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Madley Property Services Surrey Quays

A selection of reviews/testimonials by highest rating
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1.00 /5

Currently renting through Madley property. Agents are agreeable enough to talk to, if you can get in touch. We've been waiting on repairs for months and emails to our agents are continuously ignored. Also unclear who our main agent is, we are often contacted by new employees. Sounds like an understaffing issue. We are not given contact details for our landlord so are stuck paying full rent to an agency and landlord that do not follow through with their duties. When we moved into the flat we were met with dirt (food on the floor, white walls greased with yellow marks etc), black mold and old pieces of wood, furniture and flooring left behind by an unknown source. We also didn't have hot water for the first three weeks and had to shower at friends houses. We received no compensation for the state of the flat, and continued to pay full rent. The leftover furniture was finally removed about halfway through our tenancy. Prior to be moving in we were also told all white goods would be included in the property, I filmed the viewing and caught this on camera, but when we moved in we had no freezer?? I'm currently sitting through the sound of grinding repair work in the flat downstairs, which tenants were not given notice of. This work has been going on for a week, with no indication of an end date. Working from home, this has been somewhat stressful. They're militant with their referencing, which is done through yet another third party. This whole process was incredibly stressful, expect to handover screenshots and bank statements - privacy not a concern for this company. All in all, I would avoid in future due to the severe communication issues we've faced with Madley. Update: Communication issues with main agents continue, however we appreciated being contacted by Jaimie who offered his apologies & vouchers as a gesture of goodwill.NegativeResponsiveness, Quality, Value

Reply from agent

Hi Miss Parkes, We are very disappointed to hear that you are unhappy with the service you’ve received and that you feel our communication hasn’t been up to scratch. We will investigate the points you’ve raised and I will contact you personally to discuss them. Kind Regards Jaimie

1.00 /5

The old Tesco self checkouts are more competent and worked faster than the employees at Madley. The best thing you will ever do is not rent through these people. Do yourself a favour a steer clear from these people. Just check through these reviews and count how many are made by people who have only ever made one review. And ignore the response which says I’m not in their system. I very unfortunately do live in one of their properties.

1.00 /5

I did not believe such agents existed in this age any more. Each time I call the property ready for view. Each time I walk in to office the property mysteriously "just gone". I hope others read and take note of what they think of other race. Didgusting.

Reply from agent

Dear Afamefuna, I have checked our records, our leads system and enquiries and you are not recorded on any of our systems anywhere nor is there any record of you being someone who has tried to make contact with our company. As you can see from our reviews, our agents would never act in the ways you are suggesting and our team is dedicated to supply the best service we can to everyone. Can you please contact me as a matter of urgency on jaimie@madleyproperty.com.

1.00 /5

Currently renting through Madley property. Agents are agreeable enough to talk to, if you can get in touch. We've been waiting on repairs for months and emails to our agents are continuously ignored. Also unclear who our main agent is, we are often contacted by new employees. Sounds like an understaffing issue. We are not given contact details for our landlord so are stuck paying full rent to an agency and landlord that do not follow through with their duties. When we moved into the flat we were met with dirt (food on the floor, white walls greased with yellow marks etc), black mold and old pieces of wood, furniture and flooring left behind by an unknown source. We also didn't have hot water for the first three weeks and had to shower at friends houses. We received no compensation for the state of the flat, and continued to pay full rent. The leftover furniture was finally removed about halfway through our tenancy. Prior to be moving in we were also told all white goods would be included in the property, I filmed the viewing and caught this on camera, but when we moved in we had no freezer?? I'm currently sitting through the sound of grinding repair work in the flat downstairs, which tenants were not given notice of. This work has been going on for a week, with no indication of an end date. Working from home, this has been somewhat stressful. They're militant with their referencing, which is done through yet another third party. This whole process was incredibly stressful, expect to handover screenshots and bank statements - privacy not a concern for this company. All in all, I would avoid in future due to the severe communication issues we've faced with Madley.

Reply from agent

Hi Miss Parkes, We are very disappointed to hear that you are unhappy with the service you’ve received and that you feel our communication hasn’t been up to scratch. We will investigate the points you’ve raised and I will contact you personally to discuss them. Kind Regards Jaimie

1.00 /5
Reply from agent

Dear Renita, if you are a tenant or client of our company please contact me on jaimie@madleyproperty.com.

1.00 /5

Warning! Be very, very careful before trusting these agents. My friend rented a flat through them and has been scammed out of her deposit and verbally threatened with "repercussions" if she even thought about legal action. Looking through their "reviews" it seems there are numerous reviews written be google accounts holders who only ever write one, positive review, then disappear forever. Sounds fake, yup, they are written by the agents to try and hide their horrific service. Properties they advertise are totally different to what you end up renting too. Filth on carpets and mould in cupboards appear to be part of the fabric of their rents. There are many long established and great agents round this area to try, not these clowns. Avoid if your money, health and self respect are important to you.

Reply from agent

Hi Veronica, This is a very unusual review to receive. Due to the rules around tenants deposits associated to the tenant fee ban it’s impossible for someone to be “scammed” out of their deposit, in addition, all damage deposits are protected and should a tenant or landlord have any dispute they simply raise one officially via the TDS where independent arbitrators decide, so what you are claiming simply could not have happened. In addition, we welcome customer feedback and are members of both ARLA and the Property Ombudsman as well as having to operate to standards and rules set out in the tenants fee ban that are inforced by Trading Standards. Our staff are lovely to deal with and would never be aggressive or threatening to anyone in any circumstances. When using an agent such as ours there are so many routes to recourse for a tenant that is not happy with the service that they received that nobody would need to take “legal action” like you are stating. We have a clear complaints procedure and any issue like this would have come directly to me or one of the other directors to be resolved but I, nor anyone else in the office is aware of anything even remotely like the situation you are claiming “your friend” was experiencing. If your friend did really rent a property from us and is not have been happy with our service I suggest they contact us ASAP. Our staff work tirelessly to provide an extremely high level of service and the wonderful reviews we have on this platform and others are testament to that. Any genuine person reading these reviews can tell they are real and should anyone want proof on any we can provide it. Sadly, due to the bizarre contents of your review and your suggestion that there are “plenty of long established great agents in the area” it seems there are other motives for you leaving this review. Should you wish to contact me directly please do on jaimie@madleyproperty.com.

1.00 /5

Holding deposit without reason for over a month and not responsive.NegativeResponsiveness

Reply from agent

Thank you for the review Julia, we are sorry that you only felt able to give us 1 star. We always aim to release tenant’s deposits as quickly as possible and we avoid unnecessary, lengthy negotiations wherever possible for all concerned. However we are unable to do so unless both parties agree. We have investigated this issue internally and I understand that in your case, we had a landlord who was overseas and unresponsive for a period and that when they responded, you decided you didn’t want to accept any deductions from your deposit whatsoever. I also understand that we advised you that if you were not willing to enter into any discussions about deductions, and the landlord was not willing to release the full deposit, you needed to raise a dispute with the TDS. I understand that you have now done this and that the matter is ongoing. I have also seen the large amount of emails and correspondence between us and yourselves regarding this matter. We are always trying to improve our service and we take all feedback onboard. Thank you.

1.00 /5

Continous headache: unprofessional and dishonest We lived in a property let and managed by Madley Property for two years and it has been a continous headache. We didn't have a good start, when we moved in the property we found items that they commited to dispose and fix, including old and dirty duvets and pillows, a filthy rug in the living room and a mold stain in the bathroom. Cleanliness of the flat was also an issue, we had to hire a professional cleaner at our own expense but even it we raised this with them they failed to include these comments in the check-in inventory (which, of course, stated that the flat was professionally cleant) During the two years we had continous issues with hot water and heating, we estimate that we have been without heating and hot water for a combined period of more than 2 months in these two years. The standard time for a fix was around 10 days but once we were without hot water for more than one month and had to raise it with Hackney Council. A big part of the problem is the engineering companies that they use and Tonte / Madley's absolute lack of control. Our heating system had regular issues but we were told by our neighbours that a quick bleeding of hot water pipes was sufficient to fix the issue. Contractors sent by Madley insisted in changing random pieces every single time which left us waiting for stock and for arranging second and third visit for weeks. I assume that Madley was just forwarding the invoice to the landlord every time, as a landlord I wouldn't be very happy either. Even with the issues on hot water and heating, Madley would just follow-up on the status once a week. Madley were trying to deduct cleaning for the flat even if it wasn't provided professionally cleant initially. We had to open a dispute to get our money back. Tonte and Madley tried to extend the process as much a possible so we didn't get the deposit back, on the very last day they could submit their evidence we received a phone call from Tonte at 6pm saying that dispute process could take 4 more weeks to settle, if I accepted their unfair charges they would send me the money the following day. We decided not to accept and they submitted a cleaning service invoice for a different flat as evidence! Madley and Tonte are dishonest, bullies and unprofessional. Avoid having to deal with them!

1.00 /5
Reply from agent

Thank you so much for the 5 star review Adriano! We are very happy to hear you are pleased with the service you received and that you felt able to count on our team during your move.

1.00 /5
Reply from agent

Vernon, we have checked your name against all our databases and CRM systems and you do not appear anywhere as someone we have ever dealt with or even come in contact with. Not a prospective buyer, tenant, vendor or landlord. We believe this to be a fake review, please contact us urgently should this not be the case on 02073780644. You will see from our many 5 star reviews we take our service levels seriously so should you have a complaint we wish to speak to you ASAP.

Contact details
Sales Phone:

020 7378 0644

Lettings Phone:

020 7378 0644

Lettings Email:

info@madleyproperty.com

Opening hours
Monday-Friday: 09:00 - 19:00 Saturday: 10:00 - 16:00
Address

2 Plough Way, Surrey Quays, SE16 2EU, SE16

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