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1.2/5, 507 Reviews
6% Recommended
40% sales valuation accuracy
46% letting valuation accuracy
21% sales fee satisfaction
21% letting fee satisfaction
By : 'DAVID'
Services : Sales(Prospective Vendor/Buyer)
Sold price : £250000
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : SW20
I paid £1499 purple bricks to sell my flat. Myself and my partner wanted to see how it went before we considered selling our other 2 properties with Purple Bricks. The agent David Ireland made an online apprasil of the property I wasnt too comfortable with this and decided to read some reviews and find out more about Purple Bricks. Unfortunately there are many negative reviews (obviously I should have read them first ) a number of people mentioned that some agents dont live localy and sometimes cannot attend viewings. The nagatives are abundant "Avoid this disgusting Company" "Avoid at all costs" "Avoid like the plague" Comments taken from Reviews io. I asked a refund (this was well within the 14 days) I was passed around to many people within the organisation and was told the agent would deal with it I was told I would a refund within 7 days which I didnt get the agent looked into it and said it had been paid into my account I assured him I hadnt recieved it and ofered to show my bank statement. He said he would look into but we never got any updates and were constantly chasing him. The agent said that the money was paid into my partners on March 18 it wasnt and I asked evidence more time passed constantly chasing him. No evidence of the alleged refund was provided. I escalated this to the complaints department and informed them they dont provide evidence of the alleged refund I will be taking it further and will be informing the Propery Ombudsman. After sending the complaint I got the refund back in a couple within a couple of days with no appology. Find below Information I found online about Purple Bricks READ and CHECK out reviews before considering paying them to sell your home. FOREARMED IS FOREWARNED. Below are extracts from the National Press. "Purple Bricks has faced significant financial struggles and was ultimately sold to rival Strike a nominal £1, with its shares ceasing to trade on the stock market" "Purplebricks’ service heavily criticised during BBC investigation" "Some analysts attribute Purplebricks' downfall to mismanagement, a flawed business model, and overambition." In 2021 purplebricks ends the year with yet another low, facing fines of up to £9m failing to properly complete tenants’ deposit paperwork. "Purplebricks has a significant number of negative reviews and complaints, with common issues including poor customer service, lack of clarity regarding fees, and" concerns about the quality of their agents" (I Concour 100%.) I encourage people to avoid Purple Bricks and go with a traditional agent you will pay more money but it will be worth it. Selling a home is one of the most stressful things you can do so you really want, "Experienced and Honest Proffesionals" to do the job. Strike bought Purple Bricks £1.00 I can only assume a Purple Brick hit them on the head and they got concussion when they grossly overpaid this disastarous accusation. Purple Bricks look out this review on ALL platforms and more. AVOID PURPLE BRICKS.
| Services | Valuation | Fees | Min Price of property reviewed | Max Price of property reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 40.00% | 21% | £23,000 | £3,500,000 |
| Lettings | 46% | 21% | £390 | £1,600 |
| From Landlords | From Tenants | From Vendors | From Buyers | From Other | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 56 | 0 | 51 | 23 | 203 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 127 |
Purplebricks
Suite 7 First Floor, Cranmore Place, Cranmore Drive, Solihull, West Midlands
B90 4RZ
0800 810 8008
By : 'HJ'
Branch : Head Office - Solihull, Suite 7 First Floor, Cranmore Place, Cranmore Drive
Services : Sales( Prospective Vendor/Buyer )
Would you recommend ? : No
I first listed my place in January 2025 (I think). I got 4 genuine viewers, 2 of whom made offers. Then things went quiet so I got 5 mates to book viewings. That's 5 unique email addresses + 5 mobile numbers. After each of my mates booked a viewing, sure enough a '' viewing was booked. This ... Read Full Review
By : 'Darren'
Branch : Head Office - Solihull, Suite 7 First Floor, Cranmore Place, Cranmore Drive
Services : Sales( As a Vendor )
Sold price : £315000
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : CO7
Upfront fee regardless of sale. I paid in region of £1k but property didn't sell. I didn't realise they pull the advert after six months. I recall asking about this in my initial consultation and was given a quick ambiguous answer and was given reassurance that it would undoubtedly sell anyway. I ... Read Full Review
By : 'DJones'
Branch : Head Office - Solihull, Suite 7 First Floor, Cranmore Place, Cranmore Drive
Services : Sales( As a Vendor )
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : TN24
Dreadful Dreadful Dreadful I have nothing good to say about our experience with this agent. We've had to make two complaints to them and both have been partially upheld with them acknowledging they didn't send a conveyancing quote in a timely manner and also that they failed to call me once during ... Read Full Review
By : 'Sean'
Branch : Head Office - Solihull, Suite 7 First Floor, Cranmore Place, Cranmore Drive
Services : Sales( As a Vendor )
Sold price : £600000
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : B96
I have used these before and had a great experience but me just quickly you in on why to AVOID them now. I went live on the 26th of July, I opted hosted viewings. They organised to have someone do my hosted viewings who was on holiday until the 19th of August. Every time someone wanted to book ... Read Full Review
By : 'Wendy'
Branch : Head Office - Solihull, Suite 7 First Floor, Cranmore Place, Cranmore Drive
Services : Sales( Prospective Vendor/Buyer )
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : WF4
Cancelled my property sale in the 14 day cooling off. No marketing. No sale board. No photos. Nothing done at all. Local agent agreed refund. Still waiting 8 weeks later. PB are ignoring me and their local agent. Don’t pay up front. PB are not to be ... Read Full Review
Refusing to give me a refund.
By : 'Arend'
Branch : Head Office - Solihull, Suite 7 First Floor, Cranmore Place, Cranmore Drive
Services : Sales( As a Buyer )
Sold price : £150000
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : L8
Dealing with a online real estate agent Purplebricks is a nightmare us buying a property. The first day we visit a house where the hired freelance viewing assistant does not have the pincode to open the key box. The freelance assistant already file a complaint with Purplebricks two days earlier ... Read Full Review
Dealing with a online real estate agent Purplebricks is a nightmare for us buying a property. The first day we visit a house where the hired freelance viewing assistant does not have the pincode to open the key box. The freelance assistant already file a complaint with Purplebricks two days earlier with the same issue where he also had to disappoint potential viewers. Nothing was done to sort this issue in those days and therefor we were the second viewers he had to disappoint. Onwards to the next house, bit of a walk away from public transport, and at that next address there was nobody to open the door. Ofcourse Purplebricks blaims this on the owner who was supposed to show the place to us. With their beautiful Purplebricks sign in the garden they still don't take responsibility for the end to end service. Both cases show why you need have a local real estate agent who has knowledge of the neighbourhood, knows the house him or herself, and can actually add value to the visit and to the conversation with the potential buyer. When you call Purplebricks better have enough credit on your phone since they will put you on hold long and regularly. The last issue is now they want to have our own postal address certified by a solicitor ($$) while that was not the case with the previous purchase few months ago with a local real estate agent. Let us all do ourselves a favour and do business with local real estate agents who actually add value to the sales and buying process.
By : 'A'
Branch : Head Office - Solihull, Suite 7 First Floor, Cranmore Place, Cranmore Drive
Services : Sales( Prospective Vendor/Buyer )
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : GL10
I have had a really horrible time selling my park home with this company and to be honest, the frustration, negative experience and emotional stress I got from dealing with them isn't worth their so called "cheap fees" and the sale process will now actually cost me more. If it was possible me to ... Read Full Review
The agent fees appears cheaper than other agents but they did not say it is only for six months which is quite deceitful.


By : 'Teodora'
Branch : Head Office - Solihull, Suite 7 First Floor, Cranmore Place, Cranmore Drive
Services : Letting( As a Owner )
Sold price : £300000
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : B26
All the people i dealt with were hopeless, unexperienced, poor communication, scammers, they take a payment and tell you later they can't find it. SCAMMERS Honor Rutherford Anika Vaghela Kieran Sycamore AVOID AVOID Bunch of hopeless Staff The company has OVERDUE accounts, what do you expect ... Read Full Review
Scammers They will take your money, never do a listing and still refuse the refund! Scammers
By : 'DM'
Branch : Head Office - Solihull, Suite 7 First Floor, Cranmore Place, Cranmore Drive
Services : Sales( As a Vendor )
Would you recommend ? : No
On the surface, Purplebricks sound like a perfectly straightforward arrangement and offer an incredible saving, over £7k on our property. However, there are things that they do not tell you about the advert before you sign up. Firstly, in your property description, you can only have 2000 ... Read Full Review


By : 'Lin'
Branch : Head Office - Solihull, Suite 7 First Floor, Cranmore Place, Cranmore Drive
Services : Sales( As a Vendor )
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : ME7
The sellers app is not fit purpose The initial set up is fine. However, there are certain areas i experienced when there was a complete lack of communication, which gives a lack of confidence. I had a good viewings agent, who unfortunately could only give feedback via text as the app has been ... Read Full Review
By : 'David'
Branch : Head Office - Solihull, Suite 7 First Floor, Cranmore Place, Cranmore Drive
Services : Sales( Prospective Vendor/Buyer )
Sold price : £435000
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : PE22
Absolutely appalling, pester you to sign up then it's impossible to speak to anybody. Their 14 day cooling off period is just a joke, they do everything they can to avoid returning your money. I thought it was just me but lots of other people have had the same, I wish I had read the reviews first. ... Read Full Review
Seems cheap but it's basically a rip off, please use a traditional agent recommended by somebody you trust
By : 'C'
Branch : Head Office - Solihull, Suite 7 First Floor, Cranmore Place, Cranmore Drive
Services : Sales( As a Buyer )
Would you recommend ? : No
Purchased a property from them 2 weeks ago with no keys supplied. Couldn’t live in it and had to get a locksmith. Emailed after sales and complaints about this and I need the locksmith invoice refunding. I’ll be taking this further I don’t hear back this week - absolutely shocking ... Read Full Review
By : 'Rakesh'
Branch : Head Office - Solihull, Suite 7 First Floor, Cranmore Place, Cranmore Drive
Services : Sales( Prospective Vendor/Buyer )
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : UB5
Extremely disappointed with Purplebricks. Really poor experience with Purplebricks. They tied me into a 16week contract, which meant I couldn’t even list my property with another agent during that time, they failed to bring more than 2 viewing in 12 weeks. Communication was minimal. The support ... Read Full Review
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By : 'Martina'
Branch : Head Office - Solihull, Suite 7 First Floor, Cranmore Place, Cranmore Drive
Services : Sales( Prospective Vendor/Buyer )
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : NG6
1 star Absolutely appalling experience with Purple Bricks. We had three offers accepted then rejected—each one more frustrating than the last. 1. Our first offer, made via a deal sourcer, was initially accepted. After providing all the required details, Purple Bricks came back and rejected it, ... Read Full Review
By : 'DAVID'
Branch : Head Office - Solihull, Suite 7 First Floor, Cranmore Place, Cranmore Drive
Services : Sales( Prospective Vendor/Buyer )
Sold price : £250000
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : SW20
I paid £1499 purple bricks to sell my flat. Myself and my partner wanted to see how it went before we considered selling our other 2 properties with Purple Bricks. The agent David Ireland made an online apprasil of the property I wasnt too comfortable with this and decided to read some ... Read Full Review
By : 'Andrew'
Branch : Head Office - Solihull, Suite 7 First Floor, Cranmore Place, Cranmore Drive
Services : Sales( As a Vendor )
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : GL14
What an awful experience from start to finish. Firstly, it is not free, (but surely everyone knows this by now?) unless you do literally everything yourself including your own marketing and advertising and good luck with that. If you want the usual things, photos, floor plan, a write up, ... Read Full Review

By : 'Hads'
Branch : Head Office - Solihull, Suite 7 First Floor, Cranmore Place, Cranmore Drive
Services : 20
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : CV6
An absolutely disgusting company it doesn't take much to go online and see thousands of negative reviews about Purplebricks. This disgusting company has been chasing me for money that I do not owe for almost a year now they have caused me great emotional distress and caused severe financial ... Read Full Review
By : 'Susan'
Branch : Head Office - Solihull, Suite 7 First Floor, Cranmore Place, Cranmore Drive
Services : Sales( Prospective Vendor/Buyer )
Sold price : £250000
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : DN17
If I could give zero stars I would, conned my elderly mother out of nearly £1000 the rang her 6 months after advising it to tell her they were taking off the market as they were only advising for 6 months SHE WAS NOT TOLD THIS WHEN SHE SIGNED UP! She's had 3 viewings in 6 months absolutely ... Read Full Review
By : 'Kate'
Branch : Head Office - Solihull, Suite 7 First Floor, Cranmore Place, Cranmore Drive
Services : Sales( Prospective Vendor/Buyer )
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : WA13
Please don't use them! They are incompetent. You'll never get to speak to anyone after you've paid the fee. They don't try and keep hold of buyers. Buy cheap buy twice. We didn't think it would happen to us but it ... Read Full Review

By : 'David'
Branch : Head Office - Solihull, Suite 7 First Floor, Cranmore Place, Cranmore Drive
Services : Sales( As a Vendor )
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : DN6
Told by the advisor who came Reece that it was a few of £899 for a boost advert package. This didn't have a time limit we was told. Checked the contract and it's 6 months time period which wasn't state in initial conversation. For this since February I've had a whopping 2 ... Read Full Review
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