By : 'Jo' Services : Letting(As a Owner) Would you recommend ? : No Postcode : E1W
Aug 17, 2016
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Felicity Lord are cowboys. Their plumber forced me to buy a new boiler costing �3000 unnecessarily. My old boiler passed it's Gas Safety test, but a week later, once my tenant was in, FJL sent in their plumber to fix a minor problem with the toilet and he announced the old boiler was broken and he disconnected it. He insisted that I buy a new boiler at a cost of �3000. The plumber then put the in pipe on the out pipe and vice versa. So, the brand new Vailant boiler that I was forced to purchase never, ever worked. It was also placed too high in the cupboard also making it unsafe and unable to pass a safety test. My tenant lived in the flat with no central heating for a whole year. There was hot water provided for by the emersion heater so he probably just got in fan heaters.
This is just one of a hundred other complaints I have about FJL. They are AWFUL. It's not just that they have poor workmen who swindle you, or that FJL don't do any quality checks or follow up on anything. My main complaint was that they pass you from person to person, have no accountability. They swindle you, don't do their job, don't put in good workmen. Don't oversee that any work is done correctly or done well.
When I first starting letting my flat, I was also told that my electrical box needed replacing. Again, I think this was a scam looking back on it. Their electrician also wired it wrong so electrical items kept tripping for my tenants. I have SOOO many things to write about the poor management FJL offered but there's not enough space to write it all.
Eventually after a year of terrible service, I took them to the Property Ombudsman and won. They found that all my complaints were justified. The only thing they didn't agree with was holding FJL accountable to using poor workmen. Apparently as the workmen had proper certification, FJL could not be held accountable- so basically, they take your huge management fee. Send in a cowboy. Rip you off, don't check that the job was done, yet it's not their fault. I have to now sue the plumber and electrician.
It's all a complete scam so STEER CLEAR of FJL if you have any sense. Individually they all sound so lovely and nice. The company policy is to pass you from person to person so no one is accountable.
If your property has no problems at all, I'm sure they'll take you fee and you'll never know how bad they are in a crisis.
DONT USE THEM. They also go as Spicer Haart/ Haart/ Felicity Lord just to make it hard to track down emails!
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Aug 19, 2016
Hi Jo
We're sorry to hear you received a poor experience with our Wapping Lettings branch. With regards to the third party service that was provided, as this has already gone through the Ombudsman and a conclusion reached, we cannot comment further on this.
We are also very sorry about the experience you received with the staff members in branch, such as the lack of callbacks and being passed between brands. We will review this in an effort to further improve our service.
Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you would like to discuss these issues further.
Regards
Ross
By : Jo Print
Aug 22, 2016
Hi Ross, I highly doubt that your review (if you DO have one) would change a thing. I spent 18 months trying to get someone to work with me on these issues and everyone sounded wonderfully sympathetic and helpful. The reality was though, that your company policy of shifting clients from one person to another as soon as an issue occurred is the biggest frustration of all. For Andrew Kettle to now say that he and his team were completely innocent when I was forced to pay thousands and thousands of pounds on a boiler that didn't need fixing is a joke. How can you charge the huge fee if you're not actually managing my property and checking up on dodgy workmen?
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By : 'Michele' Services : Letting( Property Management ) Rent PCM : £1200 Would you recommend ? : No Postcode : E1
Aug 8, 2023
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Working with Felicity J Lord has been very disappointing as property management provider. Each time my tenants had an issue they had to call the property managers multiple times given Felicity's lack of response. Eventually I always had to fix the issue myself with the tenant which defeats... Read Full Review
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Working with Felicity J Lord has been very disappointing as property management provider. Each time my tenants had an issue they had to call the property managers multiple times given Felicity's lack of response. Eventually I always had to fix the issue myself with the tenant which defeats the purpose of having a property management provider. This was across many different managers i worked with, and across almost 10 years which tells a lot about the company culture. Lately I've also had a big issue with my rental property license renewal. Felicity J Lord refused to renew my license as license holder despite them being the license holders for many years. Living abroad, I have no choice but finding another agency who would accept being a license holder, given that the license holder must be a UK person/entity. I did find another agency willing to renew the license for me, but Felicity J lord refused to let me know and are holding on the last 16 months of my contract to squeeze all the money they can out of me. This means I will have to pay for two agencies at the same time. Not a very nice treatment for a 10 year old customer. Please avoid using this agency, they have been mostly painful to deal with.
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Very happy with the ongoing service and advice by Cyrus in Wapping. Very helpful and professional throughout the process.
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By : 'Norma' Services : Sales( As a Buyer ) Sold price : £390000 Would you recommend ? : Yes Postcode : E1W
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I've used Felicity J Lord to find a property in Wapping and my main point of contact is Eduard Diac. Eduard has been amazing to deal with. He has been there for me throughout the whole process: finding the right property, negotiating and keeps giving continues advise and support. He has been... Read Full Review
I've used Felicity J Lord to find a property in Wapping and my main point of contact is Eduard Diac. Eduard has been amazing to deal with. He has been there for me throughout the whole process: finding the right property, negotiating and keeps giving continues advise and support. He has been extremely proffesional, efficient and communicative and makes the whole 'flat buying' as smooth and easy as possible. I am very happy with him and and can't recommend his service highly enough.
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By : 'ML' Services : Letting( As a Owner ) Rent PCM : £3000 Would you recommend ? : No Postcode : E1
Nov 5, 2017
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Literally the worst agency AVOID!!! unless you like giving them thousands to do nothing. Lied to me and the tenant resulting in a 3 year tenancy terminating after 2 months!!! Would FJL refund the 3 YEARS worth of fees deducted up front?? No. Did they find a new tenant?? No. So I ended up... Read Full Review
Services : Letting( As a Owner )Date: 5th Nov 2017
Literally the worst agency AVOID!!! unless you like giving them thousands to do nothing. Lied to me and the tenant resulting in a 3 year tenancy terminating after 2 months!!! Would FJL refund the 3 YEARS worth of fees deducted up front?? No. Did they find a new tenant?? No. So I ended up collecting zero rent and actually having to pay FJL for nothing. Don't enter into anything longer than 12 months they FORCE you into it so that they can deduct their fees for the ENTIRE term upfront.
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By : 'Tracy' Services : Letting( As a Owner ) Rent PCM : £1730 Would you recommend ? : No Postcode : E1
Jul 10, 2017
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LANDLORDS BEWARE!!!! I would never use this agency again! from start to finish a muddle. They found a Spanish tenant quickly & then rushed through the letting process to the effect that all credit referencing showed n/a; the e-mailed contract (no hard copy for me) was missing all even numbered... Read Full Review
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Huge fees for an easy let...Spanish tenant took the apartment from Spain on photographs only hence not even 1 viewing. COMMISSION REFUND PROVING DIFFICULT & 5 MONTHS OVERDUE
Services : Letting( As a Owner )Date: 10th Jul 2017
LANDLORDS BEWARE!!!! I would never use this agency again! from start to finish a muddle. They found a Spanish tenant quickly & then rushed through the letting process to the effect that all credit referencing showed n/a; the e-mailed contract (no hard copy for me) was missing all even numbered pages; the break clause was NOT as I had directed:- Tenant gave notice upon paying his first months rent (2weeks late) & because of clause was able to vacate at 6 months. Which I believe now is all he ever required but my minimim let is 12 months. That was February 2017....it is now mid July and I am still chasing up Louise Smith for the refund of the 6th month commission. I received no copy of the account on this letting back in September 2016 which I am still awaiting. A thoroughly haphazard & unprofessional disservice.
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By : 'Francesca' Services : Letting( As a Tenant ) Would you recommend ? : Yes Postcode : E1W
Feb 24, 2017
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James is a very helpful and present agent .
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Very professional and helpful company. James is a very helpful and present agent . Really raccomandet to found the right property for you!
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By : 'Jo' Services : Letting( As a Owner ) Would you recommend ? : No Postcode : E1W
Aug 17, 2016
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Felicity Lord are cowboys. Their plumber forced me to buy a new boiler costing �3000 unnecessarily. My old boiler passed it's Gas Safety test, but a week later, once my tenant was in, FJL sent in their plumber to fix a minor problem with the toilet and he announced the old boiler was broken... Read Full Review
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COMPLETELY UNREASONABLE AND HUGE... especially considering they did such an amazingly bad job.
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Services : Letting( As a Owner )Date: 17th Aug 2016
Felicity Lord are cowboys. Their plumber forced me to buy a new boiler costing �3000 unnecessarily. My old boiler passed it's Gas Safety test, but a week later, once my tenant was in, FJL sent in their plumber to fix a minor problem with the toilet and he announced the old boiler was broken and he disconnected it. He insisted that I buy a new boiler at a cost of �3000. The plumber then put the in pipe on the out pipe and vice versa. So, the brand new Vailant boiler that I was forced to purchase never, ever worked. It was also placed too high in the cupboard also making it unsafe and unable to pass a safety test. My tenant lived in the flat with no central heating for a whole year. There was hot water provided for by the emersion heater so he probably just got in fan heaters.
This is just one of a hundred other complaints I have about FJL. They are AWFUL. It's not just that they have poor workmen who swindle you, or that FJL don't do any quality checks or follow up on anything. My main complaint was that they pass you from person to person, have no accountability. They swindle you, don't do their job, don't put in good workmen. Don't oversee that any work is done correctly or done well.
When I first starting letting my flat, I was also told that my electrical box needed replacing. Again, I think this was a scam looking back on it. Their electrician also wired it wrong so electrical items kept tripping for my tenants. I have SOOO many things to write about the poor management FJL offered but there's not enough space to write it all.
Eventually after a year of terrible service, I took them to the Property Ombudsman and won. They found that all my complaints were justified. The only thing they didn't agree with was holding FJL accountable to using poor workmen. Apparently as the workmen had proper certification, FJL could not be held accountable- so basically, they take your huge management fee. Send in a cowboy. Rip you off, don't check that the job was done, yet it's not their fault. I have to now sue the plumber and electrician.
It's all a complete scam so STEER CLEAR of FJL if you have any sense. Individually they all sound so lovely and nice. The company policy is to pass you from person to person so no one is accountable.
If your property has no problems at all, I'm sure they'll take you fee and you'll never know how bad they are in a crisis.
DONT USE THEM. They also go as Spicer Haart/ Haart/ Felicity Lord just to make it hard to track down emails!
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By : 'Shona' Services : Letting( As a Owner ) Would you recommend ? : Yes Postcode : E1W
Feb 27, 2016
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I have used the services of FJ Lord for many years to rent my flat in Tamarind Yard. The service I received this time was exceptional. Tomas not only organised my new tenancy with great efficiency but also organised the refurbishment of my flat (redecoration, new flooring and general maintenance)... Read Full Review
Services : Letting( As a Owner )Date: 27th Feb 2016
I have used the services of FJ Lord for many years to rent my flat in Tamarind Yard. The service I received this time was exceptional. Tomas not only organised my new tenancy with great efficiency but also organised the refurbishment of my flat (redecoration, new flooring and general maintenance) to be completed in 3 days between the tenancies. He couldn't have been more helpful or delightful to deal with. I would highly recommend him - he has done an amazing job!
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By : 'Philip' Services : Letting( As a Owner ) Would you recommend ? : Yes Postcode : E1W
Feb 17, 2016
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We used Felicity J Lord to find tenants to rent our riverside property in Wapping. We found their service to be excellent. Tomas handled most of the negotiations working alongside Serge and both were extremely efficient and professional in their... Read Full Review
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Their fees were competitive - in line with other neighbourhood agents.
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Their fees were competitive - in line with other neighbourhood agents.
Services : Letting( As a Owner )Date: 17th Feb 2016
We used Felicity J Lord to find tenants to rent our riverside property in Wapping. We found their service to be excellent. Tomas handled most of the negotiations working alongside Serge and both were extremely efficient and professional in their approach.
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Thanks for your review. We are really pleased to hear about your experience with our Wapping branch and Tomas.
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By : 'Michael' Services : Letting( As a Tenant ) Rent PCM : £1516 Would you recommend ? : Yes Postcode : E1W
Mar 20, 2015
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Tomas and the agency were great and helpful with the process, flexible and overall it was a pleasure working with them, highly recommend them to... Read Full Review
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )Date: 20th Mar 2015
Tomas and the agency were great and helpful with the process, flexible and overall it was a pleasure working with them, highly recommend them to everybody!!
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Many thanks for your review Michael! Great to hear about your experience with us.
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By : 'EBM' Services : Letting( As a Tenant ) Rent PCM : £2 Would you recommend ? : Yes Postcode : E1W
Mar 8, 2015
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eading us and showing appropriate properties. Unfortunately, FJL did not have adequate listings. I wish we could have done... Read Full Review
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Tomas did a great job of eading us and showing appropriate properties. Unfortunately, FJL did not have adequate listings. I wish we could have done business.
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By : 'Pete' Services : Letting( As a Owner ) Rent PCM : £990 Would you recommend ? : Yes Postcode : E1W
Aug 21, 2014
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Its great to be able to write such a positive review for Anett. I have been a landlord with Felicity J Lord for over 10 years (at this same office) and Anett has provided some of the best service I have received in that time. Anett has helped me with a number of issues over the last month and... Read Full Review
Services : Letting( As a Owner )Date: 21st Aug 2014
Its great to be able to write such a positive review for Anett. I have been a landlord with Felicity J Lord for over 10 years (at this same office) and Anett has provided some of the best service I have received in that time. Anett has helped me with a number of issues over the last month and stepping up to help out when other parts of Felicity J Lord are not so proactive. Anett is a great person to deal with and has a fantastic customer care attitude that should be recognisied.
Look forward to dealing with you again Anett.
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Great to hear about your experience with us over the years and we're really pleased to hear that Anett has provided a great service. Thank you for taking the time to write this lovely...
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By : 'David' Services : Letting( As a Owner ) Rent PCM : £1235 Would you recommend ? : No Postcode : E1
Aug 7, 2014
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For 5 years of letting through F J Lord there have been numerous errors. My tenant has now left and the branch manager failed to inform rent collection he had gone resulting in my tenant wrongly being chased for non-payment of rent. Due to their policy of deducting commissions a year in advance... Read Full Review
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Fee percentage pretty high but policy of deducting commissions due a year in advance leaves a lot to be desired
Services : Letting( As a Owner )Date: 7th Aug 2014
For 5 years of letting through F J Lord there have been numerous errors. My tenant has now left and the branch manager failed to inform rent collection he had gone resulting in my tenant wrongly being chased for non-payment of rent. Due to their policy of deducting commissions a year in advance my tenant leaving has meant a refund due from F J Lord. The tenant has been gone nearly 2 weeks now and I have yet to receive a penny of the funds due to me or even a response to my numerous e-mail messages. I would not recommend this agency to Landlords or tenants as their professional service leaves a lot to be desired
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By : 'Ale' Services : Letting( As a Tenant ) Would you recommend ? : Yes Postcode : WAPP
Apr 28, 2014
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Romualdas was helpful, affable, well prepared and always going the extra mile to assist us. A very skilled and personable... Read Full Review
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )Date: 28th Apr 2014
Romualdas was helpful, affable, well prepared and always going the extra mile to assist us. A very skilled and personable agent!
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By : 'George' Services : Letting( As a Owner ) Would you recommend ? : Yes Postcode : E1
Mar 17, 2014
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I recently had a long term let property come back on the market which we had been "managing" directly. Having had a very positive experience with FJL on another property, we decided to offer FJL the opportunity to take on the long term let.
We were immediately put at ease by David and... Read Full Review
Services : Letting( As a Owner )Date: 17th Mar 2014
I recently had a long term let property come back on the market which we had been "managing" directly. Having had a very positive experience with FJL on another property, we decided to offer FJL the opportunity to take on the long term let.
We were immediately put at ease by David and Romualdas, who arranged the checkout of the existing tenants, produced a comprehensive review of the property, managed a significant refresh of the property, arranged new furniture and sourced new tenants.
Their communication throughout has ben excellent and I cannot fault the service provided.
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By : 'M.' Services : Letting( As a Tenant ) Would you recommend ? : Yes Postcode : SE16
Mar 13, 2014
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I had very particular requirements and once the agent understood them he showed me some very nice properties and did not waste my time showing me properties that only met part of the requirements. Once I decided upon a property to rent the paperwork and move-in process was seamless and... Read Full Review
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )Date: 13th Mar 2014
I had very particular requirements and once the agent understood them he showed me some very nice properties and did not waste my time showing me properties that only met part of the requirements. Once I decided upon a property to rent the paperwork and move-in process was seamless and efficient.
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By : 'E1' Services : Letting( As a Tenant ) Would you recommend ? : Yes Postcode : E1
Mar 10, 2014
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Romualdas was my letting agent when I looked for a flat to rent. I think he did a great job of it; he showed me 4 properties and after the first one very quickly understood the type of place I'd like. The next 3 flats he showed me were all very nice in their own way, and were the best properties... Read Full Review
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )Date: 10th Mar 2014
Romualdas was my letting agent when I looked for a flat to rent. I think he did a great job of it; he showed me 4 properties and after the first one very quickly understood the type of place I'd like. The next 3 flats he showed me were all very nice in their own way, and were the best properties I'd seen out of all the ones I'd visited with other agents for a similar budget. I put an offer on one and I have now been in my new flat for about 3 weeks and very much enjoying it.
Overall good experience so far; Romualdas was very friendly but still professional, very prompt in getting back to me, and what I hugely appreciated - not pushy at all during the visits; he let me have a look around and let the quality of the flats do the convincing. Special mention about Indra too who so far has been prompt and helpful in answering my queries. The only reason why I didn't put the highest scoring possible is because of the sizeable holding deposit this agency takes, which is markedly higher than that required by other agencies I have dealt with. Other than that - great work from this agent.
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By : 'Jane' Services : Letting( As a Owner ) Would you recommend ? : Yes Postcode : E1
Feb 14, 2014
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David has been extremely professional and consultative throughout our dealings with Felicity J Lord. He keeps my husband and I fully informed on market trends and property values and has a great and positive manner to him. He's our go-to-guy when it comes to property. This agency is simply a... Read Full Review
Services : Letting( As a Owner )Date: 14th Feb 2014
David has been extremely professional and consultative throughout our dealings with Felicity J Lord. He keeps my husband and I fully informed on market trends and property values and has a great and positive manner to him. He's our go-to-guy when it comes to property. This agency is simply a pleasure to deal with and I always receive a warm greeting when I call their office.
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