95% sales valuation accuracy
96% sales fee satisfaction
89% lettings valuation accuracy
94% lettings fee satisfaction
Having traded since 1924, Symonds and Reading Estate Agents are the most established agents being the backbone of estate agency in Worthing and Ferring for almost 100 years. This family run, fiercely independent agents success is due to repeat and recommended business throughout the years.With a 5* customer service rating and ‘Best ...
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Having traded since 1924, Symonds and Reading Estate Agents are the most established agents being the backbone of estate agency in Worthing and Ferring for almost 100 years. This family run, fiercely independent agents success is due to repeat and recommended business throughout the years.
With a 5* customer service rating and ‘Best Estate Agent in West Sussex ‘ award, the enthusiastic company owners, Ian and Jo Ward and their highly motivated team will guide you through your property transaction with professionalism, knowledge, expertise and discretion.
With a 5* customer service rating and ‘Best Estate Agent in West Sussex ‘ award, the enthusiastic company owners, Ian and Jo Ward and their highly motivated team will guide you through your property transaction with professionalism, knowledge, expertise and discretion.
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18th May 2020
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29th Jan 2020
reviewed by 'Alan'
20th Dec 2019
reviewed by 'ANNE'
12th Dec 2019
reviewed by 'Mark'
14th Oct 2019
reviewed by 'Larisa'
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Address
Symonds & Reading
5 Chatsworth Road
Worthing
West Sussex
BN11 1LY
01903 235623
Performance statistics
| Services | Valuation Accuracy | Fees Satisfaction | Min Price of property reviewed | Max Price of property reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 95% | 96% | £39,500 | £550,000 |
| Lettings | 89% | 94% | £575 | £1,400 |
Review statistics
| From Landlords | From Tenants | From Vendors | From Buyers | Other | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 94 | 0 | 87 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Areas covered
- BN11
- Worthing
- BN12
- Lancing
- BN13
- Littlehampton
- BN14
- BN15
Services offered
- Sales
- Lettings
- Block Management
- Surveys
- Conveyancing
- Mortgage Advice
- Home Builder
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Sep 05,2016
Sep 05,2016
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They were very helpful and always very responsive when communicating. We would definitely use them again if we were to sell....
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Aug 04,2016
Aug 04,2016
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very pleased with all of letting team,dealt mainly with Kirsty.
They have just let a property in Ferring for me for the 3rd time,achieving the full rent. They kept me informed throughout the whole process in a pleasant and highly professional manner and ...
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May 12,2016
May 12,2016
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Steve has sold 2 properties in Worthing for us in the last 2 years. The first was a difficult sale with lots of bumps along the way. The second was smooth and extremely fast. In both cases Steve was helpful, professional, friendly and always on the ball....
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Apr 21,2016
Apr 21,2016
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Very pleased with Symonds Reading. They let my Cottage quickly and professionaly. I was given great service by Kirsty and Steve and I recommend them highly....
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Feb 17,2016
Feb 17,2016
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Symonds and reading have just let our flat and found everyone extremely efficient ,helpful and polite.We would have no hesitation in recommending them and would definitely use their service again....
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Very happy with the agents fees .
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Feb 12,2016
Feb 12,2016
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Have bought two properties through Symonds Reading. On this occasion through Phil at the Chatsworth Rd branch. He was excellent - kept in touch, found suitable properties, very proactive and professional. A pleasure to work with....
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Dec 06,2015
Dec 06,2015
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Very helpful, respectful and responsive- even when I changed my mind about things!
Will now be using Symonds & Reading to fully manage the property as I rent it out...
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Nov 25,2015
Nov 25,2015
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A really good service from Steve and Conor. This wasn't an easy sale with the purchaser dropping out and then coming back again, but they maintained the same high level of professional calm and good humour throughout. Thoroughly recommended !...
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Nov 06,2015
Nov 06,2015
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We sold our property through Symonds Reading in July this year. I decided to use this agent as i was very impressed with them when we were looking to buy our first property a couple of years ago.
The whole team but in particular Angela ...
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Oct 23,2015
Oct 23,2015
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Everyone in the office is amazing! Dealt with Phil Cole, Conor, Ian and Steve Bolton, not for the first time for selling and buying and they have been most helpful, the communication is outstanding, we had every day contact, updates, they have been chasing up ...
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Oct 17,2015
Oct 17,2015
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My property chain did not go well, but every member of the staff gave 100% to helping me. We got there in the end and I was very satisfied with all the staff who could not have been more professional....
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Oct 08,2015
Oct 08,2015
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Ian has been fantastic from start to finish. He kept us well informed throughout the sale, a very organised and efficient company....
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Oct 02,2015
Oct 02,2015
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A very friendly and professional estate agent. The purchase of the property progressed smoothly and within a very reasonable timescale....
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No fees paid
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Sep 28,2015
Sep 28,2015
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After having our house on the market with another agent and had no offers with viewings falling, we change to Symonds and Reading we meet Steve and Ian and they did a fantastic job with the pictures and describing our home. Within a couple of ...
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We were very pleased with the fees agreed with the agent, they were lower than the other company that we had the house on with first of all.
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Sep 23,2015
Sep 23,2015
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We had been looking for a property for around a year, when we first came into contact with Symonds and Reading. In all honestly, it was not one of the Estate agents that we signed up for, for alerts, as we had not heard too ...
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Aug 29,2015
Aug 29,2015
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phil cole visited me on the day of my enquiry ,we agreed for symonds reading to let my bungalow. It was online one day later and let for the full asking price on that same day. The whole deal went smoothly and the tenants are ...
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fair price
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Aug 12,2015
Aug 12,2015
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All the staff at Symonds Reading were incredibly friendly, efficient and professional. We had a terrible experience with another Worthing agent, and would only want to deal with Symonds Reading in the future. Steve worked so patiently and persistently, always kept us updated, let us ...
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Aug 10,2015
Aug 10,2015
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We've just completed our purchase of a house in Goring and the team, and particularly Ian Ward, were really helpful throughout what was a long and sometimes stressful process. Symonds Reading were professional and balanced our needs with those of the seller they represented and ...
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Jul 31,2015
Jul 31,2015
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Conor was very professional from first viewing , he always answered any questions I had and if he couldn't he made the effort to find out the answers , he was very prompt with returning phone calls and answering emails etc , in fact I would say that ...
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Jul 29,2015
Jul 29,2015
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Steve and the team were absolutely brilliant and gave a really personalised service. Within 2 days of our initial meeting we had our house online with lovely professional photos. They organised viewings for us at our convenience and kept in touch without pressuring. They could not ...
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Jul 27,2015
Jul 27,2015
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The team at Symonds and Reading were efficient and responsive when dealing with my house purchase in Worthing. Steve Boone handled the purchase and was professional in his duties and timely with communication back to me with regard to the purchase.
House purchase can have ...
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Jun 23,2015
Jun 23,2015
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We are Larisa and Andrei Cioara family and we want to thank Agent Phil Cole for the professional manner he handled the rental of the apartment in which we now live. His positive attitude, empathy, openness and punctuality that proved ...
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Jun 23,2015
Jun 23,2015
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Excellent service from start to finish, polite, courteous and very helpful. We will recommend you to friends and family. Thank you Conor, Phil and Angela....
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More than happy
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Jun 19,2015
Jun 19,2015
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Excellent agency with very helpful and friendly staff.Agency provide very efficient service .Made us feel comfortable.We feel we can rely on them...
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Jun 16,2015
Jun 16,2015
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Excellent service from the team at Symonds & Reading. Especially from Ian who had kept us up to date throughout the entire process. Again, as others have stated the process took longer than expected however the team were not pushy and contacted at the key milestones ...
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Jun 08,2015
Jun 08,2015
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From the moment I telephoned to make inquiries about selling my flat, I was made to feel that my business was important and that they would do a great job. I'm amazed to say that, in 24 hours they had someone look at the property and ...
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May 29,2015
May 29,2015
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We have never used the services of an estate agent before, so sought out recommendations from friends and colleagues. Everyone who had used S&R sang their praises so we contacted and met with Steve.
What a great agent he proved to be. He was ...
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May 04,2015
May 04,2015
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It was great to be treated like a person, that personal touch makes all the difference and gives you confidence and reassurance that is so important. As this was a probate sale it had it's issues, but Phil was always available to give us honest ...
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May 04,2015
May 04,2015
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Upon recommendation, this was the first time we had used Symonds and Reading Worthing to let a property on our behalf. From the outset, Steve (Branch Manager) and Phil could not have been more professional, helpful or courteous. E-mails and telephone calls were promptly dealt ...
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Competitive but fair and reasonable
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May 01,2015
May 01,2015
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Everyone we dealt with at Symonds Reading were friendly and genuinely couldn't do enough to help. There were many issues that complicated and delayed our flat purchase ie; lease extension, a leak from the upstairs flat as the purchase was going through, mortgage offer running ...
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Complaints Procedure
Please contact the relevant Branch manager Ian Ward for Worthing or Roger Curtiss for Ferring at which point your complaint will be
escalated to one of our directors.
Last updated at 3:12 PM 19/07/2016 by Symonds & Reading - Worthing,
escalated to one of our directors.
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