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pbm Property Management has mixed reviews from customers. Customers particularly appreciate service and professional, though some mention concerns about communication and expensive.

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Speed Bump concerns and noise at night24/7

We are residents of an estate on Bromyard Avenue in Acton, West 3 London, currently managed by your company since April of last year. While we do appreciate that some aspects of the estate are being handled well — such as the cleaning — there is a serious issue that needs urgent attention. Recently, a speed bump was installed in a specific area without any prior consultation with leaseholders or residents. This was done without warning, and many of us believe this was unauthorised. Although Richard from Berkeley has confirmed that he agreed to the installation, we still believe this action was improper. As far as we understand, a managing agent is not permitted to independently make traffic management decisions that affect the estate’s residents in this way. This speed bump has had negative and dangerous consequences: • Cars are now driving onto the pavement to avoid the bump — which has resulted in near-accidents, including one where I was nearly hit. • Residents living near the bump are subjected to loud, jarring noise every time a car goes over it. • Despite multiple complaints, management has refused to remove or adjust it. We are calling on Gary Cane to step in and help resolve this issue. We also ask that you liaise with the on-site manager, Abdul Aziz, who has mentioned concerns about his own working conditions — including being underpaid and not compensated for overtime. This matter is urgent, and we are requesting a full review and a direct response. The safety and well-being of residents is important.

Terry Peters

Terry Peters, is one of the many reasons why pbm has got such a bad name for them selves. She never returns calls, emails or passes messages on. I've had an on going issue now for over a year now! Which I want to see proof of the work they have carried out. They charge you Extreme service charges, but when you ask for proof, they dely you. I've just been told by terry she doesn't work on my block no more? Honestly pbm property management is so disappointing!

AM
Trying to hide their failures

Wrote quite a lengthy google review detailing my experiences with PBM. They appear to do basically nothing for the amount you pay them, and I would guess internally they’re not much better as they managed to forward me internal call stats meant for their staff. Their new tactic is deleting their google business page to hide the ever increasing list of horrible reviews to try and protect their image. Unfortunately now it just makes our block look likes it’s managed by a company that can’t even maintain a proper business online presence.

K
Horrible property management company!!

Horrible property management company!! Would have given a negative rating if possible, very common problem in the building they manage with lifts and fake fire alarms going out every now & then. The most recent is no water in the entire building since Friday 4th July 11am. Almost 190 families are devoid from the most basic necessity WATER. Actions which PBM should have taken on Friday itself were delayed until yesterday and there is no hope of water returning to our taps until tomorrow 9th July. Its chaotic, cant write much of how poorly PBM is managing this building in Croydon.

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R
1 out of 5 stars

Excuses, blame shifting and ignorance

Another day of poor service here at TW7. All we get is excuses, incompetence and blame shifting. The heating and hot water issue has not been resolved for more than 24h now. Not an emergency for PBM. Gary Cane, Emily Williams too busy emailing excuses. Should have come over to the site to manage the emergency instead. Alex from PBM was around and was helpful, thank you. But she basically volunteered, and she’s also on hols in 48h. That’s a systemic failure, not a one off. PBM, whatever you call an emergency response, I witnessed a complete opposite of this. Enjoy your good night sleep. There is always another day to fail your customers.

Date of experience: November 30, 2023

nd
1 out of 5 stars

Extremely dissapointing service

Extremely dissapointing service. our yearly charged has increased so much and the service just does not justify the increase. no hot water on the coldest day for 2 nights now. systems that are supposed to be serviced that are not being serviced correctly. we forced to pay for services we do not require. cleaning of communal area pretty much doesn't exist and is at its bare minimum even though the yearly charged increased this year. Lion wharf development

Date of experience: November 29, 2023

TW
1 out of 5 stars

If you have a choice, consider carefully before committing……..

It’s difficult to understand the rating here based on our experience to date. Whether it’s down to a particular management team or we are just an extremely unlucky development I don’t know but most of the residents here are very unhappy. First we had an ineffective budget management and contingency planning when the cash flow issue resulted in loss of cleaning and rubbish collection contracts. And in the middle of August heat! Despite many promises made our public area corridors have not been hoovered since July. It’s nearly December now! There is no estimated date of when the actual corridor cleaning will take place. Whilst I appreciate that PBM is re-tendering the contract, they should accept responsibility and arrange for cleaning to happen in this interim period as at this rate we will hit the Xmas with public areas looking filthy. Illegal parking has been an ongoing issue but, in addition to that, I find I am paying for a parking place I often cannot use and/or have to incur public parking costs as mine is not accessible. And this is mostly due to ineffective management of the cleaning process /contractors. Again, despite many promises, this continues to be an ongoing issue. PBM should identify a solution instead of making empty promises. And just as you think that things cannot get any worse, we are now 2 days with no hot water and heating. With the coldest week of the year ahead of us! No clear indication when this will be sorted. PBM is sending regular updates but only after contradictory information on the previous day. Whether linked or not, PBM has failed to arrange to have our HIU units serviced for over a year with many flats having serious issues and incurring emergency plumber costs. Again, many excuses but no real solution or timescale given. Lights in corridors stay off until they get quotes. They have been working on those for weeks! So, lights are off for weeks now and again no clear timescale when they may work again. Myself I have reached the point where I am seriously considering moving due to high cost but very poor quality of property management in our development. Very disappointing overall experience.

Date of experience: November 29, 2023

C
1 out of 5 stars

Worst experience with PBM for Lion…

Worst experience with PBM for Lion Wharf development in Isleworth. We have been left without hot water and heating in the midst of winter for more than 24 hrs. Also the service charge keeps increasing for no reason. And many essential services like cleaning did not happen or happened at much reduced frequency without any notice. They also don’t respond in a timely manner / take any responsibility.

Date of experience: November 29, 2023

F
1 out of 5 stars

Appealing services and management

After poor services all around since they started managing our development and the bins appalling situation in summer (no funds available: instead of warning the leaseholders and asking for additional funds PBM just stopped painting the cleaners. The cleaners stopped cleaning and taking the bins out for collection of course and the council couldn’t collect our rubbish for a few weeks in August!) now we haven’t had hot water nor heating for the past 24 hours. The issues was first raised on Monday by several properties and ignored by PBM (they say is a separate issue, but how do they actually know?!). Yesterday evening PBM made the decision that investigating and solving the hot water and heating issue could wait until 9am this morning and at 3.23 on we are still with no hot water and no heating. It’s disgraceful. Please AVOID!

Date of experience: November 29, 2023

J
1 out of 5 stars

Poor "management"

If I could, I wouldn't even give PMB the one star. Poor communication, really shouldn't have the words premier or management in their name. Avoid. Lion Wharf resident with a young family left with no heating or hot water for 24 hours in the peak of winter with no prior warning.

Date of experience: November 29, 2023

Lw
1 out of 5 stars

Failing in every step

The worse we can do is get this service management company on board. They been so sweet when tendering couple of years ago to us, but turned up the worse than company we had. We don't have hot water and heating in our development for couple of days because PBM didn't do boiler and HIU units servicing in the summer. Hundreds of people left without hot water and heating of PBM bad job. Several months ago they stopped paying cleaning company and we end up with lots of rubbish. PBM told that they run out of cash. Every year we are telling them to stop waste our money on spreading salt around the building, we never used this service, but they still continue messing around instead of use this money for cleaning or maintenance. Never go with this company! They are awful! Now we have more problem and more work how to get rid of them or how to control them P.S. Just before get this company on board please read responses from Gary Cane who is MD by the way (shocking). He is always aggressive defensive and it's never problem of the company but residents

Date of experience: November 29, 2023

C
1 out of 5 stars

Terrible experience 48 hours no heating…

Terrible experience 48 hours no heating in winter. Lack of planning and preventive maintenance. No reliable emergency services, no clarity in the communication. Expensive service charges.

Date of experience: November 29, 2023

Lw
1 out of 5 stars

Avoid. They create more problems than they solve

PBM is a source of endless headaches. I never complain and this is my first review ever. But I am fed up with this non-existent services and waterfall of excuses as to why nothing gets done or how many obstacles PBM managers have to overcome in order to perform minimal duties (garbage collection and basic cleaning of the property etc). I have countless complaints about them, but today I will focus on their latest “achievement”. For several days, neighbors complained about interruptions in water supply and that the water was not hot enough. PBM called some wretched team of contractors who could not immediately identify the problem. Later that day, PBM reported that the problem had been temporarily resolved ( “contractors have adjusted the set points to increase the hot water flow out to the building, but need to carry out more investigation works”). But no one bothered to check the water supply and its temperature. As a result, the entire building was cut off from hot water and heating. And all this happened at 5 pm and had not yet been resolved at 10 am the next day ( -1 degree at night). We have never fallen behind on our bills, which keep getting bigger and bigger. I will report to higher management and begin the process of getting rid of this despicable company. I don't have any respect for them. They don't deserve a penny.

Date of experience: November 29, 2023

MJ
4 out of 5 stars

Good Customer Service

I was unsure about PBMs customer service until recently, I found that directly emailing our Property Manager lead to delayed responses and misunderstood queries. I feel the could be due to the sheer volume of queries she receives. I've now started contacting them via the email address for our building and have found the responses to be quicker and resolving the issue. My most recent experience was regarding a complex parking ticket issue that had escalated. The assistant property manager (Lara Pulver) was very prompt, polite and clear. She helped my resolve the issue and explained what could prevent this happening in the future. She even came back to me to confirm that the my file had been updated with my car details. I reached out when I was extremely stressed & worried, and, within a few days Lara had resolved the issue and done everything possible to avoid this happening again. One of my best experiences with PBM, I won't be reluctant to reach out to them in the future!

Date of experience: November 14, 2023

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