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1/5, 42 Reviews
0% Recommended
12% sales valuation accuracy
20% letting valuation accuracy
17% sales fee satisfaction
17% letting fee satisfaction
By : 'John'
Services : Sales(Prospective Vendor/Buyer)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : PL1
STAY WELL CLEAR OF THIS COMPANY During May 2015 I received a cold call from RTA asking whether I was interested in selling the business on a no sell no fee basis. Their representative visited my business in June 2015 and gave me a valuation of £389,000.00 which was very much higher than what I felt it was worth, RTA informed me they had customers waiting to purchase similar businesses. I agreed for RTA to market the business with a £30,000.00 commission fee. I received zero interest during the period June 2015 to October 2016. During October 2016 I contacted RTA expressing my concerns with the lack of interest. I was asked by RTA to vastly reduce the asking price, however RTA refused to lower their commission fee or agree a fixed price on the sell. I wrote to RTA in October 2016 requesting to terminate my agreement with them, RTA demanded I pay them £2,400 for cancelling the agreement, I refused. In February 2017 I received a summons requesting that I appear at Plymouth County Court on Friday 3rd November 2017. (Today).RTA was represented by a Solicitor, I defended the case myself. I am pleased to inform all those reading this review that after 1.5 hours I won the case and the judge dismissed the claim. The judge was very astute, he summoned up by expressing the fact RTA over valued the business and was miss represented, their supporting documents was flawed and full of mistakes. Do not use this company, they will use any reason to extract money from you and threaten you with court action. Unfortunately I did not do my homework previous to signing the contract, for example researching this company and reading up on the reviews. This company should not be trading. Be very careful if you decide to use them.
No good points all bad. A withdrawal fee would apply when trying to cancel the agreement to market the business with another agent
By : Ann Ominous
7 Nov 2017Hi John I am sorry to read about your dealings with RTA i am currently in the process of being sued by them. I'm trying to find as many victims of this company as possible because I believe we all need to stand together against this awful company, they need to be stopped!! Do u want to try and help? Reply to this message and I'll get back to u
By : John Kiely
12 Nov 2017Please contact me I masybe of help to win your case. whitesautocentre@btconnect.com
By : susan bayley
1 Dec 2017my son who is dyslexic and signed an agreement, is being sent to court soon - he has a bakery business and rta are suing him for 3,500 if they win he will lose his business write back, lets stick together they are despicable...
By : Ali
16 Dec 2017Keep a way from this company they not interested to sell your business they explain to me if they sell the business within 3 months they said if it's sold we will take our fee if we didn't sell it there will be no fee at all after I fed up I called them to give notice as they advised me to give 28 days notice I done this then few days later they sent me letter to pay nine hundreds plus vat in words they trying to sue me for is there anybody could help?email me abu_yasmine54@yahoo.com
By : Shaun
22 Dec 2017I was also a victim pressured into signing contract business over valued very little interest despite being told potential customers lined up eventually took to court for not providing EPC I lost the case and had to pay £5040
By : Anthony Reeves
11 Jan 2018I am a lawyer and willing to assist if I can. I have acted in cases against RTA. E-mail: tony@reeveslegalconsultant.co.uk
By : Victim
31 Jan 2018Has anyone had any luck is taking RTA down? They're horrendous company that unfortunately KARMA hasn't hit yet.... it on the way though... every single worker of the company deserves something horrible happen to them. How can they just sit and steal people lifes?
By : Tomas
20 Mar 2018Hi I just sign paper last Friday and then realised what I've done. They overpriced my business and would never be sold for this money. I did not pay them yet but as I'm reading your review probably they will try sue me as well. I can't wait for it . I just call them and send them email that I would like to cancel this contract. We'll see what's gonna happen. I'm happy to joining any other cases. We have to fight with people like that.
By : Anthony Reeves
22 Mar 2018I am a lawyer. Recently succeeded in a case at Grimsby County Court on 16 March 2018. Successfully argued that the Agreement was not a "Sole Selling Rights Agreement" and so RTA had to show they introduced the buyer to be able to claim their commission. They did not introduce the buyer and so claim dismissed. E-mail: tony@reeveslegalconsultant.co.uk
By : Amit
4 Apr 2018Hi John, I am in the same position and RTA are taking me to court for a £6000 withdrawal fee (which they have lowered to settle at £3000). They initially overpriced my business by a factor of 10 and then told me I was only in the contract for 6 months. I didn't even want to sell my business!!! The salesperson was too clever and somehow got me to sign the contract (which I would have never signed had I rhad a chance to read it and understood it!). Eventually after 3 years of getting junk emails from them telling me that they weren't able to find a buyer for my overpriced business I cancelled the contract and they issued me with a fat withdrawal fee "as in the contract". Really p****d off. They didn't want to settle fora reasonable fee via mediation so we are now arranging a court date. Any advice? Do you think I will need a legal representative? A solicitor may cost a few quid though :( Any advice would be helpful. Thanks
By : pavlos kritikos
6 Apr 2018i sign contract with RTA, now i m trying to terminate it n they demanding £950 +vat 1 year they find no 1 buyer n now i can not go anywhere i m Cypriot n i can not fully understand this type of contract, so i did not sign as a i reed and understand i ll apreciate if you can help kind regards pavlos kritikos pavloskritikos@yahoo.com 07981982364
By : HUI MAN CHEUNG
15 May 2018same position with most victims,4 years ago they over value my business and property for £440000 lure me to sell,some how i signed the contract ,after 1 year reduce to 400000 myself still not a single viewing ,now they want to withdraw my business, ask me to pay ?£1500 ,i don,t agree, so he tell me will take me to court, so just check the reviews of this RTA company today , bad review all over the internet, should have check it before i sign the contract, fortunately i bought legal cover with my business insurance , will wait for the court letter from them,finger cross hope i can win .on my opinion this company should not exist . total scam !!!!
By : HUI MAN CHEUNG
15 May 2018same position with most victims,4 years ago they over value my business and property for £440000 lure me to sell,told me no fee to pay if business not sell ,i think worth a try and some how i signed the contract ,after 1 year reduce to 400000 myself still not a single viewing ,now they want to withdraw my business, ask me to pay ?£1500 ,i don,t agree, so he tell me will take me to court, so just check the internet for reviews of this RTA company today , bad review all over the internet, should have check it before i sign the contract, fortunately i bought legal cover with my business insurance , will wait for the court letter from them,finger cross hope i can win .on my opinion this company should not exist . total scam !!!!""
By : Steve
9 Jun 2018Just been done myself conned . Was told can cancel anytime never told about penalty's. also he said they would charge £15000 for service I asked is that plus vat was told no and it is . Only good point and hope I have firstly just cancelled cheque stuff em . Secondly because contract was signed at home address which is business address too sole trader does the 14 day cooling off period come into force ? All help will be with many thanks . Waiting for open heart surgery don't need this crap ta
By : Jamie Milner
30 Mar 2020My mum is having trouble. They overpriced her business, and didn’t have anyone come to view the property now they want £950 + Vat. In the end we sold our property via auction as I was going through cancer treatment. Can someone please email me. My email is Jay_91@live.co.uk
By : Alison
1 Feb 2021AVOID AVOID AVOID and just to be clear ... AVOID !!!!! Just had our contract cancelled by RTA themselves as they said it was ‘no longer financially viable for them to continue to advertise our business’. They came and valued our business about 4/5 years ago. The sales guy told us the ‘supposed’ value of our business. We paid an initial fee for them to sell our business and apart from the commission when sold there were no other fees payable. Assured of this we felt there was just the general T’s & C’s so stupidly didn’t read the contract and just signed while he was giving his chatter !! Then a couple of months ago we received the letter cancelling our contract, along with a fee payable of £950.00 + vat for the pleasure. We emailed them straight away to say we weren’t told about this, we weren’t currently trading due to the pandemic and had had no business since March and try to argue the fee to get it waived. We heard nothing for about a month, then received a final letter warning us to basically pay or go to court. My husband called them and managed to negotiate the fee down to £400 as we had signed the contract. He ended the call by calling the guy on the phone a rude name and the company he worked for a shower of s&#t !!
| Services | Valuation | Fees | Min Price of property reviewed | Max Price of property reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 12.00% | 17% | £75,000 | £170,000 |
| Lettings | 20% | 17% | £0 | £0 |
| From Landlords | From Tenants | From Vendors | From Buyers | From Other | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
RTA Businesses for Sale
Discovery House
Crossley Road, Stockport, Greater Manchester
SK4 5BH
1614328181
By : 'Andy'
Branch : Stockport, Discovery House
Crossley Road
Services : Letting (As a Owner)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : YO16
These are money laundering crooks please AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID They will come you out of your hard earned ... Read Full Review
By : 'Jin'
Branch : Stockport, Discovery House
Crossley Road
Services : Letting (As a Prospective Landlord/Tenant)
Rent PCM : £130
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : TN38
These company does not deserve a 1 star. Lies and deceitful cowboys sums it up. Please please please do not use. Im not sure how they are allowed to ... Read Full Review
By : Anthony Reeves
15 May 2021I have recently assisted more clients to victory over RTA (Buisness Consultants) Ltd. Anthony Reeves Tel. 01249...
By : 'Denise'
Branch : Stockport, Discovery House
Crossley Road
Services : Sales (As a Vendor)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : S45
DO NOT USE! Definitely agree with others above - con artists: I dont understand why they are still allowed to trade! 2016 they contacted me about my cafe, despite me asking them not to go to the shop, as I didn't want staff/customers to know until I was ready, else i'd lose business- ... Read Full Review


By : 'Annon'
Branch : Stockport, Discovery House
Crossley Road
Services : Letting (As a Prospective Landlord/Tenant)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : SK4
NATIONAL BUSINESS SALES. all RTA staff and management now work for national business sales and Fairmont corporate. Different name different company but ALL RTA staff and management are the same. You make your mind up. Leopards change there ... Read Full Review
Bad
By : Sunny
8 Mar 2018What you guys need to do is, call them up saying you want to sell your business make them show up, ( waste there time driving to you and ) tell them were to stick it, if people start doing this to...


By : 'Bali'
Branch : Stockport, Discovery House
Crossley Road
Services : Sales (Prospective Vendor/Buyer)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : LE16
PLS stay away from this company they. will promise you a sale saying we have buyers ready to buy your business than take your money and leave you stranded and try extort as much money they can by lying to you on how you need to to do a SURVEY on your property with one of their partner companies or ... Read Full Review
BAD BAD BAD
By : Anon
13 Feb 2018Please be aware RTA are still trading but ALL there staff are working for national business sales. Different company BUT ALL RTA staff. Its not the same company but it is owned by paul o'reilly and...
By : 'Sue'
Branch : Stockport, Discovery House
Crossley Road
Services : Other (Buying agent)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : HR5
Useless. Don't even get involved in taking to them. Only focussed on their billing. They promise the world but don't deliver anything. Keep well ... Read Full Review
Fees are Way too high for any service they offer. They had a persuasive salesman who promised the world and a brilliant service. We should have read their reviews before signing up!
By : annon
22 Jan 2018These Sharks are now Changing there name to NATIONAL BUSINESS SALES AND FAIRMONT CORPORATE!!!! BE ADVISED NEW NAME OLD...

By : 'Nazir'
Branch : Stockport, Discovery House
Crossley Road
Services : Sales (Prospective Vendor/Buyer)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : B69
I am a new victim same story as above ...please contact me on my email....a4bandala@hotmail.co.uk I want to do every thing to keep safe other business ... Read Full Review
Very very bad
By : 'John'
Branch : Stockport, Discovery House
Crossley Road
Services : Sales (Prospective Vendor/Buyer)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : PL1
STAY WELL CLEAR OF THIS COMPANY During May 2015 I received a cold call from RTA asking whether I was interested in selling the business on a no sell no fee basis. Their representative visited my business in June 2015 and gave me a valuation of £389,000.00 which was very much higher than what I ... Read Full Review
No good points all bad. A withdrawal fee would apply when trying to cancel the agreement to market the business with another agent
By : Ann Ominous
7 Nov 2017Hi John I am sorry to read about your dealings with RTA i am currently in the process of being sued by them. I'm trying to find as many victims of this company as possible because I believe we all...
By : 'Pentangle'
Branch : Stockport, Discovery House
Crossley Road
Services : Other (Buying agent)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : GU21
What a joke of a company had my business up for sale for five years not one person came to look at it. Eventually they took it off their market site and are now threatening me to pay £1800 for the luxury of rta not selling it ??? What a cop out of a company. Stay well clear of these cow boys ... Read Full Review
By : MSheward
21 Oct 2017I'm going through similar. Bailiffs letter from dcdl arrived today. Now my home and business will be invaded because I didn't realise there was no cooling off period. I'm disgusted.... they're...
By : 'Sally'
Branch : Stockport, Discovery House
Crossley Road
Services : Sales (Prospective Vendor/Buyer)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : TA8
I have removed my previous review as I received unpleasant correspondence from rta. However, I do believe review sites are there for people to express their opinion on businesses either good or bad. My opinion is that they do not delivery what is promised at the time of signing the agreement and ... Read Full Review
Bad
By : 'Lucy'
Branch : Stockport, Discovery House
Crossley Road
Services : Sales (As a Vendor)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : PO12
These people are a con. I paid £700 up front and was told I would sell my business easily. 2 years later and only 3 viewings i cancel, they send me a bill £1,140.00 'termination fee'. What horrible people to deal with. stay ... Read Full Review
termination fee £1140.00 - CON
By : 'Top'
Branch : Stockport, Discovery House
Crossley Road
Services : Sales (Prospective Vendor/Buyer)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : DE
Please please please do not advertise your. Business with rta absolute con they're only interested in getting you to sign the contract which has a £950 plus VAT cancellation fee which is in the small print and they don't tell you about it they can also cancel at your cost mind blowing they ... Read Full Review
Disgusting
By : mr Alan simith
5 Apr 2018hi u can chalange them, by low it is unfair to renew the contract without reminding you, it is their obligation to send u a reminder like gas or electric companies,did u try...

By : 'business'
Branch : Stockport, Discovery House
Crossley Road
Services : Sales (As a Vendor)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : BA2
I was interested in selling my business and had a meeting with a rep from RTA. The conman/salesman told me what i wanted to hear and as i needed a big change in my life i threw caution to the wind and signed up. BIG MISTAKE! I knew something was not right and did some deeper research and read ... Read Full Review
BAD
By : John
2 Aug 2017What happened after you paid the...
By : 'Really'
Branch : Stockport, Discovery House
Crossley Road
Services : Sales (As a Vendor)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : NG17
Please read all feed back I got tricked into a 12 month contract after reading contract same day called said I wanted to cancel and told no way no calling off period. Told if I wanted to try they had their own leagle team, Asked if I could lease or sell said no. I paid £1500 for absolute ... Read Full Review
£1500 for nothing think these are the highest but I was silly did not read feed back first

By : 'Linda'
Branch : Stockport, Discovery House
Crossley Road
Services : Letting (Accounts)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : FAIW
HORRIBLE people and company. They CON you into signing their contracts. Do not believe a word this shower of con men say. They like you to pay by cheque, as once you have sat down and read the contract you will want to cancel the contract WELL GUESS WHAT this is exactly what they want you to do so ... Read Full Review
ugly
By : Jackie
25 Mar 2018AVOID AT ALL COST I have been what I can only describe as ROBBED by RTA. The salesman contacted me asking if I wanted to sell my business which I did because it was up for sale with another...


By : 'James'
Branch : Stockport, Discovery House
Crossley Road
Services : Sales (Prospective Vendor/Buyer)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : BH9
Absolutely agree with the review below. These guys are absolute crooks!!! Attempted to sue me for not allowing viewings on my business. I had not even been contacted about a viewing..... Been advertising for 1 year with them and they have called me to ask if I would like to sell my business 5 ... Read Full Review
Shocking
By : A business owner - didsbury
11 Jun 2017Absolute conmen. They took the agreement away without leaving me the carbon copy and then sent me the carbon copy in the post - with their staff having made amendments to the agreement without my...

By : 'SCUM'
Branch : Stockport, Discovery House
Crossley Road
Services : Sales (Prospective Vendor/Buyer)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : K
1 star too many.... DO NOT SIGN A CONTRACT WITH THIS COMPANY >>>> NO COOLING OFF PERIOD>>> SOLE SELLING RIGHTS>>>> HUGE FEES>>> CANT CANCEL>>> COME BACK AFTER 2 YEARS HOUNDING YOU FOR MONEY>>>> TAKE YOU TO COURT>>> ... Read Full Review

By : 'Marie'
Branch : Stockport, Discovery House
Crossley Road
Services : Sales (Prospective Vendor/Buyer)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : ST7
We signed an agreement with RTA to sell our business not realizing there was no cooling off period after researching this company we tried to cancel oh no RTA sued us for 10,000 after two visits to court we finally won only by two mistakes no invoice was issued to in our company name and no photo ... Read Full Review
BAD
By : Mosleh
24 May 2017RTA business company very bad company I bought business 2013 September January the put in market for sale then the send me £7000 bill when I call to them the keep shouting on the phone I try to tell ...
By : 'Helenj'
Branch : Stockport, Discovery House
Crossley Road
Services : Conveyancing (Conveyancing)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : SK8
contacted for a valuation , had to cancel appointment due to family commitments, did ring to confirm .made new appointment for a Wednesday , Friday before I left a voicemail to cancel and sent an email , received a reminder text on the day before, so I rang to explain I had cancelled 4 days earlier ... Read Full Review
By : Helen j
22 Mar 2017After further discussion with senior management , I am pleased to say that this matter has now been dealt with professionally and the agent in question has been dealt with , I will now re consider...

By : 'CHARLES'
Branch : Stockport, Discovery House
Crossley Road
Services : Letting (As a Owner)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : FY1
Poor company. Never due them. Tell you one thing then take you to court for doing nothing, DO NOT ... Read Full Review
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