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Martin & Co Oxford

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1.00 /5

Be warned, we have had a really terrible experience with Martin+Co Oxford. They are off-hand in their approach to clients and left us hanging in a very desperate situation. They are totally money focused and the human side of the transition is swiftly swept out of the way. It's only the money. Do not expect compassion or kindness from them, they are hard! Never have we had a stressful dealings with an agency before this time. We have been through extreme duress and stress with them. We are now taking our case with Martin+Co Oxford to the Property Ombudsman. If you have a choice, go somewhere else.

Reply from agent

Sometimes the provision of feedback is malicious in nature and this is an example of that. Delia provided information on her application form that subsequently proved to be inaccurate. And, it was her decision to withdraw from the tenancy application just 3 days before her proposed move-in date. We will defend our actions when asked to do so by The Property Ombudsman as we believe we acted professionally throughout. kind regards, Bill

1.00 /5

Harold, I responded to your tenant colleague at length previously about the issues you raised and explained why the criticism is misplaced and unfair. I will not repeat that on this occasion. Kind regards, Bill

1.00 /5
Reply from agent

Harold, I responded to your tenant colleague at length previously about the issues you raised and explained why the criticism is misplaced and unfair. I will not repeat that on this occasion. Kind regards, Bill

1.00 /5

Don't want to help don't like answering the phone and it seems that that just want people to get out of there homes so they can have there bonus

Reply from agent

Melissa, having left this review you have informed Mudassar that your frustration and comments relate to your solicitor and not to Martin & Co. I have heard Mudassar speak with you at least one a week over the last four months. I request that you withdraw your comment given it is not meant for Martin & Co and can prove quite damaging when I believe that Mudassar has shown great commitment and patience.

1.00 /5

I have never been treated so poorly by any estate agent ever. I booked a viewing with Alex, who had promised to send videos of the property over before the in person viewing. He did not do this, and I had to call the office 4 times to confirm my viewing. When it was finally confirmed, myself and a friend travelled four hours to view the property, and received a call 4 minutes before the viewing, whilst we had been standing outside, saying that the viewing was cancelled as the tenants were isolating. I explained that we were hoping to put an offer in for the property that day, and asked if we could stand outside the property and watch the videos as we still hadn’t been sent them and I had a lot of questions. I was told very curtly by Alex that there was nothing he could do and he was on his way to his next viewing. I was astounded by the fact that this lettings agent had the time to find out the tenants were isolating, call the next viewing and rearrange and then make his way to the viewing, but didn’t have the ten minutes he had promised us to simply talk about the property. He clearly wasn’t planning to make his way to the viewing, as he was already off in another direction. He refused to even have a phone call about the property. I was told I would be sent the videos as soon as he hung up- several days later and I still haven’t got them. To make matters worse I tried getting in contact with Alex, who hung up on my calls and when he did pick up was extremely rude, and found out through another agency that the property was under offer the whole time. I am absolute appalled and see why estate agents get such a bad reputation now.NegativeResponsiveness, Quality, Professionalism, Value

Reply from agent

Nus, I have written to you separately to apologise for the dreadful experience your received. Alex did not deliver the service quality we aspire to. There is simply no excuse, and I am grateful for you bringing your expereince to my attention. Kind regards, Bill Cooper

1.00 /5

Be careful!! This agency does not respond to you after you end your tenency and it will be very long journey to get your deposit back. I thought that I was unlucky and only one but saw the same situation in the review. Simply, they ignore your email about deposit request and it has been already 7 weeks after end of tenancy. Highly disrecommended!NegativeResponsiveness, Professionalism

Reply from agent

Juri Na, I will look into this as a matter of urgency and respond further once I have understood the situation. Kind regards, Bill C. Juri Na, as you know from our email correspondence we accept that your feedback was fair, and on this occasion we have not met the high standards we aspire to deliver. I hope you can see that we are now making amends by pushing the deposit return forward. Please acept my apology. Bill.

1.00 /5

I rent a flat via Martin & Co oxford for three years. Everything was fine when you had the contract with them. As soon as the contract ends, the agency doesn't respond emails regarding return of deposit anymore . It's been over a month and we haven't received anything regarding our deposit. BE CAREFUL ABOUT YOUR DEPOSIT!!NegativeResponsiveness, Professionalism

Reply from agent

Xiaozhe, we have no record in our database of your tenancy. Is it possible it was in a different tenant name? I'd like to look into this for you, but as things stand I can't find your customer/tenancy record. Bill C

1.00 /5

Worst agency in Oxford. Trying to rob expats for their own profit.

Reply from agent

Lionel, we have no record of you as a tenant nor as an applicant for a new tenancy. I suspect you meant to review a different Martin & Co? Please let me have further information and I will either respond or redirect you to the correct franchisee. We take our reviews seriously and I believe this poor rating should not be applied to us. kind regards, Bill

1.00 /5

Be careful!! This agency does not respond to you after you end your tenency and it will be very long journey to get your deposit back. I thought that I was unlucky and only one but saw the same situation in the review. Simply, they ignore your email about deposit request and it has been already 7 weeks after end of tenancy. Highly disrecommended!

Reply from agent

Juri Na, I will look into this as a matter of urgency and respond further once I have understood the situation. Kind regards, Bill C. Juri Na, as you know from our email correspondence we accept that your feedback was fair, and on this occasion we have not met the high standards we aspire to deliver. I hope you can see that we are now making amends by pushing the deposit return forward. Please acept my apology. Bill.

1.00 /5

Awful letting agency. Oxford standards are not that high but this one wins the 'worst agency award'. I am not even going to start telling about how poorly they dealt with the house viewing and references period, but now that we have been tenants for 2 months, they have not sorted any of the issues we raised. Even though they keep blaming it on the Landlord not being responsive, I feel as the agency that deals with the property management they could do something more.

Reply from agent

Manuela, I am sorry that you feel that you have waited too long for requested works to be completed, and assure you that we are doing everything in our power to rectify the matter. Letting agents are permitted only to act on the instruction of their client, the landlord. I know that we have explained this to you. Your contract is with the landlord, and we require the landlord's authorisation to act on repairs or maintenance. We have suggested to you short-term actions to mitigate the matters, and we continue to raise the matters with your landlord and will take action once we have been instructed. I have reviewed correspondence for the pre-tenancy period and can see that along with your co-tenant we hosted viewings of 7 properties including a total of 4 viewings of your current property before you committed to it. I can see that you and your landlord entered a negotiation prior to you committing to the property. Following your confirmation of an offer to rent, the pre-tenancy process proceeded without complaint from you at the time. I note also that we made clear to you that our client had instructed us that we should not prepare a pre-tenancy inventory as that would be done directly by the landlord. I would be happy to remind you of the correspondence and discuss your feedback with you either in person or on the telephone. Kind regards, Bill

Contact details
Sales Phone:

01865 812110

Sales Email:

oxford@martinco.com

Lettings Phone:

01865 812110

Lettings Email:

oxford@martinco.com

Opening hours

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Address

31 Woodins Way , Oxford, OX1 1HD, UK, OX1

We are an established estate and lettings agent based in central Oxford with a sister branch in Thame. We have been selling, letting and managing properties in and around Oxford for 15 years including in Cowley, Headington, Marston, Summertown, Botley, Central Oxford, Kidlington, Woodstock, Yarnton and Wheatley. We find tenants of all types for landlords, including professionals, academics, post & under-graduate students, and foreign nationals visiting for work and study. Our professional property managers look after landlord properties pre-occupation, during tenancies and post tenancy, ensuring that rent is collected, repairs and maintenance are completed cost-effectively and tenants and landlords are guided through the process when tenancies conclude. We have a reputation for helping homeowners and landlords buy and sell properties, and feedback demonstrates our superior sales support and communication throughout the process. David Rebe is the current Managing Director of Martin & Co in Oxford, and has over two decades of experience in the real estate industry. He acquired Martin & Co Oxford in 2024. His focus is on the continuous refinement of our service offering with a view to constantly optimising the investment returns for our valued clients.

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