Clive Emson Auctioneers Reviews 8

TrustScore 4 out of 5

3.8

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Company details

  1. Real Estate Auctioneer
  2. Auction House
  3. Commercial Real Estate Agency
  4. Real Estate Agency
  5. Real Estate Agents
  6. Real Estate Consultant

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Clive Emson Auctioneers was founded in 1989 to supply a high profile auctioneering facility to corporate and independent estate agents, private clients and statutory bodies. The success of our auction house is due to, and remains, attributable to a firm commitment to quality and service. The concept of Clive Emson is to provide a specialist land and property auctioneering service and, therefore, does not compete with the traditional estate agency, mortgage broking, insurance or any other aspect of the property world. All properties upon which we are instructed are offered for sale in the online auction catalogue. Working with a network of over 650 estate agency outlets throughout Southern England our marketing is supported by more estate agency offices than any other auctioneers practice. In addition lot details , catalogue downloads , viewings and legal documentation are available through this website. Today, Clive Emson is the UK’s Leading Independent Regional Property Auctioneers. Our five strategically placed offices in Southern England have teams with many years of land and property experience complemented by local and regional knowledge. Find out more about our wonderful team across our various offices; Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, West Country and Essex.


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3.8

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TrustScore 4 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

This company are brilliant

This company are brilliant. All round, all encompassing, the whole shebang was one seamless experience which was down to the sublime professionalism of one man, Jon Rimmer. The sale and the process was therefore for me easy. This company are unbelievably, brilliant. Use them.

19 January 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

wouldn’t use this property auctioneers…

wouldn’t use this property auctioneers again if they offered their services to me for free, David Henwood Exeter branch rude arrogant person , very blunt when you need to ask him a question, told me a very low balling figure to start my property sale off at , my property sold under the hammer , then 28 days later the buyer backed out of the sale , never purchased , I was left with a £421 insertion fee paid to Clive Emson upfront this figure I’ve lost , Clive Emson didn’t offer me a refund , they then also took the whole £3000 auction fee and kept it for my themselves , I’m massively out of pocket , solicitor fees and Clive Emson fees,

Still no buyer still No sale no further forward. Massively out of pocket just goes to show auction sale is not a done deal , and you will lose fees paid to Clive Emson if your buyer doesn’t complete and they will not return any of these fees or be companionate in anyway.

The only winners in this is Clive Emson they had their money and waved bye bye to me .

1 May 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Exceptional service

We were struggling to sell an inherited property through the usual route and decided to explore auctioneers. Paul Wood took the time to explain the process throughly and answered the many questions we asked. He always provided the information in an easy to understand way and used his experience to highlight the pros and cons of selling through auction. At no point did we feel pushed into making a decision. He allowed us the time and space to decide to go with Clive Emson Auctioneers - and we are so glad we did. A seamless experience from start to finish. Thank you Paul!

12 June 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Thank you Russell

We had Russell Hawkes visit us after three years of trying to sell our late mum’s house without success through local estate agents . He was brilliant, advising how the auction worked and how best to price the property to attract buyers. We were kept informed all the way and watched the auction on line. Thanks to listening to Russell and not being greedy and setting the price at an attractive level to entice buyers we sold the house at a figure well beyond our expectations and almost the price we were hoping for through estate agents. We would recommend Clive Emsons and especially Russell . Thank you so much

20 March 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Poor administration

Poor administration with the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing, and poor knowledge of auction properties.

1 March 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Paul Wood.

Paul Wood.
What a man! From the very start of me trying to buy a property he had my back.
Knowing that I was a first time buyer and not having an idea of where to start. Paul was extremely helpful, resourceful and just outstanding all the way through! I could not recommend Paul enough!

2 December 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Tough Experience Went Well

Chris Milne got our HMO sold after two auctions and private offers. It was a tough experience. But Chris was helpful, gave good advice. Perhaps we'd have done better if we followed it more closely. Perhaps we were a little unlucky. Jade helpfully assisted. In this arena there are a lot of sharks. We believed that Clive Emson was working for our benefit as well as theirs.

20 November 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I am shocked to see no reviews

I am shocked to see no reviews.
I had Russell come help me with my property and put it into auction for us.
He has been above and beyond at every hurdle we’ve had and we couldn’t be more grateful.
Such a fantastic company and the customer service is 10****

15 January 2024
Unprompted review

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