Avoid this company. They sell themselves as the biggest and best on Merseyside and indeed on the residential side I had a good experience with them, although expensive. The lettings people are awful. Any job you want done on the house does not happen unless you threaten legal action. My heating broke a number of times during the winter and during the winter I had to use electric heaters leaving me and my family cold. This was blamed on "the landlord". When the heating was fixed to some extent it still did not function properly. An appliance broke beyond repair and was never replaced because , I was tol, this is "a luxury item" (a tumble dryer). The door to the living room was not fixed, neither was the front door which allowed wind to whistle through the house.
On leaving, I have now been told they are witholding my deposit because "the toilets are dirty" (they had both been cleaned before leaving) and there is an iron mark on the bedroom carpet. When I told them this had been there since I moved in they said this was "my side of the story" and "it was not on the inventory" and also it is my fault for not reporting it! My experience was that anything reported brought about no action whatsoever.
On moving in, the garden was a wilderness and my son and I restored it to full health, replanting the lawn and cutting back the shrubs. This took considerable cost and effort. The telephone manner of the employees is brusque to say the least. The attitude to any complaints is to say "I'll pass it on to the landlord, thank you". Despite guaranteeing 100% that I had not damaged the carpet, they refused to withdraw allegations that it was my fault. They are forwarding their "evidence"...toilet shots included- to the company who hold my deposit.
The professionalism of the staff leaves a lot to be desired. There is no care for the interests of the tenant, only those of the landlord. I would tell matters to one employee, only for this to be forgotten or not passed on. They will not budge an inch to accept that they might be in the wrong. Only threats get results. Oh, and by the way, I will be back for my lampshades and light bulbs which I replaced in the house free of charge and left for the next tenant.
Please don't be taken in by the slick office. Poor, poor, poor.
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