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Lettings agency that has to deal with non-paying tenants, which for some reason believe that they do not have to pay rent or can leave their property damaged. Lots of nice negative reviews because we have claimed back the money they owe..... It's a shame that tenants do not have a Trust Pilot review page to warn other landlords and lettings agencies isn't it?


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I am still dealing with EVC and I…

I am still dealing with EVC PROPERTY management Ltd and I intend to take them to the PRS PROPERTY REDRESS SCHEME as there totally useless and try to rip you off every step of the way
They are blantant liars and try everything in there power to rip you off as a leaseholder and work in the freeholders favour to try and con you out of money.
The freeholders hand picked them and the freeholder is as stupid and incompetent as EVC are.
Stay away from them

30 December 2025
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It would probably help your cause if you found the real company you have an issue with, rather than some random company who do not deal with leaseholders or freeholders?

I’d suggest using the search element and finding the correct company?

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Lieing ,Theiving Con Merchants

I was lied to utterly, "the area is very quiet and safe" - it is ACTUALLY considered one of the worst streets in the north of england for crime and violence.
I fled the property - notified them immediately- they took my deposit and only owed a months rent at best ! They applied for money to be taken from my benefits before I even left! They've gone after me for another 3000! Absolutely criminal evil company - I was late on the rent by 1 day and recieved harrasing msg's and texts even though Id talked with the office!
These people are cowboys - it took 3 months for them to ficmx a leaking sewage issue because they sue every tradesman that does work to get the money bazck because independent contractors haven't got the money to fight in court! Just like me - they've destroyed my credit rating and tacked on charges and fees that didnt exsist AND THEY'LL GET IT BECAUSE THEY GET JUDGEMENTS IN THEIR FAVOUR ALL THE TIME - ive reported them to the financial ombudsman and action fraud
Criminals in suits

15 June 2023
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Ahhhh….. the “disgruntled” tenant leaving a negative review.

Of course Jim Bob hasn’t done anything wrong!

He definitely did not have rental arrears…..
He definitely did not leave the property full of his personal belongings when he left (£430 to remove).
He definitely did not leave the dining room and bedroom carpet full of matted in dog poo (£269 for new dining room carpet and £160 to have the rest of the carpets cleaned)
He definitely did not leave a fully renovated property looking like hell on earth because he lived in filth and dog excrement.

The total being claimed from this “perfect tenant” is actually £1,589.65 - not £3k as they have commented.

Unfortunately, we don’t allow these types of people get away with ruining a house and not expecting to have to pay for the damages they have caused (all photographed and recorded). And for some strange reason people like James S don’t seem to think they should have to pay? It’s all strange, but after all, we are the bad ones here….

This is going to go to court in front of a judge, so how we are making it all up is beyond me?

Maybe James should go have a shower, clean himself up, take a good look in the mirror and sort his life out, because for someone who is 47 years old he needs to at some point get his life sorted and stop being one of societies losers. Because this is what you are Jim Bob. A massive loser.

Look forward to seeing you in court, and no, we won’t “f—- ourselves” as you so delightfully put it in your email.

Enjoy your weekend, at least we are living in your head rent free, just as you lived in our property rent free! :-D

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This company is the WORST letting…

In response to the response I have just got, for anybody wanting to see the TRUTH please feel free to look at Lancashire evening telegraph on Friday when the story is released, the reporter has seen every single email and text messages between myself and my landlord. These people are not only incompetent but liars. I have also seen another bad review where they are claiming that they don’t charge a pet fee. I currently have a pet contract from them which states I have to pay £25 a month for my dog.

This company is the WORST letting agents I have ever had to deal with. This is my 5th property that I’ve let throughout my life and this letting agents is by far the worst. Firstly the professionalism from the agents is absolutely dire, they do not know how to communicate with their clients, they are extremely rude and completely unprofessional. I have been complaining about my freezing cold, uninsulated, mouldy, damp bedroom for way over a year, I have had every excuse under the sun. They have told me that there is no damp, they even came out and said to my face there is no damp and that they would like for me to stop using the dehumidifier, then to be told after looking at pictures I have taken that I need to start using the dehumidifier. I have a premature baby, I have been complaining all the way throughout my pregnancy, whilst my baby was in intensive care and when she came home that the house is not suitable. Still the problem is not fixed. The roof was absolutely knackered, which they have apparently fixed but my roof still leaks… PLEASE avoid at all cost. I have NEVER had an issue with any letting agents and have always got on very well with my landlords. DO NOT rent from these people.

27 January 2023
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We are the agent, not the property owner.
Landlord has spent £2,050 on roofing repairs.
Tenant created arrears due to property damage which they paid in full EVENTUALLY

Oct 2021 – Tenant advised there was damp in the property we advised to ventilate as it could be condensation. We asked her to clean off with bleach and the report back if it started to return.
Nov 2021 - Tenant reported a small leak at the rear of the property. This was assigned to a local roofing company
10th Nov 2021 – Tenant messaged as the roofer was struggling to get access with her due to her availability.
27th Nov 2021- tenant advised she thought the damp in the bedroom was now being caused by the window and not a leak as there was a gap around the frame.
Dec 21 – A builder was called to point the external bedroom window and fill the bedroom window frame to stop any rain/cold air coming in.
Jan 22 - Roofer attended and fixed leak at rear of the property
Jan 2022 - Builder filled around the bedroom window to stop a draught and carried out some pointing works on the front of the property at the window at the window to stop potential damp.
11th March 2022 - Tenant had a property inspection. No mould or damp was picked up or advised by the tenant. Tenant did not mention any further mould issues. The Inspection report sent to the landlord confirming this.
7th April 2022 - 11th April - Tenant advised the previous leak issue had returned. Tenant had been advised on the 7th April to only email repair issues in and not to send them to the company on WhatsApp as it is easier to keep track of all issues recorded if on email. The tenant had been given this information to only report issues via email when she signed her tenancy agreement in July 2021. The roofing contractor was messaged to contact the tenant (as the previous works were under a guarantee)
11th April 2022 - Tenant reported the rear leak had come back and mentioned mould. No images were sent over. Previous Roofing contractor was contacted to speak with the tenant as the works in January 2021 were under a guarantee.
20th April 2022 - Plumbing works had been carried out to the boiler and radiator.
23rd May 2022 - EPC was carried out by an independent company and given a rating of C.
12th Aug 2022 - The Tenant reported mould had 'come back in the front bedroom.' No image was received and this was not evident in the inspection dated March 2022. As the report was for the front bedroom (new repair) we sent a roofer out - New issue was diagnosed.
23rd Aug 2022 - New Roof repair quote sent to the landlord
13th of Sep 2022 - Roof repairs carried out and invoice sent to the landlord which was paid
19th October 2022 - Damp inspection carried out; all rooms were dry and were tested using a damp meter. We advised the tenant she must be opening windows to ventilate as we could feel moisture in the air from their living style. Tenant advised she didn't want to open the windows because it was cold. Advised she must ventilate as condensation was forming around the bedroom window (which is evidence of moisture in the air (not the walls) causing spots of black mould on the window frame. Advised the tenant we would fill around the windows to cover the brown filler but we could not feel any cold air. 20th October 2022 - Tenant was emailed on the 20th of October confirming our conversation and inspection.
Dec 2022 - Handyman carried out additional caulking around the front bedroom window as the previous handyman had used brown filler.
19th Jan 2023 - Tenant advised the bedroom was still feeling cold even after the second corking. No mention of mould in the bedroom.
21st Jan 2023 - Tenant reported new issue of black mould had formed, image was sent in.
23rd Jan 2023 - The tenant was advised we would contact the roofer to have a look at the new issue.
27th Jan 2023 - Requested the roofer contact the tenant to find out where the new issue was coming from in the front bedroom.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

STAY AWAY!!! AVOID!!! LIERS TOO!!!!!

Your showing yourselves up love!! How about you check on how many dogs the tennant has in there now.

Clearly you have nothing better to do,
Attacking someone 11 months later, wow what a company.

3 years i was in the property never missed a payment, was never later.

Get the Darren mum back in the office.

THIS REVIEW IS FOR THE CORRECT
COMPANY!!! THEY EVEN EMAILED ME 3 MONTHS AFTER MOVING OUT ASKING IF I HAD THE METER READING FROM WHEN I LEFT BECAUSE THE WAIST IF SPACE COMPANY DIDN'T TAKE THEM SELVES BEFORE NEW CLIENTS MOVED IN. Worst letting agent i have ever been with!! Before i moved in they tried charging me £40 month for my dog, but this was never explained to me when viewing the property. After putting a higher deposit we moved in. Moving in there was bin bags full of ballon gas canisters from previous tennats i had to remove myself and
the owner of the companies mum was doing the sign over at the time and she saw the bags and even caried them out with us!!! Kitchen had no kick boards took me over a year to get them as it was freezing and no heating in there. I was promised work surfaces would be cut down to fit a full sized oven in they never did it. For the last 12 months theres been a light hanging of the wall due to the plaster of the wall crumbling and they was told several times and was never delt with. They then put the rent up without doing jobs that were asked. They didnt turn up when supposed to. And management are rude and cocky. Avoid at all costs!!!!

I can't reply to this letting aint unfortunately!!! I paid for own over MYSELF AND PAID IT TO BE FITTED MYSELF. And they DID RENT THE PROPERTY WITH NO KICK BOARD I HAVE PROOF!!! SO THEY ALSO A LIEING BUTCH TOO AND I KNOW WHO REPLIED TO THIS AND ITS CLAIRE. SHES RUDE AND THINKS SHES BETTER THAN EVERYONE!!
AND just to make this waist of space company aware, I took the property on BEFORE the new law of pets came in to place as you well know.

CLAIRE AS I HAVE STATED IN A EMAIL TO YOU, YOU WILL BE HEARING FROM MY SOLICITOR FOR BREAKING DATA PROTECTION LAWS.

I HAVE 5 MOBILE NUMBERS FOR YOUR COMPANY WITH ALL TEXT MESSAGES SAVED AND EMAILS SAVED. SO LETS SEE WHO IS THE LIER. YOUR JUST SHOWING YOURSELF UP ON A WORLD WIDE WEBSITE!!! YOUR CLEARLY IN THE WRONG JOB, SO YES YOU ARE LIEING!!! I KNOW A OLD TRADES MAN THAT WORKED FOR YOU BUT STOP DUE TO YOU NOT PAYING AND ALSO THE PROPERTY I LEFT I SPOKE CARPET CLEANER GUY AND HE SUGGESTED YOU CHANGED THE CARPETS AS THEY ARE VERY WORN AND YOU CLEARLY HAVEN'T AS I WAS IN THE PROPERTY LAST WEEK. IF YOU WANT TO CARRY ON MAKING A FOOL OUT OF YOURSELF GO AHEAD!! BUT THIS IS MY LAST COMMUNICATION, NEXT ONE IS MY SOLICITOR.

6 October 2022
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Reply from Tenants Who Do Not Pay But Leave Negative Reviews

LETTINGS AGENCY:

*Updated after the CAPITAL LETTERS RANT. Below updates taken from actual emails/inspections received.
*Updated again after a 2nd rant - we look forward to hearing from your solicitor and will respond once we receive correspondence. Unfortunately with TrustPilot people can leave whatever comments they want without giving proof.
*FINAL UPDATE - No contact from the posters solicitor? I wonder why?
*Another update -- "Yawn..........." How boring is this tenant?

Fortunately we save all tenant communication, whether this is by email or whatsapp, so we are able to answer the above comments with accuracy. From the complaint above it seems that there is only one person who is "Lying" and also only one person who is rude, and that isn't from our side.

*I have searched the posters name and we have 1 Kathryn Wild (name of the postee) that resided in the property located in Bacup between 06.02.2020 & 03.10.2022. The rent was £450PCM and the deposit paid was £450PCM. You received an email on 05.07.2022 stating that your rent would be increasing to £500PCM - you had not had any rent increase for over 2 years. This rent increase would take effect on 06.09.2022, so we gave you 3 months notice.

Answering your above comments:
1/. You were never charged for a pet? Your AST upon review stated £450PCM and you have always paid £450PCM. We had no knowledge of you having a pet? There have never been any emails requesting a pet? You received an email on 05.07.2022 stating that your rent would be increasing to £500PCM - you had not had any rent increase for over 2 years. This rent increase would take effect on 06.09.2022, so we gave you 3 months notice.

While the Tenant Fees Act 2019 bans landlords from charging a higher security deposit for accepting pets, there is nothing stopping landlords setting a higher rent for this privilege.
4 May 2021

2/. The maximum deposit you can legally take is 5 weeks of rent. We took one months rent as your deposit which was £450? We did have to claim £300 from your deposit which was agreed by Keith as you left the house filthy and full of rubbish - "I will take the £150 and leave all the rubbish for you to remove yourself from outside the property. "

3/. All properties are deep cleaned by an external company with all waste removed. In this instance this was missed so as you have stated, an employee for the company removed them whilst you were completing the handover, meaning that you did not "move in" with waste.

4/. Kitchen plinths were not originally in the property (and were not there when you viewed), but were fitted on 09.10.2021. We had an email off Keith on 17.09.2021 stating:

"Currently there are non and it causes a serious draft and heat loss. It has been ok during the summer months but now winter is on its way and with the rising costs in energy prices it would be good to have them in place before the cold weather comes, as I'm sure you'll understand." - So the kickboards were fitted approx 3 weeks after the request.

5/. All properties either have an integrated oven/hob or SPACE to fit a freestanding standard 60cm width oven. Some properties are provided with cookers, some not, this is down to the owner of the property. It is not a legal duty to provide appliances.

6/. On your inspection report dated 19.01.2022 it shows the landing light is loose and a comment stating that the "tenant will fix." - I can only assume that it was yourself or Keith who have told the person completing the inspection this. Your comment was that "you were happy and had no issues."

7/. All issues are reported to a dedicated member of the team and all repairs are completed as quickly as possible.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I took a risk investing with this firm

I took a risk investing with this firm. And it's been perfect, a little Rocky at start as Darren was alone. But still no issues. Now he has a team I can't see how it would be better. Peta, Claire and Darren work great

22 April 2022
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Finnigan-McNeill Property Sourcing

Thanks for the great review Steve. It has been a pleasure helping you grow your BTL business and I look forward to many more properties with you.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Rudest property agents ever I have…

Rudest property agents ever I have dealt with. Do not know how to even email or communicate with clients. Soo unprofessional way of dealing and wasting time. Never ever even consider going with this agent

30 September 2021
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LETTINGS AGENCY:

Saba, as a potential tenant wanting to view a property you are not a "client."

Unfortunately as you were not suitable for our property due to a poor credit rating it is saddening that you have felt the need to leave a negative review.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Useless AVOID

Useless - AVOID!!!! Wasted an hour of my time travelling with two young children to view a house as arranged and nobody turned up. I was ringing and texting but was totally ignored. Absolutely disgusting to not even make contact first. Absolute time wasters, don’t bother with them.

EDIT - Lettings agency has responded TWO YEARS later to say they contacted me on the day. They didn’t. They also wouldn’t know this after TWO YEARS so they’re obviously just going round making up stories to make themselves look better. Really weird thing to be doing. I never dealt with anyone of that name. What a bizarre company.

18 July 2021
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LETTINGS AGENCY:

Ann contacted you to let you know that she was running late. You informed her that you couldn't be bothered coming back and she apologised.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Time wasters

Wasted hour and half and 30 miles worth of fuel and waiting upto 10 days to receive money back. Was first to view property and placed holding deposit immediately after viewing which took the property off the open rent not allowing anyone else to submit. Yet was refunded and rejected (saying have decided to go with another applicant) within the hour despite not giving any information about myself, partner, income or circumstances and it not being possible for anyone to actually pass on an application. If you already have tenants in mind then don’t waste people time and money dragging them round properties you have no intention of even considering or even asking for at least some information to evaluate

24 January 2021
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LETTINGS AGENCY:

1 - You stated that it tookk 10 days to return the holding deposit - I suggest you leave that review on that companies website as we have no control over this as we use a 3rd party.
2 - Placing a holding deposit does not remove the property listing. We often have multiple holding deposits placed on properties at the same time due to the demand.
3 - It was rejected as you had completed out the pre-application form which stated you warned £18,000 and the minimum was £23,000. Unfortunately if you cannot fill out a simple form correctly then we cannot help you. If you had added the details of all applicants which the form allows, and then put the correct income amount, then your holding deposit may have been accepted. We never have tenants in mind but it looks as though we have done quite well to avoid you looking at your comments.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Highly, highly recommended

Highly, highly recommended.

I’ve worked with founder Darren McNeill who’s helped me to build my portfolio from day one, starting three years ago, and he carries on surprising me with his and the companies attention to detail, making sure tenants are looked after and feel valued, along with staying on top of urgent issues i.e. delays, fixtures etc.

If you’re a prospective investor, I highly, highly recommend this company and honestly, I feel glad that I found them. I don’t see myself working with anyone but Finnigan McNeill across the rest of my property investment career.

If you’re a prospective tenant, again, this company will help you, take genuine care of you, and you won’t regret working with them.

11 January 2021
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FINNIGAN-MCNEILL SOURCING:

Thanks for the great review William. We love working with positive landlords who want to look after their tenants and provide them with amazing homes to live in.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Don’t care about the customer, just your money.

Had a viewing today for a 2 bed house in bacup after driving one hour to view the property and receiving two texts on the day to confirm the attending of the viewing. I got here 10 minutes before and text Peta whom I was meeting, asking what time he would be there. He text me 15 minutes later saying the property had gone and I would have got an email. Well I didn’t have receive correspondence whatsoever. All they care about is your money, once they have an offer they drop all their other appointments and views. Absolute scam of a company. All their photos are edited and I will be invoicing them for my petrol and wasting my time.

27 June 2020
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LETTINGS AGENCY:

1 - Peta is female
2 - The landlord decided to go with a tenant who had viewed earlier in the week. Peta messaged you and you were also send an email. We did not own the property and can only do as the landlord has instructed.
3 - Editing photos'? You didn't get access to the property. Our properties are of high quality and the photos' are from a real camera showing the room......

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