British Gas Reviews

Name: British Gas
Address: PO Box 4805, WORTHING
Rating: 1.22

1.2 Rating 3,209 Reviews

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1.2

Based on 3,209 reviews

Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods	Own Driver, Postal Service
Average Delivery Time	Over A Month
On-time Delivery	Greater than 15%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders	Greater than 81%
Customer Service
Communication Channels	Telephone, Email, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In	Over A Week
Customer Service	1.1 out of 5
Returns & Refunds
Refunds Process	Difficult

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Phone:

0800 980 6005

Email:

customerservice@britishgas.co.uk

Location:

PO Box 4805
WORTHING
BN11 9QW

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British Gas 1 star review on 26th December 2025

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“British gas are ridiculous, scamming and don't try and help! We are two family members short and they are telling us we have to pay more because it's gone from 700kw to 3000kw- they won't look into it, they won't help. Such poor customer service! I would advise to stay well clear of British gas!!”

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Posted 8 years ago

“ineffecient customer service error prone website illinformed and thretaning professional NEVER USE BRITISH GAS”

British Gas 1 star review on 24th July 2017

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Posted 8 years ago

“My recommendation is do not trust this bunch of cowboys with your hard earned cash. Better to save the money you would have spent each month into a kitty for unexpected repairs. My experience of British gas home care heating is appalling. Our hot water tank started leaking quite badly in April causing a minor flood. Upon contacting British gas we were told dyno rod would be attending to sort out the problem. Their engineer confirmed we needed the tank replacing and this was done a week later, bearing in mind that we had to push for it to be done as were without hot water during this time. When you pay £800per year for this service you expect a certain level of commitment to customer care. That said, another engineer came to replace the tank. Slightly concerning was the fact that he seemed to spend a lot of time on the phone. When he eventually finished, he informed me that my shower pump was leaking, there had been nothing wrong with it prior to the fitting of the new tank. He went on to say that it was not down to him and that dyno rod don't cover shower pumps so there was nothing he could do. I employed a local plumber to inspect the pump, he confirmed it was damaged beyond repair. He took one look at the pipe work dyno rod had left us with and advised us to complain due to the shoddy workmanship. In addition to this he noticed the thermostat on the tank was set at 75degrees, much higher than the maximum 60 degrees for the pump and had likely caused the shower pump to break due to the extreme temperature of the water running through it. We did complain about this and the following day the water tank started leaking again from one of the ill fitted pipes and the central heating pump jammed, coincidental??!! a dyno rod engineer attended and said that the central heating pump was wired up wrong and that it was nothing to do with the previous dyno rod engineer's work but that he couldn't touch it as it was a British gas component . (do you see where I'm going with this!!). British gas then sent an engineer to fix the central heat pump, which to be fair he did and also sorted out air lock problems on the radiators we had experienced since the installation of the new tank. In all we have been badly let down by poor customer service (or lack of it). Our complaint was not taken seriously and we have been fobbed off. To make matters worse, when I inquired how much it would have cost to pay a local plumber to replace the tank I found it would have cost a fraction of what I wasted on British gas, plus a new shower pump that cost over £300 and I now have to pay for the shoddy work carried out by dyno rod to be rectified as their operations manager deemed it satisfactory!!!”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Waiting 3 weeks for meter to be fitted! 3 lovely engineers have visited but every excuse under sun being given! Began with " couldn't find house" There's 3 houses on this postcode all in a neat little row! Since then it's been wrong meter sent, wrong gas pressure, wrong fittings and today's excuse is gas leak and wrong fittings!!!! Made to feel it's our fault as we should have informed them of all of this! We are news customers and would like to go elsewhere but have been told by British gas it will take 28 days to switch us!! Stay well away from this company!!!! Still no meter and constant excuse phone calls that we are. Sick to death of hearing”

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Posted 8 years ago

“I echo the negative coments below and more, this company is S... and avoid them at all costs! They installed a boiler plus shower pump at my property for 5K (!!) which broke down TWICE in the first month. They sent out a engineer who agreed it's faulty stock and I never heard from them again! They ignored ALL mine and my partners calls, emails, voicemails and their complaints hotline does nothing but promises to call back - which they don't!”

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Posted 8 years ago

“They didn't.”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Still no fridge freezer after over 1 month several cancelled appointments. Try to get new one they will put 50% and that's not even easy so it goes on do not use them. 😤”

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Posted 8 years ago

“British Gas fitted my central heating boiler and from the outset it looked, and was, a disaster. Three years later is seems that the fitter had left out an essential flue gasket allowing carbon monoxide to leak into our kitchen and ‘condensate’ to rot out the boiler’s combustion box, so a new boiler was needed. Their installation Manager suggested a solution that both the manufacturer and GasSafe say was unsafe. Their Area Manager fully supported this action so there is clearly a culture here that puts profit ahead of safety. British Gas would accept no responsibility, refused even communicate after the initial complaint contact, until the Retail Ombudsman was contacted and forced them to make reparation. Forget the sweet little penguin, simply leave them alone (or use them to set your maximum budget) and use a, locally recommended, GasSafe registered installer (ask to see their GasSafe badge and on the rear it will tell you if they are qualified to fit the type of device that you want fitted, or check out their credentials at www.gassaferegister.co.uk/find-an-engineer/ ). This will almost certainly cost you less and, from my experience, you and your family will probably be safer. Top Tip: You can request, within six months of installation, that an inspector from the GasSafe Register checks that the work has been carried out correctly. This facility is quite difficult to find on their site, so here is the URL :-www.gassaferegister.co.uk/help-and-advice/gas-safety-in-the-home/having-a-new-appliance-fitted/nominate-your-appliances-for-inspection/”

British Gas 1 star review on 29th June 2017

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Posted 8 years ago

“I rented a domestic flat around 18 months ago. It has no gas appliances and the gas supply was disconnected before the company I rented it from even bought the place. I didn't sign up for a gas account because I didn't need one. British Gas sent me a bill for over £420 in standing charges for a disconnected gas meter in this building's basement. The previous landlord of the flat rented it to the building's caretaker, who did not close the business gas account, so my name was added to the account without my knowledge or agreement. It has taken weeks to sort this mess out. Every time I have dealt with a different person at British Gas I have been told something different. The business customer services officer I registered my complaint with was useless. She provided me with incorrect information and just wanted me to pay up. In my view they have a very iffy accounting system and some office staff do not appear to know what they are doing. Naturally, as they are a large utility supplier, they automatically assume that the customer is wrong. I will never use their services because of this.”

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Posted 8 years ago

“in middle of a nearly one million khw discrepancy meter reading. send details and pictures and got feeling they sorted it, but now they want details i've already given AGAIN. looks as if BG doesn't give a r...a..e what uncertainty does to there customers nerves. and we are now still waiting anxiously.”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Abysmal customer service. Over charged me and it took an email to their CEO to get that admission and even then they wouldn't charge correctly because the tariff had ended and they can't generate a correct bill because their system can't do it. Uncaring and obstructive in all dealings, wish I could give zero stars.”

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Posted 8 years ago

“NEVER USE THIS COMPANY! THEY FAIL TO UPDATE THERE RECORDS!!!!!!”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Over charged on final bill. Spent 8 weeks trying to get it sorted. I think British Gas have the most deliberately obstructive customer service of any organisation and try to wear you down so you give up. I eventually had to go to the Ombudsman where they told to apologise and pay compensation. The whole experience was time consuming and very unpleasant and I would never use them again.”

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Posted 8 years ago

“I signed up for Britsih Gas (in spite of them not being the cheapest) because of all the business benefits package that was promised. In spite of spending over 4 hours on the phone, I have been unable to get signed up. I have been passed from one department to another. Total waste of time.”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Crap company,crap engineers, after 4 engineers visits problem with radiator still not resolved in have boiling hot radiators in the middle of June!!!!!”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Beware!! Online price checker is a rip off! Do not believe what British Gas Price Check tool advices you! I was a British Gas customer and my 12 month tariff was coming to an end. I switched from Collective Fix February 2017 tariff to HomeEnergy FreeTime Sat tariff earlier in 2017. I have used British Gas Tariff Check tool. It advised me that I will end up paying around £5 more a year by switching to HomeEnergy FreeTime Sat. Happy days! I do understand that it was an estimate and the final bill depends on my usage, but if the usage is the same I will end up paying £5 more a year. However, my bill from British Gas became significantly higher and not as advertised by the Tariff Check tool. For example, Jan 2017 I was on my old tariff and I have used 3024kw which was £103.41. In March 2017 on the new tariff I used 1996kw which was 107.48. The difference is astonishing as you can see. I have used one third less energy, but ended up paying more. How does that work out £5 more a year?”

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Posted 8 years ago

“I had a engineer come do a annual boiler check, he ticked off all the checks and signed it off. Then the boiler filter started leaking! So i had to get another british gas engineer out to look at it, he actually knew what he was doing, but he said that the first engineer did not check it at all, it was impossible to check as it is locked/seized and wouldn't budge. So british gas rip you off, dont do the job correct and seeing as though it is GAS related it is a very serious matter! I had to fork over £255 to British gas for a new £80 filter to be installed to stop the leaking (1 hour to fit). Absolute joke, It wasn't leaking until the british gas guy came over, so i'm sure he tried to get into it and when he couldn't move it he left it slightly open. If it was leaking before he came then why has it been signed off? Why isn't there damaged chipboard flooring under the boiler? Chipboard doesn't do well with water so that says it all really. Either way: he damaged it or didn't even check it and signed it off as checked!”

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Posted 8 years ago

“British gas wouldn't or couldn't take my payment as their online payment kept refusing my credit card and wouldn't authorize it even though it worked fine everywhere else. I communicated this to them that I had tried to pay my bill 8 times over the past month but their site was stopping me. They suggested or said nothing of any value so I emailed and said I would wait til they fix their site and a few weeks later I received a letter from a collection agency (debt collection) called Arvato. They were nightmare number two as they dont answer their phones, they havent answered any of the two emails I sent them trying to pay or either of the two complaints procedures I went through or any of the 12 agent call backs I requested. So now Im in a position where I have continually tried my best to pay this stupid bill doxens of times but everywhere I go they fail me with ignoring me. It seems as though its a ploy to put me in debt and charge extra costs for their mistakes. The communication with BG was a complete joke speaking to a new person everytime I sent an email meant they had no idea what my story was so far and it all kept going round in circles with me telling the same story again and again. They are a pathetic don't care outfit of morons that dont know their arse from their elbow. As for Arvato they are equally as dumb and completely ignore people who are genuinely trying to just pay a bill. These idiots wouldn't have a leg to stand on in court, my records from my bank clearly show repeated attempts to pay off the whole bill dozens of times but the British gas site isn't working as it should, they even said that to me yet transferred me to a debt collection agency. The fact the Arvato doesn't give a toss is another joke and also demonstrates that they are neglecting their duties also. Look on the glassdoor website to see what their own staff say about Arvato. Its a joke. These muppets should all be shut down”

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Posted 8 years ago

“They put in the wrong address when I set up the account, I told them so many times and they did not change it. I called for engineer as I had a problem with my boiler and they sent him to the wrong address. When I booked the appointment the customer service team took me through security she really cares about her job as I gave her my home address and she did not pick up that there was another address on the account, if she did we could have resolved this at 1pm when I called. they re-booked for this morning between 8am and 10am surprise surprise no one showed, so I've canceled all 3 of my policies this morning.”

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Posted 8 years ago

“EVERYTHING! we have had rubbish service and had to take 4 days off over the last few months as the engineers have not turned up and the people over the phone have not idea of what is going on!”

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Posted 8 years ago

British Gas is rated 1.2 based on 3,209 reviews