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These are a TERRIBLE estate agents. The staff (most, not all) are rude. We have had a broken gutter for a year and a half AND a leaking roof for 3 years (although it was partially fixed). It took us 6 months for them to sort out the roof with the landlord AND they lied about it to begin with.
Basically with the roof, we reported it as soon as we noticed, within a couple of days we heard nothing so we rang them and we were told to deal with it because the landlord couldn't afford to fix it. Literally, That is what we were told. We obviously did not accept that response so threatened them (and landlord) with legal action. This went on for about 6 months. Then eventually we got hold of the actual landlord (by letter), and to our shock, he knew nothing about it. The estate agents NEVER even got hold if him. (there is a chance the landlord is lying but I honestly believe him, especially after reading many reviews on john german). Anyway, the Landlord did get someone out as soon as we wrote to him personally. Only problem is the roofers (or whatever they are called) didn't completely fix it. Half a job team. Its not a huge deal though, nowhere near as bad as it was and livable.
As for the gutter, its not life threatening and as we have been looking to move for a year or so we never bothered reporting it to the landlord directly, only john german, who have done NOTHING. but again, im not to fussed on the gutter.
now, lets talk about the dreaded inspections. for the first year and a half everything was ok. they rang and made appointments, but every single time since they no longer bother ringing and simply let themselves in if no one is home. WITHOUT our permission. We are currently looking into this and I am almost certain this is illegal. They make up lies saying they 'email' us. Which IS a lie as we have never given them our email addresses. They have said they no longer ring people, its all over email. hmmmm. righto
Oh, and they moan about every little thing. We have a small child so obviously the garden has toys in. swings, slide, sea-saw etc. According to john german. This is no acceptable and is classed as, and I quote 'clutter'. Needless to say we ignored this.
Oh and they constantly have a go at us for a hole in the bedroom ceiling, which happens to be from when the roof leaked badly. Correct me if I am wrong, but that is NOT our responsibility to fix. We have said this many times.
Now to our last problem. ie. 2 days ago, 12/2/14. Thankfully we have got a another house. So naturally we rang up to hand in our months notice... only one problem. For some unknown reason you are not allowed to do this unless it is within 3 days of your rent due... what? Yeah seriously. For example. our rent goes out on the 7th. the ONLY time you are allowed to do this is either the 6th 5th or 4th. I am certain this is a lie and they are trying to get more money off us. Well, they won't. as soon as we are packed and the last thing out, we will hand int he keys and cancel the direct debit. I am NOT paying an extra month for no reason.
I just want to quote word for word what we were told too bu a rude woman. 'You should have told us your leaving as soon as you decided to look for another house'. That is a direct quote.
Quick mention too, they CHARGE FOR A REFERENCE. £25 to be exact. Obviously when you have a new house, you need a reference from your last to prove you have kept up with rent and that. THEY CHARGE YOU FOR IT!!! ABSOLUTE DISGRACE!! Now I know for a fact most estate agents do NOT do this. Our new ones don't. We asked.
Now my last thing, having spoke to, and read numerous reviews, john german will find ANY excuse to keep your deposit/bond, and legally, there is nothing you can do about it. So here is my last bit of advice.
You more than likely WILL lose your bond with these creatures. so simply cancel you direct debit as soon as you can and let them keep that as your last bit of rent.. Read around the internet and talk to others who have used john german. Most will say the same thing. They honestly will find every little thing to keep the money for the landlord. They do not care about tenants. Only the landlord. They will do whats best for them. ALWAYS.
These are a TERRIBLE estate agents. The staff (most, not all) are rude. We have had a broken gutter for a year and a half AND a leaking roof for 3 years (although it was partially fixed). It took us 6 months for them to sort out the roof with the landlord AND they lied about it to begin with.
Basically with the roof, we reported it as soon as we noticed, within a couple of days we heard nothing so we rang them and we were told to deal with it because the landlord couldn't afford to fix it. Literally, That is what we were told. We obviously did not accept that response so threatened them (and landlord) with legal action. This went on for about 6 months. Then eventually we got hold of the actual landlord (by letter), and to our shock, he knew nothing about it. The estate agents NEVER even got hold if him. (there is a chance the landlord is lying but I honestly believe him, especially after reading many reviews on john german). Anyway, the Landlord did get someone out as soon as we wrote to him personally. Only problem is the roofers (or whatever they are called) didn't completely fix it. Half a job team. Its not a huge deal though, nowhere near as bad as it was and livable.
As for the gutter, its not life threatening and as we have been looking to move for a year or so we never bothered reporting it to the landlord directly, only john german, who have done NOTHING. but again, im not to fussed on the gutter.
now, lets talk about the dreaded inspections. for the first year and a half everything was ok. they rang and made appointments, but every single time since they no longer bother ringing and simply let themselves in if no one is home. WITHOUT our permission. We are currently looking into this and I am almost certain this is illegal. They make up lies saying they 'email' us. Which IS a lie as we have never given them our email addresses. They have said they no longer ring people, its all over email. hmmmm. righto
Oh, and they moan about every little thing. We have a small child so obviously the garden has toys in. swings, slide, sea-saw etc. According to john german. This is no acceptable and is classed as, and I quote 'clutter'. Needless to say we ignored this.
Oh and they constantly have a go at us for a hole in the bedroom ceiling, which happens to be from when the roof leaked badly. Correct me if I am wrong, but that is NOT our responsibility to fix. We have said this many times.
Now to our last problem. ie. 2 days ago, 12/2/14. Thankfully we have got a another house. So naturally we rang up to hand in our months notice... only one problem. For some unknown reason you are not allowed to do this unless it is within 3 days of your rent due... what? Yeah seriously. For example. our rent goes out on the 7th. the ONLY time you are allowed to do this is either the 6th 5th or 4th. I am certain this is a lie and they are trying to get more money off us. Well, they won't. as soon as we are packed and the last thing out, we will hand int he keys and cancel the direct debit. I am NOT paying an extra month for no reason.
I just want to quote word for word what we were told too bu a rude woman. 'You should have told us your leaving as soon as you decided to look for another house'. That is a direct quote.
Quick mention too, they CHARGE FOR A REFERENCE. £25 to be exact. Obviously when you have a new house, you need a reference from your last to prove you have kept up with rent and that. THEY CHARGE YOU FOR IT!!! ABSOLUTE DISGRACE!! Now I know for a fact most estate agents do NOT do this. Our new ones don't. We asked.
Now my last thing, having spoke to, and read numerous reviews, john german will find ANY excuse to keep your deposit/bond, and legally, there is nothing you can do about it. So here is my last bit of advice.
You more than likely WILL lose your bond with these creatures. so simply cancel you direct debit as soon as you can and let them keep that as your last bit of rent.. Read around the internet and talk to others who have used john german. Most will say the same thing. They honestly will find every little thing to keep the money for the landlord. They do not care about tenants. Only the landlord. They will do whats best for them. ALWAYS.
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Corner House, 37 Gordon Road
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Never use John German, West Bridgford to sell your property. This estate agency pushed me to sell my house for a very low price and I ended up selling my detached 3 bed house in compton acers, West Bridgford for 252,500/-, when the actual price was ...
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These are a TERRIBLE estate agents. The staff (most, not all) are rude. We have had a broken gutter for a year and a half AND a leaking roof for 3 years (although it was partially fixed). It took us 6 months for ...
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today, 19/02/14 we had a call from them DEMANDING. Yes DEMANDING we pay another £25 for a reference. Despite already paying they claim we are lying. Even though we have 2 different kinds of proof. 1. bank statement. 2. our new estste agents have on file the reference they already gave.
Needless to say we told them whats what.
Also, We specifically told them as from the 18th myself and my partner would be in hospital as we have a new baby. Was C section ...
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If I could rate this branch less than terrible i would! I have found atleast 90% of the staff to be so disinterested an frankly about as useful as a chocolate teapot from the very second we sighted our tenancy agreement infact the lady who assisted ...
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What agent could do to change your mind?
Sack all their staff!!Attached Filesnbsp;
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Apr 26,2013
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I have recently moved out of my property let by John German from what was an all together rocky experience.
At the beginning of our tenancy the oven broke for which JG stated that landlord would not replace, making me buy one, once we had ...
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Prompt with repairs to the property.Attached Filesnbsp;
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Mar 28,2013
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We were trying to purchase a property advertised by John German, and had our offer accepted after several rejections. At that point the sales person congratulated us, telling us the property was ours and they would take it down off the various websites immediately. Up ...
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Stop marketing the property when they said they would!Attached Filesnbsp;
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A distince lack of customer service for both tenants and landlords leads a lot to be desired following my experiences with this agent. I would like to see how John German justifies its management fee to its landlords. ...
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today, 19/02/14 we had a call from them DEMANDING. Yes DEMANDING we pay another £25 for a reference. Despite already paying they claim we are lying. Even though we have 2 different kinds of proof. 1. bank statement. 2. our new estste agents have on file the reference they already gave.
Needless to say we told them whats what.
Also, We specifically told them as from the 18th myself and my partner would be in hospital as we have a new baby. Was C section so we knew when we would be in. As she has to stay in for 3 days we told them NOT to phone us in these 3 days as we would be too busy. Of course, these monsters ignored us and rang us today. My partner got angry at this and rang them back to complain.