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Professional Properties

A selection of reviews/testimonials by highest rating
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1.00 /5

My daughter and son in law have just had the worst experience from this company. Moved in to one of their rentals six months ago, house was filthy, they had to engage cleaners to clean the nicotine stained windows and frames , light fittings and paintwork to try to make it habitable for them and their two children. The shower did not work and when they asked if this could be fixed they were told no, as it was too expensive so they would have to live with it for the duration of their tenancy! The house had obviously not been checked and cleaned before they moved in , some doors would not open, some would not close. The stair carpet was totally unsuitable for children to walk up and down as it was so thin it made the staircase hard and dangerous. The list goes on. Now, at the end of their tenancy period they have been told they will not be returned their full deposit , as they are being charged £175 cleaning, £190 decoration, and even a charge for a light bulb! Absolutely unbelievably unprofessional. If you rent a property through this agency, make sure you take your own photos and videos of the state of the premises when you move in.

Reply from agent

Hi Joanna, Seeing as you have not had a direct rental experience with us, we will take the time to send correspondence over to the Tenants of the property to discuss further. We have actually come to an alternative agreement between both parties for any deposit deductions and our dealing with the Tenants at the end of tenancy were quite pleasant so it is a shame for this to have been recieved. For completeness, all deposits are claimed through a Government Assured Scheme and if evidence is required because parties disagree then this is completed, the final decision is conducted by a third party adjudicator.

1.00 /5

I've never rented through them and luckily I won't have to. I was shown 3 rentals by this company. 1st: There was a family living in there when I was shown the rental. There was a smell of rotten fish everywhere, 1 lady was lying in bed, another breastfeeding when we intruded in the house. I felt so embarassed and ashamed but the agent acted like this is completely normal. I wanted to just get away as quickly as possible. 2nd: The agent failed to answer many of my questions. He stated upon showing that a wall will be removed and an open-plan kitchen would be made - did not know details. When I asked him to please enquire at the landlord about these plans, he promised to do so but never heard back from him. 3rd: There was no specialty here apart from the flat being of poor quality. Actually, all 3 was pretty poor qality, that tells me something after seeing 20 rentals from various agencies. I felt like among unprofessional con-artists. Never again, thank you! Response to 2nd: We were told the wall was GOING TO BE gone, so were you lying, too? I don't think we should continue further...

Reply from agent

Hi Peter, Thank you for your review. 1st: It is very common for tenants to be in situ when properties are put on the market; unless they are new to the market or have had an extended void periods. All of our tenants are notified of views so the arranged appointment was not an intrusion - we cannot control people lying in bed or breastfeeding in their own home. 2nd: The Landlord had suggested he may remove a wall however upon further inspection as this was a supporting wall, the works could not be done. We could not provide any more details as at the point of you viewing it was merely an idea, there were no further details. 3. The properties you viewed are good quality flats that we have dealt with for over 10 years - I suppose everyone idea of 'quality' is subjective. We wish you the best of luck on your property search and hope you find your perfect home. Thank you!

1.00 /5
Reply from agent

Hello David. We have searched high and low in our systems to find your details to try and ascertain why you would leave such a review - albeit with no comments as to why.However, your name doesn't appear. We are, therefore, intrigued as to your issue and how you have interacted with our business to enable you to leave a review?

1.00 /5

Poor comms and slow in providing deposit feedback. No issues with disputing deposit values just slow and painful process.

Reply from agent

Hi Ben. The deposit return process is dependent upon 4 parties. Agent, Landlord, Tenant and Contractors and therefore the process, unfortunately, can be slow - in this case it appears we could not get hold of the Landlord initially, delaying the process and further delays were experienced when obtaining quotations from contractors. Sometimes there are factors that are outside of our control that contribute to these delays and we cannot always help this. I believe your deposit was processed the day of this review but we do take your feedback on board.

1.00 /5

I don't rent with this agent. But in the last 3 weeks I've put in dozens of applications online and multiple phone calls and seen no properties. Total waste of my time.

Reply from agent

Hi Roger. Upon investigation of our systems, we have no leads registered under the name of ‘Roger’ within the last 2 months. Our processes require you to complete a qualification form to register your details. If this isn't carried out, the process will not follow through. If you call our office, one of our team will complete the details whilst you are on the phone and you will be registered on our system. If you would like to contact the office on 01332 300190 we can look into this for you.

1.00 /5
04.08.2023

Professional Properties do not care about tenants and will do whatever landlords ask to keep them happy. They entered my home without informing me to conduct viewings . when I reported repairs they said we can't make the landlord fix them. They were never done. I reported the garden decking it was rotten, slippery and my son fell over and hurt himself. The patio door was unfixed for the whole of my tenancy and I was anxious of being burgled or attacked. I cleaned the home before leaving and they still tried to withhold my deposit but I disputed it and the aducators awarded my deposit back to me. As requested, I complained in writing and nothing was done. I feel so sorry for new tenants and I would strongly suggest to use any other letting agents as my experience with Haart was excellent.

1.00 /5

This place is just a waste. They ask for so much info such as passport credit score right to rent all before a viewing and when you send it over they stop answering your emails but they are quick to reply at the beginning but after you send all the info and I guess they dont like them they stop replying. No audacity to reply back and say something. Shameful place

Reply from agent

Hi Jay. Not sure if you have rented before but here is the current situation. Right to Rent and ID checks are a legal requirement. Landlords will always select the most suitable potential tenant for their property so a credit score is part of the information they use to make their decision. In the current market we receive around 30-40 enquiries for EVERY property that we list for rent so we have to do as many preliminary checks as we can prior to a viewing. There is little point in conducting lots of viewings only to discover at the point of application that the potential tenant isn't suitable. As for your last point, unfortunately, with so many enquiries for every property, we do not have the resources to contact every one to advise if they are able to continue with an application. It is an unfortunate consequence of the current rental market I'm afraid. I understand your frustration, however, 'shameful place' is undeserved.

1.00 /5

I reported the boiler not working 12 times. Professional properties refused to help as it would cost too much to replace the broken boiler.

Reply from agent

Hello Morgan. You actually reported a lack of hot water a total of 4 times. The first was in December 21 and, despite trying to contact you numerous times to discuss the issue, you failed to return our calls. You then reported the issue a couple of weeks later and we sent out a contractor who could not find a fault. You then reported the issue again in March 22 and again, a contractor was sent out and again, no issue could be found with the boiler. In June, you reported the issue once more and we sent a further contractor. Although there was still no obvious issue, the isolation switch was replaced as this was assumed to be the most likely cause of intermittent hot water loss. Your review is factually incorrect. We always take boiler issues very seriously and treat them as a matter of priority. We did not 'refuse to help' and you certainly did not report the issue 12 times.

1.00 /5

Unfortunately my experience hasn't been good. You don't speak to a human and I was asked 3 times to complete a Profile even though I did it the first time. It took 3 days for someone to answer our enquiry to ciew a propery and we even received an alert daying that the property which matched our criteria only then to be told an hour later that the property was no longer available. No human touch and definitely no customer service. Very disappointed.

1.00 /5

Homeowners: If you share a boundary or live next to a Tenanted property that this company represents, we feel for you. They do not care about legal responsibilities, and managed to ruin neighbourly relations within a couple of months of first dealing with them. Even when owning your your property as we do you will get treated lower than the landloard and treated like a tenant with no rights in the matter, even though we have told them we are the owners they still don't give the respect or decency we deserve or that is to be expected towards another person especially when sharing a boundary. We share a boundary with one of their managed properties, we organised works after one part fell down in bad weather, and put up a lovely, safer new fence, and agreed a low contribution from their landlord due to us wanting to upgrade it understandably. It took them a week to inform us of any problem they had with the work, they claimed there was some tiles that were lifted up by the contractor. However, instead of asking for our contractors details to inquire about the alleged damage (which I gave them anyway) they outright refused to speak to them for no reason other that " I don't take orders from anyone other that the landlord". Now they are with holding our £250 as the Landlord 'had to' pay for extra work that could have been done through the contractor - had they gone about things the right way, no-one would have been out of pocket. It has been terrible management from the beginning and don't even get us started on the dodgy quotes. Now they are using distract tactics (sending us quotes we're not responsible for) which amounts to emotional blackmail. A) we told them to please stop. B) gave them all the contractors details. C) asked for proof that this 'damage' was in fact caused by our contractors and they subsequently showed no evidence to support any of this, with photos over 6 months old. If you do end up dealing with this company for whatever reason do be careful and get everything in writing (although not even that will guarantee they will resolve your situation fairly, but will at least cover yourself). Do not agree any generous terms with them, they will take advantage of your good nature. I would also recommend to avoid speaking with Chris Allison as all he has done is make things worse and now has started to ignore the issue and our emails entirely. He is supposed to be the Head of Property Management so I think that tells you all you need to know about this company. If you are being mistreated do what we are doing and keep at them, learn your rights and get all your evidence in order.

Reply from agent

Hello Josh. I have looked into this in detail and reply as follows. Firstly, we are a letting agent whose role it is to manage the property and the tenancy on behalf of the landlord. We are not authorised or required to get involved in disputes with neighbours... although we obviously did on this occasion to try and help resolve the issue quickly. Your comments about 'emotional blackmail', 'distract tactics' etc. are utter nonsense. I understand that the landlord initially offered to contribute £250 toward the works which, after all the issues, he decided against this. We are not holding any money regarding this issue as per your review, we have never had any money to hold. You have never used our services and are clearly frustrated with the whole situation. However, this is for you to resolve with the landlord directly. It will certainly make us think twice about trying to resolve a situation we shouldn't have got involved in but unfortunately, our team do go beyond their remit sometimes, fortunately, with much better outcomes than this one.

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Helping Landlords and Tenants Since 1999 Professional Properties has been matching tenants with their ideal properties since 1999, and is one of the largest independent letting agents in the local area. Our team have a combined 80 years of lettings and property management experience. As well as offering bespoke lettings and property management services, we also sell current investment properties to investors who are either looking to buy their first buy-to-let property or are expanding or refreshing a current property portfolio.

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