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PurpleBricks has a rating of 1.9 stars from 128 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about PurpleBricks most frequently mention customer service, and business model problems. PurpleBricks ranks 1352nd among Real Estate sites.

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Top Positive Review

“Five star rating for our agent”

Nancy C.
7/10/19

Our house was sold within 48 hours of listing at more than the asking price, thanks to our knowledgeable and patient agent Kathy Bradford. Escrow closed on time with minimal hiccups. We were very pleased!

Top Critical Review

“Please don't let out your property with Purplebricks”

Isabelle B.
2/14/23

Purplebricks encouraged me to let my flat out to a Canadian company. I'm now owed over a year's worth of rent and I'm having to go through the court process on my own as they have offered zero help. They also don't keep the property keys securely and would therefore be unable to help you in an emergency. Not to mention that their customer service is shocking. They now won't even let me exit the contract without charging a fee despite leaving me in a horribly stressful situation. Take it from me, just pay to use a half decent letting agent.

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February 14th, 2023
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Purplebricks encouraged me to let my flat out to a Canadian company. I'm now owed over a year's worth of rent and I'm having to go through the court process on my own as they have offered zero help. They also don't keep the property keys securely and would therefore be unable to help you in an emergency. Not to mention that their customer service is shocking. They now won't even let me exit the contract without charging a fee despite leaving me in a horribly stressful situation. Take it from me, just pay to use a half decent letting agent.

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July 10th, 2019

Our house was sold within 48 hours of listing at more than the asking price, thanks to our knowledgeable and patient agent Kathy Bradford. Escrow closed on time with minimal hiccups. We were very pleased!

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April 7th, 2021

The lady with curly hair. Checking her damn phone while on the 401. Makes your company look like complete $#*! when she is swerving through traffic. Scary to experience. We honked at her and she did not bat an eye.

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She scared the $#*! out of anyone driving by her. Checking her damn phone while in the 401. Is she stupid???

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September 5th, 2019

Problem with purple bricks is if you live In a town of twenty thousand or less all real estate agents will boycott bringing anyone to your property. Strictly pure greed they do not want a low commission company cutting into there monopoly of gouging you. Therefore it becomes hard to sell in a slow market

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12 helpful votes
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March 19th, 2020

Sold our house in 3 weeks! The process was flawless and PurpleBricks brokerage did everything what listing agent would do and for a small flat fee saving us thousands in commissions. Their booking system is amazing and fast & easy to manage, and it gave us opportunity to deal with private buyers ourselves. Special thanks to Jacquiline Benn from Offers Assist who did a great job all along until the deal was finalized and final documents forwarded to lawyers. After this experience would never use real estate agents again. Thanks to PurpleBricks wonderful team!

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July 21st, 2023

Paid for the higher service where we were promised a local agent to do the viewings and contactable at the end of a phone if you need them. Haven't been able to contact anyone since we signed the contract, no response to calls or emails over the last 2 months. The complains department are apparently so busy they can't deal with our complaint. This company needs to be investigated as they fall very short of any service.

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October 15th, 2018

No brick and mortar company, Agents are dispatched from a local pool and not reliable, they put your house up on 2 sites but don't offer traditional Real Estate Agent support, if you want that you have to pay extra, just go with your local Agent who knows the market and what they're doing. It could be the difference in selling your house or not. My property is still on the market for 9 months now, the sign purple bricks put on the house id hanging by one hook and they have not even come out to fix it. Stay away!

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November 29th, 2019

If you can sell your property with PurpleBricks, you can sell on Kijiji. The only time they answer your calls and reply your emails is when they are selling their service. Once they get your money, they disappear. Well, in our experience, they did not disappear. They came back to say, here is a viewing request, go show yourself. Huh? We paid for the service, what are you talking about? Oh, we don't cover that area, there was a misunderstanding. No interest at all since this incident, just wasted our money. Stay away.

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October 13th, 2019

Tried Purple Bricks - agent who came to House was a very pushy salesperson. Got me to sign up for purchase assist etc. The market analysis they did was awful. Priced my property incorrectly and I the interest level was none. Agent argued with me on the phone with changes I wanted to make. Here's a tip if you decide to use them - NEVER tell them you already bought another home. You'll probably get better service if they think they can represent you for a sale in the future. Now that's I've gone through this, I can see why they closed in the USA.

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March 21st, 2019
Verified purchase

We had such a great experience with purple bricks! The entire team was spot on and very helpful every step of the way. I would and have recommended purple bricks to anyone that is interested in selling their home

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July 1st, 2019
Verified purchase

Realtor, Haley Martin, was amazing. She went above and beyond helping us with getting prepared, answering questions - just being there for us in general. I could always get her on the phone and if for some reason I had to leave a message, my call was returned within an hr or two. Neighbors have asked for her card and asked about Purplebricks in general.

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September 20th, 2017

We sold our property through purple bricks.
The PB's agent was Nicola Kirk who was very professional throughout the whole process.
We had several viewings and a confirmed buyer within 2 weeks at the full asking price!
The follow up has been excellent.

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June 6th, 2021

I'm so pleased with PurpleBricks. We have sold two properties with PurpleBricks and the process was flawless. Same service I would had received from a regular agent. Please, give it a try and I can guarantee you won't be disappointed. They took professional pictures and guided us through the whole process. They did everything and we sold with them within days at 100% asking price. Our house was actually put on the market at the correct price range and we were eager to sell. So happy.

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March 20th, 2019
Verified purchase

First agent we had was fired, next 4 agents within a week or 2 of each other quit, the last agent never called us, ever. The property was advertised with many mistakes. We wasted about 8 weeks with purple bricks will never suggest PB to anyone...

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October 9th, 2019

The search for zip code is not working and its writing out. As well when you try to use the function "send email to local agent" no one gets back to you. Not sure how these guys will work with me one I retain them to sell my house.

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October 23rd, 2018

We have just removed our property from Purple Bricks and unfortunately it cost us £849 for basically nothing, other that hassle! We were constantly contacting to inform them that the board at the entrance to the cul-de-sac had fallen down. I feel that they don't have to sell your property as they get paid anyway! Would not recommend them at all.
Margaret
Unhappy customer!

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August 12th, 2021

Down right useless, trying to get hold of anyone directly is a waste of time, they do not seem interested in your business once the property is on the market, there is no real customer service, you constantly have to phone them or email them to move even the slightest things forward, don't be lured into there "cheap" selling gimmick if you want to sell your property I would avoid these like the plague, just a bunch of cowboys, once they have your money you go right to the bottom of the pile

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December 26th, 2018

I had to sell my place and I used purple bricks and honestly. It made me feel like a moron. I wanted to kick myself. I had 2 deals fell through be the agent didn't know how to properly qualify the buyers. I had to fired them. I hired a local real estate broker at the traditional 6% (which I didn't want to do at first) however, I got it sold in 2 weeks and for above asking. I guess its true you get what you pay for. Don't use purple bricks unless you don't care about your biggest asset. It's clear most of the people feel the same here.

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August 27th, 2020

We have not even started to buy or sell our home with PurpleBricks. Recently my husband and I were interested in a lot. We sent a list of legitimate questions to PurpleBricks and the realtor was unable to answer so forwarded to the seller. After over 24 hours I was still waiting for answers and called back the company. Got the response that the seller maybe on a shift work, etc that is why taking a long time. Common listing of property size, property tax, etc should be listed and as an agent should do a follow-up with the seller. We decided not to pursue with PurpleBricks even to sell our future house (had a same comment from our neighbour that she regretted going with PurpleBricks).

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March 25th, 2019
Verified purchase

Inexperience, they dont return calls or emails. Area rep ignores my complaints. LIES LIES and more LIES! They will tell you they heard or were told, but never give you anyone's names or number to verify what they say is accurate. They make things up and say another agent told them.
Just all around bull$#*!. Go to a more experienced Realtor who has done this and knows the business.

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October 26th, 2021

They will lie to you that no viewings are available for weeks on a property, then will message you the day before your viewing to tell you that the property has been sold (not sure how this would be possible if no other viewings were taking place). Have lost my dream home because of this company's absolute incompetence at the simple task of arranging a viewing

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September 10th, 2019

I have clients that were enticed by the service and hoping to save "thousands" - LoL. Their market and property was too unique to be sold in PB style. They got a listing on MLS and nothing else. They complained about support and help and were told it was the market climate and they just have to wait it out. Needless to say, my clients learned a valuable lesson and are now back to the full-time professionals that are fully engaged and active daily!

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June 8th, 2021

Made the mistake of using purple brick to sell. Figured houses selling themselves. Might as well save thousands. Had pictures taken with an iPad. Some pics looked yellow. Was on the market for a week watching everyone house in my neighborhood have people lined up for showings. While I had 1 all week. Came to my offer date with no offers. Fired purple brick. Listed with an agent next day and sold well over asking in less than a couple hours with a bidding war. Believe me I wish it worked cause I wanted more money in my pocket. But clearly agents do not bring clients to purple brick listings and protest them. Do not waste your time or money. They don't even list your home on your home board. Only Treb. Big problem.

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November 15th, 2019

Unfortunately cannot provide 0 stars.
We had the worst rental experience with the letting agent (Tyrone) who would think only about his TrustPilot review and the whole issues we had.
They respond once a week even though now it has been at least two weeks that they don't respond. They wouldn't provide the landlord details and won't fix anything that is supposed to be a duty of the property management.
I highly don't recommend this agency as they are completely unprofessional, they hire people that doesn't know how to read an email or would ignore your emails and let you repeat yourself on the phone when you call them.
A big bunch of clowns to be avoided and specially because they are based in Birmingham and since they are not local, they have no idea what is going on and they don't care.

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January 30th, 2019

All commissions from any real estate co is negotiable no matter what they say. You are in charge. Never ever sign a contract to pay if your property does not sell. That is foolish. You decide the listing dates. 2 wks exclusive to see what they can do. 2 wks more with multiple brokers/agents. 2 wks more to see if they are showing and give you feedback. That's six weeks. If progress isn't make. Cancel. All this should be in a written contract or don't hire them. This gives you control and a way out without being at their mercy and holding you up for months.

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Hello there, our customers pay at close of escrow!

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Save thousands when you sell. A faster process when you buy. Avoid real misery. Purplebricks is a refreshingly simple platform that's transforming real estate.

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