Lawrence Copeland

Ugh, I’m in complete agreement with Sam on this one. Lawrence Copeland are capable of doing anything but coping, it seems.
I briefly tried out their services when I was looking for a flat last year, but got bored of waiting for them to finish communing with the high council or whatever it was that was taking them so long to reply. As for whether the actual flats and houses are useful I cannot say, because I couldn’t be bothered trying to get that far.
If you’ve ever seen the Armstrong and Miller sketch where someone waiting at the pharmacist sneaks around the back to have a look at what’s taking so long, and finds them engaged in various surreal activities, then you’ve probably gleaned something of what it’s like dealing with Lawrence Copeland.

We ended up using Lawrence Copeland because they were looking after a flat we wanted, not because they were an especially good estate agent.
When moving to Manchester last summer we contacted lots of estate agents to get some flats to look at. We had really specific requirements in terms of location and also with the fact that we were looking for an unfurnished property to rent, which is a difficult thing to do in Manchester’s crowded lettings market aimed at transient young professionals.
Lawrence Copeland didn’t suggest anything good the first time we spoke to them, and it was only when we randomly bumped into one of their agents outside another property the next day that we realised they actually had a couple of properties that were perfect for us. The person I’d spoken to on the phone before was obviously clueless or just didn’t care.
After we made on offer on our flat, it quickly became apparent that it would be difficult to rent because it was owned by a mortgage company represented by a company in Southend who were using Lawrence Copeland as an estate agent. Crazy!
This wasn’t Lawrence Copeland’s fault, However, throughout the whole drawn out, two month process of renting the flat, Lawrence Copeland were really difficult to talk to. They have a web of answering machines and extension numbers when you call them. It seems like you’re just leaving a message for no-​one to listen as they never call you back.