Fixed rate query

Understandably the fixed rates have been pulled but the chat function and assistance was very handy.

Reviewed on 28th September 2022

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Excellent service.

Had a complicated FTB case to place and needed guidance through the application process. Ben Hutchings (head of mortgages) and his team were very helpful and easy to deal with. Mortgage offer has now been received meaning very happy customers and a very h Read more

Had a complicated FTB case to place and needed guidance through the application process. Ben Hutchings (head of mortgages) and his team were very helpful and easy to deal with. Mortgage offer has now been received meaning very happy customers and a very happy mortgage adviser.

Reviewed on 21st September 2022

Rob Lynn Mortgages & Protection

Tom was very helpful

I was looking to find out more about a rather niche product, but Tom was very quick, professional, and helpful. I would thoroughly recommend him.

Reviewed on 16th September 2022

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Excellent on live chat, not good at returning calls

Having used Bath for the first time, they could do with making their system more user friendly.

Reviewed on 16th September 2022

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Nick helped quickly

Nick called me which was a nice touch and we resolved the query quickly, so really efficient for us both

Reviewed on 15th September 2022

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Communication

Communication is not very great, however when through to chat with someone they were helpful. They didn't have my email address on the system to request additional documents from me, despite communicated via email while initiating the process of mortgage Read more

Communication is not very great, however when through to chat with someone they were helpful. They didn't have my email address on the system to request additional documents from me, despite communicated via email while initiating the process of mortgage application. so clear gap in departments.

Reviewed on 14th September 2022

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Lovely experience

Lovely professionals. Questions answered fast and precise.

Reviewed on 30th August 2022

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Avoid at all costs go to another building society if you value your sanity

Hard to find words to describe but I'll have a go, inefficient, uncaring, incompetent, took 4 months to process a simple application which at the outset they said would be quick and easy. They then informed they would not deal with a conveyancing company Read more

Hard to find words to describe but I'll have a go, inefficient, uncaring, incompetent, took 4 months to process a simple application which at the outset they said would be quick and easy. They then informed they would not deal with a conveyancing company , only solicitors, an email reasonably asking someone senior to review this simple case was met with a letter of deadlock, take it to the ombudsman, which we will. These people couldn't care less, worst people we have ever dealt with, and not by a small margin. If Mickey Mouse ran a Building Society it would be better than this shower, I was shocked at how they clearly couldn't care less. (And that's being polite)

Nicola thank you for response, I now have some hope that if you remain involved we will be able to bring this simple application to a rapid conclusion.

Reviewed on 17th August 2022

Dave Pickett

Quick Service

Great work from Oliver on the chat desk. Really efficient and got me to the right answer quickly.

Reviewed on 2nd August 2022

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Very efficient and friendly

Nick was great, he came across as knowledgeable and helped with my query very quickly

Reviewed on 27th July 2022

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Good service

The chat facility is good. Oliver and Tom have been helpful

Reviewed on 27th July 2022

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Great service!

Although I wasn't able to get all of the answers I required immediately, Oliver had no hesitation in providing me with details to contact him via email where he would be able to help me further with my query. It gave me confidence that I would always have Read more

Although I wasn't able to get all of the answers I required immediately, Oliver had no hesitation in providing me with details to contact him via email where he would be able to help me further with my query. It gave me confidence that I would always have help when needed from Bath Building Society

Reviewed on 20th July 2022

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mixed bag

Tim, the advisor was brilliant; available, supportive and prepared to listen and respond flexibly. The staff are all very pleasant and available. However, we encountered difficulties with the underwriters, who made things hard going and all innovation for Read more

Tim, the advisor was brilliant; available, supportive and prepared to listen and respond flexibly. The staff are all very pleasant and available. However, we encountered difficulties with the underwriters, who made things hard going and all innovation for solutions to the problems we encountered had to come from us. They seemed to be overly cautious and, in our view, a bit tick boxy in approach. We were required to undertake legal advice for three adult kids and ourselves which didn't tell us anything we didn't already know (I'm trained as a lawyer!) at a cost of nearly £1000 when the advice for the kids could be summarised; you have no rights now but this charge means you are signing away your non-existent rights! If we hadn't been under so much time pressure in the purchase I think we probably would have sought a different provider (despite Tim).

Reviewed on 16th July 2022

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Broker Support

Nick was great along with Adam, very supportive and knowledgeable

Reviewed on 6th July 2022

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great service

Efficient, helpful, great service being received on my urgent case.

Reviewed on 1st July 2022

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very helpful info via online chat

Very help via online. able to answer my questions efficently

Reviewed on 1st July 2022

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Slow, convoluted, backward process

I am a property developer and investor who is well versed in the world of mortgages and have in excess of £30m funds currently borrowed. This one simple transaction undertaken with BBS was by far the most ridiculous process I have ever had the misfortune Read more

I am a property developer and investor who is well versed in the world of mortgages and have in excess of £30m funds currently borrowed. This one simple transaction undertaken with BBS was by far the most ridiculous process I have ever had the misfortune of being involved with. Nearly 17 weeks for a simple remortgage is really, very unimpressive.

Reviewed on 29th June 2022

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WARNING WARNING AVOID AVOID

WARNING WARNING AVOID AVOID Do not let these people loose you your dream home which is happening to me right now because of them. More so in this time of such high demand for homes where the seller has their choice of buyers and you are lucky if your offe Read more

WARNING WARNING AVOID AVOID
Do not let these people loose you your dream home which is happening to me right now because of them. More so in this time of such high demand for homes where the seller has their choice of buyers and you are lucky if your offer is the one accepted. You need a mortgage provider that will give you a decision either way as soon as possible not one that will delay you for weeks and then decline you for a reason they knew about in the first place which has just happened to me with Bath leaving me having to start again with another lender and a impatient seller wanting answers. It's a nightmare. We as mortgage seekers are advised not to have multiple applications going at once so it is imperative that the provider we choose respects our situation and the trust we have put in them. One of these unfortunately is not Bath. They've got the slogans but do not live up to them and have been a complete frustration and hinderence to me with every question they asked being answered immediately and them taking days to get back each time and if the seller doesn't wait for me Bath will be the sole reason why I have lost my much needed purchase. No matter how they respond to this with - they needed more info - or whatever, it is all rubbish because all further questions were answered perfectly satisfactory and they have fundamentaly given the reason of decline as something they knew of from the start and there is simply no excuse for time wasting like this when customers are on the clock already with some of the biggest decisions and stress in their lifes. Don't let them ruin things for you.
Good luck

UPDATE (05/07/2022): Wow, this place really is the pits. They will leave you high and dry without a care .They came back with nothing but more bath b s but the main showstopper with these people is that they will blatantly refuse you a mortgage on something that their own criteria list says is acceptable and if you've arrived at them through a broker then bath have lost you the money you've paid the broker too. When you can't trust what a building society has in black and white there is a serious problem. It's like they're a law unto themselves being a small backstreet like building society which they try to sell as a good thing but you don't get Barclays going back on what it says in the window do you. Don't give them the chance to do it to you. Now I go to the ombudsman because this behaviour can't be allowed to continue

UPDATE (06/07/2022): That does sound so good for everyone that Bath will cooperate fully with the ombudsman seeing though they have no choice and I've been nothing but fobbed off with bath's responses that have not addressed at all the main charge of declining me a mortgage on facts that their criteria list says are acceptable and not even doing it when they first knew of these facts but wasting weeks of my valuable time and putting at risk my purchase and don't worry I hereby give you permission to discuss my case on this public forum because i'm the one with nothing to hide so let's go, explain to the people how you don't adhere to what you have in black and white. You make out You're on this transparency kick with such a comprehensive alphabetical criteria list that customers and brokers can work by which would be great if you honoured it so either honour it or delete it, which will it be ?

UPDATE (07/07/2022): "Very simple"! Lol, maybe for you but not for your customers. 1."We have criteria requirements to follow" We know, you publish them and a large respected London brokerage agrees I'm a pass according to it. 2. "Affordability checks to follow" My monthly mortgage payment would be 28% of my gross income with no dependents or debt and very frugal outgoings so is that a affordability decline at Bath is it so customers know ?

UPDATE (08/07/2022): I'm glad everyone can see what I've had to put up with off of this shower. Have a word at the some lenders this and some lenders that round in circles till you're dizzy and still haven't answered the simple question about themselves. Not one straight answer comes back off of these people from fair questions and I just ask myself why, And I was putting down 25% deposit so when they recon they're looking out for their members, they're not if they're turning good business away. Something isn't right there

Reviewed on 28th June 2022

Stephen

Very helpful

I had a few awkward questions to garner initial mortgage information and Oliver was most helpful

Reviewed on 28th June 2022

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Very clear and helpful

My call was answered by Ian, who was very polite and helpful with regard to information about mortgages and the different types that are available, including rent a room loans, which I knew very little about. It seems that Bath have some very good product Read more

My call was answered by Ian, who was very polite and helpful with regard to information about mortgages and the different types that are available, including rent a room loans, which I knew very little about. It seems that Bath have some very good products, which were explained very clearly and which was much appreciated. Ian said he would email me some further details, which came through in just a few minutes, which is also a major plus point.
Having worked in Financial Services for many years (but not very often on the mortgage side) I was pleasantly surprised at the efficiency of the service. Far better than my previous experiences with lenders over the years.
Thank you
Patrick

Reviewed on 23rd June 2022

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