I cannot recommend strongly enough that people stay away from the agency. This review comes from…read morethe perspective of myself renting a property. I also rent out property via other agencies, so I'm away of property law and conduct. Please read fully to understand. Upon initial viewing of the property with Martin, I was very happy to take on the apartment on the verbal agreement that it would be cleaned prior to arrival. Either this did not happen, or the cleaners did an appalling job. Upon arrival the boiler did not function, making for a very unpleasant couple of days until it could be repaired. The fridge freezer very quickly ceased to function (its condition was discussed upon the initial viewing). It should have been obvious to the lettings agent and landlord that this was in need of replacing before my arrival. This was not done. A few weeks after moving in, the washing machine started having problems. Instead of having it immediately replaced, an insufficient repair job was done. This only delayed the inevitable necessary replacement of the machine, causing further inconvenience and disruption. The cleaning and arranging of repairs / replacements waisted a vast amount of my time. This was an unacceptable start to a tenancy. Especially considering that, at the end of my tenancy, the apartment was inspected properly, and work was done to meet the expectations of the new tenants. I'm extremely glad to see that this was done. It's a shame I was not provided was the same level of service. The majority of the time after this poor start to the tenancy was acceptable, and I thank Martin and Dianne for being communicative during this time. Unfortunately, I have to conclude this review negatively, in regards to the return of my deposit and Conrad Fox's unacceptable conduct and ignorance to the law. It must be understood that no tenant should, or ever will, be willing to lose any more of their deposit than is required by law. With the lack of an ingoing inventory, signed by the tenants, the landlord / agent is never going to be in a strong position in regards to withholding a portion of the deposit to cover repairs. Even though I had made it perfectly clear I was going to leave any disputes on the matter to the DPS, I was sent and invoice to cover substantial painting and cleaning costs to the apartment post vacating. The dishonesty from Dianne was completely unacceptable. It was claimed to me that the whole apartment has been redecorated prior to my moving in, which was clearly untrue. It must be mentioned that an undisclosed portion of the £400 in dispute was to cover to cost of cleaning the fridge and oven, which were in a worse state upon entry than when leaving. The dispute did end in my losing of £100 which I think is perfectly acceptable. The thorough report by the DPS adjudicator made it clear that a small contribution was all that could be fair to the costs of renovating an apartment which was quite obviously in need of it anyway. I hope this experience has been a good lesson learned by Conrad Fox on deposit law.

All I can say is don't bother. Had a valuation of our property and he was late, didn't really look…read morearound, as he valued it 3 years ago and everything was the same in his eyes. Apart from new bathroom, new tiling, updated garden and new boiler. He then went on to complain about the market and was overall pretty negative. He valued our property 30K less than the other three vals we had by estate agents in Crystal Palace....Can he be so wrong?? Yes

I rented a property from this agent for a year and I have never experienced such appalling…read morecommunication and customer service. First impressions were that things were very casual and laid back - not necessarily a bad thing, but the reality soon became clear. A simple repair on an oven knob took 2-3 months to happen, rendering it unnecessarily unusable. Fortunately, the rest of the tenancy was uneventful and we didn't have to have much dealing with them, but arranging the end of the tenancy was ridiculous. The deposit was not returned for a couple of weeks, and the two of them were trying to make unjustifiable claims for damage and cleaning - the place was left spotless and in a better state than at move-in! In the end, all that was taken was money for an oven cleaning, but this was not (as it is required to be by law) agreed in advance, it was just taken. One of the two agents is the most rude and unpleasant person I have ever had the misfortune to deal with - "get to the point" was mentioned in the last phone conversation, and her colleague is singularly unhelpful and ineffective. Don't go anywhere near them, it's not worth it! Appalling.

Very high quality carpets. I've melted a body with acid in the bathtub but apart from that I'm a…read moregreat tenant!

We had seen Jo at Grand Designs and loved her enthusiasm and warmth, so decided to find out about…read moreher designing our new three-bed house in Hampshire. It was the best thing we've ever done as we now have the most beautiful home and Jo worked amazingly within a really strict budget (I was initially worried she would turn us down). I wouldn't say we are her everyday high-end luxury clients, but Jo treated us as though we were and we absolutely love our house (which actually looks like we did spend a fortune - it's amazing). We couldn't recommend Jo enough and would go back to her again in a heartbeat.

went on a recent course and she was inspirational - v knowledgeable but didn't drown me in jargon…read more In fact thinking about hiring her to do some Interior Design for my house when I have the money

Bought a buy to let flat from Bauhaus in Croydon, great value for money and easy to rent out.read more

Thanks for the great service! You put up all the fittings and made the bathroom look like a…read morebathroom again!

Found Southwark Handyman on Yelp and I have to say what a pleasant surprise. Polite, arrived on…read moretime and with all the right tools needed to do what we asked. Tasks included: Mounting a TV Putting up a curtain rail Mounting Pictures and rehanging a kitchen cabinet door. Would highly recommend and will be using this service again. 5 Stars

It might sound anomalous given the straight-laced reputation of most estate agents, but Peach…read moreProperties is probably the quirkiest real estate agency in the neighbourhood, being housed in an ex-public toilet at the Shoreditch end of Bethnal Green Road. I rented my first Shoreditch flat through this relatively small but efficient and knowledgeable real estate agency and would definitely use Peach again. The staff have generally either lived in the area or do so at present and are particularly knowledgeable about Shoreditch's Victorian built Boundary Estate where many local residents rent one and two bed properties. All in all a charming little real estate agency that goes some way to dispelling the myth that all real estate agents are cowboys.

Finally, an honest estate agent who didn't laugh at my budget and try to coerce me in to spending…read moremore money on ugly apartments in Hackney. The two men that work at Peach are so helpful and a complete breath of fresh air, after dealing with local agencies such as Foxtons up in Old Street. It is a small, local estate agent that knows the surrounding areas extremely well. I would thoroughly recommend using them, or at least speaking to them before renting a property in the area, as they gave us a fair bit of useful information.