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Northwood - Central Scotland

A selection of reviews/testimonials by highest rating
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1.00 /5
Reply from agent

Karen, I realise you have your problems but please stop these reviews you post under fictitious names. For the benefit of anyone reading this, Karen is not a client and has never been. Her exceptionally threatening behaviour and language has resulted in quite a few police complaints from her neighbours, many of whom have had to move house because of Karen's bizarre behaviour.

1.00 /5

If you want woken up at 500 in the morning by a thundering elephant threatened to get cops involved come here

1.00 /5

Unprofessional, we're indirectly responsible for not locking my flat and leaving it unlocked and not going to lock it up afterwards until pressure was put on them, I do not recommend them at all feel free to ask me for more information

Reply from agent

For the attention of anyone reading this, this review is entirely misleading. Please read through our many 5 star reviews as these represent a true reflection. I don't feel that a public debate is appropriate here. Please feel free to contact me if you require further information. I am always happy to help. Jim McHugh (Director)

1.00 /5

I Found them to act in a strange manner. Attempted to apply for a rental property, to then be deemed unsuitable. Even though everything was submitted and suitable grantor in place. And a offer of a huge payment upfront. Good references from both employers and landlords. Huge lack of transparency from their side. When asked for reasoning as to why, get told lack certain paper work, that they never requested, then refuse to accept the things they said were the reasons as to their doubts. Example "where money comes from" without requesting proof of savings etc. And again, when offered to submit what they said they didnt see, and amend the application, just get told a blatant no, that it wouldn't change the decision. Which all in all boils down to no reasoning at all?? So Found them to be overall very unprofessional, but then again, sometimes reputation is justified.

Reply from agent

Good afternoon Mark. Many people rely on reviews so it is entirely improper to abuse this valuable medium by giving a 1 star review where there is not a hint of justification for this. The owner of the property you applied for instructed us that we were not to accept you for the tenancy. This can never be our decision. There were numerous reasons for the landlord rejecting you as we explained to you in detail. This included some comments and unfortunate references in your communications with the landlord among others. Also the landlord was very concerned about your ability to pay the rent as your finances came nowhere near being sufficient for the property. You left our office with a smile and a handshake as you entirely understood and accepted the landlord's position. We wish you well in your new home. Jim

1.00 /5

Absolutely would NOT recommend to anyone. Poor service. Impolite staff. Scraping the bottom of the barrel to take your deposit, after being forced to leave after only 7 month tenancy due to the poor condition of the property overall, from weeks without heating and cooker/ oven, to damp and mould issues causing illness to name only a few. You have to chase everything as promises to call you back don’t happen, they don’t want to deal with it and can’t get you off the phone quick enough when there’s issues. I could honestly go on and on about all the service failings throughout. Felt forced to accept a ridiculous deposit reduction as I could not deal with the stress they had caused any longer throughout and after the tenancy. Would NEVER trust to rent a property through them again personally. *EDIT To your response, you’re very good at passing blame to the landlord, you failed to accept responsibility for your service shortcomings, failed to acknowledge the poor condition of the property i had to live in, or rude staff encounters. I tend to only leave positive reviews, this has nothing to do with "a kick on the way out". Northwood Falkirk has been far from a delight to deal with, thats all.

Reply from agent

Hi Cheryl Thank you for leaving a review. You may not be aware that the landlord instructs us whether or not to make a claim against a deposit. Any amount awarded by the deposit scheme goes straight to the landlord to cover the costs of making good the damage. I'm sure anyone reading this will have seen hundreds of such angry "reviews" wrongly aimed at giving letting agents a wee kick on the way out. I hope you find peace and happiness in your new home. Jim

1.00 /5
08.04.2024
Avoid.

Absolutely would NOT recommend to anyone. Poor service. Impolite staff. Scraping the bottom of the barrel to take your deposit, after being forced to leave after only 7 month tenancy due to the poor condition of the property overall, from weeks without heating and cooker/ oven, to damp and mould issues causing illness to name only a few. You have to chase everything as promises to call you back don't happen, they don't want to deal with it and can't get you off the phone quick enough when there's issues. I could honestly go on and on about all the service failings throughout. Felt forced to accept a ridiculous deposit reduction as I could not deal with the stress they had caused any longer throughout and after the tenancy. Would NEVER trust to rent a property through them again personally.

1.00 /5

Horrible company!

Reply from agent

Dear Kumo Panda It looks like you have reviewed the wrong company. We have no knowledge of any client or contact of any kind who might go under the pseudonym you use. I would appreciate if you would remove this fictitious or erroneous review. Many people rely on Google reviews for an accurate impression of a company.

1.00 /5

Try to avoid. Deposit is way more than the rent even tho the flat is unfurnished with mouldy washing machine and small fridge. We found out too late the flat was in catastrophic condition, we were without heating for days and days because even 3 engineers could not fix the boiler, without hot water, then the water pipe broke down, neighbours and we were flooded, and after all this when we moved out they tried to take all deposit because of some mould created from that flood and some not existing complains, only thanks to safe deposit Scotland we got our money back. Not mentioning warning level for bad water quality assessed by scottish gas engineer. We heard a lot of excuses and how landlord is making decisions. Considering i was pregnant and had to live in those conditions, with agency trying to rob the money for some made up claims i want to warn everyone. They are just going for your money from deposit. Still thinking to open a court because we were living with no heating for days in winter and it was extremely stressful and unpleasant accommodation. Edit: response to Northwood: it was your branch and your office, we rented flat in livingston. But surely blaming some other office is easier :)

Reply from agent

Hi Nika You appear to have reviewed the wrong company. You may have dealt with a different Northwood office or a different company with a similar name. Each Northwood office is an independent locally owned company.We have searched through all our data and can't find any trace of you. I would be grateful if you would redirect your review to the appropriate office. Thank you Jim

1.00 /5

Put an offer in on Property from Northwood. Was told by not choosing Northwood to sell my house wouldn’t have an adverse effect on buying. But since the moment we chose not to use Northwood. Responses slowed down. Had to chase to find out if first offer was accepted or rejected. On getting through was told we were “ neither accepted or rejected” left pending. We then negotiated a 2nd offer. Jim told us, he was working through the festive period and would Be available. Which he wasn’t. It took until 8 days later for me to phone to find out they still hadn’t heard back. Extremely poor customer service. Leaving potential buyers in limbo. I wouldn’t avoid buying a property from Northwood at all costs.

Reply from agent

Hi Robert Thank you for leaving a review. Dealing with the point that you were told that by not choosing to sell through Northwood this would not have an adverse effect on your purchase, it was me who told you that. Northwood always act on a professional, ethical basis and this is an important point. I told you that the owners of the house are in a very distant location with time- difference problems and that communication is delayed as the owners always prefer to have a discussion rather than dealing with offers etc through emails. I told you that it would be likely to take several days before I would receive an answer and you understood this. You made your offer immediately before the festive period and we communicated this immediately to the owners. We chased this up with them several times during the festive period without response. We informed the owners immediately that you had now withdrawn your offer and they have now informed us that they were away on a trip to a remote camp with no access to their emails. They apologised for not returning our emails. I hope this helps to ease your frustration. Best wishes for your sale and subsequent search for a new house. Jim

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