Tenancy review for 222 Heeley Road in Selly Oak, Birmingham rented from Candys Philpott rented via Oakmans Estate Agents
“Don’t rent with Oakmans”
Overall Tenancy Rating: 3
★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
Moved In: 01/07/2019
Rent: £485
Date reviewed: 16 July 2020
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Landlord review for Candys Philpott, Birmingham
Landlord rating: 1
Ok so we never met the landlord as it was managed by Oakmans, but they did insist on using their own maintenance man which is why I’m leaving them a review. Firstly the house was a mess, and they’ve knowingly let it out in this state which is despicable. After coming a few times, the maintenance man gave me his number and said “don’t contact the letting agent, you can text me directly”. So we did, and then he told the letting agent to tell us to stop. We were very confused.
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Letting agent review for Oakmans Estate Agents, Birmingham
Agency rating: 2
Oakmans are an absolute joke. Think I’m going to need a bigger box.
Firstly, the house was disgusting before we moved in. It wasn’t cleaned, at all. Then there were so many maintenance issues that weren’t sorted- they only actually sorted them when we got one of our parents to ring them up- they obviously don’t take students seriously and think they can mess us about.
They also regularly would show up without giving us 24 hours notice. They’d maybe ring an hour before? This isn’t the same thing as giving adequate notice and was extremely annoying, but we didn’t want to say no to them because it was a rarity for them actually respond to a maintenance problem.
Obviously Oakmans has gained a reputation as the worst landlord in Selly Oak amongst UOB students and I think this is pretty spot on.
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Firstly, the house was disgusting before we moved in. It wasn’t cleaned, at all. Then there were so many maintenance issues that weren’t sorted- they only actually sorted them when we got one of our parents to ring them up- they obviously don’t take students seriously and think they can mess us about.
They also regularly would show up without giving us 24 hours notice. They’d maybe ring an hour before? This isn’t the same thing as giving adequate notice and was extremely annoying, but we didn’t want to say no to them because it was a rarity for them actually respond to a maintenance problem.
Obviously Oakmans has gained a reputation as the worst landlord in Selly Oak amongst UOB students and I think this is pretty spot on.
Property review for 222 Heeley Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham
Property rating: 3
Have you ever watched I’m a celebrity get me out of here, and thought “I’d love a crack at those bushtucker trials”? Then this is the house for you! You’ll be joined by a wide variety of insects, but the most loyal of housemates will be the spiders and slugs.
Except it isn’t really like a bush tucker trial, because it lasts a year not ten minutes, and Ant and Dec are replaced by incompetent letting agents and an apathetic, money-grabbing landlord.
The property wasn’t cleaned before we moved in, and there was literally(this isn’t an exaggeration, I literally mean literally) hundreds of maintenance problems that took months to fix. Admittedly I did grow fond of my broken bedroom door in the 4 months it took to fix it.
Imagine the worst DIY job you’ve ever seen. The kitchen is worse than that. The cupboard don’t have backs to them, and the spiders will often make a home for themselves in your saucepans. By the end of the year I honestly felt a bit guilty chucking them out.
In my the words of my mother, “this is the worst house I’ve ever been in, there’s not even a plug in the kitchen sink!”
But in the interest of fairness, there is a kitchen table, the sofa is alright and the fridge space is decent.
4 out of the 5 bedrooms are a decent size. The 5th is so small that even the slugs don’t go in there, they told us they find it a bit claustrophobic.
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Except it isn’t really like a bush tucker trial, because it lasts a year not ten minutes, and Ant and Dec are replaced by incompetent letting agents and an apathetic, money-grabbing landlord.
The property wasn’t cleaned before we moved in, and there was literally(this isn’t an exaggeration, I literally mean literally) hundreds of maintenance problems that took months to fix. Admittedly I did grow fond of my broken bedroom door in the 4 months it took to fix it.
Imagine the worst DIY job you’ve ever seen. The kitchen is worse than that. The cupboard don’t have backs to them, and the spiders will often make a home for themselves in your saucepans. By the end of the year I honestly felt a bit guilty chucking them out.
In my the words of my mother, “this is the worst house I’ve ever been in, there’s not even a plug in the kitchen sink!”
But in the interest of fairness, there is a kitchen table, the sofa is alright and the fridge space is decent.
4 out of the 5 bedrooms are a decent size. The 5th is so small that even the slugs don’t go in there, they told us they find it a bit claustrophobic.
Area review for Selly Oak, Birmingham
Area rating: 5
Close* to the shopping park, which has a range of shops such as carpetright and shoezone. Not too far* from Aldi, or Sainsbury’s if you’re a snob. Unfortunately we didn’t get to experience the delights of Selly Oak, as our front door kept breaking and we were regularly trapped inside.
*I should stress that Heeley Road is approx 500 miles long, and this house is at the end. Rumour has it The Proclaimers based their hit song on this street.
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*I should stress that Heeley Road is approx 500 miles long, and this house is at the end. Rumour has it The Proclaimers based their hit song on this street.
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