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LOW INTEGRITY AGENTS
POOR SERVICE
DO NOT TRUST ANYTHING THEY SAY. Get everything in WRITING. They WILL LIE, and cheat you anytime they can.
We rented a 4 bedroom house in Guildford through Bourne Estate Agents, for a two year lease, and were verbally told the garage was included. We were surprised to find out on check-in, that the garage was not included.
Our agent, Katherine, LIED TO THE LANDLORD, saying that they negotiated a lower rent with us in exchange for excluding the garage from the Agreement. This is entirely false – there was never any discussion with us about a lower rent contingent on excluding the garage access.
They just slipped it into the Agreement, and we sadly did not see it there, when signing.
We also caught them lying on other points. We spoke with our agent, Katherine, one week before, and asked to move our check-in day from Monday to Tuesday. When Monday came, the agent lied to the landlord saying we just didn't show up. As a result, there was no plan to meet us at the property to check us in on Tuesday, and we had to fight to get someone to bring the keys on moving day, and let us into our new house!
To top it off, they stopped answering my calls after I emailed them to complain about the issues.
I will be reporting Bourne to the estate agent ombudsman, and will update this review as more information is available.... Read more
20th Apr 2024 (8 days ago)