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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
avoid their awful and overpriced "do it for you service" Wasted a lot of time in the Exeter store on this service they are not trained in and it's about 100% more expensive than a tradesman anyway!
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Posted 10 years ago
Anyone reading this review thinking of having a kitchen installed by Homebase-Steer very clear of this company! The contractors they use ( in my experience ) are not professional kitchen fitters, and nothing but cowboys who cut corners. We have had ongoing issues with the kitchen we had installed last year. Just when we thought we had seen the last of them we now find one of the counter tops has moved because it was not fixed to the adjoining counter top but left resting on the cupboard below! So the saga continues. Homebase should be fined for employing characters who carry out such shoddy work!
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Posted 10 years ago
Never buy anything for home delivery!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ordered two small items (only available for home delivery) which is the first gripe. As other major companies why can you not order items to be delivered to your nearest store,? As we both work full time it means we are not home to take in a delivery? One item was not need so I returned it to my local Homebase for a refund. This is wherer the fun started. Firstly I was told I could not return it at a store as I had bought it on line, I was informed that I would have to take the item home and ring for a collection? Eventually I got to speak to a manager who then agreed that I could leave the item at the store and they would ring customer service to process the refund for me?? It seems that was meant to be the end of it - no actual refund was to be processed and I was supposed to leave my item with them in the hope that the store/ customer services carried out the reqfund at a later date..... Who in their right mind would give 'a paid for' item back to a store without receiving either the refund requested or at the very least a returns receipt. I eventually left with a note from the manager and over a week later I am still waiting for the credit to apear on my account...........
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Posted 10 years ago
I've ordered a complete bathroom set, some tiles and a load of £3500 worth of furniture. The bathroom set arrived as requested in good quality in the date excepted. The tiles were supposed to be delivered in store and I would go collect them from there. They were so late that I had to cancel them and choose other tiles. The cancellation process took me 3 visits to the store. The furniture arrived late with faulty items which had to be booked for collection and some items missing which needed re booking of delivery. Every time I had to call them they couldn't find my order on their system and took from 25-35 only for loading my details on the screen (After a while I realised that they had my surname and name reversed and the system couldn't load the info, so I was explaining them every time how to do the search. Note that no one took the time to correct it.) When I called to confirm my delivery I got transferred to 6 different people (approx 45 minutes). I had to cancel the faulty item's collection and the delivery of the items that were missing. After calling 4 times in 2 days a lady said that he cancelled it and rearrange delivery for me. However the delivery company called me on the initial delivery day and told me that they were on their way to bring my items. I explained them and their manager called me to tell me that only half the order was cancelled(meaning that one of the items was in the van that day and the other was coming on the re booked date). Who wants to cancel half the order? Who does that? It's been almost 2 months since the order day and I still don't know when and how I am getting the rest of the items back. Despite all the lack of organisation and fastness, while all the phone centre employees and bathroom designers I talked with were polite and tried to helpful, the rest of the in store staff was lacking of knowledge of their systems and manners.
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Posted 10 years ago
Ordered few items on 17th of november, had to cancel in few weeks after because delivery was estimated after 2 months.. which noone told me,had to call find out myself. now 20th of january still havent received my refund!!! This is really annoying, send many emails,nobody even answers them. Made around 5 to 6 calls to customer service, keep getting same answer they need to contact the supplier every time I call. 2 months, seems impossible to get my money back !!! Service is really appauling!!! I would never buy from here again!!
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Posted 10 years ago
I brought a wooden curtain pole from homebase. After it had been up for a few days one of the curtain rings broke. Clearly the product was not of great quality. I had already thrown away the receipt as had no intention of returning the item and was not expecting the item to be faulty! In the interests of speed and convenience I decided to purchase a packet of replacement curtain rings from Homebase from the same range. Initially I tried to buy these online, however the website was shocking. Slow, hard to navigate. Frustrating. I decided that the quickest thing to do would be to visit the store during my lunch hour the following day, then I could also purchase a light bulb I required at the same time. When I got to the store (Milton Keynes Branch) they appeared to be out of stock of the curtain rings, certainly there were none to be found. Similarly, the light bulb section was chaotic and after some time reading labels with no success (I was after a small edison screw) I decided to seek advice from an assistant. There were no assistants to be found on the shop floor, so I visited the customer service desk to ask if they could check for stock behind the scenes re the curtain pole, and also to point me in the right direction re the light bulb, perhaps by looking this up on the system. The young man I spoke to was incredibly unhelpful. He said that he was unable to assist me with the light bulb as (and I quote) 'I would literally have to go over there and look myself' which is in my opinion what he is being paid to do! Furthermore, he half heartedly looked both items up on the system and informed me it said that there were 40 items in stock, however that their system was 'rubbish' and often 'incorrect' so if I hadn't been able to find either item, this simply meant they didn't have any and it would not be worthwhile for him to have a look on my behalf. I persisted for a moment and he called for some assistance in an ear piece. No one arrived so he spoke again in to the earpiece and told the person at the other side 'not to worry about it'. I left the store very frustrated. Especially as the only reason I wanted the curtain rings in the first place (one ring out of a pack of six! !) Was because of their product breaking in the first place. Chapter 2: got back to work and decided to order the item online. Again, the website is poor and that in itself was frustrating. When I reached the end of the ordering process I discovered that I had been allocated a reservation number and that I had been instructed to visit THE SAME STORE in three hours time to pick up my item, at the customer service desk! ! So I went in after work with my confirmation, this time I dealt with a different staff member who presented me with an incorrect product. They were light wood curtain rings, instead of the mid wood colour I had ordered. I demonstrated to her what I was after by showing her the curtain pole itself, on sale in the shop. She could not care less. There were no apologies, or effort to show understanding. To be honest, she should have just used her common sense in the interests of customer service and just given me a ring outof that packet (it was damaged anyway) given the circumstances and the fact that ultimately I am after ONE replacement curtain ring in the correct colour. However her attitude was appalling. She just didn't give a s**t basically. I won't be shopping at Homebase again. Worst customer service I have experienced in a very long time. What a catalogue of errors.
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Posted 10 years ago
It took 3 months to complete our kitchen refit by totally unprofessional contractors who didn't have much idea on how to fit a kitchen and were not up to the job (the main fitter said he was really a plumber!) The extractor fan was sloping to one side. Units were used which were damaged. The sink was damaged as was my cooker and the list goes on. The kitchen looked as if it had been installed some years ago. Cleaning up after themselves was non existent and took us 4 hours on 2 occasions to clean up after them. The installation fee is extortionate and it was agreed, due to all the hassle and stress caused us, to reimburse half the fee. We felt it should have been more but wanted rid of this company. To complete the catalogue of errors the cheque was sent to the wrong address! The incompetence of this company, on all levels, has been astonishing.
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Posted 10 years ago
Three months to complete a bathroom. No bathroom for two weeks. Things mis delivered. Faulty bath. Faulty shower. Faulty sink surround. Missing bathroom cabinet door. No electricity safety sign off. Shouted at by area manger. I'm so disappointed.
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Posted 10 years ago
Hi there , I bought a lawn mower ,after 5 days received a call , they told me was out of stock. Two days later received a message on my mobile : your refund has been processed and you will receive it within the next 5 working days , and when i checked my e-mail homebase was asking me what i think about the lawn mower. WHAT A GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE..........NEVER WILL BUY ANYTHING FROM HOMEBASE AGAIN.......
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Posted 10 years ago
Ordered a cooker on line estimated delivery within 11 days,as nothing heard re delivery, telephoned, was advised to contact manufacturer,done that to be told no history of order with them contacted homebase again, telephone system a joke on hold to 5 different people for over an hour, still have no idea what happened to order,asked for a refund, two days later refund still not processed awaiting a call back.I appreciate things can go wrong from time to time but with no answers given for problem or new delivery date my custom will be going elsewhere and I will never shop at homebase again instore or online.
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Posted 10 years ago
Worst service in the country,do not return calls had a couch with no legs and sinking.Waited 3 weeks for second couch that was obviously a return from somewhere as it was opened and without factory packing. guess what no legs again and bits of material hanging of seat etc,had 19 days with a sofa i could not use sat on a camp chair as will not return all my money until they pick up chair on thursday.Been going on since 10 september beware they do not care about there customers.PS DRIVER BROKE A PIECE OF PLASTER OF MY HALLWAY IN TEMPER AS I MADE HIM TAKE THE 2ND COUCH BACK
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Posted 10 years ago
I ordered a gas BBQ on line and the closest store to me where they had this in stock was about 30 miles away. I wanted the BBQ so I was prepared to drive and collect it. I received a confirmation stating that I could collect the BBQ before the end f the following day. When I arrived to collect my goods I was informed that the BBQ was not in stock and that they will not be getting any more. I explained that I had received an email confirming the order and the Team Leader replied, "did you receive a call to confirm?" Surely that was what he email was for??? I tried to complain via the twitter and was told that there was nothing that could be done and that I could have a £10 discount voucher. The reserve service is a joke!
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Posted 10 years ago
As a first time customer with homebase online I can say I will NEVER use their website again. They have taken payment for the order I placed but there is no order and when I have phoned several times today, including with an authorisation number from my bank to complete transaction I have been left waiting for a phone call to tell me what is happening for over 6 hours. I have phoned back only to be told that the member of staff I spoke with has left for the day and without an order number theres nothing they can do until tomorrow at 10am. Now I have no money, no order and have been left in limbo as to what is happening so cannot order elsewhere.
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Posted 10 years ago
Disgusted with lack of customer service from BandQ Never buying from them again. Homebase can gladly have my business. Grrrr.
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Posted 11 years ago
Disgusting customer service Homebase uk waiting in all day for a delivery you've decided to cancel without telling me. Rude!
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Posted 11 years ago
service in homebase is ridicules
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Posted 11 years ago
we want to return our display case for another colour but on hold for customer service for 30 min.. :-(
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Posted 11 years ago
so much for my delivery coming between 7am-8pm been waiting all day! HORRIBLE customer service
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Posted 11 years ago
I sent you a message on Saturday and still no reply, customer service not your strong point.
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Posted 11 years ago
Worst customer service ever homebase rather upset
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Posted 11 years ago
Homebase is rated 1.9 based on 953 reviews