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Curchods Ottershaw

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1.00 /5

Buying a house comes with its own stresses, without the added pressure, harassment and unfair treatment of staff at Curchods in Otterhsaw. In case you are not familiar, the average sale of a property takes 3-6 months depending on the circumstances. Therefore, with a no-chain approach to buying through Curchods, we hoped to be straight forward customers. We faced set-backs from the property we were purchasing in terms of lease extension, however bullying tactics and unfair judgement passed on to the vendor from Churchods, left us feeling brandished at fault. We were sold the property with a lease extension and when we were advised we could not sign the contract (a legally binding document) as it included the original, short lease we received threats from the agent and vendor stating they would pull out. This concludes that the staff at Curchods Ottershaw are unprofessional in their treatment of clients, let alone completely incompetent of understanding the purchasing process. From start to contract signing, it had been 3 months and 1 week, a relatively short process as far as buying and selling property goes. But we cannot express how under pressure and pushed from the agent we were to move quicker throughout the entire process. The entire process left us extremely unhappy and somewhat out of pocket after further charges arose. We have now gone elsewhere to purchase a property where the agent is fully cooperative, knowledgeable of costs involved and ultimately understanding of the process

Reply from agent

Dear Chris. I am extremely sorry that you believe the service from Curchods Ottershaw has been anything less than exemplary. Whilst I certainly do not wish to begin a debate on a public forum, I do think it is important I state that the renewed lease had been ready for signature by any new buyer since January. Our clients solicitor offered to assist your solicitor in registering the new lease at the point of exchange and completion to ensure this was done correctly and at no additional expense to yourselves or our client. This is a common enough procedure, however your solicitor insisted the lease was put into your name before exchange & completion, which in our clients solicitors opinion was unneccessary and would involve additional expenses & time. Our client was under extreme pressure to exchange due to his ongoing purchase and felt that the process had gone on for far too long, hence the issue of deadlines to exchange. My office, and particularly Phill, has spent an incredible amount of time and effort trying to get this deal over the line in a reasonable time period. Most sales do not take 3-6 months to exchange - only the most extreme and problematic, which regrettably this one became, but most definitively not because of our involvement. May I wish you every success with your new proposed purchase. Jonathan Rhodes-Smith Manager

Contact details
Sales Phone:

01932 874488

Sales Email:

ottershaw@curchods.com

Lettings Phone:

01932 823625

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Address

2 Chobham Road, Ottershaw, Surrey, KT16 0NL, South East, UK, KT16

About

Curchods are a multi award winning estate agents, winners of the award for 'Surrey's Best Estate Agent (4+ offices category) for the last 3 years running - as voted for by the public in the 2014 Surrey Property Awards. Specialising in Residential Sales, Lettings, Mortgages and Land & New Homes. Curchods is not only the oldest estate agent in Ottershaw but, until very recently, the only one. Confidential, professional advice and a great depth of local knowledge ensure we really make a difference to the moving process of our customers. And although moving home is a serious business, we work hard to lighten the load for our customers by adding a little effervescence along the way. <br><a href="http://curchods.com/estate-agents/ottershaw">Ottershaw Estate Agents</a><br> <a href="http://curchods.com/estate-agents/ottershaw/properties">Properties For Sale In Ottershaw</a>

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