I used to like moving around to different properties and places. I went to The University of Sussex in Brighton and had a terrible time with letting agents. I never got a deposit back and once had to cough up 500 quid for a gas/electric bill because my old flat mates had all moved back to continental Europe. Then I moved to Edinburgh where the properties were very old and most of them were infested with mice. The lettings agent never told me about this and when I called him to get an exterminator in he told me to go buy a cat. I explained that I had one already but he was too lazy to catch mice, so he suggested I bought another. I lived in a studio flat at the time, no room for a duo.
I digress. I have had bad experiences with letting agents in the past but I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.
Chamberlains Estates offered me a wide range of properties to view and the sales team were honest and open with me about any pro's and con's I may encounter. The fees were the standard 100 pounds agency fee alongside one moths rent and bond. Moving flats is not a cheap practice, one that I do a lot less often than I used to. Stability is the way forward and Chamberlains listened to what I wanted.
The only criticism is that after I moved in they seemed a little less interested in what I wanted from a letting agent. I was palmed off to a landlord that could barely speak English.
Other than that I found Chamberlains to be quite useful and I would happily recommend them to a friend or colleague. read more