I don't recommend renting from this agency at all.
We rented a house and then our daughter had Leukaemia, in 2018, we asked them to change the carpet as the bacteria could cause a fatal infection. They refused. The carpet in the house was fitted since 1989. Our daughter's oncology hospital sent them a letter telling them how risky the bacteria are for her hickmen line and her low immunity. They tried to chase the hospital and then refused to change the carpet. Their answer was described by many readers as so very heartless. The hospital advised us to ignore them and clean the carpet as much as possible and we cover it with rugs because we had no time to complain to the right people. We had a very stressful time and we were busy with the hospital trips and stays.
Then after, they advertised for a bungalow for rent we requested to move out and rent the bungalow. They refused to rent us out the bungalow and the reason was because only my husband was working and their new policy requests that me and my husband should be both working. But staying where we were, their policy works OK for one person to be working. Again her answer was described by many as discrimination against.
Sue is, as described by other reviewers, patronised and she thinks she knows something. I only witnessed her doing good when she put her gloves and cleaned the hood the day we moved. But she better could have done this before renting out us this house.
AVOID AVOID AVOID this agency.
Reply from agent
Anthony and Antoinette, sadly as like other reviews you are missing a put a lot of the information and you are only leaving this review after a very lengthy tenancy of which you continued with no complaint like this at any time and perhaps coincidently, now your deposit has been returned.
The reason carpets were not replaced was because there was nothing wrong with them. They were in a good clean condition when you moved in however you refused to clean them no matter how many times you were asked.
It is the responsibility of tenants to keep the carpets in a clean condition. If they become dirty from use it is therefore not at the expense of the landlord that they are professionally cleaned . Any concerns about bacterial infection is based on this level of routine cleanliness and the representative from the oncology team who approached us, soon dismissed any possible worries about the property concerns when they were advised of this . Allowing any young children, particularly with such health issues, to run around a public house / restaurant without socks/ shoes would not be advisable.
Unfortunately there are financial thresholds that all tenants for all houses must meet.
Every maintenance issue that needed dealing with in your 7/8 year tenancy was always addressed and completed.
No one has ever been patronising in any way to you, we have always conducted all conversations and meetings in a purely professional manner- despite not always receiving the same in return. Therefore unsure where your comments regarding this have stemmed from.
I’m glad Sue was able to finish your cleaning as a final help to your family and save you the money of paying a cleaner to do it.