Tenancy review for 23 Ambleside Road in Odd Down, Bath rented via J Aland Lettings

“affordable but very poor letting agent — DO NOT RENT from J Aland”
23 Ambleside Road, Odd Down, Bath, BA2 2LR View on map
Overall Tenancy Rating: 4
★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆
Moved In: 08/08/2022
Rent: £510
Date reviewed: 6 September 2023
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Letting agent review for J Aland Lettings, Bath

Agency rating: 1
We did not meet / speak with our landlords personally and all communication to sort issues in the bungalow went through J Aland Lettings. This letting agent has been awful on all fronts from the beginning of the contract (rushing us with piles of e-mails, insistence upon having everything done very quickly while also taking far too long to return correspondence and a very stiff contract), during (instead of simple updates via e-mail, we were forced into a facebook group which included very poorly managed [but nonetheless important!] documents and came with a slew of 'informative' or 'anecdotal' posts that came at least once every month and served basically to scare/threaten us into being their idea of perfect tenants [i.e. not doing anything anywhere ever]. Think your hypochondriac aunt on steroids — but instead of a well-meaning family member, it's a company that takes your money every month and will pick you up at any opportunity to drain you of more), and all the way to the end (the single worst check out / deposit return procedure I have ever endured, complete with its own windy e-mail thread).
I seriously regret not at any point before our tenancy doing proper research into this agency, as I would have seen people with similar experiences.
J Aland Lettings is actually a very good agency — for landlords — and at every cost to their tenants, whom they treat with absolute contempt.
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Property review for 23 Ambleside Road, Odd Down, Bath

Property rating: 7
4 decently sized bedrooms with an open-plan lounge and kitchen. The pictures on the posting were taken with a generous wide lens which left us slightly disappointed with this area once we had moved in.
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Area review for Odd Down, Bath

Area rating: 4
Close to a bus stop to the centre of the city and a small number of useful shops. No good transport links to the university close by so depended on commuting to the city centre.
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