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- Hotblack Desiato - Islington
Hotblack Desiato - Islington
Opens tomorrow at 10:00am
314 Upper Street, Islington, N1 2XQ
We opened our first office on Upper Street since 1979. Our Camden office opened soon afterwards and Highbury followed but not until 2006. We offer competitive fees, a friendly, honest and transparent service and always go the extra mile for our clients, aiming to achieve the best possible price.
Please call for a free, no obligation market appraisal and to see what we can do for you.
Opening hours
- Monday 9:00am - 6:00pm
- Tuesday 9:00am - 6:00pm
- Wednesday 9:00am - 6:00pm
- Thursday 9:00am - 6:00pm
- Friday 9:00am - 6:00pm
- Saturday 10:00am - 4:00pm
- Sunday Closed
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Hotblack Desiato - Islington Reviews (45)
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I stayed in a flat for 4 years and never missed a payment. I engaged a professional cleaner to do the end-of-tenancy cleaning. It was apparently not to HBD's standards and they wanted to charge me £400 for cleaning. I negotiated down to £250 on the basis they would return my deposit immediately. It took 3 weeks of chasing to get my money back. For these reasons, I gave them 3/5.
Other thank this, they were OK.
23rd Aug 2024 (10 weeks ago)
S G
We have had awful experiences with HBD’s maintenance of the flat which we rent.
HBD manage the property and have left us without hot water and heating for 6 days and counting. They have not proposed any solution for the total lack of hot water and have ignored repeated requests for alternative temporary accommodation and a rent refund for the period.
It feels like the property manager lacks any empathy for us as they seems to have to no qualms with leaving a pregnant woman in a house indefinitely without hot water or proper heating.
Their attitude seems to be that it’s not their problem if parts need to be ordered and that the tenants are expected to live in horrific conditions while paying full rent. It’s truly shocking.
22nd Apr 2024 (6 mo. ago)
R clare
This review is specifically about Elena who is just a completely excellent badass property manager for the place I'm renting. She sorts things out immediately, sends people who get the job done. No time is wasted. She doesn't hesitate to step in and sort out issues. She's the perfect person to have taking care of your place.
21st Mar 2024 (7 mo. ago)
J Noble
I rented my flat through Hotblack Desiato and would highly recommend them. They provided invaluable advice in getting the flat ready, including connecting me to some top rate contractors. When it was ready they found great tenants within a couple of days.
11th Mar 2024 (7 mo. ago)
Anonymous Home Buyer
This was the most dissapointing viewing experience ever. I would never try to do a business with this team as they have poor organisational skills and non of the members want to take responsibility for their mistakes. I thought I was being scammed when they failed to send me the confirmation email for the viewing three times despite me calling them to remind and still I wasn't sent the address details. They told me the wrong address on my last call 15mins prior to the viewing and sent me to another of their properties where I waited for 20 mins calling them repeatedly asking where the agent was. Their call agent was so incompetent that she stopped answering my calls when she realised that I was given the wrong address and had been waiting on the door with a confused landlord offering me to show the flat herself... What a nightmare. The same person answered when a called another line of theirs and told me that her "colleague" made a mistake with the address details. I went to the other flat immediatly and the agent told me off by saying he didn't even have my name on the list and was being very inconsiderate and unapologetic about the whole situation.. I never encountered such an unprofessional behavior by any real estate agency before in my life.
9th Mar 2024 (7 mo. ago)
I H
I recently completed on the sale of my flat (having purchased through Hotblack a few years ago). They did a wonderful job in terms of listing and viewing the property. I felt they were easy to communicate with and provided me with honest and valuable advice throughout. Selling a flat is inevitably stressful; the agents at Hotblack were perpetually positive and supportive. I am very grateful to everyone involved in the process, Mehdad and Charlie in particular.
Hotblack Desiato stand out for me (in comparison to other estate agents I have dealt with); they were calm and straightforward. I felt confident of a good outcome by choosing them.
12th Dec 2023 (10 mo. ago)
M McQuillan
Mehdad & Charlie were fantastic leaders, supporters, facilitators and fixers throughout the process of selling my flat. A perfect amount of consistent pressure & guidance applied wherever it was needed helped get it to completion. Their always-fast responses provided reassurance that I was in good hands. I would not hesitate to recommend and engage again.
27th Sep 2023 (1 year ago)
H Jackson
We had a fantastic experience with Mehdad at Hotblack when buying our flat. He was attentive and the communication was excellent throughout. When we had bumps in the journey he was really hands-on to try and fix them for us and without him the sale may not have gone through, so we are really grateful!
17th Sep 2023 (1 year ago)
A Berlin
Terrible staff and management, avoid at all cost!
9th Aug 2023 (1 year ago)
S Branca
Really good experience with Maya from Hotblack Desiato while searching for a flat to rent. She always sent to me the kind of flats I was looking for. The process was smooth, from arranging the viewing to the offer process and the contract signing.
Thanks for your help and kindness.
25th Jul 2023 (1 year ago)
K Beelen
We are thankful to Saskia and Mehdad from Hotblack Desiato for their outstanding assistance and professionalism during our flat purchase. Their expertise and dedication made the entire process very smooth. Thank you both for the positive experience!
28th Jun 2023 (1 year ago)
P Skellen
First class service from Mehdad, Charlie and team. Selling a house is a major undertaking and it's essential to have good people with you who know their business and are sensitive to the fact that normal life has to carry on alongside viewings etc. Five stars on all of it ????
22nd Jun 2023 (1 year ago)
L Moore
All sweetness on light when trying to get you on board and promise the earth. When you’ve not had one viewing in nearly two weeks they rewrite history, are rude, refuse to speak to you and proceed to hang up on you, and crucially don’t cancel the contract when you expressly ask them to. They pretend your only option is to give 2 weeks notice instead. You can cancel any contract within 14 days. It’s the law. Don’t let them bully you. I wouldn’t touch them again with a barge pole.
21st Jun 2023 (1 year ago)
J C
Just completed on a purchase as a first time buyer and Hotblack Desiato Islington went above and beyond to ensure the process was as smooth as possible.
In particular, I want to give an immense thank you to Charlie for his outstanding dedication and to Mehdad for his exceptional expertise.
As an American new to the UK real estate market, it could have been daunting, but Charlie was communicative, reassuring, and meticulous every step of the way - he not only recommended a great broker who then facilitated a solicitor, but he also liaised with the seller to make sure additional works and enquiries were addressed in due time.
It has been an absolute joy working with Charlie and I wholeheartedly recommend him when buying your next property!
6th Jun 2023 (1 year ago)
T R
I worked with Hotblack Desiato's Matteo G. to buy my property recently and was happy with the service I received.
14th Apr 2023 (1 year ago)
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