Very unprofessional treatment of prospective tenants. I have arranged a viewing early this week and have been told that the earliest possible date is on the Monday next week due to the current tenant being absent. Then saw the same property being already let agreed three days later the same week, even before the supposed earliest date for viewings. I asked the agent and was told that the existing tenant has arranged her friend to take the property and they got the flat instead. Clearly this agency applies differential treatment, there are applicants more privileged than others and seemingly don’t have to follow the procedure outlined for all other candidates. I also wasn’t informed of this by the agency.

I was shocked upset and disgusted by the way I was spoken to by the so called lettings manager.Alisha . she was extremely rude and would not do me the curtesy of listening When I tried to explain the problem ...which I was trying to resolve....she should not be in that position dealing with clients if this is the way she speaks to them ...I expected so much more from John Shepherd ...NegativeProfessionalism

Called office TWICE to re arrange an appointment for a valuation after it had to be cancelled due to lockdown. No one ever got back to me? ( that was 3 weeks ago)NegativeResponsiveness

We have been fatally scammed

We have been fatally scammed by this "agency". WE DO WARN EVERYONE before proceeding with them, as the problems never arise before signing the contract. It has been an absolute nightmare since barely a year ago decided to move somewhere else. Our minimum stay was over by then. They have completely stolen our deposit, leaving us in a critical financial situation after having a baby and both of us lost our jobs because of Covid. As an example, they quoted £900 for a job that can be easily done for £100 (we indeed found many contractors that can prove this). We have been completely helpless. Please, stay away from these unethical and heartless people, they can ruin your life as they did to us.

Awful communications and ways of doing business

Awful awful lettings. They accepted my application for a rental, then didn't return my calls about it. Turns out they had been waiting for a better candidate to come along. Very very immoral. Really bad about communicating. It's not nice to mess about with people's livelihoods and place of residence and further make them feel like a bad person. Now I have to search for a new home.

Poor customer service and poor communication. Left a viewing without telling us as we were a few minutes late due to traffic completely out of our control!

Absolute Disgrace to the

Rented an apartment from them for 2 years, had the curtain rail fall off the wall just missing my 1 and 2 year old! massive holes in the walls, mould around all windows and on walls had to spray them at least 2 times per week from September till May, stains on all carpets living room bedrooms and hall ways, cracks in the bath panel and mould in the tiles round the bath. Moved out 01/11/2020 this is when it all happens! they have taken more than 10 days for my deposit, apparently someone was off on annual leave - surely another worker should take on there work? i have a bill for a cleaner as there was dust on the skirting board (they done the check out 1 week after i moved out so bound to be) i have already sent them the cleaners certificate confirming the apartment was deep cleaned, i have also a bill for cleaning the chairs (again cleaned by my cleaner) they are also trying to bill me for mattresses for the beds i didn't use and stored in the garage as per the landlord and they we full of mould and rats when i went to put them back i called landlord as didnt want to spoil the nice clean carpet i had just paid for. he advised this was ok but now JS are trying to make me pay for them....errr no landlord knew his garage was not secure or air tight so bound to happen sorry. i have not had a thank you for getting the stains from the carpet as my cleaner managed to get them all out and on the check out there is no mention of the 'old' stains?!?!?! also i have filled the holes left by the falling curtain rail and painted so it looks brand new STEER CLEAR i will be writing this same review on every available platform as they do not deserve your money!!!

Scumbags.

Lovely to work with when getting you into a property, as soon as you're in you'll be abandoned. If you flag something up for maintenance they will ignore you unless you refuse them access when they want to enter the property. Will absolutely rip you off when returning deposit. £110 for cleaning after you clean the place top to bottom. Leave it a mess and at least you'll get your money's worth.

Worst letting agents I've ever experienced. Unprofessional, would enter the flat without proper notice, would just make up inspection dates that changed in time and frequency every year. When we had an issue with the boiler they didn't want to know and said it wasn't their responsibility (luckily we had great landlords who contacted us directly). Made the silly mistake of looking for our next rental property with them and, despite being told we had a private viewing, we were bundled in with 6 other couples and then the woman from John Shepherd showing us round forgot the keys for the place we were supposed to see - shambles. Since leaving I have been copied into confidential emails about current tenants which is not only shambolic, but a breach of GDPR.

Poor customer service and poor communication. Left a viewing without telling us as we were a few minutes late due to traffic completely out of our control!