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Homebase Reviews

1.9 Rating 957 Reviews
21 %
of reviewers recommend Homebase
1.9
Based on 957 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
Appalling customer service. I placed an order with homebase and heard nothing after two weeks. I chased this and was advised by the delivery company that they were sat damaged in the warehouse.Table and chairs later arrived in their damaged form. After mu3cu chasing a replacement was sent out - only half the order arrived and yet again was damaged. Eventually after much chasing and sitting on hold for hours I asked for another replacement table to arrive. When this arrived I explained how upset I was by the terrible customer sevice and asked for compensation for the damaged goods rather than sending them back. I was promised compensation and a call from a manager with 48 hours. This never happened. After a few back and forth emails with a member of the customer sevice team they have now decided to ignore my emails entirely. Truly dreadful company and still an unresolved issue weeks later.
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Posted 5 years ago
THE PITS! Do yourself a favour - buy somewhere else. To be able to leave a review I've given one star, but none deserved! I took delivery of a Hacienda Outdoor Patio Heater on Friday 15 May. It worked for one minute and then fizzled out. I used the customer contact form the same evening and emailed them about the problem. An automatic reply said they'd get back to me but there would be delays due to the Coronavirus outbreak. I accepted this but when over two weeks passed without any response I followed with phone calls to two numbers on the Homebase website. One number was unobtainable and the other had a message saying that their mailbox was full. Things went downhill from there. I have had one of my emails acknowledged and was asked what day would be suitable for the faulty goods to be collected. I told them that any day would suit and heard no more. Another email was met with an apologetic response that said that Homebase was "reaching out to me". I don't know what that means but it certainly doesn't mean that they were going to do anything for me as I heard no more. Yet another email from me received a response saying that they were contacting the manufacturer to get him to arrange for the collection of the goods. I pointed out that my contract was with Homebase and not Hacienda. (In any event I haven't heard from Hacienda either!) Finally I got through on the telephone to Customer Service and was promised by Mangesh on 30 June that my case would be escalated and I would hear back from the "escalation team" within 48 hours. I'm still waiting! On 6 July I phoned yet again and, after the usual half hour wait, I got through and spoke with Pratik who told me that he couldn't do any more as my case had already been escalated. He did speak to someone and promised me that I would definitely hear back within 48 hours. That 48 hours is now up and I've heard nothing. I will persevere and publicise how bad Homebase is in as many places as possible and I won't miss.
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Posted 5 years ago
If I could give zero stars, or indeed negative one star, I would. Ordered a table and two chairs in mid May. Chairs arrived late May. As at 6 July, still no table - nor have Homebase kept a single one of the many promises made about calling back with updates, arranging delivery for specific dates etc. During my last call (of about 8) to their Customer "Services", I was chastised for being displeased by service by a representative who blamed the issues on the Covid 19 pandemic - why that prevents Homebase keeping promises to call back with updates is evidently less clear to me than it was to the company representative. Really poor service, not a single promise kept to date, will never use them again. Order at your peril! Wish I had read the reviews before I placed an order...
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Posted 5 years ago
Ordered a Lawnmower online a week ago. It said delivery within three days. Rang them on Wednesday and was assured it would be here by 8pm Thursday. It is Friday rang again and got told it will be here within 48 hours (discounting the weekend). The service is abysmal. They blame the couriers yet I have received items ordered after last Friday on eBay and amazon from Europe. This item is coming from England. Then they blame us living in a remote area, Aberdeen City. How come Sainsburys food shops are getting food in?
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Posted 5 years ago
items arrived damage, I've raised it to homebase 5 times and they never respond, a month after my delivery I still have the damaged items sitting in my garage with no response from homebase
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Posted 5 years ago
Trustpilot reviews Categories My Reviews My Settings Help LOG OUT Alternate Text Alisia Clewlow GB For companies profile image of Alisia Clewlow Alisia Clewlow United Kingdom 4 Reviews 746 Reads 2 Useful Click “Yes, update me” to receive emails from Trustpilot about your reviews, inspiration, tips about businesses and products, information about Trustpilot, and new features. You can opt out at any time. Review of Homebase Alisia Clewlow Alisia Clewlow 4 reviews 1 star: Bad Just now Absolutly livid with this company. Absolutly livid with this company. I ordered a gazebo that arrived broken in april, due to covid 19 and it being a delivery I couldnt sort this out in the shop or over the phone. I was given no receipt or order number so therefore couldn't do it online either. I have sent over 10 emails and started a case online to which I had to wait 4 weeks to progress with when progressed it then said that's as far as I could go so absolutly useless. Now I am having to take it to small claims court as I have a broken gazebo that cost me £150 and out of principle want my money back. They have been absolutely appalling when it comes to communication.
Homebase 1 star review on 28th June 2020
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Posted 5 years ago
Bought 5 solar lights in Homebase last weekend. 4 out of 5 are dead. Very disappointed as I buy solar lights for my garden every year from different suppliers and they slways work
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Posted 5 years ago
Ordered online. Received a message at 4 June to say goods would be delivered that day - the delivery was incomplete, which the driver put down to Homebase being "a nightmare" *(thanks for your honesty. DX delivery driver!). Emailed that day - no point, the only reply you ever get either comes from a bot or a human that speaks exactly like a bit and provides about the same amount of information. I followed up by phone - spoke to a very nice lady who placed a fresh order for a replacement for the missing item. I was told it would arrive in a week. Just over a week later, I received a text to say that the item was with DX for delivery and that I would be contacted on the delivery day to give a two hour window. As of today, twelve days later, I have still not received the missing item, and I do not have a DX delivery reference (their text only gave the Homebase reference) to take this up with DX< but Homebase are again ignoring emails. Their customer service is appalling. I will never order from them again, but won't let this go until the item is delivered.
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Posted 5 years ago
Ordered a new kitchen in November, it is now June! We still do not have a full kitchen as every single attempted delivery has been damaged (All six of them). The kitchen was wrongly designed by Homebase, when I pointed this out to them they accused us of being wrong then realised their mistake and tried to charge us to get a redesigned kitchen we would be happy with. Rather than paying them anymore money we accepted a new kitchen design we were really unhappy with but as half of kitchen was already installed we thought this was the best out of the bad options we had as we were about to get locked down with no kitchen facilities. At the time we didn’t realise the hell we would be left with as we had no sink or kitchen storage as the corona crisis started, so we were forced to clean kitchen utensils in the bathroom and couldn’t bulk buy in a time when grocery shopping was near on impossible. Added to that they will only deliver during business hours so the wages we have lost add up to more than the kitchen cost. We are now left trying to get compensation and our remaining items, their escalations department is not accepting emails, the store manager at Penge store is incompetent and CEO’s response email promises results each time but you get nowhere.
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Posted 5 years ago
Homebase: Unhelpful to key worker, Scotland I am finding it impossible to return a faulty item under warranty. Homebase have removed all customer service phone numbers from their site and all email including complaints and escalation addresses are blocked to incoming messages. The one phone number listed (online ordering) was another waste of time. Being repetative and unhelpful seems to be their only Customer Service policies. Since their is no other option, I will post my compliant here: To whom it may concern, I have had problems returning a faulty toilet seat (under warranty) due to not being able to access the Dunfermline store within a reasonable amount of time. Based in (*home town*), I have a limited windows of opportunity due to opening hours, work and travel constraints and waiting in a queue for 40-60 minutes or more is not viable. Having wastefully travelled to the store already, I phoned the shop to find out if there was an alternative way to accomplish a swap for a new seat. Unfortunately, the staff member handling my call was condescending and argumentative and, therefore, completely unhelpful. When I was finally allowed to speak, I asked him if Homebase had a policy for 'key workers' to which I eventually, with effort, got a "No" response. Having honestly tried to work out a solution to this matter but rejected before I could finish my requests (which I thought were reasonable), I gave up and politely ended the call. So, having spent time and travel, I am back at the beginning with my faulty seat.
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Posted 5 years ago
They lie about having stock for delivery. No delivery after 4 weeks and no communication. Refund requested. Will never be using homebase again.
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Posted 5 years ago
Homebase the worse company I have ever dealt with. This is by far the worst I have ever dealt with. In April I ordered 2 items, a paint brush and a garden storage box. The brush arrived but no box. It is almost impossible to contact them. Twice on hold over 45 minutes no answer. Emailed numerous times. Told 3 weeks ago I couldn't get refund as order was being delivered. Still no delivery AVOID HOMEBASE at all costs. Other reviews suggest they will go burst shortly.
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Posted 5 years ago
Worst customer service I have ever received. Confirmation email provided a false contact number. Ignorant by not responding to queries and liars. Apparently they do not send email receipts and after saying they would WhatsApp refund receipt so had it as proof. Which i think is strange anyway.. I never got it. Cowboys. Dont bother shopping with them!! Very strange and not to be trusted.
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Posted 5 years ago
Worst customer service I have ever received. Confirmation email provided a false contact number. Ignorant by not responding to queries and liars. Apparently they do not send email receipts and after saying they would WhatsApp refund receipt so had it as proof. Which i think is strange anyway.. I never got it. Cowboys. Dont bother shopping with them!!
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Posted 5 years ago
No way to communicate re order placed 4 April - even telephone no was unobtainable from site details & 4 emails were not considered, just usual standard reply. Homebase contacted me over 2 months later from nearby branch to collect as no delivery date could be offered I'm elderly which is the reason for delivery but was forced to collect. The only saving grace was the brilliant staff/manager in Frome that helped me to carry purchase to car, other wise I would give no stars. Never again will I shop at Homebase, awful company
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Posted 5 years ago
If possible I wouldn't give any stars!!!! Ordered wallpaper, paste and a pasting table at the end of March. I had an email to say my order was processed on 29 March and delivery would be delayed by a few days. It's now 6 June!!! No delivery, no reply to any of my emails asking when I could expect delivery or latterly to cancel delivery and refund my money which is over £100 with delivery. Absolutely disgusted, Do not buy on line!!!!!
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Posted 5 years ago
This company should not be selling online; they do not have the infrastructure to support online trading. I placed an order on 1st April and am still trying to chase my refund 2 months later. They only delivered half my order and I have been unable to get the rest of the products / or a refund. The customer service has been awful. The only way of contacting them is through email and they are awful at responding. For my first few emails they took on average 7-10 days to respond. They have now stopped responding all together. On April 30th I was told that my refund would be processed within 7 working days but I have still not received it 6 weeks later. They are now willfully ignoring my messages when I ask for an update on the status of my order. I now need to go through my credit card company to get my money back
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Posted 5 years ago
Seriously is anybody on the phones at customer services ???as rang every day this week and been waiting over an hour,I’m currently on the phone now and still can’t get through just after 9am ,what a joke
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Posted 5 years ago
I ordered a lawn mower at end of March. Money taken within 2 days. Still no delivery. I note when the stores opened that there were 50+ of these at stores near me but I must wait for my delivery. I suspect there is more to this. I have had the same reply weekly for 6 weeks...it will be with you in the next few days!!
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Posted 5 years ago
Rubbish will never ever shop online with them again! After weeks of begging for my money to be refunded as my furniture was still not delivered they told me they were waiting for their supplier to cancel my order...I paid Homebase not their supplier, absolutely shocking customer care! Avoid at all costs!
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Posted 5 years ago
Homebase is rated 1.9 based on 957 reviews