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1.4/5, 10 Reviews
10% Recommended
50% sales valuation accuracy
0% letting valuation accuracy
100% sales fee satisfaction
20% letting fee satisfaction
By : 'Steven'
Services : Letting(I am a Tenant)
Rent PCM : £650
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : NE2
No stars - one is far too generous. This company is very unprofessional, purposely deceitful, untruthful and rude, in particular the Property Manager *, and the inspector **. I vacated the property and made sure that I was there when the inspection was carried out by Sarah. After repeatedly asking if there was anything that would prevent the return of my full deposit I was told no, and in hindsight I should have grabbed the report from her hands to see for myself. Unbelievablly, a week later I receive a report for deductions - £104 for cleaning - even though the place was professionally cleaned 'although the flat was clean, there appeared to be some dust underneath the furniture, and the bedframe' - £104 for this apparently!!! A full days work for a cleaner, where in reality it would be an hour at the absolute most. Oven £55 - Even though I had this cleaned with specific oven cleaning kit, and was spotless. I highly doubt this was actually 'cleaned' again, as it already was when I left. No mention from ** as I stood and watched her , and asked afterwards. Tidying gardens £60. there is a small courtyard and the only 'tidying' to be done was weeding - however when I moved into the property 18 months ago, the place was not weeded and there was a note on my entry pack to say this would be done. It never was. Yet I am now being charged for it?! Bulbs £53. For 2 bulbs. One of which was the extractor on the hob, which I don't think I ever turned on. Again, obviously an extremely excessive amount for a couple of quid worth of bulbs that I could have purchased within half an hour and fitted - had Sarah mentioned this at the checkout. However this is not their style, as you can see, and they have obviously subcontracted an experienced electrician to perform this highly intricate task. All this, and the troubles I had in this property not even taken into consideration, to at least show at least a hint of fairness towards myself, who always paid on time and looked after the place (all interim inspections confirmed this). I waited over a month before they fixed the washing machine. I asked for shower to be fixed repeatedly and it never was. Boiler constantly packing in, when clearly a new boiler was required. Light fixtures damaged from the property above having a loud party - asked repeatedly for these to be repaired but never were. A real problem with fles - halfheartedly dealt with after many complaints. Rodent and vermin issues - smell of dead rats in the bathroom, and rats chewing through kitchen appliance hoses. All of this, dealt with poorly. The main criticism is the clear money making scheming of this company, which I am not surprised to see similar reviews left by disgruntled tenants. Think twice before letting one of their properties.
| Services | Valuation | Fees | Min Price of property reviewed | Max Price of property reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 50% | 100% | £427,000 | £427,000 |
| Lettings | 0% | 20% | £650 | £700 |
Groves Residential (Newcastle)
38 Acorn Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
NE2 2DJ
0191 212 0400
By : 'Anonymous'
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : NE2
Shocking just absolutely shocking. You will spend your days stressing if you will be homeless tomorrow. Will not get anything done and are just useless. Won’t bother to sort forms out unless you hound them and will lose half of the forms. Haven’t got any common sense whatsoever. ... Read Full Review
By : 'Mrs'
Services : Sales (As a Buyer)
Sold price : £427000
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : NE61
We had a good service throughout. they kept us informed and were proactive in keeping everyone informed about the sale's progress. the staff were always friendly and... Read Full Review
By : 'Anonymous'
Services : Letting (Property Management)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : NE3
ABSOLUTELY APPAULING EXPERIENCE WITH PROPERTY MANAGEMENT. WOULD NOT LET ME SPEAK UNPROFESSIONAL RUDE NO IDEA HOW TO CONDUCT A PROFESSIONAL... Read Full Review
By : 'KG'
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : NE2
My terrible experience with this agency started after I had submitted my application. Zero communication. I had to chase them for progress updates and step in to carry out their job role of contacting my own referees to obtain references! They claim they carry out a... Read Full Review
By : 'Robin'
Services : Letting (As a Prospective Landlord/Tenant)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : NE2
Your holding deposit may count for nothing. My daughter put a holding deposit on a student house with Groves, only to be informed two months later that the property had been otherwise let through another agency. Groves had failed to take landlords contact details, failed to contact daughter and... Read Full Review
By : Groves Residential
21 May 2020This is not what happened. We can fully understand the frustration surrounding the situation and we as a company did everything we could to reassure that party this was nothing to do with us and...
By : 'Steven'
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Rent PCM : £650
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : NE2
No stars - one is far too generous. This company is very unprofessional, purposely deceitful, untruthful and rude, in particular the Property Manager *, and the inspector **. I vacated the property and made sure that I was there when the inspection was carried out by Sarah. After repeatedly... Read Full Review
By : 'Jed'
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : NE2
Absolutely do not recommend. They did not do the sufficient checks to ensure my application had been fully accepted. They led me to believe I was moving in and last minute withdrew my application for reasons that I had twice asked them to check before I submitted my application. They were rude and... Read Full Review
By : 'The'
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : NE2
I would not recommend this agent. In my experience all staff have been incompetent, we took on a dirty property (which allegedly had been professionally cleaned), put up with a catalogue of disrepair issues during our tenancy and handed the property back far cleaner than we received it! Only to... Read Full Review
High for little service
By : 'Disgruntled'
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Rent PCM : £700
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : NE2
I have rented through Groves on two occasions now, once as a student and once as a professional and find them completely non-value for money. Most recently, upon finding a house advertised by them both myself and my housemate each paid an agency fee of £415 - What do we get for this fee? A... Read Full Review
Lower your fees! I feel that I have got nothing from you for what I paid, nothing at all. As far as I\'m concerned I feel like I\'ve paid for being \'found\', shouldn\'t it be the landlord paying for this??
Nothing short of extortionate. I have rented through Groves on two occasions now, once as a student and once as a professional and find them completely non-value for money. Most recently, upon finding a house advertised by them both myself and my housemate each paid an agency fee of £415 - What do we get for this fee? A reference. That is the only service Groves supply us with. Our landlord resides in London but full management of the property is through her. Groves do not even hold keys. Any maintenance issues, lock-outs, rent queries need to be done through the landlord, Groves flat out refuses to entertain any kind of service in these areas. I was having trouble getting in touch with my landlord to discuss leaving the property so I got in touch with Groves understanding the arrangement but not sure who else to call. I was bluntly told it was nothing to do with them, they only find the tenants and supply a reference. What did I pay them for??
By : 'pineapple'
Services : Letting (As a Tenant)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : NE2
Absolute SHAMBLES! Do NOT use this company or the Gosforth one. Taken a month to get bond back, still not recieved it! The woman (Alex) dealing with our property left without anyone notifying us. I have had to call up EVERY other day for the past month as they keep failing to keep me in the... Read Full Review
nothing can be done now, i have given them so many chances! these jokers could not organise a p*ss up in a brewery! Farcical!
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