This brand is in big financial trouble scammed me for £350 my bank tried to reverse it but they didn’t even have £350 in their bank account! “insufficient funds” no refunds as they have no funds

Untrustworthy and Unprofessional - Holding Deposit Scam! FRAUDSTERS I had a terrible experience with Balgores Lettings Agent. They promised us a flat and took a £205 holding deposit, assuring us that everything was going smoothly and we would move in within a week. However, after waiting anxiously and receiving no updates, even after constantly chasing, they suddenly rejected our references without proper explanation. My reference went through as I am on £42k annual salary, employed full-time whereas my partner is on £50k salary, self-employed full-time. He submitted the requested document of his fully submitted Tax Returns Document, which they rejected saying that they need another document which DOES NOT exist on Government Gateaway. So thetefore they decided to not proceed with Letting the property to us and on top of that THEY WOULD NOT REFUND OUR DEPOSIT MONEY!!!! Absolutely ridiculous seeing as they said this holding deposit had initially promised would secure the flat. Their handling of the situation felt like a bait-and-switch tactic, and it left me feeling deceived and financially cheated. I would strongly advise anyone to avoid Balgores Lettings if you value transparency and honesty in your rental process. This agency clearly prioritizes profits over customer service, and I regret ever trusting them. Absolutely gutted with our experience! Luckily we now have an incredible house that is 100x better with lovely agents called ‘Anthony Martin’s’ - would definitely recommend any other agents besides Balgores!!!

CON ARTISTS AND GLORIFIED BULLIES. These despicable people took advantage of a confused 75 year old widow and her disabled son by coasting her along to sign up to their contract with a ludicrous way way above average percent fee for the …

Poor after sales experience. We didn’t receive any updates on our sale from March until July. Then suddenly we were told that our buyer was proposing an exchange date two weeks later. We ended up having to put our belongings in storage …

Not impressed with the 'help' I received from the girl who I spoke to. I've dealt with the dagenham office before and was very impressed and happy. This girl I found to be quite abrupt and not very approachable. …

Not impressed with the 'help' I received from the girl who I spoke to. I've dealt with the dagenham office before and was very impressed and happy. This girl I found to be quite abrupt and not very approachable. Even if, like in my case, she was unable to help, there's ways and means of talking to a customer. I did expect respect and manners, but she made me feel like I was a nuisance and wasnt much good at all. I only wished I'd asked her name. So I shan't be using balgores again. There are plenty of other agents in the area, if only I'd gone to the others first and avoided this place. I feel extremely let down and wouldn't urge people to use balgores in future. Shame.

Recently conned and rail roaded my elderly nan and uncle into signing a contract to sell with them despite only wanting a valuation on the property. They preyed on their vulnerability being old and first time sellers making them sign a 3% fee (£12,000) and pay £400 for “marketing costs” ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING. SHAME ON YOU.

Would not use this agent, promise a lot deliver little.

Having read the reviews of this estate agent I was feeling quite hopeful to find a good agency during what is feeling like a battle to differentiate professional, well managed agencies from the pushy, sales orientated agents who seem to be flooding the market. I can’t actually comment on what it’s like to get near the actual agents as they have deployed a guard to man the phones that behaves like a bouncer. I found a property on RightMove, advertised at my budget, and called to make an appointment. My details were taken, and the lady was very nice until… she asked what my maximum budget is. I told her (the budget was as the price advertised…), and she replied “oh no that won’t work, the guide price is £75k more”. Feeling a bit confused as to why it was advertised at such a lower price, I asked why. What I expected was an explanation, maybe that it was in error, but instead I received a rude attitude, a patronising tone and was informed “for those that do have extra cash, but are wanting to buy in a certain bracket, but could stretch upwards”. Disappointing to see such an established agent behave so manipulatively. It simply came across that you are attempting to mislead people and the agency doesn’t actually know what the price valuation of the property is. If they did, surely they’d guide their clients correctly to a much smaller range (sellers and buyers) as opposed to providing a £75k “wiggle room”. I personally wouldn’t recommend this agent as it stands.