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Northwood - Oldham & East Manchester

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1.00 /5

Appalling communication with customers. Would not recommend !!!

Reply from agent

We had over 100 applications for Acorn Mill but due to the pandemic and a change in owner circumstance we cannot carry out viewings so it was taken offline. As per our last conversation with you on 15tth May we said we would call back when the property was available. It is still not available, so is still offline, we still cannot do viewings so have not called back. Some tolerance and patience in these difficult times would be appreciated.

1.00 /5

Not a very user friendly website if you are using it on a phone

Reply from agent

Our website is fully optimised for mobile and currently working fine Paul, quite possibly its you device. kind regards

1.00 /5
10.02.2021
DO NOT USE Mike and Dave do

DO NOT USE Mike and Dave do nothing but tell lies took me 12months to get my property back what i had on an guaranteed rental agreement with them all they do is lie and try and bully you they had plenty of opportunity to start the eviction process but dragged there feet and then hid behind covid so that they didn't have to do anything. Dave even lied and said it was on an ast when it wasn't. Even when evictions were allowed again they did nothing I had to get sn solicitor involved and Dave even lied to them. And when i got the property back it was horrendous they then hide behind there fair wear and tear policy which means after 2 years of the house being on rent with them everything inside is valued at zero and therefore doesn't need replacing or fixing and the fact that you haven't had to maintain the property whilst its been on rent they class the decoration as wear and tear. My parents had to sleep on my couch for 12 months cause all these people want is to make money nothing else matters. And if you are asking for a property back it means them loosing money. When you tell them that you will name and shame they threaten with legal action go ahead guys this is for public interest. I had 5 property's with these people now ive got 1 left on managed with them Mike wants £500.00 for me to take my tenant away there is no way im paying that. I requested the guaranteed property not go to social housing but they know that they will get there money from them so thats were they want to put the propertys then they walk away and you are left picking up the pieces. The best thing is my contract with them had expired 12 months prior and i still had all this trouble with them. DO NOT USE IS MY RECOMMENDATION

review by Rob 10.02.2021
Reply from agent

Sorry forgot to add that will say its a fake review and that they have never had a landlord named Raj or had that property on there books.

1.00 /5
10.02.2021
"DO NOT USE Mike and Dave do..."

DO NOT USE Mike and Dave do nothing but tell lies took me 12months to get my property back what i had on an guaranteed rental agreement with them all they do is lie and try and bully you they had plenty of opportunity to start the eviction process but dragged there feet and then hid behind covid so that they didn't have to do anything. Dave even lied and said it was on an ast when it wasn't. Even when evictions were allowed again they did nothing I had to get sn solicitor involved and Dave even lied to them. And when i got the property back it was horrendous they then hide behind there fair wear and tear policy which means after 2 years of the house being on rent with them everything inside is valued at zero and therefore doesn't need replacing or fixing and the fact that you haven't had to maintain the property whilst its been on rent they class the decoration as wear and tear. My parents had to sleep on my couch for 12 months cause all these people want is to make money nothing else matters. And if you are asking for a property back it means them loosing money. When you tell them that you will name and shame they threaten with legal action go ahead guys this is for public interest. I had 5 property's with these people now ive got 1 left on managed with them Mike wants £500.00 for me to take my tenant away there is no way im paying that. I requested the guaranteed property not go to social housing but they know that they will get there money from them so thats were they want to put the propertys then they walk away and you are left picking up the pieces. The best thing is my contract with them had expired 12 months prior and i still had all this trouble with them. DO NOT USE IS MY RECOMMENDATION

review by Raj 10.02.2021
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1.00 /5

I had to reply with my second email account as it would not allow me to reply. It’s finally nice to be acknowledged and get a response. Is it because I have posted in the public domain now? Don’t you know who you a speaking with? PLEASE READ the name of the person who wrote the other review as you kept telling me to READ the tenancy agreement. You slipping up now? And now people can other how rubbish you guys are? I have told nothing but the truth. I have numerous emails too. I’m sure you have a call system that has a recording function so please feel free to hear my conversations for the slight times I got through to Jess or David and you will understand my frustration with them both. You will feel the same way! I have paid my rent on the 5th of every month on time. and upon giving notice I wrote on the email I will be leave the property by the 5th December, At which point does it mention that I will stay an extra day? I even mentioned to you guys that I will pay my rent one last time. if I misunderstood, then you guys should inform me that I will get charged for the extra day, but you didn’t. you knew and waited for me to vacant the house and then take from my deposit. That was your intention! I even gave the keys back early to you guys so you knew I will leave early! So why charge me? You even misinformed me regarding the process of claiming my deposit money back. When I rang to inform you I will be leaving the house early due to a family crisis you were quick to take the keys back, the lady on the phone said it will not effect my deposit nor did she say anything about me contacting TDS. She said I will be receiving an email for which I waited for but never got! Jess had also mentioned the same thing to me when I gave her the keys on the 3rd and said there will be no issues. They be nice to you in your face and ignore you because you are not there. This is the level of service you can expect here. I then called you guys which I dreaded and David answers the phone and very rudely explains you need to call TDS, I explained that I was given a different message by his colleges and he wasn’t having it and kept speaking over me constantly. It’s not the customers fault you guys have communication issues! Also regarding TDS he could have also kept the ball rolling for me and made the call for me to TDS rather then make the customer chase his own deposit. That is your job! I will action my bit when I need to do it. The only reason I accepted the repayment is because I’m sick and tired of you guys, I don’t want to deal with you guys, I have had enough. I would rather take a loss of £17 than speak with any of your you guys. I am a key worker and I don’t have time to be dealing with a mess you guys created! Its not worth the headache. I have numerous emails to prove what I am saying to be true and the countless emails you have ignored. I will also be going to the local authorities and paper regarding this matter and I believe this is unacceptable. I even sent an email today and guess what? No reply! The landlord renewed his contract with you guys. God help him! Mentioning something you can’t prove. Disgusting! Fix your customer service first Thank you for nothingNegativeResponsiveness, Quality, Professionalism, Value

Reply from agent

Sorry you have had cause to leave a one star review Ziaul Haque. For clarity, I have looked into this in detail, assuming this is for your tenancy at Queen St, Shaw: You emailed your notice (26th October) confirming your move out date of 5th December. Jess replied the same day, 26th October. You were charged rent to the 5th December as requested. We explained that the rent would be calculated to this date being the end of tenancy date. If you do not understand or do not agree, we cannot be more specific than referring you to the tenancy agreement. Once you move out, we have 14 days to inform the TDS to return your deposit (it was returned in 10 days). Again, we can only explain this process so many times. Your deposit is not in our account, you have to contact the deposit company - we cannot do that for you. If you refuse to do that, don’t want to do that or don’t read any of the prescribed information you are given at the start of your tenancy (as is a legal requirement for us to provide for YOUR protection) that is not our fault. I am sorry you are working hard, as many of us are doing – we are all in this together. However, you have a legal requirement to pay your rent. You have only been charged for the days you requested to pay for so I find your complaint confusing to say the least. The landlord is entitled to receive rent for the period you occupy his property, which is what you have been charged for. I will not apologise for my staff working to your requests to then receive a tirade of abuse both on the telephone and by email because you do not want to pay the rent or cannot be bothered carrying out your part of the deposit return process, as is your legal duty to do – not ours. I wish you all the best with your next tenancy and strongly advise you read (and keep) all the documents before committing to another rental property. Kind regards Mike Procter Managing Director

1.00 /5

Must be the worst Estate Agent in Oldham !! Will never use them. I gave my house to Northwood estate agent, brand new, even Northwood advertised the house as "High Standard". When Northwood gave the house back to me there was over £2200 worth of damage, even Northwood agreed to the damage, I even sent them over 20 pictures. As I work full time and do not have much time spare it took me over 6 months to get the house back to a decent standard and I also lost 6 months worth of rent and I had to pay the full council tax. In total I am nearly 5K out of pocket!! after using Northwood the Cowboys. It now nearly been a year they are still refusing to pay for the damage. David Proctor is also refusing to pay my outstanding rent. Northwood do not even provide the service you pay for, such as checking tenant refs in detail. Please avoid using this company at all cost or you will regret. EDIT- In reply to comments. Northwood must be joking if this is genuine, to contact your office, as you joking?, I have contacted your office at least 20 times, and now no reply, please look at the pictures these are just some, and I have sent all the pictures to Northwood who have confirmed the damage has been done by Northwoods tenant. The lairs at Northwood even told me I have signed the tenancy agreement with the tenants without ever visiting Northwood's office or meeting the tenants. Northwood provided a tenancy agreement which did not have my signature. Then the lairs at Northwood told me Northwood has signed the tenancy agreement on my behalf, just lies all the time. I am owned rent by Northwood, (Does northwood want me to make this public?). Northwood has probably covered up the rent I am owned in fake repairs. Either Northwood has a very short memory or they are lying again. I have even told Northwood, I will be making this public. I have PAID for fully managed, but Northwood never provided the service paid for, eg, visiting the house to ensure house is kept in a good service. No to make the regulators aware of the services they have providedNegativeResponsiveness, Quality, Professionalism, Value

Reply from agent

I assume Mr Subrata Gupta set up the fake account “Paul Taylor” as he is our only client on Taurus St. We have no registered landlord called Paul Taylor, so my reply is to Mr Gupta.. Mr Gupta engaged Northwood on a fully managed service over four years ago. Using a local, established, award winning and regulated specialist letting agent is a great first step when letting out your first property. His employed tenants were externally referenced and passed all checks. Their rent was never late and all property inspections passed. Fast forward to end of tenancy. The property hadn’t been cleaned and there was minor damage. This was largely in line with a property tenanted for almost 5 years. There were no rent arrears, the account is balanced. At the start of the tenancy, David, (Lettings Director) discussed various rental schemes and risks/returns. We strongly recommended our guaranteed rent scheme or as a minimum fully managed service with rent/legal insurance policy. These were handed to Mr Gupta, see here https://www.northwooduk.com/landlords/ It is critically important you carry out your own research and seek expert advice. The various Housing and Tenant Acts are predominantly there to protect the tenant, not the landlord. Having a dedicated, in house Legal and Compliance Team gives all Northwoods Landlords access to up to date info and specialist products/services. Mr Gupta did not take our guaranteed rent service or rent/legal insurance, which costs £5 per week. See here https://www.northwooduk.com/landlord-insurance/ When the tenant vacated, our inspection found cleaning/minor repairs would be due. Mr Gupta was given a guide to Fair Wear and Tear at the start of tenancy. See here https://www.northwooduk.com/landlord-resources/ Wear and Tear takes in to account age of decoration, flooring, etc. Experienced landlords put money aside for redecoration/reflooring at least every 3 years. Of course a good tenant can make this last many years longer. However, a court would award very little compensation for a property that had not been decorated for 5 years. The Deposit. We use TDS Custodial for all deposits as we are legally bound to. Despite David explaining many times that Wear and Tear has to be allowed, Mr Gupta can challenge and apply for deductions. However, the flaw with Deposit Protection is that tenants must agree to use the Deposit Schemes own reconciliation service. These tenants have refused. Mr Gupta must now use a court order or negotiate, which he has refused to do. So this deposit will sit in the TDS for 7 years before being donated to charity. Mr Gupta would have been protected from this if he used the Guaranteed Rent service or took out insurance. At £5 per week. Mr Gupta can challenge in court if he believes he is owed money. We tried to explain many times he is the landlord, his tenant is the legal party that owes him money, not the agent. Court action will cost thousands and take months. Which is why we offer a guaranteed rent service and sell legal and rent insurance protection (at £5 per week). However the tenants have left the UK country so this is almost impossible. A lesson to all new and experienced landlords. Research any project. Seek expert advice. Undestand the advice. Act on it. We can help every step of the way, but we cannot help people that refuse to listen. For clarity and to correct errors in the review; 1 The tenants were externally referenced, and the file is here in the office 2 The rent account is balanced, no rent is due 3 We visited the house to carry out legal checks/inspections, the file is in the office You wouldn’t drive a car without insurance. You wouldn’t go on holiday without insurance. Why would you give such an expensive asset like a house to a stranger without insurance or without understanding your market? My details are here for all to see, I am not hiding behind a fake account or false accusations in a fake review. Kind regards Mike Procter Managing Director

1.00 /5
02.03.2020
"It been four fucking months..."

It been four ** months since I moved out of the property, I have sent the proof your accountant need to pay me back the rent you owe me because I left the property earlier with almost 12 days before the next payment. Your manager I was told has been working with the landlord regarding my deposit and yet I haven't heard anything regarding it. No one replies to emails or call you when they say they would call.

1.00 /5

A lot of their property's to rent are hanging, they also don't pay their contractors for repairs they have carried out. steer well clear.

Reply from agent

I am sorry but we have never had a tenant, landlord or contractor called John Warner engage with Northwood Oldham in 10 years. This is a fake review.

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