Countrywide Tax & Trust Avis 

So countrywide were the trust for my late fathers estate. Customer service absolutely appalling. Having to chase the case officer for answers. Ringing the office to be told sorry he`s on the other line he will contact you back then waiting days for the contact. Being charged for work already carried out by a solicitor.
I had to put a score on here but if I could I would have scored lower. Very distressing as well as having to deal with the deaths of both my mother and father.
Would I recommend I certainly would not. If you want to waste your money go with Countrywide or you could set lite to your cash and throw it in the street.
both myself and my sister feel completely let down by this company.
I work in a customer service role and if I did my job like these charlatans people would die.

Daniel Humphriss has been dealing with the trust set up by my late Mother and Stepfather. His attention to detail and guidance has been invaluable as the process is unfamiliar and a little daunting, but his patience and professionalism has been first class..

Kiran Hiyare from trust department has been fantastic I needed clarity on trusts attached to our wills she fully explained the details and followed up we an e mail clarifying everything nothing too much trouble not enamoured with the company though have sent a number of e mails all of which had to be chased with phone calls as nobody got back to me Kiran was the only one who sorted the queries out can’t thank her enough

Countrywide were very professional and thorough obtaining Probate and administering what turned out to be a very complicated and rather messy estate. The whole team were great. Karen and George in particular were professional and very personable, showing endless patience throughout the process.

We had ongoing issues and delays at the beginning. But once we got to speak to Abi Rose, Trust Specialist, this was all resolved. Abi was absolutely fantastic and restored my faith with the company. Everything Abi agreed to do was actioned with speed and great communication. I would like to thank Abi for all her help, Abi is an asset to the company.

my late mother was going through a terminal cancer diagnosis when she was offered a trust package through Countywide in order to protect her assets should she eventually need to go into a care provision and as such a number of trusts were set up with countrywide, both living trust and also in her passing.

The products sold, have been confirmed by multiple solicitors and financial advisors to be very "questionable" in their legality and validity.

The result of the trust being sold to her is 9 months of continuing difficulty in trying to dissolve the trust and remove countrywide from her estate.
Her home was conveyed into Countrywide's name, leaving it locked into them and being unable to be sold on. her assets have been frozen for months leaving us in a difficult position having to pay endless fees for documents to be signed and drafted, despite the initial costs and fees in setting up the trusts in the first place.

despite passing over 9 months ago, we still have not been able to settle my mothers estate due to Countrywide's extremely poor communication, inaction and quite frankly appalling practices.

The overall experience has been nothing short of exhausting.

Countrywide have preyed upon my late mother and sold her products that she didn't need and will charge the survivors every step of the way in resolving the issue.
Expect copious fees and awful communication with this company and avoid at all costs, this is a business trying to take your money and charge you every step of the way, they are not trying to help you.

Proft and efficient service

Despite the whole situstion being quite stressful, Sophie has taken great responsibility to resolve this for us. A four has been awarded for the whole experience but had it been awarded for Sophie alone it would be a five.

This review is on my probate process & it’s a huge shout out & gratitude of thanks to George Mathison who had a unique challenge of doing Probate for not only my late Mother but also my late Brother as they died within 5 days of one another sadly. I was recommended to use countrywide who would be more upto speed than the bank designated in my Mothers Will..so we went about the change & was successful & George got cracking once he’d recieved voluminous documents from myself on my two family members. George was extremely efficient in sorting our both probates swiftly & as quickly as possible. What I particularly like is the prompt responses as nothing was delayed from his end. Probate processes are always like a rocky road & drawn out but when you are kept informed regularly & asked for extra information, this helped smooth things out. My late brothers probate was straight forward & finished pretty quickly. My Late Mother not so as she had a house that needed selling so eventually late last year this was completed successfully & Probate closed out this month. George & his Team were excellent & went the extra mile in getting things done & moving & if anyone goes through Probate I’d highly recommend getting George to do it as he’s an asset to Countrywide. He was very much aware of my unique situation & the emotional roller coaster I would on but he was extremely professional & let me do a lot of the early requests at my own pace. You just can’t go wrong with George on your side. Fabulous work.

I would like to express my thanks to the whole Countrywide team.
Initially from the excellent work done by Kiran Hyare in closing a family trust, providing her knowledge and expertise to produce an excellent outcome.
Always replying to our telephone/email requests in a timely manner and understanding our own difficult circumstances.

The people at Countywide have been nothing but helpful and compassionate at difficult times to our family needs were taken care of. They offered guidance an knowledge where needed.. Jospeh and George were very supportive to help sort probate and trust matters.

I would like to express my thanks to the whole Countrywide team.
Initially from the excellent work done by Elizabeth Shimmell in providing her knowledge and expertise to produce a very tax efficient solution to a challanging case.
In addition the help and assistance provided by Kirk Adams CTT Law in liasing with Elizabeth and arranging the property sale.
And Finally to Ana Da Silva (IDTeam) in providing the professionalism with her patience, care and guidance in overcoming daunting technological challanges for the over 65's
Thank you - Clive would be very proud of your teamwork !!

I have had a few discussions with Hadir and he has been nothing short of excellent.

I am not well versed in the area of Trusts and Wills but Hadir provided me with a clear understanding of the situation in particular, Section 144 and the effects of back reading

Keep up the good work Mr Hadir Ali. Most certainly worthy of 5 stars, an absolute asset to company.

The call was on time very friendly lady put me at ease right way explained things very well and quickly very helpful

The system you have for ID verification does not work it malfunctions and stops working many times I do not think it would have been possible to get through it without the assistance of Ana in you admin team sending and resending us the secure link

The most unprofessional company I’ve ever come across. With extremely poor customer care. We have been dealing with them since June last year in relation to our parents trusts. Poor communication & very limited. Only had one meeting, despite my 8 emails requesting a meeting to understand the trusts more. I paid £600 three weeks ago for a meeting. Still Not arranged. Confusing emails. Worst company I’ve had to deal with and it’s not over yet. We are now paying for solicitors help. Not at all what my parents would have envisaged or wanted us to go through when they set up trusts with The Countrywide.

Harjit has been absolutely fantastic through what was a very long and somewhat complicated matter. Would thoroughly recommend. Thank you!

Myself and my sister recently received excellent customer service from Hadir Ali,
Senior Trust Coordinator in the Trust Management Department. Following the death of our mother, Hadir took us through the necessary steps to address our concerns, in an exceptionally professional and friendly manner. Could not fault him. Thanks Hadir, and Countrywide Tax and Trust, 10/10.
David and Jill.

Really efficient service from Kiran ( Case Handler ) who looked after us after a few teething problems with our transfer of funds she was fully supportive in making sure everything progressed well and kept in contact with us constantly until the end

Awful company. I've never experienced such poor communication from an organisation. Quick to take your money and then just don't do the work. My Mum died eighteen months ago and we're still waiting for a simple Trust Deed despite paying for it months ago. Avoid this company!