scammers avoid this agency. On 10th March I had a viewing of a house on Halford Road, Reading with agent Anish. During the viewing of this house I noticed that the fence on the left side in the garden was damaged and missing 2 segments of the fence. I asked Anish if it would be repaired he told me it would be done that day. My next comment regarding the condition of this house was a comment regarding the ceiling in one of the rooms where there was a bulge. I asked Anish if it would be repaired he said yes it would be done. My next comment regarding the condition of the house was the corridor downstairs where the wallpaper was torn and painted over on one wall. I asked Anish if I was repairing that too he told me yes. When it was enough to sign the lease I asked Anish if all my comments regarding the condition of the house had been repaired. He replied no and brazenly denies that he did not say anything like that that something would be done. Common scammers. Now I have a problem with them because they do not want to give me back the holding deposit. That's why I've already reported the whole situation to Citizens Advice Reading who told me they have no right to keep my deposit.

For everyone reading this Hunters is the rebranded version of Westgate students!!! If I could give them zero stars I would. I had the misfortune of renting an EXTREMELY overpriced, poorly ventilated 2 bedroom apartment on Erleigh road through Hunters (previously Westgate) from a landlord called Sunny who was incredibly rude and invasive towards myself and roommate during our one year lease. He entered the property I was renting a handful of times WITHOUT permission despite knowing two woman lived there alone and almost walked in on me showering. He also lingered outside my apartment door on several occasions and stated to my roommate I was “rude” because I expressed my discomfort in him constantly standing outside our door and refused to respond to his almost daily phone calls/messages. It got to the point where it was causing me extreme anxiety to speak with him and so I and my parents, informed Hunters (Westgate) of his unprofessionalism and they ignored all of our emails. Hunters (Westgate) agents also entered our property without 24 hours notice (as stated in every contract they provide) and I on more than one occasion, had to block entry to the door with physical items as they would attempt to come into the locked property despite not asking prior permission while I was there alone and being informed we did not approve of any viewings. If you’re looking for a student house in Reading do NOT go with Hunters (Westgate) or rent from Sunny unless you want to be constantly harrassed and wake up to your landlord or 4 random strangers in your bedroom at 8am.

0 stars if possible. Just so awful, had the worst renting experience with them - they used to be called Westgate now called Hunters. We had to take our landlord to court as we couldn't get our deposits back, they charged us for ridiculous things. The landlord fixed things really slowly, and arrived at night without notice. Also, house had mould hidden behind wardrobes. DO NOT USE

For everyone reading this Hunters is the rebranded version of Westgate students!!! If I could give them zero stars I would. I had the misfortune of renting an EXTREMELY overpriced, poorly ventilated 2 bedroom apartment on Erleigh road through Hunters (previously Westgate) from a landlord called Sunny who was incredibly rude and invasive towards myself and roommate during our one year lease. He entered the property I was renting a handful of times WITHOUT permission despite knowing two woman lived there alone and almost walked in on me showering. He also lingered outside my apartment door on several occasions and stated to my roommate I was “rude” because I expressed my discomfort in him constantly standing outside our door and refused to respond to his almost daily phone calls/messages. It got to the point where it was causing me extreme anxiety to speak with him and so I and my parents, informed Hunters (Westgate) of his unprofessionalism and they ignored all of our emails. Hunters (Westgate) agents also entered our property without 24 hours notice (as stated in every contract they provide) and I on more than one occasion, had to block entry to the door with physical items as they would attempt to come into the locked property despite not asking prior permission while I was there alone and being informed we did not approve of any viewings. If you’re looking for a student house in Reading do NOT go with Hunters (Westgate) or rent from Sunny unless you want to be constantly harrassed and wake up to your landlord or 4 random strangers in your bedroom at 8am.

I rented a property through them about 3 years ago, at that time they were known as Westgate, looks like they did a whole revamp of the place. I left a 1 star review about 2 years ago, explaining how their fees were ridiculous and they weren't that helpful given the fee I bloody paid. I got call from somebody at Westgate agency not too long ago, asking aggressively why I left such a poor review and what exactly was the issue. Thought that was very unprofessional and rude to call me at my workplace, I don't even know how they got hold of my phone number as I changed it when I moved out. Poor communication skills and hopefully this new rebirth of theirs will be better.NegativeProfessionalism

Horrible experience. We arranged a view and it was confirmed via email. I appeared on date and time and I after 25 min past the scheduled time, in the rain, I called them and they said that the property had been rented already. They said they tried to call me once with no success. And that's it, they didn't sent a message or email or anything. They got what they wanted, so, who cares... In 2020, no excuses for lack of communication.NegativeQuality, Professionalism

Very unprofessional.Awful experience.AvoidNegativeResponsiveness, Professionalism, Value