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4.4/5, 95 Reviews
93% Recommended
33% letting valuation accuracy
30% letting fee satisfaction
| Services | Valuation | Fees | Min Price of property reviewed | Max Price of property reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Letting | 33% | 30.00% | £495 | £695 |
| From Landlords | From Tenants | From Vendors | From Buyers | From Other | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 7 | 34 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
JSM
81 High Street, Lowestoft, Suffolk
NR32 1XN
01502 500 922




By : 'Mary'
Branch : Ipswich, Friars House, 2 Falcon Street
Services : Letting (As a Owner)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : IP1
Awful, don't go near them. One staff memebr doesn't know what the other is doing the delay everything. They don't look after your property. They hid the fact the couldn't get refernces for ... Read Full Review
By : 'Disgruntled'
Branch : Norwich, 14 St George's Street
Services : Letting (As a Owner)
Rent PCM : £650
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : NR1
We used JSM (now Leaders) to manage 2 of our properties in Norwich. The Property Manager seemed to change every time we dealt with them, consequently the Inspections were not conducted properly. They failed to notice that there were pets in one property, and the second stank of cigarette smoke. The ... Read Full Review
By : 'David'
Branch : Woodbridge, 6d Church Street
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Rent PCM : £695
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : NR1
The lease on this property recently ended. JSM were quite unhelpful on numerous occasions during the tenancy. Requests for landlord maintenance were met with resistance or inaction, check out and return of our Security Deposit turned into a frustrating and drawn out affair and generally they were ... Read Full Review
By : 'Travelmonkey'
Branch : Woodbridge, 6d Church Street
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Rent PCM : £505
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : IP12
I rented a flat for 18 months, and moved out a few weeks ago. Durning the tenancy JSM were actually ok, handling a few maintenance issues efficiently. The only real annoyance were the outrageous fees every six months (around £90). Plus check-in fee, check-out fee, etc... However, upon checkout ... Read Full Review
For a start you could abide by the tenancy contract. Trying to charge cleaning fees for minor things is disgusting, and in breach of contract. Sort your staff out - one member told me check-out was free, another said £100 yet I only paid £60???
Ridiculously high
By : evilagent
10 Dec 2014Ha ha. Frankly we don't give a shit about our tenants. Once we have their money that's it as far as we are concerned. Our only concern is getting the suckers in and getting our fat fees....
By : 'Rebecca'
Branch : Ipswich, Friars House, 2 Falcon Street
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Rent PCM : £565
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : IP4
Very little regard for tenants and unacceptable fees. We rented with them last year. We were promised a heater would be repaired before move in - we had to wait about a month for this, despite numerous prompts, and were very cold in the main bedroom for this period. They asked us to sign on a ... Read Full Review
Very over the top. I don\'t mind paying fairly high fees if I get good service but the service was very poor here.

By : 'TLP'
Branch : Lowestoft, 81 High Street
Services : Letting (As a Owner)
Rent PCM : £565
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : NR33
I have been letting my property through JSM for about three years; My initial contact was with Carole, who guided me through the preparation of the property for leting and gave me much valuable advice and help. Since then I have had dealings with many of the staff who, without exception, have ... Read Full Review


By : 'Paul'
Branch : Woodbridge, 6d Church Street
Services : Sales (As a Buyer)
Sold price : £112000
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : IP12
I've dealt with this branch over a number of years and eventually brought a property through them as well. They have always been very helpful to me as a tenant and owner, and they have been on the ball with all the issues I have regarding tenancy & property purchase. During the purchase process ... Read Full Review
By : 'R'
Branch : Ipswich, Friars House, 2 Falcon Street
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : IP4
Avoid this lettings agent at all cost, they are bloody useless. They don't managed anything properly so beware of the property you move into, checks have probably not been done and probably crawling with fleas like the one I just moved ... Read Full Review
Low admin fees. Doing their jobs properly to not lead genuine tenants into stress and anger.
Absolute rip off! They don\'t do the checks and admin they are meant to.
By : JSMProperty
21 Jul 2014Thanks for your comments. We aim to let out properties in good condition and we apologise on this occasion there have been a number of issues. We are working with you and the landlord to get these...
By : 'Dan1243'
Branch : Ipswich, Friars House, 2 Falcon Street
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Rent PCM : £525
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : IP4
Last year I rented a flat through JSM for about 4 months. When I moved in the flat was for sale as a buy-to-let property and they explained to me in an easy way, without being insulting (as it was the first time I rented). £65 is excessive as a check in fee (see a review below) but this is part ... Read Full Review
Cleaning fee on \'check out\' would have been easily avoided

By : 'Jaimie'
Branch : Norwich, 14 St George's Street
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Rent PCM : £495
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : NR1
New to this experience, my partner and I were unsure as to what needed to be done/sorted but Louise answered all of our questions and helped us throughout the whole journey. She was supportive, emailing and calling to remind us of each step that needed to be taken and JSM had a good layout of steps ... Read Full Review

By : 'Jacintha'
Branch : Norwich, 14 St George's Street
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : NR9
I found the house that i liked online for my family and I, left a message and Rosie gave me a call. She explained the whole process to me and arranged the viewing for me. she was very friendly and professional, she explained to me clearly all the stages and called to find out how i was getting on. ... Read Full Review


By : 'Duncan'
Branch : Woodbridge, 6d Church Street
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : IP5
JSM were very helpful, professional and very efficient in all matters concerning my rental. I would thoroughly recommend for anyone I ... Read Full Review

By : 'Zoe'
Branch : Norwich, 14 St George's Street
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : NR2
Rosie was excellent from start to finish. She was as good as her word to keep me in reserve in case this property came up again, contacting me straight away to arrange a second viewing. Rosie was friendly and positive when showing me around. Rosie ensured that the rental was easy, clearing ... Read Full Review
By : 'Mark'
Branch : Lowestoft ,81 High Street
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : NR14
absolutely useless in terms of dealing with any problems. Today we have no hot water. JSM's emergency number just rings out. This jus just one example of the poor customer service and total lack of communication. Don't rent from ... Read Full Review

By : 'Amanda'
Branch : Norwich, 14 St George's Street
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : NR9
This was my first experience with a letting agent and it was very good, Rosie Howard was extremely helpful in helping me with my queries and making everything happen on time, would use JSM ... Read Full Review

By : 'Howard'
Branch : Norwich, 14 St George's Street
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : NR3
Rosie has provided timely and very helpful support in our search for a new home together and provided her support in making a challenging time as smooth as possible for us. It has been much appreciated. Thank ... Read Full Review

By : 'alan'
Branch : Norwich, 14 St George's Street
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : NR7
I have just used JSM for my new let and found them very good especially my contact Rosie Howard. She was very attentive and helped in all aspects of any problems I encountered, from the viewing through to getting my keys and my final move in. the only downside was when Rosie was off ill nothing ... Read Full Review
By : 'Mooshkin'
Branch : Norwich, 14 St George's Street
Services : Letting (As a Owner)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : NR3
Terrible service. Rude. Don't reply to email after email - even at head office level in response to formal complaints. Mucked up the rent review. Deceived me when a contractor did work that wasn't authorised - asking another contractor to join in the cover up (I saw the email after asking ... Read Full Review
Nothing - too many instances of poor poor service.
By : 'NeverAgain!'
Branch : Norwich, 14 St George's Street
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : NR3
I have been waiting for my deposit for nearly four months. The staff member that I was dealing with - whenever he would actually lower himself to the level of responding to my queries in the first place, that is! - was rude and provided neither assistance nor assurance. The reason I was given ... Read Full Review
By : 'Xeno_blue'
Branch : Norwich, 14 St George's Street
Services : Letting (As a Prospective Landlord/Tenant)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : NR2
Dodgy though the staff where fine. I went to view a property with this company and was impressed with the price if not the state of the place, so decided to apply for it. The carpets were feisty and walls needed a new coat of paint. However while filling in the from to be sent off to landlord ... Read Full Review
I would consider using JSM if: - i) They abolished contractually enforcing the tenant to insure the fixtures and fittings. Also Personal contents insurance should be advised by the letting agent NOT insisted as part of the letting agreement. ii) They abolished the rolling 6 month or 12 month contract and replace it with an initial 6 month fixed term contract followed by a 1 month rolling contract. iii) Abolish the renewal fee as I find it hard to accept it costs £70 +VAT to type my name in a document, change the date and print it out. iv) And finally, after reading some of the reviews here, for JSM to train up all their staff to provide the excellent service that a few of them are already providing
By : Steady
13 Dec 2013The worst letting agents I have ever rented through. I originally rented a house through Bush Management and had no problems whatsoever. Then the worst thing happened. JSM bought them out. I had...
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