John Charcol Reviews

Name: John Charcol
Address: St. Helen's, 1 Undershaft, London, London
Rating: 4.88

4.9 Rating 2,709 Reviews

99 %

of reviewers recommend John Charcol

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4.9

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Customer Service
Communication Channels	Email, Telephone, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In	Under An Hour
Customer Service	5 out of 5

About John Charcol:

John Charcol is an award-winning team of independent mortgage experts who provide friendly and professional advice both over the phone and in person. We help thousands of people each year and have become one of the top mortgage brokers in the UK.

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John Charcol 5 star review on 23rd April 2021

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“Absolutely superb service from start to finish”

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Posted 4 months ago

Thank you for your feedback. We’re always striving to improve, and we would greatly appreciate hearing any suggestions on how we could have earned a 5-star rating. Your input is invaluable to us. Thank you, Robyn

Posted 4 months ago

“I wish to commend Randeep Sodhi for his work in securing a remortgage for my Wife and I . His attention to detail, knowledge of the Market and helping to overcome the occasional barrier when it arose was outstanding. He was creative when necessary, communicated very well and was always calm. I would certainly recommend Randeep and John Charcol to other potential clients . A hearty thanks to Randeep and John Charcol. Both are professional and good value for money! Gavin Gauld”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Professional and efficient service. Quick to answer although a bit pushy at times. Most importantly, I would have expected a more rounded advise, taking my needs and preferences in mind and providing a range of available options, rather than pushing for the most popular mortgage product.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“They made us by getting a mortgage offer close to what we wanted but we weren’t happy with the way the process was handled and the poor communication. It took 2 months to get the appropriate mortgage offer because of poor communication and poor understanding of pay scales in the NHS.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“John Charcol was excellent sorting out a good range of mortgages for me, and ensuring that things kept moving through the purchase of our property. However, the insurances associated with this were not in place by the time we exchanged and completed our contracts, and as a result I had to spend considerable time taking out a policy directly with an insurer.”

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Posted 5 years ago

We are happy that we were able to arrange your mortgage, but are sorry to hear that you have been left disappointed with the insurance service you have experienced at John Charcol. Thank you for taking the time to leave us feedback and we will use it to prevent this from happening again. We would really appreciate the opportunity to discuss this further with you. If you are happy to, please send your contact to our Chief Commercial Officer, Luke Somerset: luke.somerset@johncharcol.co.uk.

Posted 5 years ago

“Very slow and didn’t seem able to affect the poor performance of Barclays. Other than finding a deal in the first place, very little value was added to justify a fee.”

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Posted 6 years ago

Hi Keith, We are very sorry to hear that you have been left disappointed with the service you have experienced with John Charcol. We appreciate you taking the time to leave us feedback and we will use it to prevent this from happening again. One of our will be in touch with you later today to discuss this further. Many thanks, Katherine Sellwood Marketing Manager

Posted 6 years ago

“After a very unprofessional and inept performance by one of the Charcol team, the situation was rescued and rectified by his superior, who was extremely pleasant, helpful and efficient.”

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Posted 6 years ago

“Ok. Problem. I asked for £15,000 advance from remortgage, and due to costs I ended up £2500 less than I asked for, including you fee, mortgage arrangement fee, freehold permissions, solicitors fees etc. This should have been accounted for by my broker. That you?”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Took a very long time to process and a lot of chasing on our part.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“They kept us well informed throughout the entire process.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“they didn't”

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(Southampton) - Posted 7 years ago

“They found me the mortgage I wanted”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Would like a little better response to emails you send instead of having to make calls as well to find out how your case is going.”

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(Southampton) - Posted 8 years ago

“This transaction took 3 months to complete why I don't no but I am sure there must be reasons”

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(Southampton) - Posted 9 years ago

“I think a bit more professional headed brokers are required, they carry the brand name and represent the company . If issues occur with the broker the customer are entitled to feedback to the company Simply Finance not the outsourced freelance broker themselves. I feel that Simply Finance need to take ownership on customer queries.”

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(Southampton) - Posted 9 years ago

“The transaction of remortgaging my property started with lots of energy. However, it lost momentum and took over half a year to go through.”

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(Southampton) - Posted 9 years ago

Dear Christine, we received your application on 3rd September and we obtained an Offer from the lender 6 weeks after that date, having reviewed how our team managed your application I am happy with how your adviser and case handler worked your application. You instructed your own solicitors, I can only assume you are as frustrated as we are with that firm as they are certainly difficult to deal with! We look forward to helping you again in the future as and when you need us.

Posted 9 years ago

“Our broker, Celeste, was excellent - very well informed and helpful. Unfortunately when the case moved out of her hands and onto the 'processing' team it was a pretty painful experience. Things moved very slowly, they didn't keep me updated with progress and I ended up having to do all of the chasing to keep things moving at the right pace - I was effectively doing the job I had paid them to do!”

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Posted 9 years ago

“There was a lack of continuity and didn't feel I got the personal service I experienced when I last used the company. The BS confused my application leading to delays and requests for additional, not easy to provide information. Which were not questioned by staff until I raised concerns.”

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Posted 9 years ago

“It has been ok - in fact I would rate higher but for the suggestion of using Gordon's solicitors who I did not find helpful. I have sent them a separate review. In short they overlooked an extra £500 I had to pay (unexpectedly) until the day of completion. Ok - errors happen but I then spent 45 minutes on the phone trying to get through to them to pay. This is not a one off - the previous time I had to call had a similar waiting time to get through. They also charge £0.95 to pay a bill by debit card. I can understand charges for credit cards (just!) but to do so for debit cards when you are paying £500 for their service is insulting. I would never use them again.”

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Posted 9 years ago

Hi Allan Thanks for leaving feedback, we're sorry to hear you didn't feel the solicitors offered the same level of service as we do, we encourage customers to liaise direct with us where possible so that we can do the leg work with the solicitors for you (albeit this isn't always possible). We hope the solicitors don't reflect directly on ourselves and you will continue to use us!

Posted 9 years ago

“For the first time in my dealings with your company l have had to chase for an update only to find out that the new lender had not received some of the documents that were sent in one email from myself to Steve Blinman, this delayed the process by 1 week and caused an over payment to my old mortgage lender an entire month which l now have to wait for 2-3 weeks l will be out of pocket, by £926. Completion date 22/4 and the mortgage payment to the old mortgatge lender sent 20/4.Not very happy.”

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Posted 9 years ago

Hi Sharon We are sorry to hear you were unhappy with the completion of your mortgage application, we appreciate you have used us many times which makes this even more disappointing. The documents you emailed Steve were forwarded on to your lender, but we were informed their scanning team had missed some pages. You will get a refund from the lender for nearly all of the £926, without wanting to pass the buck the issue with the lender not scanning your document caused the delay. We hope you will continue to use us in the future and thank you for the feedback.

Posted 9 years ago

John Charcol is rated 4.9 based on 2,709 reviews