PLEASE AVOID THIS COMPANY AND ANY PROPERTY MANAGED BY IT !!! I had no hot water (broken shower & boiler) for 4 months (in the middle of Winter) and the property also needed other repairs (broken blinds, no window keys provided initially, sink tap handle completely missing and unusable). It was a modern, city-centre 1 bedroom apartment that I was paying around £1000 per month for. John Shepherd avoided my calls throughout the entire tenancy and I called almost every day at some point, then on a weekly basis. I tried to contact around 5 different staff members, who either avoided my calls or referred me to another person on an endless cycle. I had to escalate my complaint to the Property Ombudsman UK, which took 2 years to review my complaint but recently found in my favour. The Ombudsman wrote to me: " As outlined in my previous email having reviewed your complaint I am satisfied we would support it for the following reasons: - Repairs and maintenance took an unreasonably long time to organise - The Agent did not provide proactive updates to you about the status of repairs - Where delays were outside the Agent's control this was not communicated to you - You had to continually chase for updates Having considered the above I am satisfied that we would make an award of compensation. I considered the impact upon you especially the lack of hot water and showering facilities and the length of time these persisted. I also took into account that smaller (but still important) repairs like the tap took 6 months to rectify."
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