“I chose Romans and Oliver after speaking to him a ......”
2 Star Review
Apr 06,2015
By:
'Mr'
Apr 06,2015
Branch: Bracknell, Roman House118 The Broadway
Services: Lettings (as a Landlord)
Rent PCM: £1375
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: RG12
Branch: Bracknell, Roman House118 The Broadway
Lettings (as a Landlord)
Rent PCM: £1375
Postcode: RG12
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I chose Romans and Oliver after speaking to him a two of his competitors. The brief was to let out my 3 bedroom property which I have recently finished renovating to a very high standard. On our initial and subsequent meetings and conversations until I signed ...
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What agent could do to change your mind?
Uncompetitive for the service they provide
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Uncompetitive for the service they provide
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“The estate agents are the worst I have come across ......”
1 Star Review
Mar 17,2015
By:
'Mrs'
Mar 17,2015
Branch: Reading, 33-34 Market Place
Services: Sales (as a Vendor)
Sold price: £270000
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: RG2
Branch: Reading, 33-34 Market Place
Sales (as a Vendor)
Sold price: £270000
Postcode: RG2
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The estate agents are the worst I have come across in a very long time. Neil Burton was the first member of this disastrous team that I dealt with. He came over to my property and gave it the big talk and that he could ...
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“Terrible. Fees are ridiculous. Absolute cowboys. Terrible service received as ......”
1 Star Review
Feb 23,2015
By:
'Frustratedtenant'
Feb 23,2015
Branch: Reading, 33-34 Market Place
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £785
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: RG30
Branch: Reading, 33-34 Market Place
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £785
Postcode: RG30
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Terrible. Fees are ridiculous. Absolute cowboys. Terrible service received as a tenant through a fully managed contract - not even sure what the landlord was paying Romans to do. On contract renewal they will get any money possible out of you. On termination of contract ...
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Extortionate. Especially vs competition
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“Hello Readers This is an up to date review what ......”
1 Star Review
Feb 09,2015
By:
'Tenant'
Feb 09,2015
Branch: Camberley, 122 London Road
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode:
Branch: Camberley, 122 London Road
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Postcode:
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Hello Readers
This is an up to date review what happened in August 2013 after they evicted us on a section 21 . We were told by the Landlord residing in Ireland that she was placing her daughter in the property and would not be re-letting the property , ...
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“I NEVER write reviews but the service from Romans in ......”
1 Star Review
Jan 14,2015
By:
'NEVER'
Jan 14,2015
Branch: Aldershot, 167 Victoria Road
Services: Sales (as a Vendor)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: GU12
Branch: Aldershot, 167 Victoria Road
Sales (as a Vendor)
Postcode: GU12
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I NEVER write reviews but the service from Romans in Aldershot was disgraceful. Upon meeting the agents (two turned up) they were full of charm, smiles and promised the earth - regular updates (every Friday) throughout the process, they expressively said they have a potential ...
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1.5% for them to lie for weeks!
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“I would never use Romans through choice again. I Received ......”
1 Star Review
Jan 08,2015
By:
'Christie'
Jan 08,2015
Branch: Bracknell, Roman House118 The Broadway
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £950
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: RG42
Branch: Bracknell, Roman House118 The Broadway
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £950
Postcode: RG42
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I would never use Romans through choice again. I Received a phone call 4 hours before i was due to visit a property informing me this now wasnt possible as they couldnt get the keys. When we eventually picked a property Charlotte spelt my name wrong ...
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What agent could do to change your mind?
Checked names were spelt correctly on emails. Apologised for mistake and answer calls afterwards. Checked bank account before demanding to know when deposit had been paid
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Paid alot of money for mistakes to be made
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“Its all about the customer service - except at Romans ......”
1 Star Review
Dec 19,2014
By:
'Sparky'
Dec 19,2014
Branch: Aldershot, 167 Victoria Road
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode:
Branch: Aldershot, 167 Victoria Road
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Postcode:
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Its all about the customer service - except at Romans it seems.
I called regarding a property advertised to rent - ready to move in within 24hrs with 6 months rent in advance at the ready. Called the office to inquire about whether a cat would ...
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“I was selling and wanted to buy through romans as ......”
1 Star Review
Nov 13,2014
By:
'Mahmood'
Nov 13,2014
Branch: Reading, 33-34 Market Place
Services: Lettings (as a Landlord)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: RG2
Branch: Reading, 33-34 Market Place
Lettings (as a Landlord)
Postcode: RG2
4
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I was selling and wanted to buy through romans as to why I choose them but what they put me through was very bad customer service we had a for sale board up they put a sold board up within a week when my property ...
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What agent could do to change your mind?
At least have rang us as are contract agreement was coming to an end to discuss the matter further try and put them selves in there shoes for better customer service!!!
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“When I first rented my property (managed by Romans) in ......”
1 Star Review
Nov 02,2014
By:
'JoanneChelsea'
Nov 02,2014
Branch: Bracknell, Roman House118 The Broadway
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £700
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: RG12
Branch: Bracknell, Roman House118 The Broadway
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £700
Postcode: RG12
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When I first rented my property (managed by Romans) in August 2013 with the help of Charlotte, I couldn't praise her more. She was very helpful, polite and more importantly replied to me quickly.
Sadly this service was not backed up by their property management team. ...
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“Waste of time, overvalued our house by £30,000. Manager rude and ......”
1 Star Review
Oct 23,2014
By:
'shirin'
Oct 23,2014
Branch: Yateley, 62-64 Reading Road
Services: Sales (as a Vendor)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode:
Branch: Yateley, 62-64 Reading Road
Sales (as a Vendor)
Postcode:
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Waste of time, overvalued our house by £30,000. Manager rude and unprofessional. Have no clue about valuation. Manager, didn't even bother responding to our complaint....
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“Daniel was aware of my unfortunate circumstances and made the ......”
5 Star Review
Oct 12,2014
By:
'Maxine'
Oct 12,2014
Branch: Wokingham, 4 King Street Lane
Services: Sales (as a Buyer)
Sold price: £240
Would you recommend?: Yes
Postcode: RG
Branch: Wokingham, 4 King Street Lane
Sales (as a Buyer)
Sold price: £240
Postcode: RG
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Daniel was aware of my unfortunate circumstances and made the whole buying process extremely easy for me. The property will be rented and Daniel has assured me that he will hand it all over to the lettings dept and i will have no dealings with ...
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Comment on agent fees
Nobody likes to pay for fees but it has to be done!
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“We have rented our property for 3 years. We originally rented ......”
1 Star Review
Oct 08,2014
By:
'NKBWKHM'
Oct 08,2014
Branch: Wokingham, 23 Market Place
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £725
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: RG40
Branch: Wokingham, 23 Market Place
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £725
Postcode: RG40
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We have rented our property for 3 years. We originally rented with Richard Worth Lettings, but unfortunately Romans brought them out. Since Romans took over I have noticed a massive change in customer service. The attitude of the staff is terrible and incredibly unhelpful.
My most ...
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What agent could do to change your mind?
Tell the truth! Remember their customers are people!
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“Awful letting agent, rude staff, and unhelpful.Was a nightmare ......”
1 Star Review
Sep 18,2014
By:
'camberleygirl'
Sep 18,2014
Branch: Farnborough, 67 Victoria Road
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £1350
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: GU15
Branch: Farnborough, 67 Victoria Road
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £1350
Postcode: GU15
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Awful letting agent, rude staff, and unhelpful.
Was a nightmare when we applied for the property and never returned phone calls, then when we terminated our tenancy, viewings were arranged without our consent, and they turned up when they wished with no respect for our ...
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What agent could do to change your mind?
Staff need to be more polite and less bullying their tactics, think some would benefit from customer service training.
Also need to review their processes and procedures as they have failed on many accounts
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Made a lower offer as house had been on market for a long period of time and was pushed into paying full price and promised extra services for this which were never received
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“Arrogant, rude, the epitome of the old style estate agent ......”
1 Star Review
Sep 03,2014
By:
'Bucko'
Sep 03,2014
Branch: Reading, 33-34 Market Place
Services: Sales (Prospective customer)
Sold price: £175000
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: RG2
Branch: Reading, 33-34 Market Place
Sales (Prospective customer)
Sold price: £175000
Postcode: RG2
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Arrogant, rude, the epitome of the old style estate agent that used to be a joke. I wouldnt go anywhere this lot (Romans) again. Oh yes, and they dont tell you the full info you need either - nice eh?...
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“I recently rented a property out through Romans. I consider ......”
1 Star Review
Aug 31,2014
By:
'Susan'
Aug 31,2014
Branch: Burnham, 78 High Street
Services: Lettings (as a Landlord)
Rent PCM: £975
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: SL6
Branch: Burnham, 78 High Street
Lettings (as a Landlord)
Rent PCM: £975
Postcode: SL6
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I recently rented a property out through Romans. I consider myself a good Landlord and do everything within my power to be legal and fair. Romans hide behind small print to rip off both tenants and Landlords. Their terms and conditions do not comply with ...
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What agent could do to change your mind?
Comply with consumer law.
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They want to charge a fee for doing no work.
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“I have just finished my tenancy for personal reason, my ......”
1 Star Review
Jun 20,2014
By:
'Dexter25'
Jun 20,2014
Branch: Reading, 33-34 Market Place
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £825
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: RG6
Branch: Reading, 33-34 Market Place
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £825
Postcode: RG6
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I have just finished my tenancy for personal reason, my relationship with the landlord is fantastic. Romans however are the most unprofessional, un organised estate agents i have ever dealt with. I set some rules for our visits to be after 5.30 and any time at ...
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What agent could do to change your mind?
Romans (at least in the whole Berkshire area) need to have a re-structure of their sales teams. They all have no consideration for either the prospects/clients time or privacy, they re-book/cancel viewings as it suits them best, they book to many appointments in for one day and don't have time for others. They are rude and pushy on the phone (unless its time to put in your credit card details).
Get back to basics, simple simple simple - 1) "how to treat your clients/prospects" - 2) how to manage your time effectively.
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“Never ever use Romans. They are extremely unprofessional, highly costly, ......”
1 Star Review
Jun 04,2014
By:
'ReadingTenant'
Jun 04,2014
Branch: Lower Earley, Unit 1 Chalfont Court
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £725
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: RG6
Branch: Lower Earley, Unit 1 Chalfont Court
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £725
Postcode: RG6
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Never ever use Romans. They are extremely unprofessional, highly costly, No respect for customer's time & very rude.
We arranged viewing of property at Lower Early, Reading on 3rd June for which we booked viewing a day earlier on 2nd June. For this viewing we travelled ...
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“Hi !On Wednesday May 7th, me and my Landlord signed ......”
2 Star Review
Jun 03,2014
By:
'Mario'
Jun 03,2014
Branch: Wokingham, 23 Market Place
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £995
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: RG41
Branch: Wokingham, 23 Market Place
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £995
Postcode: RG41
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Hi !
On Wednesday May 7th, me and my Landlord signed and delivered in person the deposit release Form in the Wokingham office. According to the Letting contract and to the Roman's young lady who received our form (she was very helpful by the way) the ...
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“EveningI am currently coming to the end of a 12 month ......”
1 Star Review
May 16,2014
By:
'turiccki2000'
May 16,2014
Branch: Bracknell, Roman House118 The Broadway
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: RG42
Branch: Bracknell, Roman House118 The Broadway
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Postcode: RG42
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Evening
I am currently coming to the end of a 12 month tenancy (originally managed by JM lettings, but taken over by ROMANS), and the Landlord has decided not to renew the tenancy as he plans to sell the property. I only managed to find this ...
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“We're selling our property with Romans, and we find their ......”
1 Star Review
Apr 05,2014
By:
'unhappy'
Apr 05,2014
Branch: Reading, 33-34 Market Place
Services: Sales (as a Vendor)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: RG1
Branch: Reading, 33-34 Market Place
Sales (as a Vendor)
Postcode: RG1
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We're selling our property with Romans, and we find their service is terrible. During the valuation process, they didn't give us much advice on the property price; they just wanted to get us in. We have to reduce the price twice later. Our contact person ...
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What agent could do to change your mind?
We think an independent state agent may provide better services than big chain companies. They need to give us professional advice and regular updates. They should be able to give more personalised services. We definitely wouldn't recommend Romans to anyone.
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“Our tenancy has been a nightmare since it started more ......”
1 Star Review
Apr 04,2014
By:
'Radwa'
Apr 04,2014
Branch: Reading, 33-34 Market Place
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: RG1
Branch: Reading, 33-34 Market Place
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Postcode: RG1
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Our tenancy has been a nightmare since it started more than 2 weeks ago. Initially, there were two other people viewing the property with me and the Roman's employee was in a hurry as usual so the prospective tenants hardly to get see much in the ...
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“We rented a property through Romans which was managed by ......”
1 Star Review
Mar 23,2014
By:
'NHL'
Mar 23,2014
Branch: Basingstoke, 2-3 Winton Square
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: RG27
Branch: Basingstoke, 2-3 Winton Square
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Postcode: RG27
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We rented a property through Romans which was managed by the landlord, after a few months in the property, which was a new build, we had a problem with the property which we needed to speak to the landlord about, we couldn't get hold of ...
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What agent could do to change your mind?
Be more approachable to tenants who require landlord contact details if the landlord cant be contacted on the details supplied to the tenant by the agent.
Also ludicrous fees.
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“I am very disappointed with the unprofessional service of the ......”
2 Star Review
Mar 14,2014
By:
'......'
Mar 14,2014
Branch: Camberley, 122 London Road
Services: Lettings (Prospective customer)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: GU16
Branch: Camberley, 122 London Road
Lettings (Prospective customer)
Postcode: GU16
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I am very disappointed with the unprofessional service of the Romans agent. Dated 4th of March when I was asked to give initial deposit worth £500 plus £1 for debit transfer. The Romans staff promised to to close the viewing of that house to other prospective customer ...
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What agent could do to change your mind?
Don't make policy that your staff are not committed to stand for it. Be professional, Be honest and treat your customer with respect.
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“Worst customer service..lack of communication between tenants and landlord. ......”
1 Star Review
Mar 02,2014
By:
'totally'
Mar 02,2014
Branch: Reading, 33-34 Market Place
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: RG2
Branch: Reading, 33-34 Market Place
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Postcode: RG2
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Worst customer service..lack of communication between tenants and landlord. We had given a notice 2 our current property landlord trusting the Romans on moving into the new prop-to be told the next day that the property was gone!
the only response we got from the ...
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What agent could do to change your mind?
absolutely useless....
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“I have used Romans twice now to rent a property, ......”
2 Star Review
Feb 27,2014
By:
'Shelby'
Feb 27,2014
Branch: Farnborough, 67 Victoria Road
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: GU14
Branch: Farnborough, 67 Victoria Road
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Postcode: GU14
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I have used Romans twice now to rent a property, the first time was a let only service and the current time ison a rent collection basis. so it has just come up to our renewal and considering me and my partner have just changed ...
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What agent could do to change your mind?
Let me change my rent payment date!
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“We had Romans over for a valuation of our property ......”
2 Star Review
Feb 12,2014
By:
'Disappointed'
Feb 12,2014
Branch: Basingstoke, 2-3 Winton Square
Services: Sales (Prospective customer)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: RG22
Branch: Basingstoke, 2-3 Winton Square
Sales (Prospective customer)
Postcode: RG22
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We had Romans over for a valuation of our property but decided to use another agent. We then saw a house we wanted to view that was on the market with Romans and phoned for a viewing. They said they would check available times with ...
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“Terrible service.Re Organised a viewing where we had originally ......”
1 Star Review
Jan 20,2014
By:
'Shah'
Jan 20,2014
Branch: Lower Earley, Unit 1 Chalfont Court
Services: Sales (Prospective customer)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: RG1
Branch: Lower Earley, Unit 1 Chalfont Court
Sales (Prospective customer)
Postcode: RG1
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Terrible service.
Re Organised a viewing where we had originally not made the initial viewing.
No one turned for the viewing and we were left standing outside the property.
When we rang the office they knew nothing about the appointment because it wasn't in the ...
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What agent could do to change your mind?
More professional.
More organised
Manager should not shout at customer.
Totally unprofessional
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“Agent pulls out random contract clauses regularly to take more ......”
1 Star Review
Jan 13,2014
By:
'cubed'
Jan 13,2014
Branch: Farnborough, 67 Victoria Road
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: GU14
Branch: Farnborough, 67 Victoria Road
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Postcode: GU14
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Agent pulls out random contract clauses regularly to take more money from you.
In the small print, they are allowed to sign you up for an energy company and act as you when doing so, meaning you don't get to read the contract you agree ...
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What agent could do to change your mind?
- Less hidden clauses in the contract
- More professional communication
- Better in-office trained staff
- Remove anti-consumer practices like partnering with energy companies for additional (unnecessary) commission
- Take fewer agency fees for basic and essential paperwork (which should come from the rent cut)
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“If Romans concentrated more on getting the job done in ......”
1 Star Review
Dec 16,2013
By:
'Anon'
Dec 16,2013
Branch: Fleet, 257 Fleet Road
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: GU51
Branch: Fleet, 257 Fleet Road
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Postcode: GU51
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If Romans concentrated more on getting the job done in hand instead of bombarding ex tenants with emails and text messages of a personal nature then maybe the office would run a lot more smoothly and the Property Manager could concentrate on doing her job ...
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“i have lived with romans lettings for more then 3 years. ......”
1 Star Review
Dec 13,2013
By:
'ajay'
Dec 13,2013
Branch: Crowthorne, 246 High Street
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: GU15
Branch: Crowthorne, 246 High Street
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Postcode: GU15
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i have lived with romans lettings for more then 3 years. at the end they were really disgusting. never did any maintenance nor any help. we did end of tenancy professionally and gave them receipt as well but they said that this is not the **** standard ...
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