McKenzie Bowdens

*My husband and I met **4 years ago. He showed me a property to rent, I accepted, paid fees and deposit then the excuses started. The move in date was delayed numerous times until my Father in Law drove past and someone else was moving in. When I confronted **he said he knew nothing about it and ... Read Full Review

Found the property in July 2015. Was told by Ian Bowden that to remove the property from the market we would need to pay the 6 weeks deposit plus £120 for the credit checks, which we did by bank transfer. My daughter had to leave the rented property she was in on 30th September and Ian Bowden ... Read Full Review

I rented a property through Mr Ian Bowden when he was director of Bowdens. The property was very unkempt and I decorated the place to a high standard throughout. Mr Bowden even said what a good job I had done. I had paid a deposit of �890 and my monthly rent was �525. It was a tiny ... Read Full Review

We found the property on a website, OnTheMarket.com, in July 2015. We viewed the property and was told by Ian Bowden that in order for him to remove property from the market, we would need to pay a deposit and reference fees. He took a few months to gain the references and we finally had an agreed ... Read Full Review

***Attention all existing or future customers*** Please feel free to email me on martyrhoward71@gmail.com. we've fallen foul of this wretched man and have handed his fraudulent activities to the police. If you wish to be part of the investigation please contact me on the above email ... Read Full Review

Literally don't even bother. I am terrified of ever moving from here that I wont get my deposit back. All he has done is lie, make up stories, fiddle money between myself and the landlord. I am a single mum of two and as I said before cant imagine him having done the correct thing with the deposit. ... Read Full Review

ian bowden help me to with all paperwork before moving into the property and has always helped as quickly as possible to resolve any issuses with the ... Read Full Review

We have rented our property through this company for 2 years. In this time I have found them to be helpful, courteous and at all times to maintain the high professional standards you expect from them.As a tenant I would have no hesitation in recommending them to ... Read Full Review

I found this agency quite reliable as they were able to sort out my accommodation within 2 weeks of contacting them. When I first contacted them in January 2015 I was desperate to move out into a 3 bedroom house in the village of Newton Longville, this would have been convenient for my children who ... Read Full Review

I was in the midst of renting a property from Mckenzie Bowden and they were very quick to ask for the deposit money before any contracts had been signed, I reluctantly did this and never received any confirmation or receipt of payment despite being told I would. When the time came to sign the ... Read Full Review

This man is a liar he has 2 deposits that he has not put with the dps I have tried getting them back but to no avail now gonna get police involved my last tenant he knocked there money ... Read Full Review

DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH IAN BOWDEN! Bowden advertised a property for rent and arranged for his colleague to escort me on a viewing. Having taken receipt of my deposit, he then delayed proceedings by claiming to be waiting for references. When I put pressure on him to agree a move in date and ... Read Full Review

Bowdens gave extremely good service from both the start of our tenancy and afterwards; Mr Ian Bowden particularly being very helpful and courteous in clarifying information we'd lost in regard to dates and details of the ... Read Full Review

Ian Bowden can not be trusted. I rented my mothers house out using his services. He owes me money - his cheque bounced .He charged me for a new cooker when in fact the tenant had supplied the cooker herself. He did not register her deposit and has not repaid her the deposit even though we finished ... Read Full Review

I rented a property from bowden until march 2014. This man still has 800 pounds deposit of mine that he has been promising to pay back but still to this day hasn't. Never in my life have i dealt with a dodgier person. Yet for some reason he is still allowed to work in such a capacity without any ... Read Full Review

Absolutely brilliant did everything I needed and paid the dps without issue ! I have used mckenzie bowden before and would recommend them to ... Read Full Review

At first Ian Bowden was an amiable and pleasant individual however as the transaction progressed he became more elusive and proved himself to be a pathological liar on many occasions. Ultimately it transpired he did not have the property to rent and clearly was only after cash as in November 2013 ... Read Full Review

Please do not use this agent in either a landlord or tenant capacity. It will cost you money unless you are very careful indeed. I made the mistake of using him as an agent and found that he lied repeatedly, did not bank the tenants deposit with the correct authorities, took an extra deposit form ... Read Full Review

We rented a property from Ian Bowden for two years in Newton longville. Ian Bowden was unprofessional from the start and we had to seek advice from agents we knew about his practices. He was slow to arrange repairs when they occured and even failed to arrange others. When we moved out he promised ... Read Full Review

I have been renting a property for about a year now and can honestly say that he is a pleasure to deal with and has been attentive whenever I have needed him. I would have no hesitation in recommending him to ... Read Full Review