Carl Specter

Horrendous scheister style service - retained thousands of pounds of rent they collected from my tenants while I travelled abroad - avoid at all ... Read Full Review

SCAMMER, didn't pay my rent to the landlord, ran away with deposit. I feel sorry for this poor soul doing this to ... Read Full Review

I was a tenant at the property for a year and almost a year after my contract ended, I am still waiting for the tenancy deposit. The agency didn't protect my deposit and they are not on the property register. Unresponsive since December ... Read Full Review

Carl was acting as project manager for my property where I was planning to building work I forward £15000 to pay the builder he only gave builder 9000 end has gone missing with ... Read Full Review

Carl Specter is a crook who has been expelled from, and is no longer a member of the PRS Scheme, or any other scheme and if he is still acting as an Agent, is doing so illegally! No scheme means no protection for you! All seems great at the beginning, he appears very professional and acts with ... Read Full Review

Dear people, who read this, NEVER EVER trust this scam agency CARL SPECTER ESTATE AGENTS LTD whose owner and Director is GAROFALO, Carlos Roberto Junior Correspondence address 70-72, Walm Lane, London, United Kingdom, NW2 4RA. He stills tenants deposits and does not give collected rents. ... Read Full Review

DO NOT USE - SCAMMERS. Didn't protect and have now stolen our deposit, despite pretending to us for weeks that they would transfer it back. Now ignores all calls/messages and we are having to take legal ... Read Full Review

I have noticed that most of the comments are scam and fraudulent plus deposit not given to tenants. I also have been scammed and Carl owes me a month's rent. Tenants now are paying me direct, but they are still chasing their deposit. I also have reported his company to trading standard and ... Read Full Review

Do not trust the fake reviews from single review accounts about these guys. They held both deposit and 1st months rent from me for almost a week despite chasing daily. They are still yet to pay the full deposit to me. I've been chasing daily and now they've chosen to ignore me. ... Read Full Review

Can not advise you enough to steer well clear of this poor excuse for an estate agent. I'm a current tenant in a property they manage and Carl himself has taken our deposit intended for our Landlord and kept it for himself. They've also not transferred out first months rent leaving all ... Read Full Review

Carl Sepcter estate agents is a scam, run by CARLOS GAROFALO. avoid at all costs. **Tenants money, does not correctly handle deposits and fails to respect contracts. * Avoid at all ... Read Full Review

This company is fraudulent. The owner is a liar and they are stealing from customers. Do not use. They have been reported to the relevant ... Read Full Review

Their services are extremely transparent and professional. Everyone I worked with went out of their way to always keep me informed and honestly advised throughout the tenant find process. They genuinely care a lot about doing the best they can for both tenants and landlords. Their landlord fees ... Read Full Review

DO NOT USE THIS AGENCY! This agency is a complete scam. They act in a completely unlawful manner by not protecting deposits and withholding them for extended periods of time at the end of tenancies for no reason. The owner Carl Specter Garafolo is the only person that can authorise any decisions ... Read Full Review

The relationship begun well but has ended badly with Carl Spectre not returning a holding deposit, even after saying they would. Our calls are never returned and it has become clear that there is no good faith. We're having to seek legal advice to get the significant amount of money ... Read Full Review

Absolutely terrible, save yourself. Didn't send us our paperwork for six months, didn't ever pay us on time, hasn't returned our deposit 6 weeks after the tenants moved out. Doesn't respond to our texts, calls or emails anymore. Dooooont choose ... Read Full Review

As a landlord, if you want your money on time each month and the security deposit at the end because he allowed the tenants to throw away all your furniture without permission, then DO NOT USE CARL EVER. Worst experience of our lives. Stay ... Read Full Review

We have just let our flat out!!! One week and we have new tenants thank you all for everything!!!!! Great company good people always available and easy to talk ... Read Full Review

Carl was great from start to finish, experienced, polite, professional and on point. Really tough for me to pick any holes in the service and experience i received from Carlos and his company. Would definitely recommend again and use myself in the ... Read Full Review

Worst agency ever. They wanted a deposit of £500 just to book the place. They said everything is fine, we organised to move out of our current places and now they canceled our booking 2 weeks before we move in. We are now ... Read Full Review