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They seemed really good at first, but when Ben from Mortimers in Clitheroe called me and emailed me to let me know my house was on for too little, I went back on an agreed sale, thinking the fact it was up at the wrong price was a good enough reason. The girl's Dad (buyer) said he was unable to go £5000 higher, although they went on to buy a property 15,000 higher. Anyway, seeing as I was Hilton and Horsefall's client, not the wealthy buyers, I presumed they would be on my side, but unfortunately, they had absolutely no respect for the likes of me and showed it in many ways. I can put my house up with these people a couple of years previously, and I changed my mind. I was automatically charged £300 which i paid straight away. I don't know what possessed me to go with them again but I did. When I found out the price was too low, and the girl's Dad wouldn't pay more, I felt I had no choice but to withdraw. I paid £300 admin fee (again!) as I felt that was fair, but declined the additional £1,500 on the grounds that I had a legitimate reason to pull out. Many, many deals do fall through and this is the only estate agent I know who implements this type of policy. So, a few months go by, and I'm hit by a court order. Bearing in mind I have never had any dealings of this sort in my entire life, I was really upset. I was honest about my mental health problems and my disabled, extremely frail Dad who suffered an acquired brain injury and many serious injuries in a hit and run in Clitheroe, where we are from, 15 years ago. This, however, I feel went against me and if anything the communication became more unresponsive and less respectful than ever. I was supposed to be their client! I naively assumed they would just put the house back up for me at the right price. They would not let it go. I agreed to set up a payment plan, even though I couldn't afford it, and even then, they failed to let me or the courts know in the proper manner so when the day of the hearing came I can know idea what was going on. I also needed my keys back and they disposed of them without my knowledge and knowing that I wanted them back. Athertons in Whalley had them for 3 years and still had them to give me back when I asked! That's the difference in class. I don't know. You think you've seen it all and then people like this crop up. I even went into their shop in Clitheroe for my keys, and was snapped at that the girl I needed to speak to was on her break and to come back later. I came back later and they'd shut the shop. I was also very upset after parting with £2,100 for absolutely nothing to be accused of "slander". Slander is when a person tells lies. I have only told the truth, and if they didn't want people to know about it, maybe they shouldn't have done it. This is the problem with some people, they need to win at all costs, even with the cost outweighs the win. I remember talking about this when going for a treatment last year, and the first thing she said , no word of a lie, was "are they rough?". So it does appear that certain types of people, regardless of how many millions they might have, do not know how to behave properly and other people as well as me clearly think that too. I just feel that I was in a vulnerable state and this was really played upon. Even Turquoise screamed down the phone at me.... Read more
8th Jun 2026 (27 days ago)