Tenancy review for 21 Clement Street in Birkby, Huddersfield rented from Mike Unonown rented via Bramleys

Landlord rating: 5

We were never really in contact with the landlord. Everything went through Bramleys, we had a lot of his post come here for a while and he came by twice to collect it. In good news, until yesterday, if we needed something like the dehumidifier or the gate he did pay for it. And also repaid us for the pest control. He also allowed us to have our dog for no extra cost. So we do appreciate that big time. The saddening part is knowing the basement is my workspace and having to deal with black mould daily. And him telling us not to use the space with no deductions on rent for one less room to have.

Agency rating: 2

Soneka is nice but she's never in the office to take our concerns. She only works half days and is seemingly always on annual leave. Bramleys pass on concerns to the landlord but they contract their own electrician, handy man etc and they're all useless. With the handy man we were recovering from a cold. The door needed fixing due to water coming in at the bottom. When he heard a little cough he said it was covid and just packed his bag and left. A bunch of clowns. Soneka herself is lovely though.

Property rating: 4

3 bedroom property, lots is wrong with this house deep down. The property is leaning you'll learn this with furniture cause it's all slanted away from walls. The basement is mouldy. When we viewed it, it was perfect. The walls has been painted white and it was clean and smelt great, weeks later the mould began to show. The basement is my workroom. So I'm in here often. Informed the landlord. Received a dehumidifier and it did nothing. It's since ruined a lot of my stuff. Made my work damp and I've had to throw a lot out the landlord won't compensate for it. They told us to instead not use the room and to leave it empty. Can't even store anything here. The windows are shocking. No heat is retained in the property. It's constantly icy cold and it costs a fortune to even attempt keeping it at 18c thick curtains everywhere to try keep it warmer don't help (we have three layers on each window) the door let's water in. We've had infestation of insects too from landlords furniture. (Spent £115 on pest control) the shower is decent. That's the only warm room in the house. The top bedroom has plenty storage and is decent in size. It's probably my favourite room cause we made it snug. Behind the bed is plenty storage too. Although when I first discovered it, there was a random quilt and pillow inside?? Weird. We've had issues of plugs not working and instead of fixing it the electrician just sealed them off. Light bulbs flickering constantly despite being changed. Bathroom light broke. Radiator in basement broke. Garden gate broke. We've altho had thieves on the property so be aware of that. Fridge broke not long after being here (belonged to landlord) landlord wouldn't have it fixed so we had to buy a new one. Said we can take it with us. We shall see. Overall I'm absolutely desperate to leave and we do soon. I'll be moving far away from here and never using Bramleys either.

Area rating: 8

The best part about this place is the neighbours. On the left is a awesome lady, great to talk to and I will miss her the most. On the right is a lovely family but they can shout time to time. The neighbours behind us are from hell. Honestly, I once accidentally banged a door and she started screaming threats through the wall about knocking our heads off. They scream 24/7 and have naughty kids and squeaky doors. So prepare to be disturbed constantly. There's also a school up the road. So everyone parks here. To pick their kids up, don't leave the house between 8am and 9:15am and then again at 2:30-3:30pm because you simply won't be able to leave the area for traffic. Kids over the road constantly stare into the house. So keep the blinds shut. We grew the hedge into an arch to help with this too and also grew it tall! Keep it tall! One of the neighbours have 5 cars. All parked on this road. So if you think you're getting a parking space you're wrong. We've had our space taken up for the past 3 weeks by one of her cars she won't move and hasn't moved in a while. We are fed up. overall don't bother unless you're broke and need cheapish digs (if the landlord puts up the rent it isn't worth it at all) sage yourself the pain of the neighbourhood and from Bramleys and don't bother.