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Northwood - Edinburgh

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1.00 /5

Never had such a horrible experience renting. Had 2 properties with Northwood. Nothing but issues. In the first property for 6-8 months before they moved us out due to owner wanting to sell. Not their fault, but we were faced with more hassle than it was worth thereafter. The property was not clean when we moved in. Cleaners equipment still in the hall. When I mentioned this to Northwood, they simply offered to send cleaners back to finish the job, while we were living there. The oven had dirty trays covered with tin foil , the oven door did not have a seal on it and we couldn't use it for 2 weeks until they sent an engineer out. Not a great experience for people moving in to a new home. When it came to moving out, things only got worse. In both properties they found things to pick out that were not checked on move in to charge for. Like dust on top of the skirting boards behind the couch. When we moved in, there were no pictures taken behind the couch. When we moved out, they did things like pulling the couch back and noting the dust on the skirting behind it. They were looking to charge us for a burn in the carpet that was hidden under the bed when we moved in, claiming that it was our fault. When I asked them for proof in pictures of before and after, they sent me pictures of 2 different spots on the floor. When I questioned this, they then changed the tune and started talking about us not amending the inventory for the burn when we moved in. The burn was hidden. That is why. Terrible experience overall and there isn't enough time to go through everything but it's all documented in pictures and emails. I'd be interested to hear their public response to this.

Reply from agent

Dear Mike, thank you for your review and I am sorry that you feel the service you received from us warranted a "one star review" Having reviewed the photographs taken at the time of your check in I can see that the cleaners had left behind some bags of their cleaning equipment and not managed to remove them before you arrived. Furthermore as you were unhappy that they had not cleaned to an acceptable standard I can see we did offer to send in new cleaners. I am sorry that we were let down on this occasion by our suppliers and that impacted on your move in experience. Upon move out we compared the 2 sets of pictures and as you correctly say we identified a burn in the carpet not previously evident and this became clear after you explained that you had moved the furniture around in the room. We accepted this and dropped that item from the claim, there was no intent to deceive as you have suggested. Having vacated the property at short notice, it remained empty for 2 months until the end of your tenancy and so would naturally need cleaned after this time. We did receive a call from your partners mother suggesting that she was instructed by you to clean the flat but as she could provide no contact details for you or any authority from you I am sure you can understand why we were unable to allow her access. As earlier mentioned, I am truly sorry that you feel as though we have given you a good experience and if you ever return to Edinburgh we would welcome the opportunity to put that right. Regards Hugh Logan

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