At first they seemed nice and trustworthy. The process was quick and painless and they seemed quick to reply and offer their support. But after 6 months of me living in the property they are still failing to fix issues that I had raised even before entering the property. I don't know if they are incompetent or extremely inefficient.
Highly recommend to avoid such petty agencies who just want to extract as much money from customers as possible. No flexibility, understanding or accountability can be seen here. No responsiveness, the extractor fan, reported promptly, wasn’t fixed in 1 year! Even after leaving the property in exact same condition as was received they charged me, even for things that weren’t even present in the flat to begin with! They provide no service, are extremely rude once you sign the contract and will make moving out the worst experience of your life!
Appalling. I own a property at Woodstock Close which is managed by Breckon & Breckon. Since they took over as property managers, service charges have gone THROUGH THE ROOF. They show no respect towards leaseholders, ignore communications, and treat us with arrogance bordering on contempt. There are so many issues with this company - from them claiming to seek the most competitive prices for works and simultaneously charging 15% commission on all major contracts, to their abject failure to monitor regular contractors such as the cleaner, leading to contractors billing without performing works - a problem which persisted unchecked for over a year. Breckon & Breckon have no regard for leaseholders, they don't care how our money is spent, they don't care about offering a professional service and they ignore highlighted issues and emails from leaseholders. All they care about is charging as much as they can and making the maximum amount of money for themselves, at the utter expense of leaseholders' financial welfare and mental health. I am in the process of gathering all evidence to make a formal complaint about this company to the Property Ombudsman and likely tribunal. I will also consider taking my story to the press as B&B's contempt for residents and good practice is nothing short of scandalous. They need scrutiny, and soon. * additional comment - the fact that Breckon & Breckon attempt to gaslight my feedback on their appalling management practices by suggesting I am bitter about my sale collapsing and that I "blame" them is completely inappropriate and immature and says everything anyone needs to know about this company and its conduct. My review did not even mention my sale, which is personal information. My sale did fail as the seller pulled out due to service charges making the property unmortgageable. But to dismiss my legitimate concerns by making innappropriate volatile personal comments is utterly unacceptable. Leaseholders wishing to sell are struggling due to the charges and properties at the Close are not selling and sitting on the market. But only the Ombudsman/law would ever make this Breckon & Breckon reflect on its conduct. The real life observable impact of its management has zero impact on its operations. I am preparing a complaint for the Property Ombudsman and Tribunal. This company ignores ALL communications with me, and the feelings of the chair of the WCLA (an unofficial group I am not legally obliged to be part of or engage with) is absolutely not a reflection of many leaseholders who are extremely unhappy about Breckon & Breckon's conduct and are not being listened to by the WCLA or Breckon & Breckon. The conduct of this company is deeply ill-advised and unrofessional and it will be answerable to the Ombudsman and the law. And likely the press. Shocking.
We had a deeply frustrating experience with this agency. The property was advertised with a move-in date of 30th July, which was then pushed back multiple times without clear explanation. We arranged a van and cancelled a holiday based on the original date, only to be told much later that the earliest possible move-in would be 22nd August. Communication was inconsistent, and we were given little confidence in the timelines provided. Would not recommend based on this experience.
I do not rent my apartment through B&B, but the building is managed by them. Communication is extremely poor and even rude at times, with scheduled repairs being changed at the last minute, sometimes without any warning at all. Critical repairs take weeks, if not months, with no consideration for those with disabilities or children. I genuinely become anxious at the thought of having to contact this management team. Clearly, they haven’t taken on board any of the previous feedback written here or provided elsewhere. I was a building owner or landlord, I would avoid at all costs.
Anabele doesn't have enough experience in managing reservations.. It cost us a lot of time and effort 👎🏻 …
Had a terrible experience with Breckon and Breckon as a tenant. They attempted to charge us over £550 in end of tenancy charges, stating damage to the flat and no cleaning being done. Their own check in and check out photos demonstrated the claimed damages were present BEFORE OUR TENANCY, as well as showing that the flat was to a sufficiently clean standard. Luckily enough, we were able to proceed through an arbitrator who agreed with us and reduced the end of tenancy charge to less than half of what was originally claimed. Not after a huge amount of stress on our part. I think trying to charge us for damages that were present prior to our move in is extremely disingenuous of Breckon and Breckon, and seems like an approach to try and extract as much money as possible out of tenants. If you are a tenant with B & B, beware! Finally, I see the normal response to these negative reviews is to offer to call an operations manager - I can say with all honesty, I would rather run through stinging nettles and have a lemon juice bath than deal with this organisation again.
We had a GREAT start and the team were very helpful and lovely to deal with, but it went downhill when we moved out and an independent adjudicator sided with us and verified that Breckon and Breckon Summertown had used some extremely shady tactics to extort exorbitant end-of-tenancy charges from us (like covering damage in photos with pot plants and trying to charge us to fix it). Fortunately we had taken our own photos. It’s clearly a dodgy business tactic to charge the maximum amount of end-of-lease charges and see if people bother/have enough evidence to challenge it. Because of this I would 100% recommend that everyone uses the Flatfair Deposit Scheme option. Through the Flatfair system, an independent adjudicator can be appointed to make a decision on the final payment. The adjudicator sided with us and saved us £350+ and confirmed to us that Breckon and Breckon’s case to extort funding was baseless and they had tried to dupe us on several incorrect charges. I would also recommend that you take A LOT of photos when you do the walk-through and point out every single bit of damage pedantically, or they will try to charge you for it on the other end, and take your own DETAILED photos when you leave. Don’t get caught - take the Flatfair option and get an independent adjudicator because when you move out they will try to screw you out if every single cent and it’s a huge amount of stress. I’m extremely disappointed in Breckon & Breckon’s behavior because we loved dealing with their lovely team initially, but this has caused so much unnecessary stress and made us feel like profit was prioritized way above professionalism.
At the end of the contract, a big chunk of the caution was kept with very little justification. Disappointed
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