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Northwood - Wigan

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1.00 /5

We recently purchased a property that was sold by Northwood, after a couple of positive viewings with them - Pam in particular made the experience great and is incredible at her job! It was a lengthy sale, however Northwood were fine during this process. However, since we completed on the house the post purchase care has been terrible. Michelle Davies in particular has been uninterested, dismissive, belittling and rude via email when trying to have a discussion and the seller. There is a clear attitude of once completion is done and the business is no longer making a profit from you - they want you out of their hair as soon as possible. The emails we have received are not at all what you would expect from a company to a customer. Atrocious customer service towards the end of our dealings with Northwood. Response to the below: Hi Steve. Quite the oxymoron that you started your message saying “I am sorry” but ended it with “I most certainly will not be apologising”. At no point did we say we expected the seller to fix a leak on our neighbours roof, we merely messaged to find out if the seller was aware of the leak so we could better tackle the issue ourselves. - the email trail makes this clear if read throughly. It has since transpired the seller did know about the leak, as this conversation had been had with the neighbour previously. Regardless, the seller denied any knowledge of the leak and did offer to send a roofer out to have a look at this - which we were simply chasing with a member of your staff as we did not have direct contact details. It would be great if before sharing the details of someone’s private sale, you would actually get the information correct. Your advisors seemed to have made the sale and were now ready to box off any further enquiries asking us to liaise with the seller directly. Poor aftercare. Someone being belittling and rude is subjective, therefore you cannot state as fact that this was not the case. Our comments are not out of frustration with the seller not completing work in the property as you have mentioned, our frustration is from the way we were spoken to by a member of your team. We provided an honest review and have given extremely positive feedback to Pam in your team - if we were simply irritated and looking to “shoot the messenger” why would we have mentioned the positives and great customer service provided in this case? Your response is proof to me, of your dismissive attitude as a branch. So unlike you, I won’t be asking you to “reconsider” your public comments as I think it’s an absolutely incredible display of your impertinent customer service and disparaging attitude. Stay safe out there Steve and have a lovely Easter with your family!

Reply from agent

Katie, I am sorry to read your comments and that you are not happy. I have read through the e-mails to which you refer and I feel that your feedback is grossly unfair. It is clear that you are not happy that the leak that has appeared in the property after you bought the property is not going to be rectified by the previous property owner - although it is not clear to me why they should be expected to resolve it. That said, you told us about the leak, and asked us to contact the seller, which we did on your behalf. None of the e-mails sent to you in responding to your request for us to contact them have been dismissed and I certainly cannot agree that my team member is disinterested, belittling and rude. They are all polite, and very responsive (replies within hours of your e-mail to us) and there is no evidence at all of being rude. I accept you do not like the seller's answer, which we have relayed on their behalf ... you confirmed that the leak seems to be coming from the neighbour's roof and the seller has confirmed that they would not be prepared to deal with that. You do not like that answer. That is nothing to do with us being uninterested, belittling, dismissive and rude. Ultimately we are acting as a go-between between you and the seller since you finalised the purchase. The seller is on holiday and we have been trying to reach them on your behalf by phone and email. It is clear that you and the seller had agreed certain things would be done that we were not aware of (you had separate communication with the seller before the sale completed during viewings). As soon as you came to us and asked for updates on those matters, even though we were not aware of them, we have contacted the seller on your behalf to try to get you updates. It is interesting that you have not quoted any of these dismissive, belittling, rude emails but that will be because the emails do not demonstrate any of that behaviour. Your comments are purely borne out of frustration that the seller promised to do things for you but has gone on holiday and a leak has appeared which was not present before. I would ask that you give serious consideration to removing / adjusting this review as it is completely unfair and does not reflect the interaction we have had with you in trying to assist you. The fact that you do not like what the seller is feeding back to you via ourselves is not our problem and we should not be blamed for it - which is what you are doing. It is a real shame that it is not possible to confirm the content of the emails publicly but I feel that if you look back at the email trail between Michelle Jantzen (Davies) and yourself you will not see any evidence of the issues you have raised. You do not like the message you have received from the seller via ourselves and you are shooting the messenger as a result. I would be more than happy to have a conversation with you to clear up the evident misunderstanding relating to ourselves. Given the unfair nature of your review and feedback, there is no apology to make and I will most certainly not be apologising to you as none of your claims are even close to being justified. Steve Adams, Director, Northwood (Wigan) Limited.

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Monday-Friday: 09:30 - 17:30 Saturday: 09:30 - 13:00
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55-57 Mesnes Street, Wigan, WN1 1QX, UK

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When it comes to helping the people of Wigan with their property needs, we believe there is no one better qualified than our dedicated team of professional, local experts here at Northwood Wigan. At Northwood Wigan, we understand that whether you’re buying your first home or selling your third, a little support can go a long way. If you are looking for lettings and estate agents in Wigan, look no further! We offer the full range of sales, lettings and property management services.

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