Marsh & Parsons Estate Agents
View company profile →
Categorically Never Use M&P For Lettings Management
My wife and I have been using the Stockwell branch of Marsh and Parsons as our lettings manager since October. Considering their large management fee, they have been outright horrendous. The flat below reported a leak at the start of November. Since then we have had 4 visits to our property by various contractors who have all failed to diagnose a leaky shower. The leak is still undiagnosed and the bill still accrues. We are at over 3 months to repair a leak. 3 months! In another incident we had a fire suppression system burst in December, a totally anomalous event causing a small amount of flooding. On the one day we needed their active and immediate assistance they were awful. Contact was intermittent, clear instructions not followed, and their lack of care and concern was incredible. Had we not intervened almost nothing would have been achieved and our tenants would have been left in the lurch. The whole point of managed service is so you can forget about your property and let it be run by professionals. That is what the not insignificant cost is taking care of. However Marsh and Parsons have caused more issues than they have solved and we would have saved more time, money and importantly stress, doing it all ourselves. We have had to direct or hold their hand at every turn, pushing for updates, chasing results. Crucially do not expect anyone from their management team or with any seniority to step in or make a difference. They wont. The moment we can, we will be extricating ourselves from this service. A shame as we had planned to sell our house with them but this experience has been beyond poor.