Purplebricks
1.2/5, 481 reviews
6% recommended
40% sales valuation accuracy
23% sales fee satisfaction
46% lettings valuation accuracy
22% lettings fee satisfaction



Property Features

Purplebricks has been one of the property industry’s leading online and hybrid agents in the UK. We are proud to deliver service that includes:- A low fixed fee for selling or letting your property, saving you thousands versus ... show more Purplebricks has been one of the property industry’s leading online and hybrid agents in the UK.
We are proud to deliver service that includes:
- A low fixed fee for selling or letting your property, saving you thousands versus a high street
- Your very own Local Property or Lettings Expert, dedicated to providing the very best service
- Your property will be listed on all major property portals and websites, including Zoopla and Rightmove
- Open 24/7 when most High Street agents are closed.
- Properties can be fully managed, just pass us the keys.
Do not hesitate to use the free home valuation tool to receive an estimate of your property value. We would love to hear from you!

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Performance Statistics
Services Valuation Fees Min Price of property reviewed Max Price of property reviewed
Sales 40% 23% £23,000 £3,500,000
Lettings 46% 22% £390 £1,600
Review statistics
From Landlords From Tenants From Vendors From Buyers Other
2 55 0 51 22 193 1 40 2 115
Areas covered
Address

Suite 7 First Floor, Cranmore Place, Cranmore Drive
Shirley,Solihull
West Midlands
B90 4RZ
0800 810 8008

Opening Hours
  • Open: 24/7
Services offered
  • Sales
  • Lettings
  • Block Management
  • Surveys
  • Conveyancing
  • Mortgage Advice
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“I'm a landlord. This is not the first time I'......”

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Aug 21,2020
Minithumbdown
By: 'Michael'
Aug 21,2020
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I'm a landlord. This is not the first time I'm renting my property. Worse experience event. Constant delays and lack of communication and inactivity, even after we had found a tenant. We lost more than 2 weeks of rent, because PurpleBricks had not initiated the reference ...
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“Please please please spare yourself the hassl......”

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Aug 17,2020
Minithumbdown
By: 'Laura'
Aug 17,2020
7 people found
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Please please please spare yourself the hassle and stress by NOT using Purplebricks. I like so many others, fell for the 'fixed price' selling fee and with how quickly they valued my property. I booked the valuation for the Monday and to be fair to ...
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“This company is the worst estate agent I have......”

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Aug 11,2020
Minithumbdown
By: 'Klarice'
Aug 11,2020
12 people found
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This company is the worst estate agent I have ever dealt with in my life. From the communication from my so called agent to my viewers knocking on my door ' not being able to book a viewing with them ' purple bricks gave me ...
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By: Laura
Aug 18, 2020
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Hello :-) I just wrote my review on here and came across all the others - I’m now writing a formal complaint to them and will fight it all the way. You should too - we can’t let this company get away with this! ...

“Avoid for LETTINGS......”

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Aug 11,2020
Minithumbdown
By: 'Prith'
Aug 11,2020
3 people found
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I would not recommend purplebricks for LETTINGS. Avoid 'Troy Cartwright' if your application reaches him in the pre-tenancy department. Once the application reach backoffice it is difficult to get hold of them. I kept chasing them for updates but they are literally lairs and kept ...
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“By far the worst agent I have used. DO NOT US......”

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Aug 11,2020
Minithumbdown
By: 'Leon'
Aug 11,2020
5 people found
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By far the worst agent I have used. DO NOT USE THEM. Problems selling and buying through them. Once you sign the contract they don't care as they get paid. Only advice they offer is reduce then price. The only thing they do for their ...
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“Would never use again.Waited 7 months for a......”

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Jul 30,2020
Minithumbdown
By: 'Abbie'
Jul 30,2020
9 people found
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Would never use again. Waited 7 months for a property, just for it to fall through. Area expert never got in touch with us. We were left completely alone. The online concept doesn't work - there is no one in the middle driven by commission to ...
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“Shocking. Absolutely awful experience. Proper......”

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Jul 29,2020
Minithumbdown
By: 'Jay'
Jul 29,2020
5 people found
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Shocking. Absolutely awful experience. Property 'expert' got my hopes up with the price. Then she couldn't even write the description with correct grammar and spellings. And it just kept getting worse and worse as once you sign they lose interest in selling your property. I've ...
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“Don't touch with a barge pole. My experience ......”

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Jul 27,2020
Minithumbdown
By: 'Geoff'
Jul 27,2020
4 people found
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Don't touch with a barge pole. My experience started well but after we got a buyer the support was rubbish...
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“Do not waste your money. Their service is app......”

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Jul 27,2020
Minithumbdown
By: 'Debra'
Jul 27,2020
5 people found
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Do not waste your money. Their service is appalling. They take your money 10 months in whether you have sold or not. Absolutely no help from the agent. Always an excuse for not being available. My advice would be to go with a local agent , yes ...
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“Scammers- not estate agents!...”

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Jul 21,2020
Minithumbdown
By: 'Anon'
Jul 21,2020
8 people found
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After initially speaking with a property 'expert', my husband and I had some time to discuss our options, but my husband was receiving texts stating that we needed to get our property on the market as he had people interested already. Little did we know ...
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“Not satisfied...”

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Jul 20,2020
Minithumbdown
By: 'Valerie'
Jul 20,2020
6 people found
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Absolute rubbish. Would not recommend to anyone. Did not sell property. Agent was not easily contactable. Did not get sold. Disgusting!...
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“Terrible company, uncommunicative and just ge......”

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Jul 15,2020
Minithumbdown
By: 'Sam'
Jul 15,2020
2 people found
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Terrible company, uncommunicative and just generally rubbish in all aspects. there is a house to buy and I am a cash buyer, i wanted to see it and they didn't give an early appointment as promised. i feel let down by them. I have just ...
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“I had an awful experience with PurpleBricks. ......”

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Jul 07,2020
Minithumbdown
By: 'Michael'
Jul 07,2020
4 people found
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I had an awful experience with PurpleBricks. I've never been treated this badly in business before and have been caused so much stress by this experience. I have a modern 2 bedroom flat in London next to the River Thames. At the beginning, PurpleBricks were receptive ...
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“Careless...”

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Jul 07,2020
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By: 'Neil'
Jul 07,2020
0 people found
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It seems that your experience using this kind of an agency depends on who your agent actually is. I really liked the agent dealing with me but then she left, and I think due to the way she was treated by her employer. The service ...
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“If I could give a zero I would. 2 weeks afte......”

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Jun 25,2020
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By: 'Mike'
Jun 25,2020
4 people found
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If I could give a zero I would. 2 weeks after instructing them the property was still not on the market having to wait for head office to authorise the advertising. In the end I told them where to go and requested a refund of my ...
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“I would not recommend Purplebricks, we had 3 ......”

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Jun 25,2020
Minithumbdown
By: 'Emma'
Jun 25,2020
1 people found
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I would not recommend Purplebricks, we had 3 different people acting for us, 2 left the company 1 of those of her own choice and she even apologised to us for the service we had. The other person who left still had our key and no longer worked ...
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“Avoid at all costs!...”

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Jun 24,2020
Minithumbdown
By: 'Ms'
Jun 24,2020
1 people found
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It was not my choice to use PurpleBricks! By chance, I HAD TO, due to a property listed by them on one of the online platforms. Emailed them, requesting a viewing - no single sound in reply! Tried to call, but they redirect you to ...
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“Booking 2 appointments then not coming.If s......”

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Jun 22,2020
Minithumbdown
By: 'Adela'
Jun 22,2020
1 people found
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Booking 2 appointments then not coming. If saying 4pm so has to be 4pm not changing date again. Unproffesional company not use ! Location Greenford agent Joshua...
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By: Josh
Jun 22, 2020
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Hi Adela, please contact me on [email protected] to discuss this property in Greenford. I’m sure whatever viewing this is for, it can be arranged at your convenience. From the small bit of information provided I can’t work out which property you’re talking about and your name has not come up for any recent viewings. I hope to hear from you. Thanks ...

“THE WORST COMPANY EVER...”

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Jun 22,2020
Minithumbdown
By: 'Megan'
Jun 22,2020
8 people found
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This is the WORST company I have ever had to deal with. I am buying a house through purple bricks and the seller is using Purple Bricks solicitors...what a HUGE mistake. Everyone has told me how bad they are but I didn't expect anything ...
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“Unpleasant & Unprofessional...”

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Jun 12,2020
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By: 'Grace'
Jun 12,2020
8 people found
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As a prospective buyer, I found the whole experience of dealing with Purplebricks very messy and unprofessional. In particular I found the online bidding really stressful...some bids were rejected online by the seller, and others I received a call from a Purplebricks agent to ...
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“Worst year of tenancy I've had...”

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Jun 10,2020
Minithumbdown
By: 'Max'
Jun 10,2020
3 people found
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If I could give 0 stars I would. Over the year I was a tenant with Purplebricks (Leicester branch) I rarely received any acknowledgment to my emails, unless it was to ask for money. I went through 3 different property managers and was never told when they ...
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“Worst company ever, DO NOT USE !!!!...”

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Jun 09,2020
Minithumbdown
By: 'Paul'
Jun 09,2020
7 people found
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???? DO NOT USE ???? Absolutely awful company, charge you to do nothing. I had to take my own pictures in the end as the lady who came tried to advertise pictures that was horrid. I have complained numerous times and now have had to go the ...
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“Good Experience...”

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May 26,2020
Minithumbup
By: 'Beryl'
May 26,2020
0 people found
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I recently sold a property through Purple Bricks. I was helped thankfully, by Vanessa Marubbi my local agent at Purple Bricks. Vanessa helped me through every step of the process, and went over and above her duties....
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“Classic Purplebricks over-valuing...”

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May 26,2020
Minithumbdown
By: 'gerry'
May 26,2020
3 people found
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Got caught out with the classic Purplebricks over-valuing of my property. The agent swore he had just sold a house locally for £425k and that mine was much better and therefore we should market at £450k. Hardly any interest or viewings, but once you have ...
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“Very unhappy customer AVOID THEM!...”

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May 20,2020
Minithumbdown
By: 'Paul'
May 20,2020
4 people found
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I am having the same experience with P/Bricks as 99% of all other people on here, their service has been abysmal from day one. We had to send back the advert several times to correct spelling mistakes, grammar, incorrect floor-plan and so on. When we ...
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“Phil at PB was a legend! Friendly, experience......”

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May 14,2020
Minithumbup
By: 'MR'
May 14,2020
0 people found
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Phil at PB was a legend! Friendly, experienced and knowledgeable. We agreed on a valuation fairly quickly and although I accepted a lower offer in the end it was due to my own time constraints that I needed to sell sooner. The fee with PB ...
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“Extortionate conveyancing fees, totally unfair payment to use your own, BEWARE!...”

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May 07,2020
Minithumbdown
By: 'nicola'
May 07,2020
3 people found
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The agents themselves were fine and houses in my area sell really quickly so there were no issues and despite not conducting viewings that I paid £350 for due to covid, I made a video myself and I accepted a near asking price offer within 4 weeks. ...
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By: Nicola Jones
Jun 12, 2020
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I will submit the formal complaint to them both I am still livid! It is my understanding that you have to formally complain to PB first and that was done but surprise surprise no response from them yet! ...

“Totally Shocking experience AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE!!!!!!...”

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Apr 30,2020
Minithumbdown
By: 'Roger'
Apr 30,2020
9 people found
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Totally Shocking experience Purple Bricks totally lied and misrepresented their services and conned me into signing a deferred payment scheme without explaining they expected payment for doing bugger all. Complete and utterly incompetent. Cheating bunch of con- artists. DO NOT TOUCH THEM WITH A BARGE ...
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By: Antony White
Jun 04, 2020
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I'm in the same boat - get a response re. Ts&Cs, it is never mentioned as an additional charge. PLEASE can you raise a complaint with the FCA and the ASA, both of whom supposedly regulate these guys and if doing their jobs properly will take enforcement and ensure we get refunds! ...

“On balance, avoid....”

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Apr 17,2020
Minithumbdown
By: 'Mark'
Apr 17,2020
8 people found
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I went with Purple Bricks for my sale because I thought that given my flat was right next to a station, with good connections to London - I thought that, given this would probably be of interest to first time buyers, as long as Purple ...
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“Totally appalled by the service provided by P......”

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Mar 23,2020
Minithumbdown
By: 'Paul'
Mar 23,2020
0 people found
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Totally appalled by the service provided by Purplebricks. The company pays self employed estate agents the following Friday as soon as they have signed you up. There is then no drive for them to sell or support you selling your house. Our estate agent was ...
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