Homebase Reviews

1.9 Rating 926 Reviews
21 %
of reviewers recommend Homebase
1.9
Based on 926 reviews
Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods
Courier
Average Delivery Time
Over A Month
On-time Delivery
Greater than 12%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders
Greater than 56%
Customer Service
Communication Channels
Live Chat, Email, Telephone
Queries Resolved In
Over A Week
Customer Service
1.3 out of 5
Returns & Refunds
Refunds Process
Difficult
Returns Process
Could Be Better
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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
Placed order online with next day delivery option which I chose. Got dispatch confirmation that day. I got no tracking info or who was going to deliver it. Next day still no info or delivery so I called to be told that yodel are having technical problems and will be delivered in 2 or 3 days. Homebase was well aware of this so why use them and not go with another delivery service. Well and truly peed off as I waited in all day and won't be at home to recieved it in 2 or 3 days, told him to cancel the order. Will take my custom elsewhere. Homebase just take your money and don't care about getting your order to you when it is their responsibility.
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Posted 1 year ago
If possible I would score zero.Having ordered online for click & collect at Chichester Homebase,nearly 20 miles from my home address, I arrived at 15:15 but was not served until 16:00 by 2 inept staff who dawdled & seemed unable to use the IT system.They were also alien to the concept of customer service Avoid at all costs because I certainly will in future.
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Posted 1 year ago
The following is a genuine exchange on Homebase chat on 29May22 14:03 Homebase Harry Hi there, I'm Harry, your virtual assistant. Please pick one of the options below and I'll try to help 14:03 Store query Sent · 14:03 Homebase Harry Please select one of the below 14:04 Services in store Sent · 14:04 Homebase Harry Please find some helpful articles below 14:04 Does Homebase offer paint mixing? We can mix a wide range of Dulux paints in-store. Find out more here. View article Where can I get custom wood cutting? Specific Homebase stores offer a wood cutting service. Details can be found at your local store here. View article Was this helpful? 14:04 No, I still need help Sent · 14:04 Homebase Harry Got it. Try rephrasing your question or start over. 14:04 I want to check stock leveles on Flymo Easiglide 36cm lawnmower, Glasgow South side but the web site refuses to cooperate. Sent · 14:05 Homebase Harry Here's an article that might help: 14:05 Where can I get custom wood cutting? Specific Homebase stores offer a wood cutting service. Details can be found at your local store here. View article Was this helpful? 14:05 No, I still need help Sent · 14:05 Homebase Harry Got it. Try rephrasing your question or start over. 14:05 Check stock levels not working Sent · 14:05 Homebase Harry I didn't get that. Try rephrasing your question or start over. 14:05 Unable to check stock levels on line Sent · 14:06 Homebase Harry I didn't get that. Try rephrasing your question or start over. 14:06 This is rubbish. Is anybody actually there? Sent · 14:07 Homebase Harry I didn't get that. Try rephrasing your question or start over. 14:07 I didn't get that. Try borrowing a brain cell. Sent · Just now Homebase Harry I didn't get that. Try rephrasing your question or start over. Just now Type a message
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Posted 1 year ago
Dreadful service on both delivery and ‘click and collect’. Happy take the money, charging more for specific delivery dates then don’t bother turning up or letting you know that the time is not arriving. Cancel the order because it’s happened twice already and decide to order the same item for click and collect because surely that can’t go wrong?! You guessed it - took the money, got there and ‘sorry it’s out of stock. It’ll take 3-5 days to go back on the card’. Joke.
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Posted 1 year ago
No issues with store staff. They're fine. Product quality is another matter. The latest rubbish I mistakenly bought is a garden bistro set ( table and two chairs) Eloise natural. £80 isn't much to pay. However, it was bought on 6th May 22 and now it's the 20th May 22 and it showing rust blooms on the bent tubular frames and on all the welds. A result of poor paint preparation and insufficient coatings. I will of course return to store for a refund. But what a waste of my time and further the companies time. Do your buyers not conduct quality control checks. My past product issues have all been due to shoddy product.
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Posted 1 year ago
Awful delivery service. Promised next Monday. It's been 2nd Monday. Guess what? Nothing. Called twice just to receive an email that they would "raise the search" of my order that'd take another 2-3 days. Avoid. I can't put a no-star, so putting one which is already a lot for the delivery service they provide.
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Posted 1 year ago
Ordered kitchen 9 weeks ago. Meant to be delivered by 15/05/22. Heard absolutely nothing. Phoned customer service they don’t know where it is. Joke. Avoid. Avoid. Avoid.
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Posted 1 year ago
Oh dear, Homebase as we knew it no longer exists. In my dealings with them over the past few weeks, I have sometimes felt I was losing my mind. Sofa bed we wanted was in stock for delivrry only, so I completed and paid for the order. Then received an email confirming the order and delivery date. Five minutes later I received an email cancelling my order. I then ordered it again three more times. Each time the order was confirmed, then cancelled. I now have so many emails from them it is a joke. I don't think their helpline is UK, because not sooner do you get through and explain the problem, you are cut off time and time again. Homebase doesn't seem to have any stock either online or in store despite their advertising items as being available. There is something really very seriously wrong with the store we once knew as Homebase. Customer service is zero and going into the store to speak with someone is a waste of time, as nice as the staff are, they can't help either. What a bizarre was tomrun a business.
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Posted 1 year ago
Dreadful customer service. Had to call 6 times and was cut off 3 times. Incorrect item delivered, corner sofa with 3 arms. That no one could understand wasn’t correct. it could now take up to 14 days for courier to contact me to arrange a date to collect item and deliver another. Very poor show Homebase. Will never order on line again from you.
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Posted 1 year ago
I paid for next day delivery...it was not delivered...also it is disgusting that a British company has its customer service in India....people in this country need jobs....I shall not order from them again
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Posted 2 years ago
I purchased a product call SPOT ON Black spot remover and patio restorer. I followed the instructions to the letter. Having followed the instructions I awoke the following morning and the solution had put hairline cracks in 6 of the slabs i had applied it to. I reported this to HOMEBASE who were slow to respond and then passed me on to a company called Sipcam Home & Garden Ltd. Once again these were slow to respond. I provide them with the batch number and all details and asked them to arrange an inspection. I also advised that they carry out a thorough investigation. They eventually came back to me with the following. Sorry for any delay, I have had to wait for the liquid supplier to get back to me and with Easter this has impacted on our response time. Their response was that the active materials in Black Spot Remover could not have caused the damage to these slabs. Even if these are composite slabs made from a mixture of aggregate and concrete/cement, hypochlorite-based chemicals will have no detrimental effect. If an acid-based cleaner has been used, an even surface attack would be expected, removing a millimetre or two at the most. One photo it seems to show that the slab has had impact damage. (THIS IS ABSOLUTE RUBBISH AND THEY REFUSED TO COME OUT AND INSPECT THE SLABS) The product is packed with all its necessary hazard warnings and instructions for use, and precautions that the user must follow. (INSTRUCTIONS WERE FOLLOWED AS I TOLD THEM SEVERAL TIMES) HOMEBASE HAVE CHOSEN TO EXONERATE THEMSELVES OF ANY RESPONSIBILITY. I ADVISED THAT THEY REMOVE THE PRODUCT FROM THEIR SHELVES BUT THEY ARE ACTIVELY SELLING IT STILL. IT IS DANGEROUS.
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Posted 2 years ago
Do not buy a Homebase kitchen. I have had endless problems with my Country Living kitchen from them. They lost my first kitchen and then rushed to rebuild it in a few days so the quality was poor. So many delays, no installation instructions, wrong parts, poor quality. They had clearly resprayed parts that were a different colour in their rush and the paint just peels off. Every time I think the problems have ended, something else goes wrong. Most recently, they sent me screws for the handles that don't actually fit through the doors. All of this causes unnecessary delay and frustration. It has taken me months to get this all resolved and I am still not happy with the end product. Both the Country Living and Homebase customer services is non existent on the phone. I had to keep going to my local store where they are sick of the sight of me. I wish I could go back and buy a kitchen from anywhere else but here.
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Posted 2 years ago
Homebase are good but totally let down by DX delivery service. I would use Homebase again provided that they promised to use another delivery service.
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Posted 2 years ago
I purchased a garden furniture which arrived damaged and unsafe and i wanted it returned Home base said they would collect it I have been waiting since the 29th march for collection I had this text but they did not contact me or collected item Guess what? Your Homebase order will be with you between 10:25 to 12:25 06/04/22, by DX (0812605941)! This is an automated message, so please don't reply.
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Posted 2 years ago
Told me it would be up to seven days delivery for £6. I think it’s too much for a seven day service but I couldn’t get the paint delivered from elsewhere and don’t have a car, so I paid it . I was also hopeful it would be less than seven days as it said up to. So I waited the seven days only to now be told they don’t know how long it will be. Ridiculous service for this day and age. Other companies charge less and offer a next day service. I should’ve avoided Homebase delivery after they messed up my Xmas tree order but I didn’t think ! This is what happens when you give these companies another chance!
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Posted 2 years ago
Ordered 3 products off their site that were "Delivery in 5 days". Two weeks later they have told me 2 of them are no longer available and they can still not yet provide an update on when the 3rd item will be delivered. Could have finished my DIY had I gone with a reputable seller instead of waiting 2 weeks for nothing. Go elsewhere.
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Posted 2 years ago
I ordered an item which had not arrived in 6 weeks. I had to make lots of calls to the call centre to chase the delivery up which I found very stressful. I had 2 delivery dates given to me by DHL however on both occasions Homebase had not despatched the item to DHL which was no fault of DHL. I constantly had to chase this item. In the end I was so upset and stressed I cancelled the order. I will never order anything online from Homebase ever again. Terrible experience and dreadful service. No communication from them about anything either. Customer services did not call me back when they promised to and sometimes when I rang to politely chase delivery of the item I was cut off just awful.
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Posted 2 years ago
I ordered flooring from Homebase which cost about £1200, when it got delivered they left it on the roadside outside my house, it then got stolen and I have taken this up with Homebase only to be told they delivered it to the roadside outside your house so there is nothing they can do as it is delivered. So I’m now hundreds of pounds out of pocket and still mo flooring. Absolutely disgusting company avoid at all costs.
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Posted 2 years ago
Homebase will not honour 25 year guarantee I have the same problems as another customer with the doors and the engineer saying it’s wear and tear although they are covered by 15 year wear tear. But this is a fault not wear and tear
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Posted 2 years ago
I WISH could have no stars listed. 2nd time have visited this branch. No wonder the store is virtually empty staff always do rude at checkout. 2 50 year old women. The heads of the company should 'spy' checkS. Dont they realise why there is no income coming in........Weird
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Posted 2 years ago
Homebase is rated 1.9 based on 926 reviews