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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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CC
5 out of 5 stars

Excellent in every way

Excellent in every way - availability, communication and professionalism. They stand out in their field. Highly recommend

Date of experience: September 10, 2022

SS
1 out of 5 stars

Whitegates had me filling out paperwork…

Whitegates had me filling out paperwork that can only be described as the spanish Inquisition back and forward messing about wasting my time. They had me complete all this paperwork plus I.D to rent a property only to be told oh sorry we put the applications on yesterday house has gone to someone else now I've never dealt with a company so unprofessional Infact they are nothing but a middle man that are not needed I'd suggest landlords and tenants use a company that know what they are doing.

Date of experience: September 1, 2022

LS
5 out of 5 stars

Connor has been brilliant

Connor has been brilliant. He did a lot of research before he came out to visit us and has been so helpful, professional and friendly. He spent time with us talking everything through in detail and encouraging us to ask questions. We were fully aware of everything we needed to know and updated on present trends which was very useful. Thank you Connor and Whitegates.

Date of experience: July 11, 2022

N
5 out of 5 stars

Viewing property

Viewing with Richard in the West Derby area. He was very friendly and professional

Date of experience: July 6, 2022

SG
5 out of 5 stars

Brilliant estate agents and services

Literally been with these guys less than a few weeks and they are already 1000% amazing already and better than the other estate agents I had , I've had a gas engineer out (sorry don't know name ) who was brilliant and Pete today to fix plumbing and literally both were amazing, and sorted the issues in a quick manner :)

Date of experience: May 5, 2022

SH
5 out of 5 stars

Whitegates we’re excellent

Whitegates we’re excellent, very proactive and helped us quickly get a good buyer. We needed help with a few things along the way and Whitegates were very supportive giving good advice and help. We completed today. Thank you

Date of experience: April 29, 2022

JH
5 out of 5 stars

Whitegates Wrexham is a good estate…

Whitegates Wrexham is a good estate agency, responsive, communicative and easy to deal with. I have both bought and sold via Whitegates and would thoroughly recommend them.

Date of experience: April 8, 2022

SD
1 out of 5 stars

I’m disgusted with this shoddy outfit…

I’m disgusted with this shoddy outfit had a viewing today but never received email confirmation of the full address they rang me at crack of dawn to confirm I was going had to ring them 7 times after that for address said they’d send in in a email but never did each time I rang I got the same crap couldn’t just tell me address no had to mess me about. I cancelled doctors appointment for this too . Wouldn’t rent of these if they paid me to stay in their houses the way they mess ppl disgusting they should be ashamed of themselves

Date of experience: February 24, 2022

T
5 out of 5 stars

Had a recent viewing with Richard from…

Had a recent viewing with Richard from the West Derby branch, he was very friendly and professional. Answered all of our questions about the house and pointed out selling points rather than just leaving us to wander around. Great viewing

Date of experience: February 14, 2022

A
1 out of 5 stars

Knowingly Overvaluing Properties

Avoid at all costs. We proceeded to have an offer accepted on a property following Whitegates South Elsmall own guide valuation. When the mortgage company had their own in person valuation done at the property they said it was worth 25k less. Yvonne admitted they are having lots of properties downvalued by actually surveyors but still they refuse to value properties adequately or tell their vendors the correct information. We’d also paid for a building survey which highlighted an extra 15k of work required. Still Whitegates have put the property back on the market at the original price of 220k. Legally they are supposed to tell buyers the truth about defects, building reports, previous offers that have fallen through and they are clearly not doing so

Date of experience: February 9, 2022

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