17 St Jamess Parade

Kingsmead, Bath, BA1 1UL

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Derek Toghill

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I think I’m living in the backrooms - don’t make my mistake!

1 ★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆

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11 December 2024

Derek Toghill, Bath

1 ★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆

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Does not communicate with the letting agency and has barely communicated with us directly.

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Incredibly unhelpful and patronising. Takes advantage of students for their naivety. Lied about when repairs were being made and claimed that a room rendered unusable due to scaffolding and a leaky ceiling that had not been repaired was ready to be moved into. They do not reply to emails when you (rightfully) complain about the poor state of your student flat and request to be compensated. We have been unable to use the biggest room in the flat for a significant portion of the tenancy, yet we still had to pay full price? Do yourselves a favour and STAY FAR AWAY from them - you’ll thank me later. Even when they do send out contractors to “fix” our problems they clearly do an incredibly shoddy job on it - there have been at least 5 separate occasions where we had to go without running hot water, for example. It’s even worse considering that we do not have direct communication to the landlords, as they (the landlords) have previously claimed to be unaware of the extent of the problems that arose in our flat. They have caused us a lot of undue stress and we have not received sufficient compensation for any of this.

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17 St Jamess Parade, Kingsmead, Bath

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FLAT 1!!! Incredibly sh*t. I’ve seen and been in council houses that are more thoughtfully furnished than this (student) property. Bizarre furniture choices, as minimal as it is - why do the bedrooms each have an antique cuck chair??? They have somehow managed to make my grandmother’s house look and feel futuristic in comparison, which should be classed as an achievement. It’s also incredibly strange how they decided to have a 2-in-1 lounge/bedroom, causing the person who would be staying there to have no ounce of privacy. The only reason that this wasn’t a problem was because the room functioned better as a water park - with a leak that almost caused the ceiling to collapse. After 3+ months the room still hasn’t been redone. The service is crap, though the same could be said for the rest of Bath. The windows are so old and rickety, they should be in a museum instead of in a house. Heat does not stay in and you can hear EVERYTHING that goes on outside, which is awful considering this flat is on a main road in the city centre. Our flat is a prime victim of the Landlord Special(TM), with poorly painted walls, ceilings and skirting boards. The doors creak and it would be incredibly easy for a burglar to knife their way in through the “security” lock. The kitchen/dining area is tiny yet there is so much wasted potential space in bedroom 1/the lounge. The floors aren’t level/straight as well. Also, say goodbye to a reliable source of hot water! If you want to heal your inner Neanderthal, this flat would be perfect for you <3

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