Properly - Estate and Letting Agents

5.0·147 reviews
13 Palace St, London SW1E 5HX, UK, London, United Kingdom
Veted AI Summary

London-based estate and letting agent with standout rental support but isolated deposit dispute concerns.

What customers love

  • Warren's exceptional responsiveness and stress-free rental experience
  • Sara Maxwell's proactive problem-solving during sales complications
  • Strategic market repositioning resulting in above-asking-price sales

Worth noting

  • Deposit deduction disputes with weak evidence and misleading TDS claims
  • Lack of transparency and integrity regarding tenant deposit disputes

Best for

Tenants seeking efficient lettings support and sellers valuing proactive agent advocacy.

Attribute scores

Quality of Work88
Experience72
Responsiveness92
Customer Rating100
Price vs Market Avg.75

Recent reviews

Vivienne Whelan4mo ago

Sara (Leamington Spa) has been incredibly helpful with her house doctoring service prior to marketing my property. She has given me lots of tips and suggestions for how to get my house looking at its best at minimal expense. I’m excited to get it on the market with Properly very soon.

Zack Hooper4mo ago

Sara was ever so helpful through our entire mortgage and buying process. She is clearly passionate about her job and made the whole experience so much easier, especially as we were first time buyers. She gave an in depth viewing of the property and was very professional throughout. We absolutely love our apartment and we are very glad that we chose to view with Properly and Sara herself

Vincent Wong4mo ago

WARNING! If you are a Tenant, Properly will try to unjustly deduct from your deposit when you leave. Properly (especially Michael, the Director), does not understand a fundamental concept in UK Tenancy Rights: The deposit rightfully belongs to the Tenant and if the Letting Agent wants to withdraw from this pool, the burden of proof is on them to provide evidence that damages were introduced by the Tenant. To do this, they MUST clearly provide side-by-side evidence… something I asked for but they refused to provide. As such, we escalated to the TDS, who ruled overwhelmingly in my favour. They tried to clawback £262.50 initially…and ultimately were only given £37.50 (£30.00 of which I agreed with before dispute) This illustrates their incompetence and poor understanding of their domain. To make matters worse, Michael misled the TDS adjudicator claiming: “The tenant was not happy to agree unless we removed all the items bar one and would not negotiate at all.” - This is a completely false. I kept asking for evidence but Michael didn’t want to get into “this kind of in-depth time-consuming discussion”. This displays a lack of integrity on Michael’s part, who has only reinforced society’s stereotypes of Letting Agents.

Brid Meaney5mo ago

We just recently bought our house from Sara Maxwell in Lemington Spa and we had a great experience with her. She's very strong on communication and professional. I highly recommend

JulioIgnacio Rod5mo ago

Thanks to Osman Macci for helping us extend our stay in our current tenancy agreement. They were very collaborative on our difficult circumstance.

Wendy Zhou5mo ago

Great renting experience here, Osman Macci really helped us throughout. Would recommend to friends, they always respond quick and helpful, nothing to complain

James Forbes-Cowlie6mo ago

We had our house on the market for four months with a well known local agent and had no serious offers. Mariel took over and repositioned everything. Within three weeks we had two strong buyers and agreed a sale above our previous asking price. The difference was not luck. It was strategy, honesty, and her network.

Tracey Ullah7mo ago

Sara Maxwell recently sold my apartment in Warwick and I had a great experience with her. She's very friendly, enthusiastic and professional and she was available to answer questions I had day or night. I highly recommend!

Le Wanderer9mo ago

Just sold a property where the whole experience became a nightmare. Throughout it all our agent, Sara Maxwell, stayed positive and supportive. Maintaining contact with everyone, it was her constant pressure which got the Solicitors to get things done!

Natalie Ormerod10mo ago

We have just purchased a property that was marketed via Sara Maxwell. She was so supportive, really keeping things moving when solicitors were dragging their heals, and we’d begun to think it was never going to happen. If we ever come to sell a property in the future, we would have no hesitation in asking her to look after this for us or, in recommending her to anyone else - Thank you Sara!