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cmRENT

2.4/5, 25 Reviews
33% Recommended

25% sales valuation accuracy

100% letting valuation accuracy

38% sales fee satisfaction

38% letting fee satisfaction

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cmRENT is an ARLA Licenced Letting Agent run by Husband & Wife Michael & Susannah Saville with 18 other staff. We offer a professional Letting service to obtain quality tenants for quality properties in Chelmsford, Braintree, Witham, Dunmow & Halstead areas. We specialise in Letting & Property Management, we are n
ot an estate agent trying to sell properties too, so we are 100% focused on renting.
Latest Reviews
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Sales25%38%£0£0
Lettings100%38%£625£2,900
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cmRENT
23 Duke StreetChelmsford, Essex
CM1 1HS
01245 - 283 283

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  1. 09:00 - 17:00
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Services offered
  • Sales
  • Lettings
  • Block Management
  • Surveys
  • Conveyancing
  • Mortgage Advice
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1 Star Review
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By : 'Meriglenn'
Branch : Chelmsford, 23 Duke Street
Services : Letting (As a Prospective Landlord/Tenant)
Rent PCM : £2900
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : CM1

18 Mar 2023
People found this helpful0

After being pushed back for a viewing and subsequent move in, we were presented with a property legally unfit for habitation - requiring us to cancel our move and spend a week getting a refund. No communication between landlord, letting agent and us. Property presented without ... Read Full Review

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Awful company, have had a ...

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1 Star Review

By : 'Nicola'
Branch : Chelmsford, 23 Duke Street
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Rent PCM : £1400
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : CM2

5 Mar 2022
People found this helpful0

Awful company, have had a leak and heating issue since I have moved in which remains unfixed. They delay and deny constantly leaving my 3 year old and I with no effective heating and a property full of damp. The agents are inhumane, making you feel like you are the problem for complaining. They lie ... Read Full Review


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Excellent service. Starting ...

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5 Star Review

By : 'Nayema'
Branch : Chelmsford, 23 Duke Street
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Rent PCM : £750
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : CM1

13 Feb 2022
People found this helpful0

Excellent service. Starting from the viewing of the property to the finish of the agreement, everything was on time and very ... Read Full Review

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Agency takes weeks to fix ...

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1 Star Review

By : 'Tyelle'
Branch : Braintree Head Office, Freeport Office Village Century Drive
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Rent PCM : £1175
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : CM12

8 Jul 2020
People found this helpful0

Agency takes weeks to fix issues, leaving us for 3 weeks without a working front door which was a fire Hazzard, and over 7 weeks without access to our garage where we had food in our freezer. This also delayed our ability to move property. Staff seem very friendly and make all sorts of promises but ... Read Full Review

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When I decided to look for a ...

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5 Star Review

By : 'Emmanuel'
Branch : Chelmsford, 23 Duke Street
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : CM1

8 Feb 2020
People found this helpful2

When I decided to look for a place to move to, I went to most of the estate agents in Chelmsford sadly non of them were interested in helping me. But things changed when I contacted the ladies at CMRENT. The ladies took it upon themselves to find me a home. Believe you me the ladies at CMRENT 23 ... Read Full Review

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Very knowledgable. Were very ...

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5 Star Review

By : 'Daz'
Branch : Chelmsford, 23 Duke Street
Services : Letting (As a Owner)
Rent PCM : £795
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : CM2

22 Dec 2016
People found this helpful0

Very knowledgable. Were very helpful and professional and always willing to help and are very honest and up front. Not like the other 'typical' estate agents in town (Chelmsford). Thoroughly ... Read Full Review


Comments on Agent Fees

Cheaper than the others in the city

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1 Star Review
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By : 'Sam'
Branch : Braintree Head Office, Freeport Office Village Century Drive
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Rent PCM : £650
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : CM7

26 Aug 2016
People found this helpful7

Absolutely disgusted with this agent. Landlord agreed early exit as I could no longer afford the rent. Still told I has to pay up till new tenants moved in... ok took this on the chin. After inspection was done at flat it turns out they were taking all but 74 pound of 975 pound deposit due to ... Read Full Review


Comments on Agent Fees

Too much

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1 Star Review

By : 'K.'
Branch : Chelmsford, 23 Duke Street
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Rent PCM : £625
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : CM2

20 Sept 2014
People found this helpful7

I am glad I read these reviews before I became one of their customers. Me and my partner were very interested in renting one of their properties. We visited their branch in Chelmsford a week ago to ask more about the flat we were interested, however were told that it is no longer available. After a ... Read Full Review

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I recently moved into a ...

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2 Star Review

By : 'vroomvroom'
Branch : Chelmsford, 23 Duke Street
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Rent PCM : £1200
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : CM1

22 Aug 2014
People found this helpful12

I recently moved into a rented property via the Chelmsford branch of CM Lettings. The service extended was below par especially post acceptance of my offer. 1) We had agreed on an additional viewing (after my offer was accepted) but when I turned up at the property there was no one around. When ... Read Full Review

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Upon our initial enquiry to ...

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2 Star Review

By : 'Andy'
Branch : Braintree Head Office, Freeport Office Village Century Drive
Services : Letting (As a Prospective Landlord/Tenant)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : CM8

5 Apr 2014
People found this helpful9

Upon our initial enquiry to CMRENT regarding a flat in Witham, I was greeted by an extremely rude lady on the other end of the phone. When I asked whether we could view the flat later than the time she had originally suggested, as I was taking my daughter swimming at that time, she rudely grunted ... Read Full Review

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CM Rent are the worst letting ...

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1 Star Review
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By : 'Abused'
Branch : Braintree Head Office, Freeport Office Village Century Drive
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : CM2

12 Mar 2014
People found this helpful13

CM Rent are the worst letting agent we have EVER experienced. They conned us into moving into a very poorly maintained house, and refused to do any repairs for months-even ones that broke health and safety laws. They also did not tell us that the person living next door was very noisy, abusive, ... Read Full Review


What agent could do to change your mind?

There is no way I would ever use this company again, and I am surprised they have not been shut down by now.

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By : CMRENT ARE TO EXPENSIVE FACT

13 Mar 2014

There you have it yet another True review of this dreadful company who use the ARLA logo behind them. £200 per tenant and £200 per landlord to renew...


I cannot say too much about ...

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1 Star Review
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By : 'Jason'
Branch : Braintree Head Office, Freeport Office Village Century Drive
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : CM7

5 Mar 2014
People found this helpful13

I cannot say too much about this excuse of a business as I am, at present, seeking legal recourse over a number of outstanding issues in regard to the property, the agent and the landlord. All i will say is that DO NOT trust cmRent any further than you can throw them. unless you wish to pay over ... Read Full Review


What agent could do to change your mind?

Managed the property!

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By : Michael Saville

5 Mar 2014

Hi Jason & Jane. Please email me personally about your complaint so that it can be investigated and responded into. I can only deal with your issues if you give me specifics. We have an official...


My experience with CMrent has ...

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1 Star Review

By : 'scampi'
Branch : Chelmsford ,23 Duke Street
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : CM2

13 Jan 2014
People found this helpful9

My experience with CMrent has been stressful, upsetting and frustrating. I would strongly advise anyone considering to rent a property with this company to reconsider and use another letting agency. The staff are unorganised, showed poor communication skills both within their own branch as well as ... Read Full Review


What agent could do to change your mind?

Better communication skills throughout the whole company Better record keeping throughout the whole company Better customer service and less rude, disinterested staff on the phones Better system for organising maintenance issues Better communication skills as a result of inspections BETTER INSPECTIONS- the staff carrying them out DO NOT CARE and are there for 5 minutes maxmimum Better communication of renewal fees and explanation of WHY they are so high CLEAR INDICATION of when the landlord wants tenants out

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By : Michael Saville

13 Jan 2014

Hi (scampi), I am sorry you feel the need to air your feelings on this website. My colleagues are dealing with your emails to us internally so not sure why you have done this. It's never nice...


We have expressed an interest ...

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1 Star Review

By : '123'
Branch : Chelmsford, 23 Duke Street
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : CM1

3 Jan 2014
People found this helpful9

We have expressed an interest in a number of property's all of which still need to be confirmed with the tenant baring in mind this is since early December. Have expressed concern with dealing with a particular staff member and the response I got was ridiculous explaining she has had a word and ... Read Full Review


What agent could do to change your mind?

They could have supplied me with a member of staff who I was happy with and could have taken my enquiries seriously and followed them up

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I've been looking into ...

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2 Star Review

By : 'Daisy'
Branch : Chelmsford ,23 Duke Street
Services : Letting (As a Prospective Landlord/Tenant)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : CM4

2 Jan 2014
People found this helpful8

I've been looking into renting from cmRENT as they have some lovely properties on offer. I've been renting my current flat from Upsticks and I've had such a horrible experience I wanted to make sure I wasn't going to encounter such a poor standard of service again. I took to looking through ... Read Full Review

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I have very unfortunately ...

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1 Star Review
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By : 'Alison'
Branch : Braintree Head Office, Freeport Office Village Century Drive
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : CM2

25 Nov 2013
People found this helpful11

I have very unfortunately been a tenant in a property supposedly managed by CM Rent, and I have been waiting several months for basic repairs to be done. I had to call out the environmental health to assess the safety of the property as Paul Buck ignored a written formal complaint I sent them, and ... Read Full Review

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By : Michael Saville

9 Dec 2013

Out of 630+ managed properties, we do not have any current Tenants called 'Alison' with the problems that you have described above. If you have another name and have a real complaint, then please...


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1 Star Review
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By : 'Chris'
Branch : Chelmsford, 23 Duke Street
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : CM2

7 Nov 2013
People found this helpful7

Like most people who use CMRent, they were fine when moving in, but when anything needed doing within the property they were pretty useless. The staff are completely incompetent. The problem we're having at the moment (STILL) is that we're not getting our deposit back. I have explained to them ... Read Full Review

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By : Michael Saville

9 Dec 2013

Hi Chris, I'm sorry that you felt the need to write your complaint on this website. We do not get notified of any complaints on here, it's just by luck that i saw yours. I'm disappointed you felt the ...


Rude, unhelpful and made me ...

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1 Star Review
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By : 'Zoe'
Branch : Braintree Head Office, Freeport Office Village Century Drive
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : CM2

18 Jul 2013
People found this helpful10

Rude, unhelpful and made me so angry I had to try my hardest not to swear at him. In fairness, I would like to state that all other members of staff I have dealt with at CM Rent have been helpful throughout my letting the property. However, on departure my issues have started. I moved out of ... Read Full Review


What agent could do to change your mind?

Been more supportive and assisted by at least providing the documentation requested. None of my requests were unreasonable given the situation.

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By : Zoe

18 Jul 2013

I would like to add that if Mr Saville would like to either refund my money claimed from my deposit, or provide me with the official receipts, a copy of the check out report made by CM Rent prior to...


This letting agent is very ...

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1 Star Review

By : 'Mary'
Branch : Braintree Head Office, Freeport Office Village Century Drive
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : CM2

13 Jun 2013
People found this helpful13

This letting agent is very badly organised and have very low standards in the properties they rent out. They refuse to do electrical safety tests on any of their properties as there is a loophole in the law that gets them out of this,which is worrying to say the least. They refused to fix ... Read Full Review


What agent could do to change your mind?

Trust in the reviews you see online as we did not and we are paying for it now by living in a house where we will have to fight to get even the most basic repairs carried out. This agent have pretty much done everything wrong and in an extremely unprofessional manner despite us being good tenants, so they would have to be a different company all together to help us \'change our mind\'

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By : Michael Saville

6 Jul 2013

Hi Mary, please let me know your surname, the property you were renting and I will look into this. We take our instructions from the landlord and cannot carry out any maintenance without their...


Fantastic company. The below ...

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5 Star Review

By : 'Danielle'
Branch : Braintree Head Office, Freeport Office Village Century Drive
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : CM7

10 May 2013
People found this helpful2

Fantastic company. The below reviews are a load of rubbish, which is quite clear from just written the lack of detail and the fact they are all targeted at one branch I am a tenant of cmRENT and have nothing but praise from them. They are friendly, polite and wiling to help in any way they can. ... Read Full Review

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By : Michael Saville

6 Jul 2013

Thank you Danielle. I'm pleased to hear a real review on this dreadful website at last...


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