By : 'Sarah' Services : Letting( As a Tenant ) Rent PCM : £525 Would you recommend ? : No Postcode : LU7
29 Oct 2015
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I rented a property through Mr Ian Bowden when he was director of Bowdens. The property was very unkempt and I decorated the place to a high standard throughout. Mr Bowden even said what a good job I had done. I had paid a deposit of �890 and my monthly rent was �525. It was a tiny... Read Full Review
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )Date: 29th Oct 2015
I rented a property through Mr Ian Bowden when he was director of Bowdens. The property was very unkempt and I decorated the place to a high standard throughout. Mr Bowden even said what a good job I had done. I had paid a deposit of �890 and my monthly rent was �525. It was a tiny house but ok for me and my son. I waited 3 months for my tenancy agreement after I moved I and I never received a Tenancy Deposit Scheme certificate. When I left I had given a months notice but I got a cheque made payable to a friend who had initially leant me the deposit money for just �260. Mr Bowden claimed it was for the poor state of the property and the fact I hadn't give a months notice whenI clearly had. The man is a liar and a con artist. He should not be allowed to trade.
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By : 'Angryman' Services : Letting( As a Tenant ) Rent PCM : £1300 Would you recommend ? : No Postcode : MK2
11 Sept 2015
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Please feel free to email me on martyrhoward71@gmail.com. we've fallen foul of this wretched man and have handed his fraudulent activities to the police. If you wish to be part of the investigation please contact me on the above email... Read Full Review
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )Date: 10th Sep 2015
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Please feel free to email me on martyrhoward71@gmail.com. we've fallen foul of this wretched man and have handed his fraudulent activities to the police. If you wish to be part of the investigation please contact me on the above email address.
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By : 'spannerintheworks' Services : Letting( As a Tenant ) Rent PCM : £650 Would you recommend ? : No Postcode : LU7
21 Jul 2015
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Literally don't even bother. I am terrified of ever moving from here that I wont get my deposit back. All he has done is lie, make up stories, fiddle money between myself and the landlord. I am a single mum of two and as I said before cant imagine him having done the correct thing with the deposit. ... Read Full Review
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )Date: 20th Jul 2015
Literally don't even bother. I am terrified of ever moving from here that I wont get my deposit back. All he has done is lie, make up stories, fiddle money between myself and the landlord. I am a single mum of two and as I said before cant imagine him having done the correct thing with the deposit. He has made up lies between myself and my landlord, blames miscommunication but its all part of his little scheme to take money for himself and blame the tenant for missed payments, cancelled standing orders, mystery new ovens being ordered but not actually needed, told me I needed to pay rent 10 days early to a different account leaving me in financial difficulty..... I am not happy and I feel very worried. Should not be allowed to trade. Should be taken through the courts. He even asked me to post a 'nice' review because people had been leaving him bad ones. Funny how some good ones have appeared at the top of the page, can only imagine someone has faked them too.
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By : 'T' Services : Letting( As a Tenant ) Rent PCM : £775 Would you recommend ? : Yes Postcode : LU7
16 Jul 2015
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ian bowden help me to with all paperwork before moving into the property and has always helped as quickly as possible to resolve any issuses with the... Read Full Review
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )Date: 15th Jul 2015
ian bowden help me to with all paperwork before moving into the property and has always helped as quickly as possible to resolve any issuses with the property.
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By : 'Redtractor' Services : Letting( As a Tenant ) Rent PCM : £725 Would you recommend ? : Yes Postcode : HP19
7 Jul 2015
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We have rented our property through this company for 2 years. In this time I have found them to be helpful, courteous and at all times to maintain the high professional standards you expect from them.As a tenant I would have no hesitation in recommending them to... Read Full Review
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )Date: 6th Jul 2015
We have rented our property through this company for 2 years. In this time I have found them to be helpful, courteous and at all times to maintain the high professional standards you expect from them.As a tenant I would have no hesitation in recommending them to anyone.
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By : 'James' Services : Letting( As a Tenant ) Rent PCM : £850 Would you recommend ? : Yes Postcode : MK17
6 Jul 2015
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I found this agency quite reliable as they were able to sort out my accommodation within 2 weeks of contacting them. When I first contacted them in January 2015 I was desperate to move out into a 3 bedroom house in the village of Newton Longville, this would have been convenient for my children who ... Read Full Review
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )Date: 5th Jul 2015
I found this agency quite reliable as they were able to sort out my accommodation within 2 weeks of contacting them. When I first contacted them in January 2015 I was desperate to move out into a 3 bedroom house in the village of Newton Longville, this would have been convenient for my children who were attending Cottesloe school by then. In the first week of contacting them I was able to view a house which I liked and moved in the following week. One thing I liked is the friendly and straight forward business attitude unlike other agencies whom I find complacent. I would recommend this agency to anyone
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By : 'PennilessPaul' Services : Letting( As a Prospective Landlord/Tenant ) Rent PCM : £895 Would you recommend ? : No Postcode : MK17
25 Jun 2015
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I was in the midst of renting a property from Mckenzie Bowden and they were very quick to ask for the deposit money before any contracts had been signed, I reluctantly did this and never received any confirmation or receipt of payment despite being told I would. When the time came to sign the... Read Full Review
Services : Letting( As a Prospective Landlord/Tenant )Date: 24th Jun 2015
I was in the midst of renting a property from Mckenzie Bowden and they were very quick to ask for the deposit money before any contracts had been signed, I reluctantly did this and never received any confirmation or receipt of payment despite being told I would. When the time came to sign the contracts I was greeted by an incompetent teenager who couldn't get the dates, spelling of names or how much had already been paid correct. We had to have him reprint the contract numerous times and never received a copy of a contract ourselves. We were to be moving into the property the following Saturday, however, the following Tuesday morning I receive a phone call informing me that the owner has no decided to sell and won't be letting us the property. She (the owner) had never signed the contract although she should've done that prior to ourselves. Ian Bowden informed me there was another property available and that it was available immediately, we agreed to view the property and take it if we liked it. The property was not available and the supposed landlord hadn't even exchanged contracts. Baring in mind we had informed our current landlord we wouldn't be staying in the property as of that Saturday, I now find myself with no home. Circumstances changed and I required my money back in full in order to feed myself and get myself to work, it was the 8th of June 2015 I asked for my money back and here I am today, without my money and not getting any form of correspondence back from this shambles of a company. Every time I phone or text or email I get short brief responses from time to time that don't ever answer the questions I'm asking. I hope nobody else has had to put up with this nonsense. Disgusted is an understatement, even after threatening legal action, they don't seem to care and still have my money (unless they've spent it).
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By : 'John' Services : Letting( As a Owner ) Rent PCM : £620 Would you recommend ? : No Postcode : LU7
20 May 2015
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This man is a liar he has 2 deposits that he has not put with the dps I have tried getting them back but to no avail now gonna get police involved my last tenant he knocked there money... Read Full Review
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Nothing he is a liar shouldn't be allowed to trade
Services : Letting( As a Owner )Date: 19th May 2015
This man is a liar he has 2 deposits that he has not put with the dps I have tried getting them back but to no avail now gonna get police involved my last tenant he knocked there money two
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By : 'Ms' Services : Letting( As a Prospective Landlord/Tenant ) Would you recommend ? : No Postcode : MK17
19 May 2015
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DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH IAN BOWDEN! Bowden advertised a property for rent and arranged for his colleague to escort me on a viewing. Having taken receipt of my deposit, he then delayed proceedings by claiming to be waiting for references. When I put pressure on him to agree a move in date and... Read Full Review
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There is nothing he could do now to put this right - 2 young children and their mum have been devastated by his wrong doing
Services : Letting( As a Prospective Landlord/Tenant )Date: 18th May 2015
DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH IAN BOWDEN! Bowden advertised a property for rent and arranged for his colleague to escort me on a viewing. Having taken receipt of my deposit, he then delayed proceedings by claiming to be waiting for references. When I put pressure on him to agree a move in date and provide a tenancy agreement, he became evasive and aggressive. Concern about his behaviour led me to this website where I found reports of cases similar to mine. A visit to the property concerned confirmed that it was not even on the rental market. When I confronted Bowden he was dismissive of my concerns but agreed to refund my deposit - I am still waiting. Bowden * has caused immeasurable distress and anxiety to my family - UNFORGIVEABLE! *
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By : 'D' Services : Letting( As a Tenant ) Rent PCM : £625 Would you recommend ? : Yes Postcode : LU7
1 Mar 2015
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Bowdens gave extremely good service from both the start of our tenancy and afterwards; Mr Ian Bowden particularly being very helpful and courteous in clarifying information we'd lost in regard to dates and details of the... Read Full Review
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )Date: 1st Mar 2015
Bowdens gave extremely good service from both the start of our tenancy and afterwards; Mr Ian Bowden particularly being very helpful and courteous in clarifying information we'd lost in regard to dates and details of the tenancy.
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By : 'Mrs' Services : Letting( As a Owner ) Rent PCM : £725 Would you recommend ? : No Postcode : LU7
2 Feb 2015
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Ian Bowden can not be trusted. I rented my mothers house out using his services. He owes me money - his cheque bounced .He charged me for a new cooker when in fact the tenant had supplied the cooker herself. He did not register her deposit and has not repaid her the deposit even though we finished... Read Full Review
Services : Letting( As a Owner )Date: 2nd Feb 2015
Ian Bowden can not be trusted. I rented my mothers house out using his services. He owes me money - his cheque bounced .He charged me for a new cooker when in fact the tenant had supplied the cooker herself. He did not register her deposit and has not repaid her the deposit even though we finished using him last September.
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Just google his name used the money to fund his firm!!
This information is correct as at 04/12/2014 Name: IAN BOWDEN
Date of Birth: 21/04/1955
Date of Order: 03/11/2013
Length of order: 4...
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By : 'AdamG' Services : Letting( As a Tenant ) Rent PCM : £585 Would you recommend ? : No Postcode : LU7
8 Dec 2014
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I rented a property from bowden until march 2014. This man still has 800 pounds deposit of mine that he has been promising to pay back but still to this day hasn't. Never in my life have i dealt with a dodgier person. Yet for some reason he is still allowed to work in such a capacity without any... Read Full Review
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )Date: 8th Dec 2014
I rented a property from bowden until march 2014. This man still has 800 pounds deposit of mine that he has been promising to pay back but still to this day hasn't. Never in my life have i dealt with a dodgier person. Yet for some reason he is still allowed to work in such a capacity without any such authority locking him behind bars where he belongs. Apparantly he works under the name acorn now aswell as mckenzie bowden so if you come across either of these avoid like the plague. I would like to know he michelle is who left him such a nice review a month ago...
Disgrace.
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Looks like Mr Bowden is doing something naughty! He is not the director or owner anymore but stats he is!
MR GEORGE BOWDEN
Born: 1995
Nationality: BRITISH
Country: ENGLAND
Posttown: MILTON...
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By : 'Michelle' Services : Letting( As a Tenant ) Rent PCM : £650 Would you recommend ? : Yes Postcode : LU7
21 Nov 2014
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Absolutely brilliant did everything I needed and paid the dps without issue ! I have used mckenzie bowden before and would recommend them to... Read Full Review
By : 'GSAMET' Services : Letting( As a Prospective Landlord/Tenant ) Would you recommend ? : No Postcode : LU7
31 Mar 2014
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At first Ian Bowden was an amiable and pleasant individual however as the transaction progressed he became more elusive and proved himself to be a pathological liar on many occasions. Ultimately it transpired he did not have the property to rent and clearly was only after cash as in November 2013... Read Full Review
Services : Letting( As a Prospective Landlord/Tenant )Date: 30th Mar 2014
At first Ian Bowden was an amiable and pleasant individual however as the transaction progressed he became more elusive and proved himself to be a pathological liar on many occasions. Ultimately it transpired he did not have the property to rent and clearly was only after cash as in November 2013 he was made personally bankrupt by HMRC although certainly was still trading after this event.
This transaction started in late August 2013 however as of March 2014 he has only paid back £500 of the over £1400 he has stolen from me.
BE WARNED, believe nothing you hear and you won't be disappointed.
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Just a quick update: A couple of months ago (Feb 15) Mr Bowden called me personally, out the blue, asking if I would agree to amend my review if he paid me back all the money he owed which he would...
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By : 'Mel' Services : Letting( As a Owner ) Would you recommend ? : No Postcode : LU7
28 Oct 2013
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Please do not use this agent in either a landlord or tenant capacity. It will cost you money unless you are very careful indeed. I made the mistake of using him as an agent and found that he lied repeatedly, did not bank the tenants deposit with the correct authorities, took an extra deposit form ... Read Full Review
Services : Letting( As a Owner )Date: 28th Oct 2013
Please do not use this agent in either a landlord or tenant capacity. It will cost you money unless you are very careful indeed. I made the mistake of using him as an agent and found that he lied repeatedly, did not bank the tenants deposit with the correct authorities, took an extra deposit form the tenant without telling me etc ... I also have friends who have lost money by working with him. Stay clear.
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By : 'Iviano' Services : Letting( As a Tenant ) Would you recommend ? : No Postcode : MK17
6 Oct 2013
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We rented a property from Ian Bowden for two years in Newton longville.
Ian Bowden was unprofessional from the start and we had to seek advice from agents we knew about his practices. He was slow to arrange repairs when they occured and even failed to arrange others. When we moved out he promised ... Read Full Review
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )Date: 5th Oct 2013
We rented a property from Ian Bowden for two years in Newton longville. Ian Bowden was unprofessional from the start and we had to seek advice from agents we knew about his practices. He was slow to arrange repairs when they occured and even failed to arrange others. When we moved out he promised to return our deposit of 1100 Pounds but. As we had moved abroad he seized on that opportunity and never returned the deposit. This man is by far the most unscrupulous agent we have ever dealt with ans should never be trusted.
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By : 'kezzy' Services : Letting( As a Tenant ) Would you recommend ? : Yes Postcode : LU7
28 Aug 2013
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I have been renting a property for about a year now and can honestly say that he is a pleasure to deal with and has been attentive whenever I have needed him.
I would have no hesitation in recommending him to... Read Full Review
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )Date: 27th Aug 2013
I have been renting a property for about a year now and can honestly say that he is a pleasure to deal with and has been attentive whenever I have needed him.
I would have no hesitation in recommending him to others.
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By : 'Margaret' Services : Letting( As a Prospective Landlord/Tenant ) Would you recommend ? : No Postcode : LU7
9 Aug 2013
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My friend back in July 2013 wanted to rent a house which he saw on Ian Bowdens also known as McKenzie Bowdens website. It was a terrible mistake as soon as he received deposit + his fee which came to £1095 he stopped contacting him until one week before my friend was due... Read Full Review
Services : Letting( As a Prospective Landlord/Tenant )Date: 8th Aug 2013
[[EDIT ORIGINAL START]] My friend back in July 2013 wanted to rent a house which he saw on Ian Bowdens also known as McKenzie Bowdens website. It was a terrible mistake as soon as he received deposit + his fee which came to £1095 he stopped contacting him until one week before my friend was due to move in, then he started bombarding him with more calls asking him to pay for 3 months of rent in advance saying that he never received references. That's when we got a bit suspicious and we started researching him on the web and found similar stories on this website. It looks like my friend is never going to get his money back:( Ian Bowden is a horrible human being and he should be stopped as soon as possible from stealing other people's money. I bet he uses our hard earned cash to pay for his brand new Mercedes and other luxury items. [[EDIT ORIGINAL END]]
My friend back in July 2013 wanted to rent a house which he saw on Ian Bowdens also known as McKenzie Bowdens website. It was a terrible mistake as soon as he received deposit + his fee which came to £1095 he stopped contacting him until one week before my friend was due to move in, then he started bombarding him with more calls asking him to pay for 3 months of rent in advance saying that he never received references. That's when we got a bit suspicious and we started researching him on the web and found similar stories on this website. It looks like my friend is never going to get his money back:( Ian Bowden is horrible and he should be stopped as soon as possible from taking other people's money.
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By : 'Claire' Services : Sales( As a Buyer ) Would you recommend ? : Yes Postcode : MK17
30 Jul 2013
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I have recently bought a house and used the services of McKenzie Bowden. I dealt with Ian Bowden throughout. In general he was helpful and his responses were speedy. Mr Bowden helped where possible to liaise with the vendor of the property to move the purchase along as I needed it be complete... Read Full Review
I have recently bought a house and used the services of McKenzie Bowden. I dealt with Ian Bowden throughout. In general he was helpful and his responses were speedy. Mr Bowden helped where possible to liaise with the vendor of the property to move the purchase along as I needed it be complete fairly quickly. Overall it was a fairly positive experience.
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By : 'delboy' Services : Letting( As a Tenant ) Would you recommend ? : Yes Postcode : MK17
16 Jul 2013
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we dealt with Ian Bowden at the Newton Longville branch and found him to be very personable and helpful, all queries we had throughout the process were dealt with quickly and... Read Full Review
Services : Letting( As a Tenant )Date: 15th Jul 2013
we dealt with Ian Bowden at the Newton Longville branch and found him to be very personable and helpful, all queries we had throughout the process were dealt with quickly and efficiently
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