Tenancy review for 15 Morville Street in Ladywood, Birmingham rented via City Life Group
“They told me to **** off.”
Overall Tenancy Rating: 5
★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
Moved In: 01/08/2011
Date reviewed: 14 September 2019
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Letting agent review for City Life Group, Birmingham
Agency rating: 1
So, for anyone interested, the world's rudest staff belong to a company called City Life Group, based near Five Ways in Birmingham. These people called me a prat, and told me to **** off, even though I was there to request money that was legally mine, or at least something written down telling me what was happening with it.
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I have just finished a tenancy with City Life Group, and cannot emphasise how much I would warn people against renting through them.
Upon claiming my deposit back, I received demands to prove that utility bills had been paid. I disputed this as the agent is not liable for what is a contractual agreement between me and the utility companies.
I received no response to my email, and so called them once the 10 working days was nearly up to ask about progress. I was told by the member of staff who answered that he did not have time to deal with me, and he hung up on me whilst I was speaking, and repeatedly cancelled every call I attempted to make that afternoon.
This led me to visit their office, where I was told by a member of staff "I don't care about your deposit", "You have no business talking to me", and to "Just go". I was told the Director would deal with my enquiry the next day.
On my next visit, I was shown the same level of disregard by the Director, called a "prat", told that I "enjoy being a prat", and told to "**** off out the office", simply for wanting written information about what was happening with my deposit.
I was also complained at for requesting a copy of the protection certificate for my deposit, which had never been provided to me. I was told it may not be protected, and was told "You come in here like you know something, when you don't know anything" when I mentioned the legal obligation to have protected it. I eventually left the office when they threatened to call the police for "disturbing" their work, despite my visit being entirely related to their business.
The following week, I received an email from a different member of staff, Abbi, (whose pleasant customer service more than makes up for anyone else I'd dealt with there) asking where I would like my deposit sent to, just before I filed a dispute with TDS.
The customer service provided by most of the staff at City Life Group was simply rude, ignorant and offensive, and I believe (and was told by them) that it was due to the fact that I was no longer a tenant and so wasn't their customer any more (despite having paid them nearly £16,000 in rent over two years!).
If you want an easy ride when reclaiming your deposit, and staff who know how to talk to a human being with any level of decency, DO NOT rent from City Life Group.
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I'm posting the following review of them on any websites I can!
I have just finished a tenancy with City Life Group, and cannot emphasise how much I would warn people against renting through them.
Upon claiming my deposit back, I received demands to prove that utility bills had been paid. I disputed this as the agent is not liable for what is a contractual agreement between me and the utility companies.
I received no response to my email, and so called them once the 10 working days was nearly up to ask about progress. I was told by the member of staff who answered that he did not have time to deal with me, and he hung up on me whilst I was speaking, and repeatedly cancelled every call I attempted to make that afternoon.
This led me to visit their office, where I was told by a member of staff "I don't care about your deposit", "You have no business talking to me", and to "Just go". I was told the Director would deal with my enquiry the next day.
On my next visit, I was shown the same level of disregard by the Director, called a "prat", told that I "enjoy being a prat", and told to "**** off out the office", simply for wanting written information about what was happening with my deposit.
I was also complained at for requesting a copy of the protection certificate for my deposit, which had never been provided to me. I was told it may not be protected, and was told "You come in here like you know something, when you don't know anything" when I mentioned the legal obligation to have protected it. I eventually left the office when they threatened to call the police for "disturbing" their work, despite my visit being entirely related to their business.
The following week, I received an email from a different member of staff, Abbi, (whose pleasant customer service more than makes up for anyone else I'd dealt with there) asking where I would like my deposit sent to, just before I filed a dispute with TDS.
The customer service provided by most of the staff at City Life Group was simply rude, ignorant and offensive, and I believe (and was told by them) that it was due to the fact that I was no longer a tenant and so wasn't their customer any more (despite having paid them nearly £16,000 in rent over two years!).
If you want an easy ride when reclaiming your deposit, and staff who know how to talk to a human being with any level of decency, DO NOT rent from City Life Group.
Property review for 15 Morville Street, Ladywood, Birmingham
Property rating: 7
Great rooms, wonderful location, with huge windows. Only downsides were a lack of on street parking (though there was one allocated bay) and the constant peering in from the street from anyone walking by...!
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Area review for Ladywood, Birmingham
Area rating: 7
Relatively peaceful, but occasional noisy cars as it's near Broad St, and very occasional crime being inner city.
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