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Whitegates Estate Agency Limited has room for improvement based on customer feedback. Customers particularly appreciate professional and service, though some mention concerns about communication and customer service.

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Been a tenant for 3 years

Been a tenant for 3 years. This situation has been extremely challenging, unprofessional, and discriminatory. Despite sending numerous emails to the office, particularly to an individual named Olivia Laycock MARLA, the Manager, my Β£2500 deposit has not been returned, and I have been denied a copy of the lease agreement. As a consumer and tenant in the UK, I am entitled to request a copy of the lease agreement and the return of my deposit. I have lodged a complaint with their Complaints Department, but have not received any response. I have made countless phone calls, only to be hung up on. My tenancy agreement ended in October 2024, yet I am being pressured to pay rent until March 2025, despite vacating the property in April 2024 and fulfilling my lease obligations until the end date. I have personally experienced bullying and disrespect, including an incident at their main office involving their main director, Mr. Chan, with Olivia providing cover for him. With no other recourse, I have resorted to legal action to recover my funds. I urge others to steer clear of these individuals, as they exhibit unprofessionalism, rudeness, and discrimination.

HI
An absolute nightmare of an experience

An absolute nightmare of an experience. I would never recommend such unprofessional service to anyone. I was constantly chasing them for updates, as they showed no initiative or effort throughout the process. They confirmed in writing via email that my bid had been accepted and sent instructions for the next steps. I proceeded with AML checks, which I paid for, spoke to a solicitor, took a day off work, and arranged a meeting with a mortgage advisorβ€”only to be told later that someone else had made a higher offer. Of course, a higher bid means a higher commission for them, so they handed it over to the other buyer without hesitation. Even after this, I received no communication from the Crewe agency. I sent several follow-up emails, all of which were ignored. In hindsight, I should have paid attention to their one-star Trustpilot reviews before dealing with them. Please, do yourself a favor and stay away.

P
Shambles whitegates

Whitegates estate agents Walton Vale unprofessional! I enquired a property to rent ( WALTON VALE LIVERPOOL ) via rightmove approx 2 weeks ago, phoned them up last week in which they took my details and said there should be viewings next week. Double checked Rightmove today and the property has been taken off! What a waste of space, the staff lack communication and customer skills, how they keep in business. If I failed my customer twice my line manager will be asking questions! Over looking a customer once is bad enough, but, a second time after a complaint has been there's something wrong and must be sorted before a third complaint goes in

AT
Ridiculously High Rents

Sorry but where do you get some of the prices of some of your rents from? Looking at images of some of your properties available for rent and I'm shocked. Β£700pcm for a 2 bed terraced house with a room with no flooring, exposed pipes and decor that looks outdated even by 90s standards? We're not talking in a city centre here either we're talking a small town in West Yorkshire. Β£650pcm for a 1 bed house which again, has a room with no floors, white goods that are incredibly stained with tobacco, no wonder young people and families can't afford to move!

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RJ
1 out of 5 stars

The worst experience ever- they went…

The worst experience ever- they went over and above to be rude, unhelpful and the communication was the worst I’ve ever experienced, there were so many mistakes which they never apologised for and so many questions we asked left unanswered. We were treated like we were at fault when we only wanted them to do the job we were paying them for. Do not touch them as Letting agents

Date of experience: August 18, 2020

CP
1 out of 5 stars

Active policy of stealing tenants deposits

I am a landlord who used a Whitegates agency run by Gail Loller from the West Derby Branch. Whitegates found a tenant for me and should have lodged the tenant’s deposit with the DPS. When the tenant moved out some time later she found that the DPS had no record of the deposit. The tenant actually worked for the Whitegates Prenton branch during the tenancy and said that it was common practice to steal the deposit. Further checks by myself have verified that the deposit was never lodged. All email communication from myself to Whitegates has been ignored and phone calls have not been returned.

Date of experience: August 1, 2020

AB
1 out of 5 stars

Whitegates Huddersfield

Worst experience ever. We are not from the UK so we texted them in email. Ignored us for 2 months. After two months they said we are sorry and thanks for waiting. Then wrote us back for 10 minutes and disappeared again. Luckily, we have not sent them a deposit because we saw that the property was let agreed and they kept telling us that it is still available.

Date of experience: July 25, 2020

CM
1 out of 5 stars

Not to be trusted if you are a tennant

They are absolute con artists, they claim an email is sufficient evidence to retain bond money for work carried out but oddly cannot provide a receipt or invoice. Anyone looking for an agent should look elsewhere unless you want to be ripped off. There are far more reputable ones out there!

Date of experience: July 21, 2020

A
5 out of 5 stars

Whitegates Tarbock road Huyton - 5 star!!!

I highly recommend the Huyton branch of Whitegates estate agents. The entire staff are brilliant and so helpful and continued to keep us posted and keep things moving throughout covid. Liam worked tirelessly to sell our property, constantly chasing up solicitors and buyers. So glad we went there and would not hesitate to use them again. Very professional. Thank you to all the team.

Date of experience: July 8, 2020

NW
1 out of 5 stars

Whitegates Huddersfield

Whitegates Huddersfield. Awful service for rental properties. Promise a lot until you sign the agreement and deliver nothing. Rent out sub standard properties and do nothing to put things right. Avoid

Date of experience: July 3, 2020

MK
1 out of 5 stars

Horrible service Avoid

My wife enquired about a rental property and we showed interest in moving in we were sent a virtual tour and we said we liked it however we were encouraged to see the house in person which we did we phoned the office to no reply and we left an e mail aswell. We were Sent an application in which We gave Lots of personal information including our past history and bank details reluctantly.i phoned the office twice and was told someone would get back to me but no one did. I phoned again the next day and was told we would need a guarantor which we provided he was further asked for bank details and personal information which he was uncomfortable with as it would include wage slips and credit checks. 2 weeks later Me and my wife are very upset and appalled with the service we have received and lack of interest from the staff. They also got in touch with our current land lord who gave the go ahead for the move. shocking service!!! Time wasters would not recommend

Date of experience: June 19, 2020

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Tai

US

1 out of 5 stars

Worst Letting Agency In my life

Worst Letting Agency- Completely incompetant and will try everything to get extra money from you. Claiming you owe them money when you evidently don't. They have even admitted they've seen payments but claimed I owe money. "Shitegates"

Date of experience: June 19, 2020

O
1 out of 5 stars

Nottingham office U/S …

e-mailed them phoned them lift answerphone massage 3 times never got back to me

Date of experience: June 18, 2020

AJ
1 out of 5 stars

Worst agency in uk!!

Worst agency in uk!!! Ignore me for few months.. Return my deposit tru DPS Avoid whitegates Leicester !!!

Date of experience: June 12, 2020

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