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1.5/5, 16 Reviews
13% Recommended
33% sales valuation accuracy
50% letting valuation accuracy
0% sales fee satisfaction
71% letting fee satisfaction

Gavin
By : 'Jenny'
Services :
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : B24
I am a landlord and seekers have kept my rent money and kept my tenants deposit money. I have had to reimburse my tenant with their deposit because as a landlord it is ultimately my responsibility. This has been very costly. Seekers has now closed down due to similar acts. Gavin Mills has now set up another letting agency under a different name. Beware check out the company first.
By : DAVID
4 Aug 2018Hi Jenny, he managed one of my properties as well, and appears to have robbed my tenants of their deposit and also my rental patments as well. Do you know where his new letting agency is.....
By : Jenny Wilson
9 Aug 2018Hi David no sorry I don't know where seekers new letting agency is.Someone has told me that they think he is trading under a new name they were really uncertain but thought it might be called premier or something similar. I aim to find out. I would hate other innocent people to experience what we have experienced including the financial loss. It might be an idea for local newspapers to run a story about this con man so others can be warned. Facebook is an other useful tool. I will not give up!
By : Holly
17 Sept 2018Has anyone had any luck finding out the new name of his business. We have not been paid our rental payment either.
By : Jenny
17 Sept 2018The shop where seekers used to be is now called Premier. I am pretty certain this is his new venture.
By : David g
14 Nov 2018This is all on the manger gavin mills he is the one who ripped us all off by the sound of things got a house to rent from him and he didn't pay the landlord his rent and blamed it all on us I have 3 young children and he has put us though hell we r now homeless though this and cost me a load of money that I can't afford right now if u see the name anywhere stay well clear and if u see him anywhere please inform us and share it to make sure this person gets found and report him to the police ASAP thank you
By : Allsop
25 Nov 2018This agent has also kept the rental for my property and is not answering calls. Has any of you managed to get a resolution ???
By : John
17 Dec 2018Hi Jenny, I have just been told about seekers gone bust, I am a landlord who had a couple of properties under seekers about 5 years ago. One of them had issues and had no payment on rent for almost 1 year. Gavin Mills lied to us saying that we can not go to or talk to the tenants and eventually we had to evict them ourselves, there was missing rents in between, he practically helped the tenants to stay instead and before we joined they had promised if rent was missed they can pay for us. Financially that put a big burden on us, as we paid for someone to stay there for free,and when they got evicted it costs us 1000's to repair the house it was all lies. When we had our 2nd property we also found out he had been lying about repairs,and the tenants managed to contact us to tell the truth, eventually we took the house back and deal with the tenants directly.So much better. Please do not be afraid to handle tenants yourselves. Its quite simple and in fact you get a better bond with good tenants if they can stay. Its not that difficult if things are done properly, rents should be paid on time, and if you keep your side of the bargain i.e genuine faults or gas boiler breakdowns then the landlords should deal with it. We all have phones whatsapp, simple communication will save you all the headache.Please do not USE GAVIN MILLS/ SEEKERS, an asian family had owned it, I am sure he just worked for them before.
By : Jennifer Reilly
15 Jan 2019Have any of you landlords got a property in the Erdington. I am looking for my landlord Jennifer
By : prakash borhara
24 Mar 2019We had a property on Mere Street in Erdington and regularly recieved letters accidently posted to us instead of the landlord for a bill that work was never needed or carried out for. Such a shame. n nWe've gone to court with our claim and the letter has come back twice as "wrong address" so he may receive a personal visit if the court doesn't get anywhere. Any advice would be great if you've taken it this far?
By : Chris
19 May 2019Hi we have recently suffered the same with Seekers, theft of rent and our tenants deposit. We would dearly love to trace the owner of Seekers, the only name we know him by is Pav. Can anyone help. These rogues are still at work
By : S
30 Sept 2019Hi, this company is full of *, I was threatened by **,, when I confronted him. He claims to have worked there, and **** was the owner of the business. They are still operating as Premier Estate Agents, although owned by innocent **. They rented out property to tenants, who refuse to leave and don’t look after the property. They also disappeared with months of rent, and tenants deposit. They also took payments for court fees. They have got away with it.
By : Dee
13 Feb 2020*** They are putting in tenants who damage properties and refuse to leave, and also use every rule to remain in properties. **** are crooks, and it doesn’t matter they have been expelled and fined by ombudsman, they have set up business and are carrying on with their evil lives, whilst ruining everyone elses.
| Services | Valuation | Fees | Min Price of property reviewed | Max Price of property reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 33.00% | 0% | £100,000 | £100,000 |
| Lettings | 50% | 71% | £330 | £700 |
Seekers Estate Agents
3 York Road
, Birmingham, West Midlands
B23 6TE
0121 377 7676

By : 'ali'
Services : Letting( As a Owner )
Rent PCM : £700
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : B23
been letting my property through them for 8 years . always helpful had my rent on time and charged me a management fee which was half what others were charging me... Read Full Review
By : 'Natasha'
Services : Letting( As a Owner )
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : B73
I have used this estate agency for the management of my property portfolio for the last few years and would definitely recommend them. They do what they say and all my tenants are satisfied. I have no issues and would use them with confidence on my newly purchased... Read Full Review

By : 'Jenny'
Services : Letting( As a Owner )
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : B24
I am a landlord and seekers have kept my rent money and kept my tenants deposit money. I have had to reimburse my tenant with their deposit because as a landlord it is ultimately my responsibility. This has been very costly. Seekers has now closed down due to similar acts. Gavin Mills has now set... Read Full Review
By : DAVID
4 Aug 2018Hi Jenny, he managed one of my properties as well, and appears to have robbed my tenants of their deposit and also my rental patments as well. Do you know where his new letting agency...

By : 'JULIA'
Services : Letting( As a Owner )
Rent PCM : £330
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : B23
Avoid this company they are terrible . They don't reply to calls or emails . They dont consult you over any thing to do with your property they go ahead with there own decisions .Forever having to chase them for rent payments from the tennant . Then they closed down the shop and did not Inform ... Read Full Review
Fees are the same as most letting agents .

By : 'Nim'
Services : Letting( As a Owner )
Rent PCM : £695
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : B24
They are simply ridiculous and very bad service. I rented a property where the boiler broken down and in emergency i have asked if they could send an engineer to repair it asap but got no reply for the next 2 days then all of the sudden engineer knocked on the door and guess we have an engineer... Read Full Review
By : 'John'
Services : Letting( As a Owner )
Rent PCM : £575
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : NW97
Seekers are not registered anywhere. They claim to be in business since 1982. The truth is they have been owned by different people over the years and dissolved as a limited company in 2011.They are unaccountable and do not offer a very good service. They put their own interests of profit before... Read Full Review
By : DG
13 Mar 2018Hi. Am just wondering if you got anywhere with your claim. I am a Tennant under these jokers and have thankfully manage to contact my landlord through a neighbour who knew nothing about our issues...
By : 'Slums'
Services : Sales( Prospective Vendor/Buyer )
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : B23
i called the Sutton Branch who never answer the phone so i called the Erdington branch. I called again and again for the property and they were very unhelpful as we wanted to view a house that had tenants but they could not let anyone see the property as the tenants would not let anyone in - i am... Read Full Review

By : 'Andrea'
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : B23
You will never get back your deposit from them they will make the most stupid excuse to have your money. They are most disgusting agency we ever dealt... Read Full Review
By : 'Concerned'
Services : Sales( Prospective Vendor/Buyer )
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : B23
A truly awful company to deal with! It was a nightmare to arrange a viewing of the property we wanted to see but we persevered and after eventually viewing it decided to make an offer. We had to continually chase them to see if our offer had been accepted. The dopey girl who answered the phone at... Read Full Review
By : 'claire'
Services : Sales( As a Vendor )
Sold price : £100000
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : B23
My house had been on the market for over 2 and a half years we saw the estate agent a maximum of 8 times the rest of the time we showed people round. They are extremely pushy when it comes to the mortgage even thought we already have one they were insisting on sending someone out. It has taken from ... Read Full Review
They quoted a fee and now the sale is complete they have almost doubled it and have not informed us at anytime of this fact
By : 'tsitsi'
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : B23
I am currently in a dispute with seekers over my deposit £750 which they will not give back.they will avoid calls and when you manage to catch someone they have no shame and will lie through their teeth just to keep your money.I have done some research into the property lettings field or whatever... Read Full Review
Nothing they can do will ever redeem them.they should just shut shop and possibly be enrolled into some class on ethics
By : Emma
1 Mar 2014Have you had this back? Im moving out of my property on the 7th March and worried about the same thing happening to...

By : 'Emma'
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : B42
Seekers estate agents are an absolute disgrace. I moved into my property on 8th Dec 2012. My intercom did not work nor did my extractor fan in the kitchen. I had not received copies of the contract I signed nor an inventory. I didnt even have a fob given to me to get in the gates at the start. I... Read Full Review
Nothing their attitude is disgusting
By : 'Katherine'
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : ME4
Are seekers allowed to ask for money to give out information to another company, also can they ask for our 4 weeks notice to be given if they are used as a reference to another estate agent when it's not certain if we will be accepted by other estate... Read Full Review
By : 'HOAX'
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )
Would you recommend ? : No
I've been a tenant in one of their properties for two years and one time my power went in my house during the weekend and since they did not give me an emeergency contact telephone number to ring I was stranded as I did not have the landlord's number as well. I had to look for electricians... Read Full Review
By : 'Betty'
Services : Sales( Prospective Vendor/Buyer )
Would you recommend ? : No
Tryed to sell a property with seekers and what a waste of time that was.....................Well if they have changed hands they are still a waste of time so be warned......................................Never contact you back.................. really bad customer service and also never seen the ... Read Full Review
By : 'Landlord2010'
Services : Letting( As a Owner )
Would you recommend ? : No
[[EDIT ORIGINAL START]] This is by far the worst agency i have come across. The staff are not trained, the director had employed teenagers to do his work for him. the service is shocking, no customer care is taken. I have never met such a nasty man, he is obviously in way over his head with... Read Full Review
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