100% sales valuation accuracy
100% sales fee satisfaction
33% lettings valuation accuracy
38% lettings fee satisfaction
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5th Jan 2021
reviewed by 'Disappointed tenant'
18th Dec 2020
reviewed by 'Barry Turner'
16th Jun 2020
reviewed by 'PAT'
14th Apr 2020
reviewed by 'tom'
21st Jan 2020
reviewed by 'elliot'
18th Dec 2019
reviewed by 'Andrew'
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| Services | Valuation | Fees | Min Price of property reviewed | Max Price of property reviewed |
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| Sales | 100% | 100% | £0 | £0 |
| Lettings | 33% | 38% | £600 | £1,550 |
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| From Landlords | From Tenants | From Vendors | From Buyers | Other | |||||
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| 3 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
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Woods Estate Agents (South West) Branches (view all 6)
Jan 05,2021
Jan 05,2021
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I rented a house through this agency and once I had paid the rent and signed the agreement I found the empty property to be dirty, and the inventory remarked that it was NOT CLEAN.
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Dec 18,2020
Dec 18,2020
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A real pleasure in these dreary times, especially with Karina !!! Truly helpful, and professional! Also many thanks to the excellent team behind her. No complaints whatsoever !!...
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Jun 16,2020
Jun 16,2020
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I have been so impressed with the service that I have received by one particular member of staff at Portishead called Kristina Kay, who has always been helpful, pleasant and not only efficient, but is always professional and courteous. When I have had problems to ...
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Apr 14,2020
Apr 14,2020
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terrible customer service almost impossible to get on the phone then when you do the problem you have takes forever to get solved or never does. They never answer the phone and when they do pretend to say they cant hear you then carry on ...
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Jan 21,2020
Jan 21,2020
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Really lovely agents- work hard and have great communication with customers. Take a lot of pride in their work so thank you....
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Dec 18,2019
Dec 18,2019
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Woods (Bradley Stoke) are more than happy to take your money, promise the world and deliver you nothing, not even a call back. Two months on from selling my apartment, I can't get a simple update on where we are. Wish I had read the ...
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Sep 19,2019
Sep 19,2019
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Absolutely shocking! Very incompetent and unhelpful, things take ages to get addressed, do not reply to emails and avoid calls. Poorest customer service I have ever experienced, Agents laugh at their incompetence using the excuse that they never had to deal with a case of ...
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Jul 06,2019
Jul 06,2019
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Buying a house through Woods has been one of the worst experiences of my life, it’s taken months longer than expected and has left us feeling utterly gutted. Not only did they advise us to use the worst lawyers I’ve ever dealt with ...
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May 24,2019
May 24,2019
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My partner and I checked out of our property on the 10th of April it is now 24th of May and our deposit is nowhere to be seen. 15th of April I received an email saying that they'd looked at our check out report and ...
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Apr 03,2019
Apr 03,2019
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I had confidence in Chris from our first meeting that he would find us a good tenant as efficiently as possible. One of his strengths was keeping me well informed at every stage of the process, and once a tenant was found he went the ...
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Reasonable for the service provided.
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Mar 06,2019
Mar 06,2019
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Thanks to Kate and the team for all their help whilst I was a tenant. Always helpful, friendly and happy to offer their support. It was a pleasure working with you! Very best wishes...
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Feb 19,2019
Feb 19,2019
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Problems since the beginning of the tenancy.
Now we just left our house and they are trying to hard to don't give us the deposit.
INCOMPETENT...
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Everything bad. High charges for everything
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Mar 18, 2019
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Hello House. I would be grateful if you could contact me directly to let me know which property you rented so I can look into this for you. Regards. ...
Jan 08,2019
Jan 08,2019
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I opted to use Woods in Westbury on Trym following an awful experience with another agent. From the onset, Tim and his team filled me with confidence as they were so professional. The photographs of my home did it justice, the website description was inviting ...
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The fees were extremely reasonable and competitive with other estate agents in the local area.
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Nov 14,2018
Nov 14,2018
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Managed to let my property on the marina with in 1 week of it coming on the market. Always so friendly and helpful in the office. I have heard some horror stories from friends who have let properties but so far this is a really positive ...
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Oct 24,2018
Oct 24,2018
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Woods and Country Wide are a total Rip Off company demanding high commissions from there contractors ,when carrying out any works upto 20% plus VAT . Contractors not paid for months or even years , They constantly loose invoices and cannot find emails . The staff at the Hub ...
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Fees are a total rip off , very bad .
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Aug 19,2018
Aug 19,2018
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Had been looking for a while for a property suitable to rent in Portishead for my elderly Mum. Came across one that was ideal advertised with Woods Estate Agents. From the moment I walked in I was greeted with a smile, Kristina was so helpful, ...
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Jun 24,2018
Jun 24,2018
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Please please and please AVOID them!!!
We are currently having the worst experience with Woods as a tenant. The agent managing the property we occupy is so rude and unprofessional. Should I say they do not know housing laws and regulations or they are not ...
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Terrible. Charging fees for references after having paid agency fees!
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Jun 18,2018
Jun 18,2018
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We looked at a number of properties with Woods who were very patient as it took us a while to make our decision,in fact our agent Kristina gave us an idea that made our decision which is now permanent....
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Fees were reasonable
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Jun 13,2018
Jun 13,2018
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As I use agents throughout the UK, I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of service I received from the staff at the Portishead office. I had initially viewed the company website and subsequently phoned the office to ask about certain properties. A warm friendly ...
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Alas agents fees are part of the equation and Woods charge fairly average fees.
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Apr 02,2018
Apr 02,2018
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Please, please, please do not use these estate agents if at all possible. They conned is out of money wherever possible, left us with problems for month, one being no heating or hot water for weeks over New Year period. They responded when I complained ...
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Mar 02,2018
Mar 02,2018
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Woods is run by inept agents who falsely advertise their properties (wrongly saying our property includes white goods when it doesn't), forget to give you all your keys on check-in (causing us to have to run about to collect them), and who ignore and avoid ...
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Jan 18,2018
Jan 18,2018
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If I could give 0 stars I would. Waitin 2 months before responding about deposit and then tried to steal it from us. Luckily TDS stepped in and ruled in our favour. And if you are a landlord, beware - they left a slight leak in the ...
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Jan 17,2018
Jan 17,2018
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Heed these words of warning very,very carefully. It could well leave you with months and months if headache even once you have parted ways. Do not whatever you do use this company. Woods are a total disgrace in every sense, no customer service, no ...
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Aug 28,2017
Aug 28,2017
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My grand daughter arranged a viewing of a flat in Nailsea and took time off work to attend. Her partner traveled a round trip from Birmingham of 150 miles and my wife and I went with them to give any advice needed. At 3.30pm, time of ...
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Aug 15,2017
Aug 15,2017
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I've been meaning to review these agents for some time now, and it's interesting to see that tenants seem to have much the same experience that I had as a landlord. AVOID. On various occasions I was charged out the blue for nothing, repairs I'd ...
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Aug 09,2017
Aug 09,2017
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The worst estate agents I've ever rented through. They don't follow law and legislation. I have had no hot water for over 3 weeks now and all I keep hearing is a promise of a call back which never comes. Can't wait to get out of ...
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Ridiculous agent fees, completely made up to line their pockets.
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May 30,2017
May 30,2017
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Check out took place on 3rd April, deposit FINALLY received on 25th May. Towards the end of my tenancy I was told the deposit would be refunded within 10 working days, clearly that didn't happen. I was told that the refund had been processed on 5th ...
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Higher charges than any other local estate agents
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Mar 06, 2018
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Yes, I too had the same experience. The flat was VERY damp and they tried to blame me. Still fighting for my £250 4 years later. ...
Apr 25,2017
Apr 25,2017
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So far i've waited over a month for the return of my deposit; quite a bit longer than the agreed 10 days. Admittedly there was a bit of stuff I missed in the clear up, but that was rectified after getting notification.
They've charged me £110 to ...
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SO MANY FEES. Checking out fee, reference fee, breathing fee...
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Mar 29,2017
Mar 29,2017
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Worst renting experience. Woods not only rip you off, but they never take complaints seriously. We have been living with extremely bad mould in our property for a year affecting our health. We contacted Woods who hung up on us, laughed at us down the ...
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Mar 08,2017
Mar 08,2017
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There's nothing like great customer service and my recent experience with Woods was nothing like great customer service. If I could have given them zero stars I would have done. Utterly inflexible business processes and fee structures which I baulked at ... I have no issues ...
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Penalty fees for every single possible transgression imaginable, fees for the most minor of administrative activities, they're a company with no concept of customer service.
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