Worst fleeting agent in the country Ahmed from the Sutton branch never phones back and tells lies - had to leave a review for another branch to show what waste of time this letting agency is landlords AVOID AVOID AVOID

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Very bad form John Shepherd! Made a service request back on 19th November 2022 and still awaiting their response over 6 weeks on (and this was to their management team)! Calling this agency dynamic and responsive would be a gross exaggeration. You've got my emails and telephone number so don't be shy and call me!

Very displeased with John Shepherd and the property manager Rajak Ali. Upon moving in (as seen in the pictures) only the surface of the property was “cleaned” when furniture was moved there was mould and other belongings of previous tenants were there. We’ve emailed Rajak about this matter and was told that they would send someone to treat the mould. And that the landlord would get the carpet and flooring changed soon ( October 4th, 2022) as of today the flooring has not been changed and the mould has not been treated. During Winter Season the hot water has stopped working due to it being old, rusted and has not been checked or changed before moving in. And the refrigerator has also stopped working. We’ve emailed Rajak once again about what was happening and hasn’t responded to our report or sent someone over to fix these problems. After paying rent for the ENTIRE YEAR, none of our needs were professionally or properly handled, we still payed outside contractors over £500to fix these issues. We were told that we would be compensated but have it been. Before moving out John Shepherd has emailed us stating that the property must be professionally cleaned and we must send them an invoice as proof. (Note pictures) these were the conditions when we moved in. Why should we have the professionally cleaned when this is how we received it and expect to clean it ourselves. Since we have moved out we’ve requested our deposit and was met with questions on why the flat wasn’t professionally cleaned and the carpets were mouldy. Rajak Ali was the most unprofessional, negligent, incompetent property manager I’ve ever had the misfortune of dealing with. Every email I’ve sent was met with “I’m not in the office at the moment”. This is single-handily the worst service I’ve experienced.

They are messy and unprofessional.

Be very carefull when using this company, they lie to costumers and are extremmely unproffesional, if you are a landlord and this company is managing your property, call them and pretend you are interested you may get a surprise. The staff is unable to be accountable, and they lie instead of being proffesional.

Called to ask about a house on Bull Street which had advertised three bedrooms of which one was a double. I said we were interested on behalf of another party mainly because of its location. I asked for the size of the other two rooms in order to see if a double bed could be fitted in it, but was immediately told that there were interested parties and a viewing could be offered as room measuring was not one of the things they did! I find that entirely unhelpful. There is no plan of the house either. Why would I want to waste my time and theirs to view a property - simply to see if a room was big enough?

Edit again. For those also having difficulty it is worth noting that there is an ongoing case being built against them by other tenants in the same boat via local government. Contact your MP! I hope you do not read this too late. Edit. Now being evicted. This is exactly why I waited within my statute of limitations. Whoever rents from them avoid like the plague, they also put me back in touch with the abusive staff member today. The worst experience I've had renting and this is the fifth property I have. Go to literally anyone else. They have lied from the very start of our tenancy. It's very obvious we are being moved to avoid necessary work being done on the property that should have been highlighted previously but JS did not do their jobs. I know for a fact the landlord has been qouted considerable sums to bring the property to a decent standard. Whoever moves into Friday Bridge be warned. Original post - Firstly have to say absolutely no issues with the lettings team however the block management has cost myself and partner hundreds due to them not meeting their own agreements. My contract details explicitly that all appliances must be checked and working before we move in, they were not and I even have in writing that they never check these despite contract, the worst one being the Fridge Freezer which instantly destroyed the £50 worth of food I bought from my old property and all the food I bought first day as it in fact heated the space instead of cooling. We reported this two days later as we discovered this 24th Saturday night and it would have cost us on the out of hours service to do report on the weekend. Baring in mind, this should have already been checked as detailed in black letter of the law, they are out right ignoring that despite the contract terms stating with no doubts that it should have been working and inspected prior, the contract also details that the landlord should cover any costs incurred from this not working, I believe JS should cover these costs as they have not met the landlords agreement of maintaining his property, I am writing to him myself with a list of multiple failures and I hope he demands some of his payments back as what he has paid for has not been provided. So far JS have ignored their own complaints procedure and insultingly only offered £50 reimbursement after already being offered prior £10 per day per person, whilst refusing to acknowledge their own contract terms and how they have failed myself and the landlord by incurring these charges. They also have no sense of reasonable timeframes. Apparently 12 days is an acceptable wait for replacement key item that should have been provided with the property, despite finding multiple same day delivery options myself also. It would have been considerably cheaper for me to buy a brand new fridge freezer given the costs of eating out and takeaway that they are refusing to cover despite contract and advising to do this as costs would be supposedly covered. It is by no means acceptable, they aren't even offering to cover 50% of the charges and have openly stated they do not meet their own contract terms. They have also left this complaint so long despite stressing urgency that I now will not be able to pay my bills incurring further charges and due to those being council bills auto summons will no doubt be issued also. It is at this point I am glad that I have legal cover as it will definitely be needed if I am summoned and I will stress chain of causation based on failure of contract. Edit. Having queried this with the legal advice provided with by insurance I am advised to take further if the response is unacceptable. My case is in their words straight forward and supported by their own supplied inventory, the staff email stating they don't follow contractual checks on any property yet alone mine, and contract terms not being met are all challengeable. I was also advised to raise to ombudsman which I have already began the process of.