JLL Kensington

Avoid JLL if you want to be treated like a human being. Three days after moving in — still surrounded by boxes — my property manager Taj contacted me demanding the landlord visit my flat. I said no. He asked again. Then he pushed for a manager key to enter while I wasn’t home, after I had already refused twice. That set the tone for everything that followed. Three months in, I received a Section 21 notice because the landlord wanted to sell — something that should have been disclosed before I signed a long-term tenancy. The disruption of relocating after just three months was enormous. When I asked for one extra month to manage the situation, I was refused. I was told I couldn’t speak to the landlord directly and should “write to them instead.” Meanwhile, Taj immediately booked a checkout appointment before the conversation had even finished. My requests were not taken seriously at any point. I formally asked for a different property manager. I was told it would be “reviewed.” No response ever came, no new contact was provided. I reached out to Helen, who had sent the Section 21 — she said she couldn’t help and redirected me back to Taj. Even at checkout, when I needed a reference, it was still Taj and it took a week to make him do so, said he didn’t receive email, which was a completely lie. The loop never closed. The checkout report listed items that were pre-existing — things that were already there before I moved in — and deductions followed. Apparently they assumed I wouldn’t check. At every stage: ignored, bounced around, and treated as an inconvenience rather than a paying tenant. That seems to be the spirit of this company.