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Resolving consumer disputes

At Ombudsman Services: Property we resolve complaints from consumers about chartered surveying firms, surveyors, estate agents, residential managing agents, letting agents and other property professionals.

Appointed by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) as the ombudsman for chartered surveyors, we are also approved by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) as an estate agents redress scheme.

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When we can help

Ombudsman Services: Property resolves complaints from consumers about property professionals such as surveyors, estate, letting and residential managing agents.

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How to complain

Before you can use our service, the company you are complaining about must first be given the opportunity to sort out the dispute.

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What we can and cannot do

What we can and cannot do is set out in our terms of reference. You are welcome to read them on our website or you can ask us for a copy.

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Putting things right

If we find that the company has not acted correctly, we will recommend what it should do to put things right.

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Property complaint

If you are unsure, whether it is the right time for us to become involved, or do not know what to do next, try our easy to use tool. It will ask you some questions and tell you what to do next and there’s no need for you to give us any of your personal information.

Is the company that you want to complain about in our list of participating companies?
Have you told the company that you have a complaint which needs to be resolved?
Has your complaint been ongoing for more than 8 weeks?
Has the company said it can do no more to help?
Thank you!

From what you've told us so far, it appears that we may be able to consider your complaint.

What happens next?

To process a complaint you can either:

  • download and print off the below PDF form and post or email to us
  • or call us. We will complete the form for you and post you a copy

Putting things right

When we have all the information about your complaint, we will decide how best to handle it. If we propose a remedy that you're happy with, the firm will be required to put this in place and we will make sure that this happens.

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Call us
You can run through the form over the phone and we will send you a completed copy
Printable Form
You can save this form and email or post at a later date


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