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Garden Buildings Direct Reviews

1.1 Rating 417 Reviews
2 %
of reviewers recommend Garden Buildings Direct
1.1
Based on 417 reviews
Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods
Own Driver, Courier
Average Delivery Time
Over A Month
On-time Delivery
Greater than 32%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders
Greater than 26%
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
Returns Process
Could Be Better
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About Garden Buildings Direct:

Garden Buildings Direct manufacture garden sheds, summerhouses, log cabins, playhouses and other garden related products. We import a large number of products from Eastern Europe and Asia on top of the 120 SKU

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Phone:

0800 169 6016

Email:

Sales@Kybotech.co.uk

Location:

Parry Business Park, Sutton-On-Trent, Newark, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom
Nottinghamshire
NG23 6QX

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Garden Buildings Direct 1 star review on 16th May 2025
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Garden Buildings Direct 1 star review on 16th May 2025
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Garden Buildings Direct 1 star review on 16th May 2025
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Garden Buildings Direct 1 star review on 6th December 2024
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Garden Buildings Direct 1 star review on 6th December 2024
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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
Reading through the email, how has this company got 1.15 stars? In all honesty this is the worst company I have purchased from since the beginning of the pandemic, I brought an tower playhouse for over £800. Only 3/4 of the order turned up, I waiting a week for the remaining. I was the. Missing 4 parts, but they said I don’t need them. Crazy the instructions say I do. I was short on fixings, both nails and screws, I had to spend close to £10 buying them myself as I waited 2 weeks for the screws and nails but they never arrived. The clout nails for the mineral felt roof are a long as a double layer of the felt, so cannot reach the roof boards to fix in. But the worst of it, the main tower leg was split in 2, its poor quality wood and was not checked, you can see the treatment has gone into the splits.
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Posted 4 years ago
I bought a 16x8 shed from Gardenbuildings direct. The glazing which is 1.2mm Styrene broke and fell down on 25mph wind. UK has more severe weather throughout. I have asked for replacement and they came back and said that it is not covered under warranty because of it was broken by weather. The shed also is of very bad quality in cutting and finishing. Please never trust or busy from this seller. I have attahed the picture.
Garden Buildings Direct 1 star review on 5th May 2021 Garden Buildings Direct 1 star review on 5th May 2021
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Posted 4 years ago
DO NOT USE. SALES TEAM CALLED ME 3X TIMES TO SECURE MY ORDER AND PROMISED ME A DELIVERY DAY. 3 WEEKS ON STILL HEARD NOTHING. WHEN I CHASE FOR AN UPDATE I AM TOLD THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO OR EVEN CHECK TO SEE THE PROCESS OF MY ORDER. TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE. WOULD NOT RECOMMEND TO ANYONE. DO NOT BE LIED TO BY THEIR SALES TEAM. THE DELIVERY DATES ON THE WEBSITE ARE COMPLETE LIES.
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Posted 4 years ago
NEVER buy from billy oh terrible quality parts that were damaged they said they were fine don't waste your money pay a bit extra and Definitely read reviews
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Posted 4 years ago
I genuinely don't think i've ever been less happy with customer service. We ordered a playhouse for my daughter, the delivery date was missed by a couple of days which was fine, but when it was delivered the base and some other parts were missing. It's been over a month now and still no parts, multiple emails, phone calls etc. I get the same response each time, that my order is being prioritised. I've asked them for a date directly and the question is ignored. No sign of any sort of priority system, I have to believe they're still making orders for other customers and just ignoring the issue. It took 8 days for the playhouse to be delivered initially and has been a month (to the day) of me waiting for the parts they missed.
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Posted 4 years ago
Delivery times are a complete lie! When I placed the order on the 8 March 2021, the website was showing the summerhouse as as being delivered in 5-7 working days. Once I placed the order the confirmation stated it would be 10 working days. At the time of writing this review it is the 29th March and Billy Oh are unable to tell me when the summerhouse will be delivered, other than to say it will be 2-3 weeks longer at least. We cancelled and urge everyone to avoid this company.
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Posted 4 years ago
I ordered a tower playhouse for my sons birthday which is on the 19th which I constantly got told not to worry mam it will be here now a day before and still no sign it’s my sons only present and now he has nothing due to empty promises and messing around by use I will make sure I spam all your sites and we’re ever else you sell stuff with the truth on the reviews, am so disappointed and can’t even sleep because am looking for a replacement so am £700 down with no shed, it should be illegal for what use are doing and what are you going to say sorry to hear this and tell me to contact customer service which I do every time and get no joy, THANKYOU for wrecking my sons birthday like times isn’t hard enough right now! I will carry this up with trade a standards and ombudsman! This shouldn’t be aloud!
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Posted 4 years ago
6 month old shed, soaking water up through the floor and causing growth inside the shed. Apparently it is my fault for firstly, insulating the shed and when they had a think about it, it was because there was no drainage in my solid concrete base. The materials are shocking, the shed was flimsy and I wish I had read the reviews before ordering. Avoid like the plague.
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Posted 4 years ago
***Don't, Just Don't***. If your looking for a shed or any garden building PLEASE IGNORE and BILLYOH If I could select 0 stars I would have. I bought my BillyOh shed in March 2020 and its now December 2020 and its rotting inside. Even has mould! When I was putting the shed together floor and most of the panels had gaps, customer service didn't want to know. Customer Service is an joke. Please just dont buy from these cowboys,
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Posted 4 years ago
You get what you pay for. I ordered a £3000 log cabin, the most competitive price in the market, however, quality is horrendous, customers service is appalling, waiting times are outrageous, and I could go on for hours. I bought my garden house on the 27th October and I didn't get it until the 8th of December, they tell you that they will deliver within 31 working days but then they were late by 3 weeks. For 4 weeks I was told that someone will give me a delivery date next week but that never happened I had to chase them all the time, they always tell you the same we are very sorry but your problem never gets solved. Talking to a manager or a director is impossible. I was assured by Carlo that someone will check the delivery to make sure nothing was missing or broken as I already waited a delayed of 3 weeks. When I got my delivery 3 parts were broken and 1 missing, the missing part was the biggest part therefore it should have been the easiest for them to check. Once you contact the company they tell you that once the request is been confirm it take up to 7 working days for the part to arrive, this meant that I had to reschedule my joiners (2nd time), the only thing they tell you over the phone is we are very sorry, but that is not good enough anymore. I read the reviews from here before I purchased and thought it can't be that bad, but please avoid this company and spend your money somewhere else. Very likely I will get a reply here saying please contact us etc, but it will be the same store we are very sorry.
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Posted 4 years ago
Delivery driver was rude angry and aggressive, wasn't interested in providing a decent service at all. The parts that arrived pre-assembled were shoddily put together, misaligned and 4 of the 6 wall panels have holes or open cracks in them. Door panels don't line up and there are holes in the pre-assembled floor panels. Roof panels on the instructions were already assembled but when speaking to customer service I had to assemble them onto the roof as it was without any baton supports etc. Having had the shed up a couple of weeks it has warped so badly the roof felt has developed a wrinkle/crack across the apex. This is due to the wood drying out after assembly. If I could send it back I would. And before anyone from the company suggests that I "Contact them via my online account"..... I've already tried that and it sends you round in circles. Overall and terrible experience from this company and I would advise anyone getting a shed to shop local.
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Posted 5 years ago
Terrible service for a terrible product from a terrible company. Over £2000 spent and call centre is somewhere in the centre of the earth that is only available when the stars align! Over two months now if being promised and promised that a manager will be in touch but nothing as yet. Won’t give me a name, number or email so I can only assume there isn’t one. ‘Run’ by fools. They are scared to get in touch but I won’t let this drop! Awful company.
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Posted 5 years ago
Do not buy from this company, I spent £1000 on a shed and can’t put it together as all the panels are different measurements and material and build quality is extremely poor. Customer service appears to be a centre in China with standard responses. They are not interested in customers or Customer service.
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Posted 5 years ago
NEVER, EVER USE THIS COMPANY. I recently bought the BillyOh Mini Master storage shed, and had so many problems with the order, coupled with a business that has no interest in resolving to the customers satisfaction - There is no chance I would ever buy anything from them again. The Good The shed was delivered on time The Bad The shed base we ordered with the product was 14inches too wide, resulting in the shed not fitting on it properly There were bits of the roof missing, meaning we couldn't make the shed waterproof whilst we waited for them to send us a replacement shed base. We were promised a new shed base delivery on a Thursday - didn't come. Then promised for Saturday - didn't come. It was eventually delivered the following Tuesday, meaning we had a shed that wasn't waterproof and was stood on damp ground for 10 days from when we assembled it. I asked them to send the shed base via courier to get it to me faster. They flat out refused. They will only deliver via their own drivers and WILL NOT send to you any other way, even when at fault When the replacement arrived, it wasn't a complete shed base but 6 shorter pieces of wood. Meaning they expected us to take apart the previous shed base that was nailed together, and reassemble using the new bits of wood They have a company policy of no refunds, and DO NOT offer compensation or partial refunds when they are at fault. Refused to let me speak to a manager/director, got told 'they'll just tell you what i am'. In order to get a full refund the product HAS to be in the original condition, disassembled before the will collect it. How on earth are you supposed to send it back in the same condition it arrived after realising there were parts missing? Easily spent over 2 hours on the phone with them trying to resolve. The summarise We spent £450 with them and had a horrific experience Terrible customer service Don't care about resolving issues Company policy of no partial refunds is a joke I would never, ever use this company again If you're considering buying anything from this company - don't.
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Posted 5 years ago
Please do not buy from this company. As stated below, the man never left his vehicle and we had to carry all the timber into the garden ourselves. Some of the panels were damaged and replaced after a very tiring phone call trying to explain to the woman what was wrong. The Summer house has leaked through all the tongue and grooves. It is no more than fence quality. Customer service is dreadful we have been complaining for 3 months.. One of the windows blew in and broke when the wind was blowing..They just keep telling us the wood is natural and will swell and shrink when left in the weather. Wish I had built it in the lounge...Again please give this company the miss and save your money...
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Posted 5 years ago
Products are rubbish. Customer service is rubbish. I urge people not to buy from this company. The quality of the summer house i bought is so bad, its not fit for purpose. Warped wood, rough cut wood, knotted panels with holes in, cheap plastic windows that can blow out in high winds, tongue and groove panels leak when it rains. No help from customer service, just bog standard pre-written replies. Dreadful company. I urge you not to buy from GBD.
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Posted 5 years ago
An man in his 50's turned up in an old Iveco van which leaked oil over my new drive ! he never left the back of the van, just handed me every single item and I carried them all into the back garden. I am 60 !! Half the parts were fresh and others weather worn, When we came to fitting, the roof parts were all too small, obviously made up from remnants. Contact center is obviously abroad and not interested, just wanted to tell me no refunds and no compensation. had to buy specially cut timber on the day from Mike Baker Rugeley, a real business built on customer service. also cost me an extra day of my builder. Bought a 10ft summer house with 9 ft roof purlins and this is what they di for a living. I am going to poist a negative review every day for the rest of my life lol so that these entrepreneur's who make their money luckily and quickly without knowing the meaning of advocacy learn their lesson, AVOID
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Posted 5 years ago
I purchased a 12 x 8 T & G shed earlier this year. It was the biggest mistake I have ever made. The shed arrived wet with water in the bagged ancillary parts with the packing lists almost unreadable. The battens on each panel were not lined up with the edges and were either too long or too short. When assembled there were gaps between the joins and also gaps between the T&G boards. There were many knot holes in the boards. 3mm gaps between the boards on the doors. 2 sets of new doors were sent but were no better and were rejected . The shed was ordered with shingles for the roof and the instructions for the roofing said to use bitumen mastic and breathable membrane, neither of which were supplied. As the shed dried out dozens of gaps appeared between the boards and then when it rained water was running down the inside of the walls. Garden Buildings Direct said that as I had treated it I had accepted it and also that the shed was only water resistant, which it was not. They seemed get confused by water resistant and water proof. They refused to take the shed back, despite threat of legal action. Fortunately I had purchased it on a credit card and have now been refunded the cost by the credit card company in full. I have now replaced it with a Breckland Garden Buildings shed which was supplied without fault at a lower price despite the erection by Breckland being included in the price.
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Posted 5 years ago
I recently purchase a BillyOh Master Tongue and Groove Apex Shed and went for all the upgrades available on their website. What a mistake! less than five months later the roof is starting to sag the windows are so flimsy they blow out in a wind and the door is not fit for purpose. Their whole website is about quality for a cheap price. £700+ for this shed is not cheap! I have contacted their customer service and drawn a blank so now having to go down the sale of goods act route. Please do not give this company another penny as you will reqret it.
Garden Buildings Direct 1 star review on 4th August 2020 Garden Buildings Direct 1 star review on 4th August 2020
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Posted 5 years ago
DON'T BUY FROM THIS COMPANY! Ignore all the fake reviews written to try to dilute their bad scores elsewhere. This company, trading under the umbrella of Kybotech Ltd, supplies poor quality wood and in my case, omitted 4 key parts (and several other pieces) that were integral to the building of my shed. They will not pay for the extra wood and labour it cost to supply and fit these parts ourselves. They are obviously used to customers complaining because there is a generic reply to fit all scenarios. In fact, their standard reply to a bad review on Trust Pilot is that they 'can't find your order number' ie implying that the bad review is fake and that the people complaining didn't buy products from them - don't fall for that misdirection, it's as see-through as my shed.   We are in troubling times and people are supporting businesses in good faith, expecting decent service and goods fit for purpose in order for them to keep trading. But when you have a company that is so inherently dishonest, you lose all faith in people. I spent £2,268 so I wasn't looking for a 'budget' shed. But I have wasted my money. I can supply photographs and emails and of course the receipt to back up everything I'm saying.   Do not buy products from Kybotech Ltd or Garden Buildings Direct, you will waste your money, or, in my case, pay out more for goods they didn't supply. After seeing my reviews (and I urge everyone to leave honest reviews of their experiences everywhere) I was asked to email my phone number with them and they would ring me to 'discuss this further' ie to make them look as if they care. I emailed my number as requested, but they didn't ring. Margie Fuertes of the Resolutions Team (bet she's kept busy) offered me an insulting £30 on the proviso that this payment would be 'a full and final settlement to put this matter to a close' - Oh Margie, I've only just begun. £30 wouldn't cover the cost of the wood we've already bought, the wood we have yet to buy for the door frame, the cladding to cover the numerous knot holes, or the 6 days of extra labour - albeit at a reduced rate. The wood is poor and dirty and some of it is warped which is odd because we paid extra to have it pressure treated. Time will tell if they did treat it, but I'm now doubtful. Shame on you, you scammers.
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Posted 5 years ago
Garden Buildings Direct is rated 1.1 based on 417 reviews