B&Q Reviews

Name: B&Q
Address: B&Q Customer ServicesCatesby Business ParkWhite Rose Way, Doncaster
Rating: 2.18

2.2 Rating 2,665 Reviews

28 %

of reviewers recommend B&Q

2.2

Based on 2,665 reviews

Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods	Courier
Average Delivery Time	Within 5 Days
On-time Delivery	Greater than 52%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders	Greater than 76%
Customer Service
Communication Channels	Email, Telephone, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In	Over A Week

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From DIY specialists to builders and beyond visit B&Q for all your home and garden supplies and advice on all the latest design trends. B&Q

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d.noble@diy.com

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B&Q Customer ServicesCatesby Business ParkWhite Rose Way
Doncaster
DN4 8DG

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“bought 4 wardrobe doors they were fitted,,grandaughter 6 went to get an item got hold of the side rail it came adrift top roller just missed her head called b&q not a lot of joy you can have your money back i was told not being happy with that i insisted they were looked at chap came out i tapped the side rail it came apart thats no good he said photo it said someone will phone you up this afternoon no one phoned so i phoned them ah i was told it has to go to our quality people I said these doors are dangerous they can come apart,cannot do anything till they get back i was told,, the guy said they will have to come off sale guess what still on sale..still not heard”

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Posted 8 years ago

“I am absolutely shocked at how much I've been lied to and misled. As a well known company, i was expecting reliability of some sort, but i was so wrong. I ordered my kitchen in December and was told it would come on 23rd of Jan. When the date arrived and I didn't get my order, I practically called every single day and even visited the store on numerous occasions, I was given excuse after excuse and fake apology after apology with no real solutions put forward. It got to the point where I would speak to a new member of staff each time i called and they would promise to look into it and call me back but then they would vanish! It turned into a game of chase with me calling everyday asking to follow up with the person I spoke to last and being told ' they are on a break', 'they go home at 2', 'the admin lady has left', 'our system is not working', 'our system thinks there is an outstanding balance', 'there is nothing we can do', 'give me 2 days to find out' and then one by one each person would disappear and I'd never hear from them again! So ironic that there is no consistency whatsoever in any of their processes (deliveries, orders, complaints procedures etc) yet each member of staff was consistent in providing awful customer service: lying, making excuses and refusing to take ownership. Even after contacting the managers and expecting more from them due to their position, we were still let down and fed excuses. it got to Mid February and my husband decided that if all the staff were trying so hard to avoid us, perhaps we should confront them face to face. We visited the store because we wanted to cancel our order and get our money back. We was shocked to discover that the duty manager wanted to remain in his office and use one of the junior sales staff as a messenger, going back and fourth from his office to the shop floor in order to communicate. We turned up at store and we STILL couldn't speak to someone face-to-face? B&Q do you train your staff on customer service? do you pay your staff to sit in their office and avoid calls?? Yet again we were told that the cancellation process would be tedious and long too and we were better off letting them resolve it. we were assured that things would be sorted and we would get a call the following morning with a new delivery date. In the end we did get our kitchen delivered, but surprise surprise, we had to jumnp through hurdles for that too. we were told it would come on specific day and took the day off work, when we called to confirm (because they never ever call to tell you anything) they then said it would be delivered on a different day!! finally we receive our delivery but one item is damaged. The delivery person takes the rejected package and tells us that b&q will replace- when we call b&q they tell us that there is no paperwork or any notes on the system to say that we had rejected the item??/ so even their delivery people are incompetent. every person at every level of this company will let you down and in the end after you are stressed out and sick, you will wish you never ordered with them. stay clear - the hassle is really not worth it.”

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Posted 8 years ago

“ordered 12 rolls wallpaper from store which is now miles away after they closed our brilliant liitle store 0.5 miles away on Click and collect. collected wallpaper on arrival at home inspected it to find one roll bashed on one end and all rolls were differing batch numbers!!!!!!!!!!!!! even on their advice they say to get same batch numbers! called "helpline"? to be advised to return it miles(at my expense and valuable time with wear and tear to my vehicle) to store where the in-store staff would help (I doubt it I have experience of them already). B&Q were always expensive but now you can add useless to this too. My advice.....Don't spend hard earned cash at this company its not worth it. Oh and do Not use Click and Useless collect!”

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Posted 8 years ago

“My bathroom installation that should have taken just over a week took over 3 months to complete. The delivery date was not met and all the products were delivered in dribs and drabs over a 3 week period. My wife and I had to take additional time off work, our holiday was disrupted and we were both completely stressed out by the whole thing to the point of making us both very irate, confused and almost on the verge of being ill. They did not listen to complaints, promised call backs were never made, numerous telephone calls, text messages and emails were never responded to and on the odd occasion when contact was made they were rude and lied to cover themselves. The workmanship was shoddy at best, some items were damaged and the tiling and painting looks terrible. My family will never use B&Q again and I urge anyone who is thinking of using them to think again, don't get caught out like we did. Do NOT use B&Q. Its a pity I have to give them 1 star, there should be an option for no stars, or even negative stars. Once again do NOT use B&Q.”

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Posted 8 years ago

“3.2.18. Thanks to female staff member in paint mixing area at Derby Osmaston store. She advised that the Timeless Classics range had been discontinued, then offered to mix paint to the same recipe (Dusted Capuccino). Paint was mixed and issued within ten minutes. Thank you - good customer service.”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Person in store ordered the wrong size clad on panels, the delivery arrived a day late, the person on customer services then ordered the wrong thing again, delivery was 2 days earlier than told and uplift of incorrect panels did not happen on designated day. Now sitting with EIGHT incorrect panels in my hallway, no idea when they'll be uplifted, hoping the correct ones ARE delivered on Monday as promised. Have wasted 2 days waiting in for Parcel Force (so much for the call or text an hour before to give a delivery slot, it hasn't happened so far) and wasted nearly 3 hours on the phone and still can't get my kitchen finished. To be fair,the original order of the bulk of my kitchen was from B&Q drivers and went smoothly, plus the units etc are easy to assemble and reasonable quality for the price. It is their customer service and deliveries/uplifts from Parcel Force that have let me down badly”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Bathroom installation was terrible. Contractor cut corners and I did not get what I paid for. Delivery of goods was stressful with goods not turning up on the day using multiple days off. Trouble with getting sub contractors to do job, only when it was going to cost b and q extra money for the delay because I was using their credit terms, did they make sure they installed ASAP six months after ordering.”

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Posted 8 years ago

“We would like to recommend Alli at the B & Q Store Hedge End, Southampton. Alli works in the kitchen department and has been an enormous help to us in choosing replacement doors/drawers for our existing kitchen. She is patient and knows her 'stuff'; she was very helpful and patient! Thank you Alli - Ros and Pete”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Great prices, helpful staff;)”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Unhelpful staff always make you feel like your causing them a problem, half the staff dont actually understand anything about diy or any of the products they sell. Probably some of the worst customer service i have ever seen, majority of staff are unapproachable! Bought a kitchen, they kept changing delivery date and when they did finally deliver it we witnessed them literally launching parts of our kitchen out of the van, they also wanted my partner to help remove items off the van which he is not insured to do (and its their bloody job!!) Also sold us a cupboard door which they dont actually make and didnt bother to tell us, the wrong hinges for corner doors so we cant get into them. Now we have half a kitchen which is missing four doors!!! I would HIGHLY recommend that you use any store other than b&q”

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Posted 8 years ago

“At B and Q today, at tills paying for my goods, catch sight of Lady in next till buying a panel of wood, and trying to lean it against something at end of till, {would not balance}so she could pay, could not believe till attendant {Kaine} just stood there watching and not helping. Just as I was about to help, a bloke ran over to help her. Must have been with her, was very surprised as from the size of him he do not say any thing to him or any of the other two staff dossing at the ends of the tills. Once again GREAT HELP FROM YOUR STAFF AT READING, CARE FOR OTHERS AT THE TOP OF YOUR LIST.”

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Posted 8 years ago

“They had the products I wanted, though somebody had to go and find them. Great service.”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Congratulations ! on your staff member Kirsty Lee Watson. We were in your Consett store this morning and the service we received from her was amazing !!!!”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Some of the products arrived badly packed and damaged. I waited in one whole day and they failed to pick up, and so waited in for the next slot they gave me, and waited in another whole day. They failed to pick up again. Several phone calls later, I am told I can only have my money back when the items are picked up, even though they have failed to pick them up! I will now be waiting in another day, when no doubt they will fail to pick up! A weird way to hang on to your money. Will make a note not to order from this store again.”

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Posted 8 years ago

“longwell green store- on 2 occasions we have checked online if items are in stock only to find when we get there the staff are unable to locate the items though they can confirm via computer they have them! We have asked if we can order these items and told no they are stocktaking. 2 wasted journeys are enough, will now shop elsewhere.”

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Posted 8 years ago

“B&Q kitchen installation....ordered in January did not start getting installed until July. Due to lost/ missed parts which nobody seemed to know or care where they were took 56 weeks instead of two! They even lost a range cooker and when it eventually turned up without its LPG gas jets. Left hand doesnt know what right hand is doing. Self employed contracted installer charged me extra for items he shouldnt. B&Q manager refunded these but that should not have happened. B&Q manager agreed some small compensation but failed to pay all what was verbally agreed. When you write a letter to complain about the lack of full compensation you get a pretty dismissive letter back from complaints department referring you to a store claims process which does not exist apparently. All in all will never shop let alone deal with B&Q ever again as I feel badly let down and not a valued customer. Not to mention who they contract their installations to and their integrity......”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Vinyl floor tiles soon started to rise after days. I contacted B&Q customer services 4.1.18 providing photographs and details of laying etc. I was advised this would be investigated on 6th Jan @ 09.03 hours. Since I have been required to follow up for a response on 14th, 19th and 26th Jan. Receiving unhelpful please send us more information. It appears the original communication has been lost due to incompetent complaints management. can anyone advise how I get any response from B&Q. They are unhelpful on the phone and appear to be waiting a week before they communicate. No wonder they are closing stores.”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Ok so firstly the kitchen is absolutely gorgeous. We totally love it but maybe a lot of that is to do with the expert fitter we used (not B and Q's) The issues we had were no hob, not enough floorboards and under floor cushioning, parts missing and even extra parts. How they could get an order so wrong is beyond me. I called up to say I had no hob and not enough flooring only to be told it would be delivered in 12 days. My fitter proposed to be finished in four! With a pregnant partner I refused to accept it and within two days the hob arrived. After speaking to numerous people from B and Q I decided to go back and collect the missing flooring myself (far easier!) incidentally when I arrived someone was there complaining about their kitchen delivery! So now I had a hob and the flooring but there were still bits of a cupboard missing. My fitter managed to make it work with off cuts and he's done an amazing job. Needless to say very disappointed with B and Q especially considering all this was going on while my partner was 36 weeks pregnant. Every cloud though - we do have a gorgeous kitchen!”

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Posted 8 years ago

“we bought the kitchen in October and had it all planned by Tom and Paul came and did a survey which he did to perfection as we had measured wrongly and he managed to squeeze in a spice rack and 2 more standing cupboards and a wine rack. Had the kitchen delivered on 10 January from Doncaster - and it arrived when they said it would (via a text) - Paul came on Monday 15 January to start it - he got all the old kitchen units off and he finished it on Friday 19 January - never stopped for a proper lunch - he was so diligent and efficient - very happy with the colour and all the appliances.”

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Posted 8 years ago

“delivery on date they stated - got all the parts and 3 appliances - and now finished in 5 days”

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Posted 8 years ago

B&Q is rated 2.2 based on 2,665 reviews