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2.3/5, 50 Reviews
33% Recommended
67% sales valuation accuracy
44% letting valuation accuracy
35% sales fee satisfaction
35% letting fee satisfaction
| Services | Valuation | Fees | Min Price of property reviewed | Max Price of property reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 67.00% | 35% | £96,500 | £280,000 |
| Lettings | 44% | 35% | £500 | £800 |
| From Landlords | From Tenants | From Vendors | From Buyers | From Other | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
CPBigwood
104-106 Colmore Row, Birmingham,
B3 3AG
0121 237 4850
By : 'PISSED'
Branch : London, 1 Naoroji Street
Services : Property Management
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : TW1
SDL Bigwood have not given our property any services for 2 years, but have sent invoices, threatening letters and bills for £60 for every letter sent out. A lady name Deborah Cain there has no morales at all. Do not allow this company to manage your ... Read Full Review
By : 'Liz'
Branch : Birmingham, 104-106 Colmore Row
Services : Letting( Property Management )
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : B14
SDL Bigwoods have managed to turn our once lovely apartments into crumbling, filthy hovels, its criminal what they are getting away with!! Everone needs to contact the Property Ombudsman to ... Read Full Review
Raised fees this year 10% when they do nothing!!
By : 'Bramleys,'
Branch : Nottingham, 3-4 Regan Way,
Chetwynd Business Park
Services : Property Management
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : B62
1 star is generous!!Service charge increases every year then we get a further bill as they say the charge we have paid does not cover costs. The site is not maintained and management costs are very high. They don't return your calls and what little work is done is of a very poor standard. ... Read Full Review
Too high and increase every year- not by small amounts
By : Jan
30 Jun 2019I agree with above terrible experience items sold for...
By : 'Catherines'
Branch : Birmingham, 104-106 Colmore Row
Services : Property Management
Sold price : £280000
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : B90
Stay away from them do not go anywhere near them, they can not be trusted, they consistently can not be contacted and lie to you. They need to be shut down, they charge inflated prices for doing very little and then ignore the fact we pay there ... Read Full Review
over inflated and could not care about anything.
By : 'Gary'
Branch : Birmingham, 45 Summer Row
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )
Sold price : £125000
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : B14
Absolutely no interest in our property or maintaining the infrastructure, getting flooded because they failed in their duty to take up issues with builder within the 10 year guarantee, no cleaning as hadn't paid the cleaners for 8 months! yet have just put our service charge up to nearly ... Read Full Review
fine you as soon as its late, yet never get bills out on time, I just pay now when I think its due as have been fined for not paying when I didn't even get a bill!! appalling value for money !!!! any builder giving this company the management needs shooting but I am guessing that Bigwoods pay them to get the contract so they can fleece people.
By : Phil Wagstaff
16 Apr 2019have had to put up with an incompetent and only level of service by both Curry and Partners since 2006 also Bigwoods and SDL to date with an end in sight thanks to the County Court with my 3rd N1...


By : 'Melanie'
Branch : Stratford upon Avon, 2-3 Union Street
Services : Letting( As a Owner )
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : CV1
I have had regular contact with both. Chelsea Clarke and Erin Cooling over recent months. The customer service they provide is excellent. They are consistently friendly, helpful, efficient and respond promptly. Would most certainly ... Read Full Review


By : '#####'
Branch : Birmingham, 104-106 Colmore Row
Services : Letting( Property Management )
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : B90
WORST SERVICE, NEVER GET A REPLY TO E-MAILS FOR WEEKS ON END, CHARGED A FORTUNE FOR WORKS THAT NEVER GET CARRIED OUT AND WHEN THEY DO ITS POOR WORKMANSHIP. THE LIST IS ... Read Full Review
RIP OFF
By : Rose
16 Jan 2019What property are you in Time we brought these cowboys...
By : 'Angela'
Branch : Birmingham, 45 Summer Row
Services : Property Management
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : LE2
How poor this company is. Four years of invoicing mistake (always in their favour of course). Letters from companies house fining us for not submitting accounts which was their job. Then we find out our building insurance had lapsed and we were uninsured. There is no general maintenance ... Read Full Review
money for nothing
By : J
2 Jan 2019Angela, we are finding the very same! How did you remove SDL and what happened when they did...

By : 'Brum'
Branch : Birmingham, 104-106 Colmore Row
Services : Property Management
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : B15
I've lived in flats and dealt with management companies for little under 10 years. No management company is perfect and ideally all would be cheaper, however I have never had any specific issues with a management company until I have starting dealing with SDL. Firstly, the are fire hazards ... Read Full Review
Expensive. Already over £100 a month and they are looking to increase their costs after less than 6 months of managing the residence.
By : Stephanie Vine
15 May 2018I totally agree ,we have bigger concerns with overcharging and not doing the work that are paid for.It seems looking at their invoices we only paying for their administration Ourselves and other...
By : 'NLane'
Branch : Nottingham, 3-4 Regan Way,
Chetwynd Business Park
Services : Property Management
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : NG18
This company have been atrocious and have mismanaged my site for over 2 years. Exorbitantly high service management charges are matched by appallingly low service ... Read Full Review
Exorbitant relative to the site
By : 'Flat'
Branch : Birmingham, 104-106 Colmore Row
Services : Property Management
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : CV4
One of the worst companies I have ever had the misfortune of dealing with. Demanding payment for 'historic charges' relating to 2015, despite not providing any evidence to prove where these fees originate from. Ignored the majority of correspondents when I asked for proof/detail of these ... Read Full Review
High fees for little work. Additional fees keep being added, without any proof of work being carried out provided.
By : Emily
14 Jan 2018I have exactly the same problem with SDL Bigwoods and I'm not sure what to do. I am trying to seek legal advice. Out of interest, your property wasn't in Grantham where mine are was it? Many...
By : 'KCG'
Branch : eastleigh, 46a Leigh Road
Services : Property Management
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : SO14
Unfortunately I have to agree with all of the below comments. SDL manage our building, we pay an extortionate amount on annual 'maintenance' + additional fees (eg. £850 for internal decoration, paid in August ago, the work is still yet to be completed). Additionally the communication ... Read Full Review
Very expensive - but it wouldn't even be problem if the building was maintained and planned work was done!
By : 'Henry'
Branch : Birmingham, 45 Summer Row
Services : Property Management
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : M40
As others have said this company does not even deserve one star. They have zero interest in customer service and are outright liars and fraudsters. Unfortunately if you buy a Bovis home you will be stuck with this shambles of a company and for that reason I would discourage anyone from buying from ... Read Full Review


By : 'SW'
Branch : Birmingham, 104-106 Colmore Row
Services : Property Management
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : BA4
I live in Shepton Mallet in Somerset. SDL Bigwood as others have commented are on the take and have zero interest in their clients. I brought a flat and they tried getting me to pay for the people how I brought the flat from their out standing charges then SDL wanted me to pay another made up ... Read Full Review
EXTREMELY BAD
By : 'no'
Branch : Nottingham, 3-4 Regan Way,
Chetwynd Business Park
Services : Property Management
Sold price : £265000
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : DE12
A total shambles of company, after setting a fee in the proposal bod not issue a contract to us but insisted on payment, carried out an illegal practice of taking money but not declaring it to companies house, have not carried out a directors update in the last 18 months. The cannot produce ... Read Full Review
Daylight robbery
By : 'CTrett'
Branch : Birmingham, 45 Summer Row
Services : Property Management
Sold price : £156000
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : NR8
Lived at Cheena Court in Norwich for 10 Years and the property has never been decorated once in this time... Reported internal damage to SDL Bigwood and again hear nothing... like people have said in other reviews though.... they are quick to get JB Leitch Solicitors to add a further �200 + to ... Read Full Review
Increasing agency fees for no return
By : 'Tennant'
Branch : Stratford upon Avon, 2-3 Union Street
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : OX16
I have contacted this office 5 times since April to get some fly tipping removed from the car park at the rear of the property I live at. I have been told it would be removed each time, and that I would get a phone call saying when. It is now June and still no collection and not once have they ... Read Full Review
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By : 'Disgruntled'
Branch : eastleigh, 46a Leigh Road
Services : Property Management
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : SO14
Awful maintenance company, did not address maintenance issue for 5 years despite numerous call outs. I received an unexplained huge additional 'excess maintenance for end of year' invoice which exceeded my whole years maintenance charge and when challenged their response, after 2 years of ... Read Full Review
Bad

By : 'Larkbarrow'
Branch : eastleigh, 46a Leigh Road
Services : Letting( As a Owner )
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : PO5
The worst management company we have ever come across. They ignore their obligations in the lease, do not respond to letters or emails, do no repairs/maintenance to property despite high management service charges. We are now consulting a lawyer to take them to court, perhaps only then will they ... Read Full Review
High service charges and nothing done despite repeated requests.
By : J, Peaty
25 Apr 2018This company is now called SDL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT The same problems continue.They do not respond to emails, take no notice of Leases to maintain the building in the required time, therefore...

By : 'llady'
Branch : Birmingham, 104-106 Colmore Row
Services : Letting( As a Owner )
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : WD17
I was really horrified dealing with this company and actually feel very ripped off .I received an invoice for service charges to which they added several charges which I didn't understand .Called them to clarify and they said they would call back which they didn't.Next they sent a reminder letter ... Read Full Review
excessive penalties .
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