Insulation UK have provided lots of homes throughout the North West area with insulation on grant…read moreschemes for both the Government agencies and local councils. They do cavity wall and loft insulation and also draughtproofing. They have a number of installers who take the best care of your property that they can. The guys will try to clean up after carrying out the work. If you have to ring the office then the staff are helpful and give any advice that they can. Phone lines can be busy. The company has worked for many of the local councils and the majority of the work they do is free or heavily discounted!

The service was slow and communication could be better. It was hard to get updates and responses on…read moretime. Needs improvement in customer care.

This estate agent has four branches in Manchester, and really capitalises on the student population…read moreby offering hundreds of student lets. These lets are never honestly advertised and the landlords are rarely decent. As students, my friends and I let our first house through homes4u and had an awful experience. I would definitely say that homes4u put their profits ahead of the comfort and safety of the students living in their 'managed' properties. The houses we viewed in our second year of uni were all with homes4u, because we wrongly assumed that the most advertised estate agents would be the best, and they were all horrible. The standards at homes4u are clearly very low, because we viewed some really nasty houses, one with black damp mould covering the entire living room ceiling and a bathroom that was rotten. We ended up in an OK house, but with the worst landlord ever. I really felt that homes4u totally side with the landlord, because they own the property and hold the cards. Our landlord would 'pop in' three or four times a week, totally unannounced, and got us to cancel our direct debits so he could come round and collect our rent as cheques or cash. As four girls we felt really threatened and uncomfortable, and homes4u paid absolutely no attention to our complaints. In the end, one of our number dropped out and we were in the process of looking for another housemate for her room, when our landlord evicted us and kept a lot of money from our deposits. Again, homes4u did not want to hear about it. Unless you're ready to fight against laziness and bad property management, steer clear.