Purplebricks Reviews

Name: Purplebricks
Rating: 1.26

1.3 Rating 578 Reviews

6 %

of reviewers recommend Purplebricks

1.3

Based on 578 reviews

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Purplebricks 1 star review on 6th February 2023

Anonymous

"They are dishonest, don\u2019t take care about clients. I am now have problems with my property because of their neglecting. Last year in may The gas inspector came to check the hob and the boiler, and he found problem with the hob and he was about to fix it, we waited more than 3 hours just to give their permission to fix it but they ignore us and the hob wasn\u2019t working for 2 weeks after I did a dozens of calls and emails, ( after I spent fortunt for delivery food). About the boiler the inspector said it has very high pressure and he put sticker said (danger don\u2019t use) in the same day that he came, even after I sent many many emails and thousands of calls that the boiler doesn\u2019t work properly they didn\u2019t do anything about it. Since last Thursday the boiler has been stopped and I don\u2019t have warm water or even heating system in this cold. I have many serous medical conditions and three kids I one of them is toddler. We are sleeping in the same bed to warm each other but it\u2019s very cold, they are crying complaining about this situation. I am using the kettle in the bathroom to give them a bath. I don\u2019t recommend to use at They are dishonest, don\u2019t take care about clients. I am now have problems with my property because of their neglecting. Last year in may The gas inspector came to check the hob and the boiler, and he found problem with the hob and he was about to fix it, we waited more than 3 hours just to give their permission to fix it but the ignore us and the jobs wasn\u2019t working for 2 weeks after I did a dozens of calls and emails, ( after I spent fortunt for delivery food). About the boiler has very high pressure and he put sticker said (danger in use) in the same day that he came, even after I sent many many emails that the boiler doesn\u2019t work properly they didn\u2019t do anything about it. Since last Thursday the boiler has been stopped and I don\u2019t have warm water or even heating system in this cold. I have many serous medical conditions and three kids I one of them is toddler. We are sleeping in the same bed to warm each other but it\u2019s very cold, the are crying complaining about this situation. I am using the kettle in the bathroom to give them a bath. I don\u2019t recommend to use this agent at all."

Purplebricks 1 star review on 30th January 2022

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Purplebricks 1 star review on 12th November 2020

Djamel

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“Simple, steer clear !! Not one decent lead...I complained..got a compete diatribe of guff... ending ...hope this helps..but hard luck you signed a contract and you will have to pay some £900. Plus... with absolutly no remorse..!! I sold through a local reputable company within weeks...not months..!! I have no choice but to pay... My advice DO NOT GO NEAR THEM... I think they should be investigated by ombudsman...”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Poor customer service. House on the market for over a year. No help or advice. Just photos taken and left to it. Complained about it And got nothing but legal jargon telling us how they’ve for filled their legal obligation. Complete waste of time and money.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Avoid at all costs! I am at the end of a year long disaster with purple bricks! This is all about money making no care for you or your house sale! Zero communication from start to finish the agent did absolutely nothing for the money they charge literally a few photos posted to right move! No advice on viewing or recommendations on what could be done better I even had to ask them to come take new photos after the ones taken I could have done better myself! I had 4 viewings in the year is was up for sale with them! Promised a sale in 4-6 weeks a year later I am up with a estate agents already received more viewings in 2 weeks than purple bricks! Avoid like the plague if you sh*ty customer service or a fast sale!”

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Posted 3 years ago

“I’m at the end of a 13 month horrendous experience with PB. Put the house on the market Aug 2020. Slow to sell despite lots of interest but sold Jan 2021. Took until June 2021 to be ready to exchange then last minute told us our buyers, buyer had pulled out. Didn’t come from PB, our buyer had to tell us. Our buyer also told us that PB were notified a month earlier but didn’t bother to pass on the message to anyone. Turns out they were a commercial company with a property portfolio who often pull out last minute - thanks for the heads up and due diligence PB! We decided to wait to see if our buyer could resell but made it clear we had to meet the Sept deadline for the stamp duty holiday. He resold quick to a first time buyer - great. Turns out PB solicitors hadn’t bothered doing any due diligence on his property first time round so a mountain or enquiries got thrown up including an issue with the title. This caused delays that magically disappeared when we threatened to pull out. August comes - PB told us everyone was aiming to complete mid August but solicitors for our buyer (through PB) were refusing to answer the phone or respond to our solicitor to confirm where things were up to. We start threatening to pull out if we don’t exchange in good time for the Sept deadline or get clear indication of what’s going on. First ultimatum passed -PB agent assured us they’re getting ready to exchange the following week and we’re nearly there but still nothing from solicitors. Mid week comes - our solicitor finally gets an email saying they’re working towards completion on 30th Sept. No mention of exchange. We made it clear we needed to exchange - by this point our faith in them was shot & we needed the legal protection afforded by exchange. Turns out these cowboys were hoping to string us along until the 30th to exchange & complete on the same day. Leaving us with zero legal protection, having to trust a firm that can’t even pick up the phone or engage with our solicitors. We’re not cash buyers and we’re in a chain of four people. It’s inappropriate, reckless and incompetent and what’s more - they didn’t even bother to tell us this was their plan. Just hoped we’d hang in there! Needless to say after 13 months of hell, thousands of pounds wasted and a mountain of emotional stress and anxiety, we pulled out. Feel awful, not our buyers fault but no point doing business with a firm proven to be incompetent, untrustworthy and unable to communicate. I had images of being sat there on the day of completion, in the moving van, house packed and my lawyer having to tell me she can’t get hold of anyone to exchange or complete. Save yourself the stress and heartache and don’t go near them with a barge pole.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Never ever use PB solicitors, they have delayed our sale by at least 6 weeks already. Refused to fill in forms requested by our solicitor & we've all had to nag them to get a move on!! Very very slow. Avoid!!”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Purplebricks claim to be a 24/7 estate agent but we've been assigned an agent who works 3 days per week and there is no alternative contact. They are entirely passive - no interest in actually selling the house as they've been paid up front. I've had to rewrite the advert because the original they proposed was illiterate and inaccurate.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“simple picture. It's like dealing an assembly of shitiest car sales people , under the worse dealership in a third world country. Believe me when I say RUN THE OTHER WAY!!!!!!!. One star is too many for this review. I need a book for my story.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Please, please, please do not use Purple Bricks to let your property!!!!!! We did and it was a huge mistake. We let our newly refurbished rental property with Purple Bricks through their fully let management service and we were assured that the Tenancy Agreement was legally enforceable. Apparently that is not the case and, despite it being stated in the Tenancy Agreement, that the Tenants are obliged to keep the property clean and tidy my Property Manager told me that this is not the case and the 6 monthly inspections are only to check if we need to conduct any repairs from a maintenance perspective. We have concerns over the condition of the property, as the gardens which are visible from the road have not been maintained for months and despite us giving weeks of notice and requesting different times and dates the Tenants are refusing us entry and my Property Manager does not see this as an issue and refuses to help. After 6 months of trying to resolve matters through their Complaints Procedure we have had to refer to the Property Ombudsman. Please save your time and money and find another estate agents.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Idiotic people, rubbish service. We liked one of the property they advertised and we made an offer. Initially owner went with someone else. We forgot about property. Property came back into market, we offered higher price. 2 different agents from purple bricks starting chasing us for all documents. fair enough. They said they'll update us on the same day as owner is in rush to make decision. We waited for 4 days. Surprise, we noticed property has been sold to someone else. And these idiotic people from PurpleBricks didn't decide to negotiate or inform us whatsoever. So, we kept waiting for an update, Owner lost more money and we had to deal with these utterly idiot people named Caroline and Jason Vimpany. I was gonna give them a try for my own propery, but now I am gonna stay far far far away from them. NEVER USE THEM”

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Posted 3 years ago

“If the market is really hot and your house will sell itself, Purple Bricks may be for you. If there is ANY effort required to sell your home, use another realtor. These guys are out to lunch. Your "realtor" comes and takes pictures and put the ad on their website (which takes 2 days apparently), they talk about curb appeal but fail to showcase it in the photos, they don't show you the photos or have you approve them and the first time you see them is on the ad. You then realize you have taken much better pictures of your home yourself. Then your "realtor" tells you that your business with him is now concluded. You must call the "customer support" line to make any changes or if you have questions or concerns. These people make zero effort to sell your home. My home was on the market for 42 days and there were 2 requests for showings. One was a NO SHOW and the other made an offer that they couldn't get financing for. Both were represented by Purple Bricks. People - In this case you get exactly what you pay for! Stay far far away from these jokers. "Real" realtors don't want to deal with them, in my opinion, and, given the choice between 2 equal homes, they will choose the other realtor every time and do their best to stay away from Purple Bricks as they are trying to undercut the others with their flat rates. Really, I would have saved about $5K, but I wasted 42 days of my time and the end result is my house didn't sell. I firmly believe another realtor would have sold my home in that period. Of course, Purple Bricks blamed the market "softening".”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Very poor service! Tried PB a couple of years ago to sell a property, turned up 20 minutes late, spent less than 2 minutes looking around the flat, then 45 minutes selling PB! Needless to say I decided not to proceed any further on that occasion. Recently I was looking to rent a property, so I thought I would give PB another chance. Waste of time! This time the agent did not even turn up, said he was pinged, but then couldn’t be bothered returning my messages to reschedule. Contacted head office and was promised a call back…never materialised. They do not care about customers, only their money, if you do get a reasonable service it’s more by chance rather than an organised, professional business plan.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“3 attempts now to get information on a property listed on their site. Not a single response to my enquiry. I feel dreadfully sorry for the seller who has entrusted this organisation to sell their property.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Anyone thinking of using Purple Bricks to sell your property be very careful. This shower took on the sale of a property for me 4.5 months ago and at 8pm on Sunday night inform me that the sale is not going ahead. Their salespeople try to get you to sell to property investors on their books at reduced prices. They advise you to use solicitors on their books that are beyond useless and through their incompetence you lose the the sale because your vendor is fed up of the speeds they work at. They are useless and I wouldn’t recommend to anyone 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬”

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Posted 4 years ago

“AWFUL! Why anyone would want to use Purple Bricks is beyond me. Waiting for them to organise a letting for one of my tenants and taking forever. No communication, no rapport, check and recheck, when the tenant is best payer i've kinown! Seriouly, do yourself a favour and go to a proper Estate Agent, who CARES!”

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Posted 4 years ago

“I am copying my review from trust pilot as I genuinely wish to encourage people to avoid this company at all costs. Save yourself the trouble. Buying a first home I have had nothing but problems with purple bricks. They messed up originally giving myself and the seller the same conveyancer(conflict of interests)then forwarded me to another conveyancer. I believed this would facilitate a fast sale and was instructed a cash sale would be quick. With over a month to facilitate the sale the sellers conveyancer(purple bricks) would not answer myself or the sellers calls on the day of transfer of keys after notifying my conveyancer the day before I was due to pick up the keys that the flats roof was leaking and the factors were in the process of obtaining quotes for the repair(which had never been mentioned during the entire sale or in the home report). Highly unprofessional, lazy and infuriating process I would advise anyone to avoid this company like the plague.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“I purchased a house through PB. The agent lied about various things around the house. She told me that a music system was included in the sale when in fact it wasn't, she told me that the sellers were leaving the fridge behind, they weren't, she told me that the owners parked their campervan down the side of the house when you could clearly see that that was impossible because the gate "that they parked behind" was only a small opening gate. These were not things that would have stopped me from purchasing the property but still wrong that i was mislead. The agent was also very pushy telling me I needed to be quick and trying hard to get me to put in an offer this is not something that should be rushed in my eyes, buying a house is not something that you rush into and I did not play up to this. On completion there was no word on how I would be handed the keys and when I contacted the agent about this she wasn't in the slightest bit bothered about how I would get the keys and told me to sort it with the seller. I would not trust PB to sell my property and did not use them my self to sell the property that I moved out of. I would not recommend.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Purplebricks, Realtor's perspective. TLDR - Shop around; there are less expensive ways to sell your property. Purplebricks employs agents who only act as Realtors, which means you get what you pay for. The advertised savings offered by Purplebricks are misleading. First, a little bit of background on Realtor's commission, and while we are at it, let's define some terms. In Alberta (this is true for other provinces), a typical commission, which is negotiable, is 7% on the first $100,000 and 3% on the remainder. This commission gets split evenly between the Buyer's Realtor - the Realtor who brings the buyers - and the Seller's Realtor - the Realtor who lists the property and does the conveyancing. If you didn't know, conveyancing is the preparation of documents to help with the sale (e.g. making sure both lawyers have the contracts, handling of deposit, etc.). The important part is that all Realtors, Purplebricks included, recommend that the Seller pays the Buyer's Realtor 3.5%/1.5% commission. Now that you have the basics down, let's look at how Purplebricks misleads. Let's use an example. If you are selling a $200,000 property, their website claims that you will save $7,352. The website has a caveat stating that these savings do not include the Buyer's Realtor commission, only the Purplebricks fee of $2,998. This means that if you use a Realtor who changes the typical fee of 7%/3% to sell a $200,000 property, you will pay $10,000. (It's implied, not stated, that half ($5,000) will go to the Buyer's Realtor and the other half ($5,000) to the Seller's Realtor.) Conversely, if you use Purplebricks and "you" sell the same $200,000 home, you will only pay the $2,998. Now, this next part is important. It is unlikely that "you" will sell the home. Most likely than not, a Realtor will show your home to a potential buyer and, in fact, sell it for you. Using the Purplebricks calculator, to get $7,352 in savings, you will give $2,998 to Purplebricks and $0 to the Realtor who brings in the clients. Yet, Purplebricks themselves recommend that the Seller pay the Buyer's Realtor 3.5%/1.5% commission. If you missed the sleight of hand, the Purplebricks calculator pays $0 to the Buyer's Realtor, yet it pays the full Buyer's Realtor commission (3.5%/1.5%) when using a Realtor. We can go even a step further. Suppose you, as the Seller, use a Realtor who charges 1% to list your property (there are many out there, such as 2% Realty), and you also omit the Buyer agent commission, just as Purplebricks does in their calculation. In that circumstance, you will lose money by using Purplebricks. They charge $2,998, whereas 1% of $200,000 is only $2,000. Even if your property is worth more than the $200,000 used in my example, you can, and all Realtors do, negotiate the listing fee. Let's explore what you are paying for. The term "Realtor" is trademarked and identifies real estate brokerage services and related professional services provided by the Canadian Real Estate Association. The Alberta Real Estate Act governs all Realtors. Purplebricks has this small print - "members of our team are not registered under the Real Estate legislation unless specifically mentioned." This means that Purplebricks agents do not have to abide by the same rules as Realtors unless specifically mentioned. This point is significant if you consider the mandated training, licencing, fiduciary duty, etc., that each Realtor needs to comply with to maintain their accreditation. Since Purplebricks "agents" are not Realtors, there is no legislative oversight, and they can do what they please. Time for some anecdotal evidence. I'm a Realtor, and I recently dealt with Purplebricks. First, there was no way I could present the offer to the Seller; I had to send it to a generic email. I was assigned to three different Purplebricks agents (none of them were Realtors) throughout the negotiations. We finally agreed on a solid deal, and all that was needed was the sellers' acceptance. I, once again, emailed it to the Purplebricks conglomerate for the final signatures. Twenty-four hours later, I was assigned a different agent who made multiple changes to the contract (i.e., negated the initial offer and created a counteroffer) and made the offer expire in 4 hours. Most of the changes were for the benefit of Purplebricks (e.g., changing one Purplebricks agent for another, asking me to handle conveyancing, etc.). This confused me. All the Seller had to do to make the sale was to accept the terms of the contract. Why would he, as the Seller, care about who does the conveyancing, it has no impact on him. Conversely, it's financially beneficial for Purplebricks to pass off conveyancing onto the other Realtor. That is why, in my opinion, I believe that without implied consent from the Seller, they add their own terms into the Seller's contract. They also add the time constraint to pressure the Buyer to agree to Purplebricks' terms. A better way to deal with a term that does not impact the seller/buyer is through a separate agreement. Or, and this is crucial, each "Offer to Purchase" contract has section 3.1 (m) that states "the (seller's or buyer's) brokerage will provide this contract and related documents to the appointed lawyers for the purpose of closing this contract." In the end, the deal did complete but was made more complicated than it had to be.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“If you are a property owner looking to rent out your property - please - DON'T use Purple Bricks as Agents. I answered an advertisement to rent a small bungalow in a village near my home town. I was quite keen on this property from what I knew of it, and for a landlord I'm a good risk. (I'm a single, older, retired, professional woman, no pets, non smoker, a good income and consequently a good credit rating. I also have excellent references.) I wanted to view the property so I telephoned them. Viewings could only be arranged online, so I attempted to do so. It was an absolute nightmare trying to book a viewing online, glitches with the site etc. so in desperation I had to telephone again. Success, viewing arranged, a half hour appointment given to view and ask any questions. Glitches with the site were also corrected. Then some time later (remember, I already had a viewing from 12.20 - 13.00 booked), I received an abrupt text from someone asking me all sorts of rather personal and financial information which I understandably was reluctant to answer by text!!! Another text arrived which told me I could only have a 10 MINUTE (12.40 - 12.50) appointment and the agent would not be there, only the current resident of the property! I politely declined to keep the appointment, as I wasn't going to drive for forty-five minutes to be rushed around a property in 10 minutes with no opportunity to ask any questions!! Goodness knows what happened to the half hour viewing with a representative which I had already booked? Perhaps they just couldn't be bothered? That's certainly the impression I got. The whole of the manner in which this business was conducted was abrupt, rude and with a complete disinterest from the young men who either spoke to me or texted. Their site didn't even function properly initially. If any of you are seeking to let a property, please, PLEASE, don't use Purple Bricks. as Agents. They're completely disinterested and seem to employ only anti-social, ill-mannered employees. In the future, I certainly won't be making application to rent from any landlord who uses Purple Bricks. I do intend to make a formal complaint to them about their appalling attitude.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“If you are buying from someone who is selling via Purple Bricks, think twice. This is my true experience as a buyer. The local property expert was terrible at communication and even when I stated I wanted to make an offer on the property it took days for them to get back to me. Their Purple Bricks solicitor partner (Premier Property) was incompetent and slow, taking 2 or more weeks to reply at every stage. They added 4 or more weeks on to the process. They required constant chasing to perform the simplest of tasks. They provided incorrect documents or incomplete information including documents completely unrelated to the transaction relating to another person’s property purchase. When I raise all of these issues with the Purple Bricks local property expert they tried to blame my own solicitor, and even stated that it was my solicitor’s responsibility to continually chase for action, rather than Premier Property’s responsibility to provide updates on anything. The Purple Bricks local property expert also provided contradictory reasons for the delays meaning some of the information provided was an outright lie. Everything was slow, hard to get a response, required continual chasing, required extra effort to correct errors, and ended with the whole process falling through for the buyer (me), and the seller. Simply put, if you are buying a house, think twice if the seller is using Purple Bricks. And if they are using Purple Bricks in-house solicitor Premier Property, avoid them at all costs.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Purple Bricks push their conveyancing service which, reading the reviews here, is a shocking as their agency service. Avoid at all costs! We're stuck in a chain with someone using them and the communication is non existent and the conveyancing service is an absolute joke. As the adage goes pay peanuts get monkeys! Do yourself a favour and pay the money to use proper professionals - it'll save a lot of heart ache and misery.”

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Posted 4 years ago

Purplebricks is rated 1.3 based on 578 reviews