Richard James Estate Agents - Old Town
About the company
Richard James Estate Agents was founded in 1992 and opened its first office in Wroughton in the same year. A second office on Commercial Road in Swindon followed in 1996, and the company moved into a three-storey building in Old Town in 2006. Further offices opened in Highworth in 2013, on Grange Drive in Stratton in October 2014, and on the High Street in Royal Wootton Bassett in 2015. The company launched its North Swindon headquarters in 2016. It operates across Wiltshire, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire through 10 offices and employs 100 people, having had around 80 employees in 2020. A dedicated team focused on apartments was built in 2021, and the company celebrated 30 years in 2022. It offers estate agency services including property sales and lettings.
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Very professional estate agents! Luke Boles did an excellent job in securing the sale of mums home we had listed with them. I would highly recommend them, they were all honest, professional. If you are looking for an Estate agent in Swindon I would highly recommend Richard James. Thank You
Very efficient and professional estate agents! Luke Boles is the person who looked after us with Matt and team. Would highly recommend,.honest, professional, no messing around! Have shown patience amd empathy to family as well. If you want to be upfront, honest and need a company to look after you Richard James by far do what it says on the tin! Thanks!
I had the lovely estate agent called Luke, he was polite, chatty, and very responsive with his calls and updates. Made the first step and process very smooth! Thanks Luke (and Richard James)
Ever since we've been with Luke he has been really proactive in trying to find and secure viewings, engaging our property via social media and incredibly quick responding to our questions, always giving us updates and insight about the market. Luke was great to work with and is always honest and positive with us trying to get our property sold in the timeframe required.
Richard James service was amazing. They were very professional guiding us every step of the way through the selling of our property. They delivered the best value for our property in a very uncertain and tough market and were always there to answer questions and helped with securing a reliable solicitor. Perfect. Thanks to Jack Rogers and the whole team.
I am very happy and grateful to the experienced and professional staff of Richard James, especially Ms. Jo and Ms. Emily, for their quick and smooth process in buying and renting my house. With Ms. Emily's friendliness and experience, I received enthusiastic advice and support throughout the application process. I hope to have a successful and long-term working relationship now and in the future. I will recommend your company to my friends and family.Thank you
Poor experience with this Agency. There is a level of extortion used to extract every penny possible and drive house prices up for an offer or sale from their sales reps. I get it; their marketing is effective to some and they get pulled in by this but my experience was far from this. They also don't seem to act morally when communicating with a buyer. Constantly having to chase to simply get a response but receiving no answer, but then very, very quick and pushy when they want a sale to go through. It's also a bit unusual to be asking for proof of ID and proof of funds as a screenshot to an individual email address prior an offer being put forward - it's not asked for every viewing but selectively done depending on the viewer. Seems to be additional criteria required to try and see how much fund can be extorted. I understand they are acting in the seller's interest only, but you really are just a number to them and there is minimal care as a potential customer of theirs (which they should realise we are the reason they will achieve their sale fee and commission!). A level of decorum is still required and to be upfront about how they're handling other viewings and offers for a property rather than acting in this way. I've had 3 viewings with this branch and all have had similar issues with shady communication and professionalism. When asking to be added to mailing lists and engage with more viewings, they simply stopped responding altogether when I've given this feedback. This speaks for itself.
Estate agents in Swindon compared
Ordered by rating, weighted by the number of reviews — businesses with only a handful of reviews do not jump to the top automatically. 5 businesses in this category in Swindon are compared.
| Rank | Provider | Rating | Reviews | Open Sat. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐁𝐘𝐑𝐎𝐍 - 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧, 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 | ★ 5,0 | 432 | Yes |
| 2 | Gatekeeper Estate and Letting Agent in Swindon | ★ 4,9 | 1255 | Yes |
| 3 | haart Estate and Lettings Agents Swindon | ★ 4,8 | 989 | Yes |
| 4 | Richard James Estate Agents - Old Town (this page) | ★ 4,7 | 637 | Yes |
| 5 | Richard James Estate Agents - North Swindon | ★ 4,6 | 478 | Yes |

