Tenancy review for 2 Dunton Road in Leyton, London rented from Wayne Gilkes rented via Madison Fox

“Awful - the worst place we have ever lived”
2 Dunton Road, Leyton, London, E10 7AF View on map
Overall Tenancy Rating: 3
★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
Moved In: 14/11/2019
Rent: £1075
Date reviewed: 19 November 2020
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Landlord review for Wayne Gilkes, Leyton

Landlord rating: 1
Although seemingly nice enough, the landlord was clearly incredibly lazy and totally profit driven. He was content to leave us totally alone and was very hands off, which would work ok if the property itself wasn't falling apart at the seams. We had a serious damp issue which resulted in our bedroom being completely covered in black mould. It took 4 months to get him to fix it, in which time we had to sleep on the floor in the tiny combined kitchen/living room, meaning we spent the lockdown in one tiny room. The mould and damp was so bad that my partner and I were seriously ill, and I developed asthma which I still suffer from now. We were told the cause of the damp was the upstairs extension roof, which meant he dragged his feet fixing it as he clearly felt it wasn't his responsibility. It ultimately only got repaired once we had reported it to the council and they threatened legal action and we had brought private legal action against him as well. Aside from the damp issues, he had no interest in maintaining the property in any way - there were so many other long-running issues that were basically completely down to his neglect of the property. I would be surprised if he had ever visited the property himself, he seemed to treat it as if it was property-managed by the letting agents but (as they repeatedly told us).
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Letting agent review for Madison Fox, London

Agency rating: 5
They were fine overall. Everyone we interacted with seemed friendly and professional. They had an odd relationship with the landlord where they seemed to be the sole people who would visit and inspect the property but they weren't responsible for its upkeep themselves. For example, they came round when the damp issue first started and agreed it was really bad and needed sorting, but then we had radio silence from them from then on as it wasn't their responsibility to repair it. We were told when we moved in that they had an in-house repair team who could carry out repairs and then they would bill the landlord, but when we actually had the damp issue and the landlord was dragging his feet there was no evidence of this. Besides this, we didn't have much contact with them, but our check in and check out with them was relatively smooth.
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Property review for 2 Dunton Road, Leyton, London

Property rating: 1
It's a small terraced house that has somehow been turned into 3 flats. The flat itself is small and overpriced. It's been seriously neglected and is very run down - all the white goods were breaking or broke during our tenancy, the all the cabinet doors in the kitchen were rusty and falling off. The flat was listed as furnished, but was part furnished at best (which the price should've reflected, but of course didn't) and the furniture that was there was old and falling apart.
We also had a huge issue with damp and black mould which we were told was an isolated incident and they had 'never had an issue with damp before', but when we were moving out we found a few tins of damp seal paint, so clearly not as isolated an incident as they would have us believe. Although we were told the damp issue we had was fixed, the damp and mould was coming back as we were moving out, so clearly there is a deeper structural issue that needs to be addressed. This is the worst place both my partner and I have ever lived, and as young, broke professionals nowadays that is saying something.
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Area review for Leyton, London

Area rating: 5
Relatively nice area with a large Tesco, a post office and a good range of shops. Quite quiet overall. There aren't any good local pubs, which could be a downside. The massive drawback is the lack of public transport links - it's a bus ride or a long walk to both the nearest tube stations. It's not a particularly green area in general, although there is a tiny park a few streets away and a bigger one about 20 minutes walk away. The street itself was quiet and mostly filled with families. There is on street permit parking available, although it was always very busy. We were by far the worst, most run down building on the street. The flat is part of a terraced house and the downstairs flat seems to be short term let rooms rather than a flat itself. The people downstairs were often extremely noisy and because it seemed to be a short term place there were new people coming in and out of the building all the time. We sometimes had issues with post going missing/being thrown away.
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