YOPA Reviews

1.5 Rating 428 Reviews
12 %
of reviewers recommend YOPA
1.5
Based on 428 reviews
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YOPA 1 star review on 12th July 2022
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YOPA 1 star review on 15th February 2022
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YOPA 1 star review on 8th September 2020
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YOPA 1 star review on 8th September 2017
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YOPA 1 star review on 25th August 2017
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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
Nikki Piper who has the Calderdale patch in Yorkshire is absolutely terrible. All smiles and promises before she got my money, then consistent failed promises, she ignored my texts and calls for days on end, and then outright lied to my face which was the straw that broke the camels back. After I complained about her to head office she never spoke to me again, not even on completion day. She's basically a show woman who gets your money and disappears, then hands you off to her assistant. On that note Nikki has an assistant called Jeanette who is the only saving grace and does all the hard work. She's the only good thing about it. My hose sold for under the asking price after 3 weeks. The same house 2 doors down sold for £10k over asking price in 24 hours. This was due to the incompetence of Nikki at Yopa.
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Posted 2 years ago
The agent we originally signed up with was brilliant, however, he left and we were allocated another local agent. From a customer service perspective you would imagine the new agent who lives in your actual area, Killingworth, would introduce themselves to you, never happened. She actually did more harm than good by advising a potential buyer that we’d taken our property off the market, allegedly. Eventually we found a buyer & dealt with them directly as opposed to YOPA. Lesson learnt, never deal with this company again.
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Posted 2 years ago
You want to watch this lot. They valued my house at less than the equity release amount that I have been offered!
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Posted 2 years ago
Shocking Service on 2 occasions!
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Posted 2 years ago
When I phoned up to book a viewing it was a pain because they didn’t have availability for the hone owner so the time I booked in and date had to be changed numerous times. Due to covid we were told we weren’t allowed to take our baby in with us (myself and my partner) so we would have to wait in the car and swap over with the baby. Bit of a pain but fair enough considering the current situation however the man who worked for yopa on the phone was rude quite rude about it with an attitude so we didn’t bother viewing the property in the end, put us off.
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Posted 2 years ago
NEVER AGAIN. Really dissapointed with Yopa and its South East London agent Hannah McDuffus. I was buying a house via Yopa. I informed the vendor about every step of the buying process I was on via the Yopa online messages. When I got a mortgage offer and paid for searches, solicitor's work has been almost done, and we could complete in 1 month, the vendor changes their mind without informing me. Very poor communication from the agent, never answers phone calls, ignores messages and requires updates in impolite manner. The agent hasn't informed me about vendor changing their mind till the very last minute. I suspect a vendor got another offer elsewhere and the agent never mentioned it to me. Could have asked me to match it. Arrogant attitude, unprofessional service and poor communication. I would never use Yopa again.
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Posted 3 years ago
DO NOT USE AS A BUYER. Bought a flat through Yopa and they were horrendous. As soon as the offer went in and was accepted. No communication. Estate agent not answering calls or texts. Emails ignored. Absolutely useless. Would avoid at all costs!! My solicitor advised me at the beginning how difficult Yopa are! Should have listened !! AVOID AVOID AVOID !!!
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Posted 3 years ago
Yopa are a terrible company I'm currently trying to buy a house through the company it's been 11 months the agent Tracy Chaplin does not answer her phone or respond to any messages left on the answering machine as to why the probate is taking so long and what is happening. The general call center are unable to help and give me email address to send questions to which I don't get replies. 0 stars.
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Posted 3 years ago
totally useless pictures are all lies and description is rubbish
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Posted 3 years ago
Won’t let me sign up. So can’t get any info on the flat from the owners as yopa don’t have any info specific to the property - like how long the lease is on the flat! Come on, what are they doing for their money - nothing. It’s simply an expensive listing service,
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Posted 3 years ago
Found a beautiful house to buy after, which just happened to be being sold through YOPA. After we agreed the initial sale, the communication between our solicitors and YOPA (the sellers solicitors) became more and more difficult, and eventually impossible to contact. Luckily, we have been in direct contact with the seller, who is experiencing the same issues as our solicitors. He has received no responses from Yopa, and days and days go by, without receiving any communication back from them. Urgent requests sent from our solicitors a few weeks back, as we are now homeless (as per agreeing a March completion - we moved out of rental) and the seller has still not received any contract (we signed ours 3 weeks ago!) We are now 5 weeks past the date we were supposed to complete and have no idea when they might decide to respond or get this sale through. Really scary experience which takes all of the pleasure out of buying your first home. This company does not care about anyone - DO NOT USE.
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Posted 3 years ago
After being on hold for ages, I tried to get some information on a property but the guy on the phone was only interested in booking a viewing for me and didn't know anything about the property. I asked for a local no. to call but he said the local agent didn't have a phone, only an email address. What estate agent doesn't have a phone! No reply to my email! Do these people want to sell houses?!
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Posted 3 years ago
Having tried to book a viewing of a house that came back on the market today, I’m glad I never went to them for my sale. Ages on the phone waiting so I gave up, tried a mobile for the local area, no joy. Mailed them and got an automatic reply saying I could book, so no I completed the form, tried to submit it and it wouldn’t, or if it did I don’t know. I have given up and will just keep looking elsewhere.
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Posted 3 years ago
Smooth talking sales pitch hooked me in. After the offer was accepted updates and communication ceased. Don't use them.
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Posted 3 years ago
Amateur, inefficient, rude and incompetent! I attempted to buy a Mews House with Yopa for my daughter, and was assured she could have her cat there with her. They told me it was Freehold. They failed to mention it was a managed Freehold. When I realised this I ask numerous times to speak to the director of the management company. At first they promised to get the contact details and then didn't. Then they stopped responding to me. My daughter spoke to one of the agents who was rude and dismissive towards her. I made a complaint and was ignored. Eventually, as I felt sure that Yopa were trying to keep something from me, I was able to track down the contact details myself. It turned out we would not be able to keep the cat there! The seller was in dispute with the management company and until such time as this was resolved the sale could not proceed anyway. Also the management company was in dispute with ALL of the other owners on the estate. Not a happy place to live. But Yopa said it would not be reasonable for them to know about any of this. They just happened to make it as difficult as possible to find out. They was my solicitor's job to find out these unhappy details! Really....? they don't think that they need to know that the place is unsellable! That I would need to employ a solicitor to find about if we can keep a cat on the premises! So what DO they actually know? What DO they actually DO if they can't even give customers details of how to contact a management company? What DO they DO if they don't answer emails or respond to complaint? Completely unprofessional and how they get as many positive reviews on Trust Pilot is beyond me. This website appears to present far more reviews that reflect my experience. I had no option other than to withdraw my offer and lose a lot of money on legal fees completely unnecessarily. My daughter was devastated to be told that she had to chose between the house and her cat at an advanced stage in the process. Seriously sellers...... if you pay peanuts think about what and your prospective buyer are likely to get....
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Posted 3 years ago
Shocking service, please dont use. Removed our property from them and relisted with another agent, who sold it in 2 weeks, pay more and go with a high street agent
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Posted 3 years ago
Just to say DO NOT USE YOPA / South West if you want to sell your property. Stuart Randall's the salesperson is a LIAR and Richard Vickery area manager is a BULLY. Not worth the money or the hassle, use a local estate agent.
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Posted 3 years ago
1.Over estimated value of property. 2. Wrong write up for advert clearly copied and pasted. 3. Lack of communication 4.Lack of transparency. Compounding estate agents bad reputation. Slippery %$*^#^. My a#$e is sore from this Yopa ordeal. Yes we have saved money by taking the no sale no fee option that was a lucky escape if you ask me.
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Posted 3 years ago
Absolutley rubbish!
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Posted 3 years ago
Very poor service. First to view a property they were selling. Made an offer, and told the representative we would pay the full asking price if necessary. This happened on a Saturday afternoon, Monday received a txt, not to give us an answer regarding the offer made by ourselves. The txt was to let us know they had sold it to another party who were prepared to buy without searches and could complete within 28 days. Disgusted in the treatment received. Beware,these people have not a shred of morality.
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Posted 3 years ago
YOPA is rated 1.5 based on 428 reviews