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“Letting agents merthyr tidfyl branch ”

★★★★★

written by Reece223 on 21/01/2024

I would recommend Darlows letting agents in Merthyr was brilliant showing me around the house answers all my questions and has kept me up to date with the application I put in for the house.

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“Lettings”

★☆☆☆☆

written by mark.endean on 09/01/2023

Do notuse this company ! They do not return calls or emails. Having lost a family member and providing them with all the relevant information back in October they are holding rent which they should not be making it impossible for the widow of the deceased to pay the mortgage. Shocking customer service, no empathy at all and rude unhelpful staff

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“Really bad experiment and financial lost”

★☆☆☆☆

written by on 20/11/2018

I let my flat by this aganecy and tried to sell it with them. They are teh worst agancey ever. Property management was very poor, so my tenant left out with not a good service just because they havent informed me about any issues. And the other issue on selling process was they havent chcked teh source of money of the buyer . So i had a big financial missing just because i trusted them. Never go to them if you want to have your peace.

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“Excellent Estate Agents”

★★★★★

written by Skyea152 on 17/05/2018

Found all the staff very helpful and friendly. Also, they had good advice and knowledge about the local area. Found them an excellent agent.

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“Viewed a property yesterday and was overwhelmed by how...”

★★★★★

written by hewettm1 on 27/04/2018

Viewed a property yesterday and was overwhelmed by how helpful she was, she was bubbly and enthusiastic able to answer all our questions and give advise on the property potential. Very impressed would recommend Darlows to family and friends, if she is an example of this company then they are the best in my book, not like some who show you round a property and can't answer any questions, she was both helpful and knowledgeable, excellent service.

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“Economic Truth”

★☆☆☆☆

written by Lana401 on 13/02/2018

For some reason Darlows insist on listing properties with "guide" prices, be under no illusion that if you offer the lower 'guide' price it will not be accepted as there is a fictional other buyer offering higher. Darlows clearly knew the property I was interested in had a VERY poor structural report but still allowed me to progress with surveys etc costing in excess of £800, money which was all lost. All in all a poor service. Guide review of 1 to 1.5 stars !!!!!

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“Good overall service”

★★★★★

written by Seve18 on 19/01/2017

Just purchased a property advertised by Darlows in Brynmawr, thank you for her help during the process, from accommodating my visits, to acting a go between between all parties to get the sale done and keeping me up to date, very helpful and nothing too much trouble.

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“She was so helpful & understanding and very...”

★★★★★

written by Katiels07 on 16/01/2017

She was so helpful & understanding and very knowledgeable through the process of selling my house. If I had queries she was always at the end of the phone to listen and give out good advice. She wouldn't just give me one answer she would give me options of what would happen at certain stages, I would defiantly use & recommend her to sell your house. Thank you.

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“Just wasted my time.”

★☆☆☆☆

written by Davescook on 08/12/2016

Darlows were supposed to value my property but couldn't be bothered to turn up. I had travelled 20 miles to make the appointment so a phone call would have been nice.

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“Thank you for all your help ”

★★★★★

written by ZaydenDoherty on 01/12/2016

I have just been reading previous reviews and from the dealings I have had with the Merthyr office I have found them to be excellent. We had problems with our solicitors but Darlows helped us out on every occasion and were fantastic with their support. They smoothed the journey and could not have completed without them so my thanks to their team. Thank you once again to all the staff in Merthyr. Well done and when I move again I will ask Darlows to assist me that is if I move again.5

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“Excellent service”

★★★★★

written by Jeanette44 on 06/10/2016

I would recommend Darlows Merthyr Tydfil to any landlord's looking for an excellent service. All staff are very helpful and friendly.

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“An expensive but poor house selling service”

★★☆☆☆

written by on 18/12/2015

Today, finally, seven months after Darlows started marketing our "Vacant Possession. No Chain. Priced for Quick Sale" house we actually achieved completion of the sale. And an hour ago we had an e-mail from Darlows saying that they have received an offer for the property! This sums up the poor service they have given. They are the most expensive agents in the area, and we expected good, and quick, service from them. But we soon learnt that little happened if we didn't chivvy them up and that we couldn't rely on the truth of what they told us. Only when the initial contract period was coming to an end and we wrote them a stiff letter saying that if they did not buck their ideas up we would move to another agent did they stir themselves to offer a reasonable service. As a result the sale has now been achieved. The staff were all very courteous and there is no complaint on that score. But politeness is not enough.

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“Stay well clear. ”

★☆☆☆☆

written by 421Boyd on 25/07/2015

Darlows are letting my house - absolute shambles. Never, ever again.

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“Misleading ”

★☆☆☆☆

written by Joannaz292 on 23/01/2015

We put our house up for sale with Darlows expecting a great service. We were very interested in a property Darlows had on their books so we thought it would go very smoothly but how wrong we were ! We put in an offer which we were told by Darlows this was accepted by the vendor. About two weeks later we received a letter to say that our offer was rejected. So in the meantime we had put our house on the market with them to sell as we were told it would sell very quickly because they have a lot of people on their books waiting for a house like ours. We decided to take our property off the market due to Darlows being unprofessional. As soon as my wife said this to one of the assistants at Darlows low and behold she said they have a cash buyer and they want to view asap. What a load of bo@$cks ! Stick your contract up your arsenal.

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“Why do people use them?!”

★☆☆☆☆

written by Rodgers14 on 09/12/2014

Tonypandy darlows are an absolute shambles. How any of them are in work is beyond me! They're lazy, unprofessional and could do with going on a public relations course. They have no idea how to talk to people in person or on the phone. If your selling a house, sell elsewhere.

Bryngwyn's Comment

Written on: 31/12/2014

You can apply this exact same review to the Merthyr Tydfil branch - they are a total waste of space and an embarassment to industry of estate agents - close them down - nobody would miss them and it would prevent further frustration for countless people

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“absolutely terrible”

★☆☆☆☆

written by Katiecaptain on 10/11/2014

Never even set foot in this estate agents and your life will be so much better for it. They are the most incompetent lot of useless idiots in Cardiff. They will happily give you mis information about properties, try to recommend extortionate solicitors (who work in partnership with them), promise to get quotes and estimates done that they never organise. Never apologise when they make mistakes., and basically make your life a living hell. Oh and are late for property viewings. Unfortunately they have the lions share of the cardiff property market, lets try and change this because they shouldn't even be in business.

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“Not worth a star!!!”

★☆☆☆☆

written by hlHayes394 on 29/10/2014

Darlows Merthyr Branch ---What a joke!!! I have tried to rent a house off them Viewing was at 5pm they turned up at 5.20! when I walked into property there was three other couples viewing at the same time!! Totally unprofessional! As I was not told. Then we did decide to put in for house, got told there was 250 fee! Which I paid the following day by card this was for them to do all checks etc. I advised them I want to move on the 28th (yesterday) as I get my monthly pay and can pay bond and rent, this was no problem, on the day before moving day I called to find out how I get the keys , at branch or at house. Later to find out that they aint even started checks yet !! was told ‘aww sorry I thought someone else was doing it and she thought I was doin it so it wasn’t done’! this has finally got done but my credit scoring wasn’t high enough… so im 250 down no house to move into and have already gave my current landlord my notice…this should have been done two weeks ago!! I would of never given in my notice!! Or paid 250!!! DO NOT EVER DEAL WITH THE DALOWS MERTHYR BRANCH!

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“selling property”

★☆☆☆☆

written by JoaquinRafferty1945 on 07/10/2014

Darlowes sold my late mother -in -laws house in Cardiff. We engaged the LLandaff branch to sell it the service was disgusting on one of the viewings the property was damaged, the complaint procedures are disgraceful and even though they apologised over the damage felt it was acceptable for the property to get damaged

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“Avoid Darlow's at all costs”

★☆☆☆☆

written by Celticshield on 18/09/2014

The Merthyr Tydfil branch are to be avoided at all costs, they are unprofessional discourteous and apathetic. I have several properties which i rent out and have used a number if managing agents to facilitate this, never in the 10 years that i have been doing this have i met such an unorganised shower of inept individuals. Use them at your peril.

Darlows's Response to Celticshield's Review

Written on: 24/09/2014

Hi,

I'm really sorry to hear about your experience and the service you received. Please email us so we can look in to this for you.

Many thanks,

Melanie Smith
Customer Relations Manager

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“Darlows rip off and joke”

★☆☆☆☆

written by danmccarthy95 on 08/09/2014

Darlows are terrible. I had a viewing booked in to view a flat to rent and the estate agent didn't even turn up. I had to ring the office and then she said she will leave now. She was 10-15 minutes late. Finally when I saw the flat it was dirty. The sink had not been cleaned or anything. I asked her how much the agency fee would be and she replied £300. When I paid the agency fee we was supposed to meet for 1 pm today on 08/09/2014 but she had double booked and the time we are meeting is now 2 pm. For the price I paid this is not acceptable £300 agency fee you expect profession not an Amateur. I will never use Darlows again I do not suggest them very bad service and expensive.

Darlows's Response to danmccarthy95's Review

Written on: 24/09/2014

Hi,

I'm really sorry to hear about your experience and the issues you faced. Please email us so we can look in to this for you.

Many thanks,

Melanie Smith
Customer Relations Manager

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