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3.9/5, 56 Reviews
73% Recommended
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69% letting fee satisfaction

Jason
By : 'Gavin'
Services : Sales(I sold a property using them)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : BN2
At the start if 2013 we decided to sell our flat with Brand Vaughan as they came across as the most current and up to date agent, Jason Brand was confident he could get a good price for the flat and recommended we list at £175,000 even though my wife was pregnant at the time and he was aware we wanted a quick sale. He was confident he would sell the property within 6 weeks. We were happy with the service in the beginning and we were getting plenty of viewings. However, there was no firm interest and Mr. Brand recommended we drop the price to £170,00 which we did. We then had the first of three incidents which left us very disappointed with the service received. There was no consistency in how they arranged viewings, they would either call, text or email to advise me of a viewing and I would reply with confirmation. I received an email from them which due to the large amount of emails I was receiving I missed and therefore did not confirm that we were happy for a viewing to go ahead. The viewing went ahead without my confirmation and the agent and potential buyer turned up one morning whilst my wife was still in bed. On its own, this would not be too much of a big deal, a communications error we could overlook and I just asked them to ensure we confirmed the viewings in future. Shortly after, upon the advice of Mr. Brand we dropped the price again to £165,000 something we probably should have done from the word go as we were never going to get £175,000 for it but being generally inexperienced in selling a property we went with the agents advice. Anyway, we went away for a bank holiday weekend and upon our return found our front door to be ajar. I called the Brand Vaughan to confirm whether they had done the viewings that were booked in and they confirmed that they had. When I informed them that the front door had been left open the agents reply was something along the lines of “phew, I didn't do the viewings so I'm off the hook…â€Â. He then advised that he would “look into it†for me and I heard nothing and did not have the time to chase. A few weeks later, once we had accepted an offer on the property, we returned home to find that a few things had been moved. I called Brand Vaughan to ask if they had been in and they advised that they had shown our buyers around so they could measure up! We had been in and out of the hospital all week with pregnancy related problems and the place was a state. Non-surprisingly my wife was horrified and insisted that they tell the buyers the circumstances. We had had no call, text or email advising us of the viewing and had we known then there is no way we would have left the flat in such a state. We asked for our keys back shortly after… I called Jason Brand to advise of what had happened and his response was “I can't believe you weren't told… I'll look into it…â€Â. I heard nothing back from him so sent an email detailing the three incidents above and asking for his feedback. Again, I heard nothing back from him and did not have the time or energy to chase for an apology. All in all, there's lots of flash and bravado with Brand Vaughan but once you get past that they are the same, generic, uncaring, useless estate agents who offer zero level of customer service and just want their cut of the sale. How they can't have a clear paper trail for arranging and organising viewings is beyond me and the fact that the boss of the company can receive an email and a call from a customer and completely ignore it is shocking.
By : JB
10 May 2014Whilst for legal reasons I can't go into details of the person who wrote this review this is not a fair representation of events, Brand Vaughan have had a very poor professional experience with the reviewer. We found this reviewer, in their professional capacity to fall very short of the standards we expected and we were very poorly updated, never hearing from months on end and then simply not delivering on what we expected. Brand Vaughan listed the property at the price suggested by the client and worked hard to achieve the best result, the flat was sold in good time to an excellent buyer and the sale completed in the timescales required by all parties. When the property was listed the was a noticeable damp patch in the front bay which the owner did not want to repair. As I knew this would be an issue for any buyer and surveyor I arranged a quote to fix the damp from a local tradesman before we went to market so potential buyers knew the works required were not too major. Many agents would not have considered this st the outset and this certainly assisted the sale. There was an incident of a viewing not being booked in correctly which was discussed in the office and systems improved and we apologised to the client. This client obviously has an issue with agents in general and our experience with him we could equally post a negative review on his poor work but choose not to. Jason Brand Director Brand Vaughan 2014 President of the Brighton & Hove estate agents association
| Services | Valuation | Fees | Min Price of property reviewed | Max Price of property reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Letting | 100% | 69.00% | £590 | £2,492 |
Brand Vaughan
110 St Georges Road, Kemp Town, Brighton, Hampshire
BN2 1EA
01273 683 111
By : 'Chris'
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : BN1
Terrible agency. Aggressive and threatening staff, caused my daughter severe mental... Read Full Review
By : 'May'
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : BN1
I'm really let down! I'm sharing my story to help prevent others from having to deal with the same problem. In February, I'll be moving to Brighton for work. We started looking for a property in January because we live in London and getting a property to view is really tough. As... Read Full Review
By : 'Jack'
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Rent PCM : £1330
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : BN2
With regret, I am leaving Brand Vaughan a 1-star review to reflect my experience with them. This is not a reflection of all staff at the company, as I did indeed have some positive, professional experiences during my tenancy. It appears to me that from reviews online, Brand Vaughan seem to... Read Full Review
By : 'Krzysztof'
Services : Letting (As a Owner)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : BN2
My name is Krzysztof Perek, and I am writing to you on behalf of my partner, Alexander Nadasky, and myself. We are both residents of Brighton, currently residing at 2 Abbey Road since February 2023. We are international students who moved from London to Brighton in search of employment... Read Full Review
By : 'unhappy'
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Rent PCM : £2492
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : BN2
our house has rotting floor boards and a reoccurring damp/ mould problem which the land lords are fighting tooth and nail not to fix. we've sent several emails with photographic proof and we've been told that we need to open the windows and run the heating(which we were already doing)... Read Full Review
By : Andy
4 Apr 2024Brand Vaughan is an awful letting agency. I have been renting a flat from Brand Vaughan for a long time. Unfortunately, after many years of neglect by my landlord, the flat is now in an extremely ...

By : 'Ashley'
Services : Letting (As a Owner)
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : BN1
I have used other agents and consider myself very lucky to have contacted Beth at Brand Vaughan, she was very knowledgeable, polite, easy to talk to and was and is extremely efficient. I look forward to a long relationship with her and Brand... Read Full Review

By : 'Caitlyn'
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : BN2
Beth was amazing with showing us exactly what we wanted and told us everything we wanted to know about the houses, and she let us look around as much as we wanted and film the houses for our other two housemates which was very much... Read Full Review
By : 'Amanda'
Services : Letting (As a Prospective Landlord/Tenant)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : BN1
Needs to improve communication skills with customers. The way this agent came across was quite abrupt and invasive. I will not use this agent... Read Full Review

By : 'Chloe'
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Rent PCM : £590
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : BN1
Beth was absolutely brilliant! She was super attentive, very funny and went above and beyond! She helped me with my application and called me straight away when I sent any emails. Really amazing customer service... Read Full Review

By : 'Chris'
Services : Letting (Admin)
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Cannot praise Chloe, student lets, enough! So professional and helpful. When your dealing with someone so knowledgable and helpful, you know you've made the right decision with your... Read Full Review
By : 'ANON'
Services : Letting (As a Owner)
Rent PCM : £1575
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : BN2
Beyond useless! Poor communication throughout the lettings process and just abysmal at finding suitable and reliable tenants. The main priority would appear to get anyone in, regardless how their references stack up, and get you on their books. I've now last eight months rent (and counting)... Read Full Review
By : 'Rachel'
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : BN2
Absolute shambles of an agency and property manager. As a young student, I have been treated with no respect or dignity, with deliberately slow and meaningless replies. AVOID THIS AGENCY AT ALL COSTS. They see tenants as money and not human... Read Full Review

By : 'Cosmo'
Services : Sales (As a Vendor)
Sold price : £650000
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : BN2
Bought and sold a property through their Kemp Town branch in challenging circumstances amidst the pandemic. Michael, Felix, Timothy and the rest of the team were faultless throughout. Always available, helpful, communicative and endlessly patient in dealing with all our enquiries and requests,... Read Full Review

By : 'Jamie'
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Rent PCM : £900
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : BN2
I was interested in renting a property in kemptown and Brand Vaughn took a sizeable holding fee (many hundreds of pounds.) The company they use to do a credit search ask for incredible amounts of personal and family information and will not take responsibility for how that data is kept. On learning ... Read Full Review
By : Salima
18 Dec 2020Hi Jamie, have you done a formal complaint about it ? Did you got your money back? I'm on a similar situation as you they just didn't explained all the things and lead me to do the holding deposit ...
By : 'Sam'
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Rent PCM : £795
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : BN2
Rented out a small studio flat, move in process was smooth, only issues I had for during tenancy was a drainage problem (had plumbers in 4-5 times) as the taps were flow limited (bills were included, flow limited to save them money) They weren't powerful enough to push stuff through the pipes ... Read Full Review
By : 'Isabelle'
Services : Letting (As a Prospective Landlord/Tenant)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : BN1
Terrible letting agency, they will lie, mislead you and waste your time. Two properties we saw with them, the first was a property we saw and put an application in for, only for it to be denied because the landlord did not wish to let to students. Brand Vaughan knew we were students when we... Read Full Review
By : 'Rebecca'
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : BN2
Absolutely the worst letting agents I’ve ever had to deal with. They lie, change locks without consent. Allow viewings when advised it was inconvenient at the time they wanted other students to view property. The actual owner of the company owned the house my son was living in and the... Read Full Review
By : 'madon'
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Rent PCM : £900
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : BN2
i payed £400 towards a deposit to take property off market. then after passing referencing they said my guarantor fell through (although the guarantor had 2 million in assets). i then gave them another guarantor who was also a property developer then they declined finishing the application. be very ... Read Full Review
the wavered the agency fees but i have a feeling they were trying to get the £400 which was supposed to be non refundable deposit. they did say they were going to refund me, however, i dont know whether that was because they saw i had some clout behind me with property developers and i knew what i was talking about or if they genuinely were struggling with the application

By : 'JackieB'
Services : Sales (As a Buyer)
Sold price : £235
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : BN2
An excellent, professional and helpful team / service. Would highly recommend. The team helped us all through the process of purchasing a flat from start to finish and after too! Jon Antony, in particular, went above and beyond in helping us with issues that arose both during and after purchase. ... Read Full Review


By : 'Roger'
Services : Sales (As a Vendor)
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : BN2
These agents acted with great professionalism from the start and kept us informed of every stage of the sale. I really wasn't expecting the quick sale they promised, but we were all astounded that this was achieved within 24 hours of signing the sales contract! A superb team and I will... Read Full Review
Best rate agreed quickly.
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