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Hunters Estate & Letting Agents Southampton

Hunters Estate & Letting Agents Southampton

4.7(1046 reviews)See reviews ↓·Southampton

About the company

Hunters Estate & Letting Agents Southampton has been helping people buy, sell and let property since 2005. Jonathan Clegg founded the business after friends and family asked him to manage their properties. He joined the Hunters network in 2016. The business is an independently owned and operated Hunters franchise. Jonathan owns the business, employs the team, and is responsible for every client relationship. The team is eight people. Sales, lettings, and property management are all handled in-house. Jonathan has been investing in Southampton property since 2002, with particular experience in the HMO market.

Jonathan has managed his own rental portfolio since 2002, including HMO properties. A member of the team accompanies every viewing. Clients receive written feedback after viewings. The business does not charge until a sale completes or a tenancy starts. Services include residential property sales, lettings and tenant find, full property management, HMO and investment property advice, and free property valuations. Hunters was founded in 1992 by John Waterhouse and Kevin Hollinrake. Hunters opened its first franchised branch in 2006.

What customers say

Based on genuine customer reviews

Landlords and sellers in Southampton repeatedly describe the Hunters team as professional and straightforward to deal with across sales, lettings and property management. Long-standing relationships feature strongly, with one client entrusting an initial rental property before moving a whole portfolio across after a competent, competitively priced service. Named members of staff are singled out regularly.

Jasmine Bradley is credited with going beyond expectations on a complicated leasehold sale that might otherwise have collapsed, her timely contact with the right people keeping buyer and seller aligned. James King is praised for repeat purchases completed over more than a decade, with a colleague proving equally helpful while he was away. The property manager Natalie is described as cheerful and highly responsive, and landlords note that only essential costs are passed on. Emily receives warm thanks for knowledgeable, patient viewings that made applications straightforward.

Friendly, efficient communication from start to finish is a point that comes up often, as are seamless moves into rented homes and welcoming first impressions of properties with clear long-term potential. Two successful house sales prompted one seller to describe the team as absolutely fantastic. Selling, letting and managing property with care for individual circumstances is the theme running through these accounts.

Hunters Estate & Letting Agents Southampton — Customer photo

Reviews

Reviews are taken from publicly available sources.

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mr Beech6 July 2026

I have been a client of Hunters for 10 years now having entrusted them to manage one of my rental properties and then following a very competent and competitively priced service moving the rest of my portfolio to them. Natalie the property manager is always cheerful and extremely responsive and has total regard for the landlord ensuring only vital property costs are passed. Recently I had reason to engage on the property sales side. Having personally and all the time in my work life dealt with agents I have never enjoyed such professionalism and care than that afforded to me by Jasmine Bradley. She deals with all aspects in such a calm and grown up manner she really sets herself apart from other industry professionals. I would wholeheartedly recommend this experienced and balanced individual to anyone who is considering selling their home. Natalie and Jasmine are first class employees and the reason I do and will continue to rely on the services of Hunters. THANK YOU LADIES

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Ella18 June 2026

I would strongly advise others to think twice before renting through this estate agent. When we signed our tenancy agreement, the property was advertised and agreed with included parking — which was a key factor in our decision to rent the flat. However, just a few months into our tenancy, the parking was suddenly closed off and made unavailable. This caused significant inconvenience and disruption to our daily lives, especially as parking had been a major factor in choosing this property. What’s particularly frustrating is how the situation was handled. The estate agent did very little to help resolve the issue and took no responsibility whatsoever, despite the parking being part of what was originally offered. Communication was poor, and we were essentially left to deal with the consequences on our own. During this time, we were forced to park in a Tesco car park and pay for parking after work. On multiple occasions there were no spaces available, meaning I had to drive around late in the evening trying to find alternative parking elsewhere. This was both stressful and time-consuming. To try and resolve the issue, my partner had to take several hours out of his working day over the course of a week, including attending a three-hour meeting. Despite this effort, the only solution offered was for the landlord to contribute just 50% towards alternative parking — which was located far away from our building in a public car park. Even with this contribution, it would still leave us paying over £100 extra per month for something that was originally included. To make matters worse, the flat has now been re-let at a significantly lower price than we were paying. We were paying £1,200 per month with parking included, yet it has since been advertised for under £1,000 per month without parking. In that context, the offer to contribute just 50% towards inconvenient, off-site parking feels completely inadequate and frankly quite insulting. We were ultimately forced to find a new property, which cost us hundreds of pounds in moving expenses, required taking multiple days off work, and caused a huge amount of stress. Despite this, the agent offered no compensation and even suggested we should be grateful to have been released from the contract. Once we had agreed to leave due to the parking issues and lack of support, we were then required to accommodate viewings of the property. This took up additional hours of my partner’s working day and caused further disruption at an already stressful time while we were trying to organise our move. Only months after we moved out did the agent state that the landlord would cover the additional parking costs we incurred — but this was conditional on us agreeing to drop any other potential claims. We will not be agreeing to this. Had they taken proper responsibility for misrepresenting the property and the significant inconvenience, cost, and stress caused, this situation may have been handled very differently. The issues didn’t stop there. They then attempted to charge us money from our deposit for items such as “discoloration in the washing machine drawer” — something that was already documented in the original check-in report. They provided an amount for repair without any supporting cost evidence. When we challenged this and requested proof, the quotes we eventually received were extremely high and unreasonable. We had to stand our ground and escalate the matter to TDS for dispute resolution, and only then did we end up paying only 40% of what they were trying to charge. It has now been months since we left the property and we still have not received our full deposit back, which is adding further financial strain and stress. Overall, this experience has been extremely disappointing. A letting agent should provide support, take responsibility, and offer fair, reasonable solutions when issues arise. Unfortunately, this agent failed on all counts, and I would not recommend using them.

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--27 April 2026

James has been great to deal with and I would recommend Hunters as a letting agent with confidence. Thank you.

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Peter Allan8 April 2026

My experience with Hunters has been excellent. Having met Jasmine just before Xmas enquiries for my late mother's property came in almost immediately and it sold within 3 months after 13 plus viewing interests. Hunters through Jasmine gave an almost 24 hour dedicated service with constant progress reports and management with the solicitors to completion. I have never experienced such dedication from other estate agents and would strongly recommend Hunters of the Southampton branch.

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Ben Climas23 March 2026

Hunters have been fantastic in helping us move into our property. The process was seamless and the communication was friendly and efficient. Great service all round from the team!

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Heidi Zhou9 March 2026

We had two houses sold successfully through Hunters in Southampton, their team are absolutely fantastic, especially huge thanks to Jasmine, lots of help from her. From my selling experience, the best agent in Southampton.

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Jo-Anne Blay5 February 2026

Felt very homely & welcoming as soon as we stepped in! Lots of space & potential to fill with the love & care shown by the previous tenants. We can see ourselves being very happy here longterm. We have rented in Bassett the past 5 years & would be very reluctant to leave the area. Kind regards.

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Contact
+442380987720www.hunters.com/office/southampton38 Bedford Pl, Southampton SO15 2DG
Working hours
Monday09:00–17:00
Tuesday09:00–17:00
Wednesday09:00–17:00
Thursday09:00–17:00
Friday09:00–17:00
Saturday10:00–15:00
SundayClosed