to inform us of a property that exactly matched our specifications. We only saw it because we happened to walk past the window.
All through the subsequent sale process, Winkworth were never on top of what was going on and never had any idea when processes were likely to complete, what needed to happen next and so on. We were lucky to be directly in touch with the seller, so we could work out where the hold ups were (often it was the solicitors) and take action. We felt Winkworth didn't earn it's commission. It was hard to see what value they provided apart from the window that we saw the property in. As buyers, of course, it wasn't our problem but it certainly put us off using them when we come to sell our property.
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. I had assumed one of the males was in a relationship with the female and they would be sharing the largest room.
This was not the case because, unbeknown to me, Winkworth had agreed that the conservatory could be converted to a bedroom!!
This arrangement was predictably so unsuitable (heat/traffic noise, poor ventilation etc) the poor student that drew the short straw had to move into the living room instead. They installed plasterboard partitions, blocking most of the light and shifted all my beautiful furniture around. This was when I found out but I did not have the heart to tuff them all out - they were nice kids, away from home for the first time.
I lost out financially because of this as I could not show the property to the next set of tenants in that state it was in and so had to swallow the cost of a void period whilst the property was restored to normal once the students moved out.
Winkworth were unforgivable nonchalant about this and they only get two stars because I actually bought a house from them and that service was great./&display=popup&link=http://www.allagents.co.uk/review/9877/&redirect_uri=http://www.allagents.co.uk/review/9877/ "Share on your Facebook Wall"){kind=logo}
. I would not recommend using them if you are buying a property./&display=popup&link=http://www.allagents.co.uk/review/8750/&redirect_uri=http://www.allagents.co.uk/review/8750/ "Share on your Facebook Wall"){kind=logo}
 but it took the agency 4 working days to contact me back. Mr Ryan called me asking if I was still interested in viewing the property (which is quite obvious) without showing any kind of care for the work he does and advised me he would contact me as soon as he got the keys to the property (as if it would take long considering the flat was already being offered for some time). After this contact, I never received any further call from them, even though I chased them once and left message to the agent. /&display=popup&link=http://www.allagents.co.uk/review/6197/&redirect_uri=http://www.allagents.co.uk/review/6197/ "Share on your Facebook Wall"){kind=logo}
. Once they took over, we found response to problems slow, but not terrible.
Check-Out, however, was a nightmare - they must think tenants and landlords have just crawled out of the sea.
The person dealing with our check-out has not followed any of the guidelines laid out by the Property Ombudsman, and seems to be under the impression that we are in some kind of war with the landlord (we like the landlord) whilst also imagining we would be happy to have deductions taken from our deposit without any invoice, quote or receipts!
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 without a working boiler for a while, shame this couldn't have been fixed promptly, but they were ok accepting deducted rent as due compensation. East Dulwich branch were helpful when we were looking for a new flat, lined up lots of viewings and were always prompt, and on leaving our old place the Wandsworth branch were very helpful in advising us about our deposit and other concerns we had./&display=popup&link=http://www.allagents.co.uk/review/5471/&redirect_uri=http://www.allagents.co.uk/review/5471/ "Share on your Facebook Wall"){kind=logo}
Here\'s a breakdown of fees as they don\'t advertise this on their website: Holding deposit - one week\'s rent, reference checks /&display=popup&link=http://www.allagents.co.uk/review/4531/&redirect_uri=http://www.allagents.co.uk/review/4531/ "Share on your Facebook Wall"){kind=logo}
 After putting in a serious offer on a property, I heard nothing for 8 and a half weeks. After this I grew tired of waiting I grew disillusioned with the agent and the seller, and took the decision to withdraw and try elsewhere. I then received a load of abuse from someone called Ennis or similar, who told me I should buy in Scotland! Well, I had the last laugh after buying a great flat and receiving a call from the same guy a few months later trying to drum up business. Needless to say, I told him where to go. /&display=popup&link=http://www.allagents.co.uk/review/2198/&redirect_uri=http://www.allagents.co.uk/review/2198/ "Share on your Facebook Wall"){kind=logo}
 have commented on their poor service.
We waited months to have anything fixed and received emails off them which were so badly written we wondered how some of them had even got a job.
When it comes to checking out of the property they absolutely take the mickey - they tried to take off /&display=popup&link=http://www.allagents.co.uk/review/2179/&redirect_uri=http://www.allagents.co.uk/review/2179/ "Share on your Facebook Wall"){kind=logo}
 and take action. We felt Winkworth didn't earn it's commission. It was hard to see what value they provided apart from the window that we saw the property in. As buyers, of course, it wasn't our problem but it certainly put us off using them when we come to sell our property.
It's hard to comment on value for money etc. as we don't know how much the seller paid. /&display=popup&link=http://www.allagents.co.uk/review/19/&redirect_uri=http://www.allagents.co.uk/review/19/ "Share on your Facebook Wall"){kind=logo}
