Druce & Partners

Looking at the star rating wording - We didn't love "it" - house buying and selling is a huge stress but we have nothing but praise for Druce and Partners.

This is our second move using this local firm and I cannot praise them enough. Throughout this difficult process they have been professional, careful and intelligent people. They do the job properly and don't hesitate to help and use their local knowledge and contacts.
Excellent - nothing less!

We had a very negative experience as a buyer from the Druce. Like reviews on other sites, the manager was an arrogant bully, who would shout (mostly at my wife when she had the misfortune to speak to him), threaten to put the property back on the market regularly, and even hung up the phone on one occasion; very unprofessional.

He obviously has a clear idea that the best way to sell a property is to bully the seller, which, ironically delayed the process, and if a similar property had become available through a different agent, we would have jumped ship at the first opportunity so as not to have had to deal with him.

I like small, independently owned business and support them whenever I can, but what should be a strength of local knowledge and personalised service, was his biggest weakness. Just for the record, we completed in 7 weeks, were good buyers, and I gave the manager the opportunity to apologise - he shouted get out of my shop!

Excellent service!! We purchased and sold our property through Druce & Partners within two months. Darryl Druce is, in my view, one of the best negotiators, and together with his team, Paul Barker and Nathan Ascroft provided great assistance throughout the whole process. Thank you! Good to see that you're currently marketing (and sold) a few properties on our street! All the best.

We bought through Druce and thought they provided a good, clear service. On our first viewing, Paul asked good questions to prompt what we were after, and that allowed him to offer some really useful advice that ended up resulting in us buying the house. Would recommend.

Darryl and his team have done a fantastic job selling my property - they have been wonderful guiding the sale through to completion; a tricky business given that it was a chain of 8 properties with a few nerve-wracking moments along the way. They were also kind enough to give me invaluable advice for my purchase. I can't recommend them highly enough.

We bought through Druce and Partners back in 2005 and decided to sell through them in 2020. Whilst we loved our house it was difficult to sell but Darryl worked so hard throughout. We always knew what was going on and Darryl continued to market until we sold. Will always be grateful for his tireless efforts. Thanks you.

Druce just sold our lovely period house in the town centre of St Albans. They provided a fantastic "old school" service and worked extremely hard to ensure that our sale was achieved. We've had agents in the past who get the sale agreed and then do nothing further. Not Druce. They worked tirelessly to help get the sale over the line and were not afraid to push and pull where needed to ensure success. The communication style is direct and the advice is excellent. Highly recommended.

Darryl made me have a very smooth process as a first time Buyer and made me feel at ease. He dealt with everything!