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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 £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 advisor—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. £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. £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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JE
1 out of 5 stars

Hold on to folks deposit for longer …

Hold on to folks deposit for longer than legally entitled. Awful.

Date of experience: August 18, 2017

PP
1 out of 5 stars

Disgracful!

Front door handle broken of apartment when moving in. We were made to sign an inventory before being given the keys. Parking permits provided for the private parking expired January 17, we moved in 24 June 17! Had to wait a week for one to turn up after multiple arguments about it. Then several more days for the second one! A load of crap, rubbish, broken items filled our other room. Even previous tenants dirty bed sheets were there! Hole in wall which initially they refused to fix then they agreed to fix it. Mould along the entire wall which they denied before slipping up and saying there was some, still not removed! Refused several times to give us the code to get into the meter readings room. Then gave us readings which were lower than the reading EDF were provided on 28/04/17! We ended up getting the code of a neighbour and EDF are trying to fix the issue. The high beams (approximately 4m high) were absolutely filthy and most bulbs were out. finally got maintenance out, they cleaned they a little but only changed about 2 light bulbs, which I then found out whitegate charge for light bulbs being out when moving out! (that would have been convenient for them!) Finally the staff are extremely rude! I would highly recommend no one using them!

Date of experience: July 21, 2017

i
5 out of 5 stars

amazing work

absolutely amazing . great , i will let people know about this

Date of experience: September 20, 2016

JB
1 out of 5 stars

Lost us the house

House we were interested with was advertised with Whitegates and another company, we went through whitegates and requested a viewing. We then offered full price for the house with an AIP all ready to go. We didnt hear anything back for 4 days after I called and called them for updates. After being tired of waiting I called the other estate agents the house was listed with only to be told the house was sold and an offer had been accepted. What an absolute joke, would not use whitegates again ever.

Date of experience: September 20, 2016

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