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5 Star Review
Aug 08,2022
By:
'Deiaeddin'
Aug 08,2022
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £1225
Would you recommend?: Yes
Postcode: CB25
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Rent PCM: £1225
Postcode: CB25
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Best service ever, informative, and instant reply.
Very polite and kind. I highly recommend leaders to anyone moving to this wonderful place....
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“Incompetency and deceit AVOID...”
1 Star Review
Jul 18,2022
By:
'Laura'
Jul 18,2022
Services: Lettings (as a Landlord)
Rent PCM: £1500
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: CB5
Lettings (as a Landlord)
Rent PCM: £1500
Postcode: CB5
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Leaders manged my property for over a decade. It use to be good but then I realised every time a called them I had a new property manager who new nothing about me, my property or the tenant.
Then the incompetency and deceit started. I ...
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“Beware of leaders Cambridge...”
1 Star Review
Jun 25,2022
By:
'Jyoti sharma'
Jun 25,2022
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: CB2
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Postcode: CB2
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In 2021 we rented a house from leaders in Cambridge. Almost all the agents were very rude, not at all helpful and have an attitude of ‘ya whatever’.
I agree that Cambridge rental market is a sellers market and renters don have much say or option. ...
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“Poor handling of check out and cleaning deposit claim...”
2 Star Review
May 24,2022
By:
'Catarina Nascimento'
May 24,2022
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: CB1
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Postcode: CB1
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Just wanted to share my experience renting with Leaders Cambridge for about an year.
I don't have any complaints during our stay at the property. The check-in experience was not perfect, but I wouldn't go out of my way to talk about it.
It was ...
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1 Star Review
May 18,2022
By:
'Peter'
May 18,2022
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: CB1
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Postcode: CB1
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They forced me to rent a house with the no deposit option, and during the process they forced me to provide all of my credit card details including security code which they store in their own system. My card has been stolen, not physically but ...
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“Never let with Leaders...”
1 Star Review
Apr 11,2022
By:
'Hermione Blakiston'
Apr 11,2022
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £1250
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: CB1
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Rent PCM: £1250
Postcode: CB1
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PLEASE never let with Leaders (see photos).
1.) Our property was not cleaned when we moved Sep 2021. There was:
- A DEAD RAT amongst piles of trash and old tenants items
- A 3 month old full carton on milk inside flooded and rotten fridge.
- Pots ...
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“Terrible service. Slow replies and time waste......”
1 Star Review
Dec 02,2021
By:
'Vicki'
Dec 02,2021
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: PE29
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Postcode: PE29
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Terrible service. Slow replies and time wasters. Why take on a property and then have no keys to view the place. Say that pets considered, take my personal details and then Reject the application because you own a pet?...
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“It was a difficult process getting into our h......”
4 Star Review
Nov 12,2021
By:
'Emilie'
Nov 12,2021
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: CB24
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Postcode: CB24
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It was a difficult process getting into our home but Katie was very helpful throughout and brought us through all the paperwork. She was very friendly and kept us progressing all the time....
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“Scheduled a viewing and apparently was not booked...”
1 Star Review
Sep 26,2021
By:
'Deborah'
Sep 26,2021
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: CB4
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Postcode: CB4
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I got a call last Wednesday to schedule a viewing for à flat in cambridge. The agent did request for us to com in on Friday but due to work obligations we could not made it therefore the agent agreed to do the viewing on Saturday.
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“Awful! They are borderline criminal and out t......”
1 Star Review
Jun 12,2021
By:
'Francine'
Jun 12,2021
Services: Lettings (Prospective customer)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: CB4
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Postcode: CB4
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Awful! They are borderline criminal and out to exploit people. We tried to view a property and they were basically unreachable by telephone or email. They promised us a video viewing of a property but never sent it, then coerced us into paying a holding ...
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“Leaders have successfully found tenants, most......”
5 Star Review
Feb 21,2021
By:
'Avis'
Feb 21,2021
Services: Lettings (as a Landlord)
Would you recommend?: Yes
Postcode: CB1
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Postcode: CB1
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Leaders have successfully found tenants, most recently Katie and Matt have secured a new tenancy. Katie has kept me informed and updated during the whole process and gone out of her way to manage the negotiation with photographs and suggestions....
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“We have always found Katie to be cheery and h......”
5 Star Review
Feb 20,2021
By:
'Jennifer'
Feb 20,2021
Services: Lettings (as a Landlord)
Rent PCM: £400
Would you recommend?: Yes
Postcode: CB1
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Rent PCM: £400
Postcode: CB1
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We have always found Katie to be cheery and helpful.
She always keeps us up to date with what is happening....
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5 Star Review
Feb 19,2021
By:
'Samantha'
Feb 19,2021
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: Yes
Postcode: CB1
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Postcode: CB1
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It was my first time using a letting agency and I got a little overwhelmed but the service I received was amazing and helped make the process run a lot smoother, in particular Leah, she was extremely patient with me and went above and beyond ...
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“Never again with Leaders...”
1 Star Review
Feb 17,2021
By:
'Tsvetelina'
Feb 17,2021
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: CB25
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Postcode: CB25
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It took Leaders over 6months to fix the floor in the house. Wrote 20+ emails to report the issues every time insisting that this need to be fixed ASAP. The same with the whole in the bathroom. Very disappointed by Hannah and the manager, forgot her ...
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“Jade has been managing my properties for seve......”
4 Star Review
Feb 16,2021
By:
'Caroline'
Feb 16,2021
Services: Lettings (as a Landlord)
Would you recommend?: Yes
Postcode: CB5
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Postcode: CB5
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Jade has been managing my properties for several months. There were many problems over this time that required attention and Jade has always been efficient and communicated well during this time. I know if I require any thing Jade will always respond and seek out ...
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“Incompetent, unprofessional, unethical...”
1 Star Review
Feb 16,2021
By:
'Mitchell'
Feb 16,2021
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: CB1
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Postcode: CB1
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I feel like it is a cliché here, but I would happily give 0 stars if I could. The issues I had with Leaders were almost comically bad in duration and severity. I blame myself for ignoring the warning signs before signing a tenancy. Please don't ...
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“Shockingly bad service, unsafe property...”
1 Star Review
Feb 15,2021
By:
'Disappointed G'
Feb 15,2021
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £1650
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: CB1
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Rent PCM: £1650
Postcode: CB1
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Terrible service from Lukasz the alleged 'property manager' - unresponsive, and dismissive. We have had no hot water or heating for 3 days and this will not be fixed for a further 3. He only responded to my phone calls and emails about this after I called ...
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“Leaders in procrastination...”
1 Star Review
Dec 18,2020
By:
'José Fernando'
Dec 18,2020
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: CB1
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Postcode: CB1
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If you have had Leaders as a letting agent, it may sound familiar to you sentences such as "this is a new property for management", "I wasn't aware of the issue"...either this is what they do to gain time or there is a huge ...
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5 Star Review
Oct 07,2020
By:
'Irina'
Oct 07,2020
Services: Surveys
Would you recommend?: Yes
Postcode: CB21
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Postcode: CB21
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I am very grateful for the Leaders Cambridge for their friendly and professional reviewing of my property: very fast and responsive to my need! It was a pleasure to deal with Dominic, thank you so much!...
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“would give less if i could. such a shame for ......”
1 Star Review
Aug 10,2020
By:
'amy'
Aug 10,2020
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: CB1
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Postcode: CB1
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would give less if i could. such a shame for such a nice property to be managed so poorly. property was no where near sorted when i moved in and they have been so incredibly slow at getting things sorted since....
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1 Star Review
May 30,2020
By:
'Christie'
May 30,2020
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £1500
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: CB24
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £1500
Postcode: CB24
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If there was a minus star I would give that one!
Guys be careful if you approach leaders no matter how beautiful the property you are looking may be!
I paid a deposit for a property that I decided to rent,
The agent was talking ...
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“Quite helpful and accommodating in special circumstances...”
4 Star Review
Jul 02,2019
By:
'Chathurika'
Jul 02,2019
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £1175
Would you recommend?: Yes
Postcode: CB22
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £1175
Postcode: CB22
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I had to find a property before I moved in to the UK because I came with my family and had no relatives or friends who could temporarily accommodate us. I left messages with several real estate agencies and only 2 including the Leaders even bothered ...
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1 Star Review
Jun 09,2019
By:
'Redi'
Jun 09,2019
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £534
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: CB1
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £534
Postcode: CB1
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So we and my housemates have been with these guys for 2 years. In this time, they have booked viewongs on our property without telling us 3 times, booked viewing with less than 24 hours notice twice, almost made myself and another housemate homeless because they "couldn't finish ...
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Extortionate.
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“The biggest problem with the way Leaders do business is ......”
1 Star Review
Jan 18,2019
By:
'Kevin'
Jan 18,2019
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £625
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: CB1
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £625
Postcode: CB1
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The biggest problem with the way Leaders do business is that they do not consider themselves to be true intermediates between landlord and tenants but instead represent the interests of the landlord only. After all, the landlord is their long-term customer with an endless supply ...
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As others have mentioned in other reviews of them, they also spring ridiculous admin fees on you when you're moving in. Definitely not unique to Leaders but toxic anyway and made more laughable by their refusal to ever actually do their job.
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“Repeated entry without notification or consent...”
1 Star Review
Nov 27,2018
By:
'Cambridgetenant'
Nov 27,2018
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: CB1
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Postcode: CB1
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When moving out of rented accommodation, Leaders frequently came into the house with zero warning or notification.
When we asked for notice they would be coming into the property, they simply started coming during the day when we were out without telling us (we found ...
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3 Star Review
Nov 06,2018
By:
'Ayusha'
Nov 06,2018
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: Yes
Postcode: CB1
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Postcode: CB1
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I'm a pianist and had great difficulties finding a property where I could play the piano - so was absolutely delighted when I found a charming coach house which seemed ideal for the piano. Extremely grateful to Jamie Abbott who helped me getting the property....
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Quite expensive, plus compulsory insurance..wouldn't say good.
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“AVOID AT ALL COSTS! THE WORST IN CAMBRIDGE!...”
1 Star Review
Oct 18,2018
By:
'Kalaivani'
Oct 18,2018
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: CB1
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Postcode: CB1
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Leaders is one of the worst real estate agents, at least in Cambridge.
First of all, their charges are exorbitant. Absolutely unjustifiable for the service they provide. Apart from rent and 1.5x rent as deposit, I almost ended up paying them a month's rent as ...
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Exorbitant. Not worthy of the service they provide.
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1 Star Review
Oct 15,2018
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'frustrated'
Oct 15,2018
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £1650
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: CB2
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £1650
Postcode: CB2
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Having waited a long time for this property, and having had our phone calls ignored, we made an appointment and went to the office, and were totally ignored by members of staff, and left to a new young lady called Bethany, she took the brunt ...
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Very high fees for service provided.
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“Avoid this agency at all costs...”
1 Star Review
Oct 10,2018
By:
'Honest'
Oct 10,2018
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £1021
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: CB1
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £1021
Postcode: CB1
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This letting agency is one of the worst in Cambridge. Please try to avoid them if it is possible. If it is not possible, then avoid anyway. They charge high fees for very slow and bad service.
In the beginning of our tenancy they "forgot" ...
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Very high fees for lack of service. Bad.
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“Absolutely disgusting ......”
1 Star Review
Oct 08,2018
By:
'Jasmin'
Oct 08,2018
Services: Lettings (Prospective customer)
Rent PCM: £1795
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: CB3
Lettings (Prospective customer)
Rent PCM: £1795
Postcode: CB3
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Absolutely disgusting service from a deceitful bunch of *. AVOID their lettings department in Cambridge by all means. They agreed to let us a property after running all the checks and supposedly talking to the owner. They told us that they will sign the contract when ...
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NO AGENT FEES is a scam.
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