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Homebase Reviews

1.9 Rating 953 Reviews
21 %
of reviewers recommend Homebase
1.9
Based on 953 reviews
Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods
Courier
Average Delivery Time
Over A Month
On-time Delivery
Greater than 12%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders
Greater than 58%
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
Half my order turned up initially with no issues but the other half has gone missing! Customer services say my order number doesn't exist and don't know why my plants are just stuck on 'delayed' via the courier. Courier say it has nothing to do with them as they haven't got order from Homebase yet. Lady on phone has promised to try and get plants reserved at my local Homebase as an alternative but I'm skeptical.
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Posted 10 years ago
I placed my order last Saturday (this is the following Thursday). The mower I ordered had a delivery of "within three days". I am a sensible person, in fact I run my own online business so I know perfectly well what is involved in delivering on time with good customers support. It is just a pity that Homebase do not seem to have this knowledge. Sp I did not really expect delivery Monday, or even Tuesday but Wednesday was the third working day after the order and so I thought it was reasonable to expect delivery by then, especially as a smaller item on the same order had arrived on the Tuesday. By Wednesday afternoon I was getting that uneasy feeling that something had gone wrong. I went back to the Homebase site but there was no order progress information. So I emailed them. Two hours later I emailed again as clearly my first email had disappeared into the ether. Then I got a standard reply saying they would respond within three days! So then I phone... got the usual automatic selection, with the almost inevitable response "all our operators are busy please hold or call back".... I held for ten minutes. I hung up and waited a while before trying again. Three calls and about 20 minutes holding time later I got to speak to a person. It took some fairly direct question to find out that the mower had not been despatch until that very day.... clearly Homebase do not understand the difference between delivery and despatch. I requested the tracking number and later Wednesday even received the notification from Yodel that the order would be delivered on Thursday 6th... four working days after the order. So here we are on the 6th and guess what? The Yodel van has broken down and the delivery delayed by a further 24 hours. Homebase used to have a local store where I would either buy online and collect or visit and shop there. They closed the local branch and so I thought I would try the full online shopping experience with them as I had always been happy with their products. I will never shop online from Homebase ever again. There customer service is non existant.
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Posted 10 years ago
Don't even bother wasting your time and petrol with the Waltham Cross branch, rude and unhelpful customer service .. Drive anywhere but there..
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Posted 10 years ago
Homebase is total rip off. Please please don't shop there. I renovated my kitchen and bathroom , I am absolutely angry with myself for my dumbest plan ever.Wish I could undo. ;(
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Posted 10 years ago
I have bought goods from CURRYS and JOHN LEWIS, the persons delivering took it the room, unpacked the items and took away the packaging but couple of days ago I made purchase of Freezer and Fridge Freezer from HOMEBASE, their delivery boys took it to the room and one of them dropped the freezer 6 nches away from the floor and when I complained, the person who had dropped it denied that he had dropped it, his colleague looked embarrassed but said nothing. They did not bother to unpack it and immediately left! I will not buy anything from HOMEBASE again.
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Posted 10 years ago
Tried calling Homebase, Truro, to check their stock on some Farrow and Ball paint. After I navigating their telephone options system I was cut off after 3 rings having spoken to nobody. This happened 5 times over the course of an hour. Simply pitiful Customer Service. No wonder they are closing stores.
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Posted 10 years ago
Very rude and unfriendly staff, the member of staff named Wendy at the norwich store should have a lesson in customer service, or even just a lesson on using manors would be a start, very disappointed at her foul mouth how she talks to customers especially as young children were about. She should not be aloud on the shop floor, and worse she was serving at the tills.
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Posted 10 years ago
Just like to say I received excellent customer service at the Berwick upon Tweed branch on Sunday morning by a shop assistant called Kirsty,I was only after a lampshade but she really went out of her way to track the one I wanted down,it wasn't even an expensive one so 10 out of 10 for your customer service
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Posted 10 years ago
Ordered a kitchen back in 2011, good service at the time, but BEWARE if you have not paid home base direct for everything and I mean everything and have gone with their recommended subcontractor who does fit the kitchen to do extras like flooring , plastering or anything else bewareif there's a problem they will not be interested. Thanks homebase
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Posted 10 years ago
We ordered new kitchen from Homebase. The hob they supplied is faulty and a month later we still do not have a refund or replacement. I have called customer services numerous times. Every time I call the 'Director's office' they give me an excuse as to why they can't speak to me at that time and tell me I'll be called back the same day, yet no call back is ever received. The product is faulty, it doesn't work, and they are doing all they can to avoid refunding it. In addition: - The appliances were not delivered on time with the kitchen units as promised. - Homebase supplied an excess amount worktop, cupboard sides and plinth, despite having the correct measurements. When we organised to have the surplus items collected they went to the wrong address and a whole day I had to take off work was wasted (they will not give you more specific delivery/collection times than an entire day during the week). DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY
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Posted 10 years ago
I've ordered 3 pieces of rugs online a few weeks ago. After paying by credit card I had the confirmation. The email specified that they will let me know about the deliver date shortly which I never received. Had to call the store to find out what happened as I needed the rugs. To my surprise I found out that they didn't have the rugs in stock!! I was shocked to hear that. They never say the item is out of stock!! They charge you, you're waiting for a delivery and after a good few weeks when you ring you realise that you can't have the item as it doesn't exist!! I had to wait another 2 months to have it, but still there was no guarantee. I was so annoyed that I had no other choice but to cancel the order. Ive made a complain and wanted to talk to a manager. I was put on hold for 20mins and the lady told me that they are very busy and I have to wait longer so I did and back the same message, I told her no wonder why they are busy and not being able to talk as there might have been 100s of others unsatisfied customers waiting for answers. Finally she told me that one of the managers will calle back and it will take 24hours which I never got a call back. What a shame and a service that they provide to the customers. They don't even deserve a single star.
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Posted 10 years ago
Appalling customer service and was intimated by a male member of staff when visiting the store alone. Complained to the manager but was told it was my word against his and said he was at a loss about what I wanted him to do about it. Take your hard earned money elsewhere.
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Posted 10 years ago
So far I have received five (5) broken delivery promises for a quantity of tiles ordered on 27 June 2015. I have spent hours on the telephone and who knows how much money on 0845 numbers speaking to unfailingly polite "advisors", all of whom whilst helpful seem to be unable to provide accurate information. Score very good for politeness but zero for effectiveness. HOMEBASE your service is a disgrace. Yours sincerely B.T.Duddridge Order Number HD 400 02203 85242 2
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Posted 10 years ago
Very poor service, customer unfriendly and goods arrived damaged!! Rang customer services who constantly sided with their own employees and basically thought that customers are nothing but a pain in the butt. Overall a very poor service indeed...but they should remember one important fact,....customers can choose to shop elsewhere and without customers they do not have a business! Avoid at all costs...other competitors are much more customer orientated.
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Posted 10 years ago
We ordered a lawn mower back in May and when it arrive it was faulty so sent it back. Since then we have been on the phone for over 2 hours on numerous calls trying to sort it out. 1 advisor telling you 1 thing and then someone else saying something different. We were offered a 20 pound compensation for the lengthy phone calls so when that was added to the value we phoned up after looking on line and decided to order again and then we were told sorry but the order goes over by 14 pound so I said yes that's fine we are paying it. I was told sorry you can't. We can send you a code and refund your money and you will have to do it this way. What a JOKE. This has taken nearly 3 months and all we wanted was a Lawnmower ...Damon
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Posted 10 years ago
I went to the Homebase store in Peterborough on the 29th June (only bought a couple tins of paint - nothing major) and had a little browse. I very impressed by how friendly and professional all the staff were. I can't remember better service at a shop and they certainly set the standard to follow - M&S - take note - this is how it used to be visiting your stores many, many moons ago.
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Posted 10 years ago
Don’t even think about using Homebase. We have had experience of numerous building projects and never, ever have we had as much trouble as we had with Homebase. We paid a premium so that they would project manage the building works but in the end we spent literally weeks and weeks dealing with their mess ups. They didn’t communicate – emails and phone calls were consistently ignored – , items were delivered without any pre-warning, we were assured that the fitter would deal with all of the deliveries but for every bolt and screw we were phoned and told we had to be there to accept delivery, people came to do measurements and forgot to do all of them and had to arrange to come back, when they came they left muddy foot prints all over our carpets and caused other damage to our property, the store ‘forgot’ to communicate with the fitters so that equipment that we had asked to keep was thrown away and we had to purchase replacements which weren’t in our budget, when the new windows that were part of the contract were fitted, the fitters left having only fitted one of the three windows and that window had a big crack in it because they had not fitted it properly, it took three weeks to get them back again, items that we had ordered mysteriously disappeared and we had to spend time reordering them… I could write a book about Homebase! I really, really advise you not to use them.
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Posted 10 years ago
I am currently working at a Homebase store and I am ashamed by our delivery system, we get angered customers on a daily basis which we as the customer assistants completely understand and we too are angry as much as the customers are at our logistics and delivery system. I would not recommend using home delivery, if you are in desperate need get a store delivery if you don't have a strict time budget. The reservation system is fine in store, only come to pick up the item when it has been confirmed because it may say we have stock but it's common that we don't. If the online site says we have stock always call or reserve to avoid disappointment
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Posted 10 years ago
The worst customer service I have ever experienced. We ordered built in wardrobes from homebase. At no point during the ordering process were we advised that the sliding doors track is so thin that carpet cannot be put next to it. We were then advised to screw the door track on top of the carpet, which we did. However now there is no room to attach the soft close to the top of the doors. We complained to homebase at the complete lack of guidance and advice we received when measuring for these doors. They wanted nothing to do with it and have blamed our measurements. Disgusting customer service and a complete waste of money. We now have an incomplete wardrobe and a carpet that has holes in it, following 'advice' from homebase. A useless and crap company who have no idea what they at doing.
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Posted 10 years ago
Iam very unhappy with the customer service at Hombase in Berwick Upon Tweed as i purchased a karcher jet wash in september 2012 with a 3 year gaurantee and was told i would have to contact karcher to get a replacement as they only give a gaurantee for 1 year but they did not tell me that when i purchased it .I have to pick up the cost to karcher so be careful as when purchising items from homebase as i was told i did not need extra insurance and it should be hombase sorting it out and not me
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Posted 10 years ago
Homebase is rated 1.9 based on 953 reviews