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We wish we had never rented through Tucker Gardner. Please don't make our mistake. You will be dealing with Countrywide Lettings.
In several years as tenants, we experienced consistent dishonesty, obfuscation, and a complete lack of accountability.
Basic questions, such as where our allocated car bay actually is, went unanswered for years. Agents were extremely hostile, and attempted to charge us for standard wear and tear, including a worn toilet seat, only backing down when we escalated to the Housing Ombudsman. At that point, the agent vanished from the business.
When we tried to move from a fixed to a rolling contract, the renewals agent told us flatly it wasn't possible. We went around him directly to the landlord. It was possible immediately.
Portfolio managers rotate every few months. We had at least four. The agents we encountered were routinely rude and appeared to operate in their own interest rather than ours or the landlord's. When one became downright abusive, sending emails in red text accusing us of multiple, contradicting reasons why standard wear and tear was our fault, Countrywide repeatedly refused to assign us a new agent, leaving us stuck with someone we felt uncomfortable and unsafe with.
However pleasant the local Tucker Gardner agents may seem, remember that you will ultimately be dealing with Countrywide Lettings. We used Countrywide as mortgage brokers and were treated well. As tenants, the experience was the opposite. We can only conclude that they treat people according to the power they hold in the relationship. Tenants, who have little, are treated accordingly.
Please learn from our experience and go elsewhere.... Read more
9th Mar 2026 (12 days ago)