Summer Garden Bldgs Reviews

1.7 Rating 71 Reviews
18 %
of reviewers recommend Summer Garden Bldgs
1.7
Based on 71 reviews
Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods
Own Driver, Courier
Average Delivery Time
Over 7 Days
On-time Delivery
Greater than 54%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders
Greater than 43%
Customer Service
Communication Channels
Email, Telephone, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In
Over A Week

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Summer Garden Bldgs 1 star review on 14th November 2022
Tracy Besant
Summer Garden Bldgs 1 star review on 14th November 2022
Tracy Besant
Summer Garden Bldgs 1 star review on 14th November 2022
Tracy Besant
Summer Garden Bldgs 1 star review on 14th November 2022
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Summer Garden Bldgs 5 star review on 13th July 2022
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Summer Garden Bldgs 5 star review on 13th July 2022
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Summer Garden Bldgs 1 star review on 14th April 2022
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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
Wouldn’t even give one star!!! Disgusting customer service!!! Waited 11 weeks for a gazebo even though they said 5-7 weeks. Finally arrived 2 days ago and it’s the wrong one! No one phoned to tell us about the delay so subsequently no apology either. And no one to speak to now regarding the wrong one being sent! I am so annoyed and upset, myself and my husband worked hard and fast to get the garden ready for it as well. I’m soooo angry!!!
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Posted 3 years ago
Took delivery of a damaged shed which I put in van and took straight to their unit within hours . Ignored for over 4 weeks For refund , took 3 visits to their unit and a visit to their house , arrogant bad attitude people , it’s a good job they have refunded me for both our sakes , even though it’s short they have withheld some of the money , see photos and reply apparently this is in re sellable condition, poor poor person that receives this
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Posted 3 years ago
absolutely shocked by the customer service!! they dont answer calls and continue to use Covid as an excuse. Its becoming quite distressing and we as customers expect a basic service. A simple email informing us you will be collecting your damaged item will do but yet im stressing thinking when you will collect the damaged shed you have sent which is just sitting here taking space, collecting dust. i want my money back!
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Posted 3 years ago
Apalling customer service, only posting 1 star because I am unable to post a 0 rating. We had a damaged gazebo delivered over a fortnight ago and have not had a response to emails (no delivery or read receipts) or enquiries sent direct through their website. The first three parts we removed from the packaging were either bent, scratched or had puncture holes in them. Found a phone number online (01603 721590) but this is just an answerphone message saying they are not taking calls. Fortunately I paid for the item on my credit card so have the benefit of claiming via their disputes and chargeback facility. I WOULD AVOID THIS COMPANY AND BUY ELSEWHERE. No doubt that this review will prompt what is becoming their standard response to complaints - If you can't provide customer service, then stop accepting orders and sending out products that are sub-standard, and don't use Covid as an excuse for your poor service. Update: The company appear to be able to respond very promptly to emails asking about purchasing products (sent from another family email address) via their website, but not those requesting returns!!! Pure ignorance. AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID
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Posted 3 years ago
Zero customer service! I should have paid attention to all the negative reviews. The copied and pasted response to them from the owners does not respond to the awful service received. Firstly the website is awful and the ordering system is terrible and not user friendly. Once you have ordered you have to email them to confirm you actually want to your order before they will arrange delivery. I had no issue with the delivery of my items. I ordered two growhouses. One of them was awful quality. The wood had been filled so much that one door is just filler. When I was aware of this I emailed them to inform them. I have not received any response to my emails. I did have a missed call from their number but they left no voicemail and they aren’t accepting calls back. Note to the owners you cannot just keep using coronavirus as an excuse for your terrible quality of products and poor service. Please head my advice as others and avoid this company at all costs.
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Posted 3 years ago
I’ve given them the time that trading standards have said and still nothing . So it now looks like court action and quite frankly I hope it closes the business down as I’m not the only one that’s had bad service from them . They can’t keep blaming covid as they are doing they are NOT to be trusted . Swing broke after 6 week .
Summer Garden Bldgs 1 star review on 2nd August 2020 Summer Garden Bldgs 1 star review on 2nd August 2020
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Posted 3 years ago
Shocking Customer services.Once they have taken your money no effort or decency to answer enquiries, rectify mistakes, resolve disputes and complaints. Told them that the shed would have to come thru the house, gave them a layout and paid extra to have the panels made smaller in order to avoid any issues on delivery but only the base and sides were small enough to go thru the house, the roof was not. Had to get them to make the roof panels smaller and revisit to install. They made me pay £200 extra for this when this was not my fault. They even got my design wrong. Will not use them again don't fall into the same trap, BEWARE !!!
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Posted 4 years ago
I totally agree with a quite a lot of comments re customer service. We ordered 4 items from this company and each one was damaged.We have emailed them per their instructions and phone them but to no avail.They are tardy in the extreme at answering emails and do not return phone calls. Totally shabby and unreliable firm.Suggest you avoid purchasing anything from them at all and as previously mentioned they do very little for an inflated price.
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Posted 5 years ago
This company provides extremely poor service and customer service is non existent. After placing an order they fails to get back in touch with you no matter how many times you try and ring them.
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Posted 5 years ago
Very poor service. Would highly NOT recommend. Regret placing order to non delivery of order. Stay away from this company.
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Posted 5 years ago
Extremely poor standards, poor service, incompetent and unreliable. I agree with some of the previous comments made. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!
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Posted 5 years ago
I bought a metal shed from them last July - on the basis that their website says how strongly built it is. 7 months later, a 30 mph wind (and, despite what they have said, that is provably the strongest wind it endured) was enough to crumple it. They clearly have lots of claims like mine because they produced a standard response, with lots of detail as to why it wasn't their fault. I will now be going to court to get my money back. I can't speak for their wooden sheds but the metal shed we bought is terrible. They even said these sheds should be used in "exposed rural locations" - though it doesn't say that on their website, of course!
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Posted 6 years ago
SCAM COMPANY! If this review saves just 1 person from getting ripped off by these scammers then it will have been worth writing - goods not as described. On the Internet, products appear well built and good quality. Described as strong, durable and quality. Nothing could be further from the truth - products not fit for purpose. Flimsy, cheap, knotted wood. Poorly designed products wouldn't survive outside in winter - dodgy refund process. Take money off if a flat pack product has been assembled - evasive customer service. It is impossible to discuss queries over the phone with a rep or manager. Only directed to send them an email. Refused to let me in the show room to discuss complaints in person Hopefully trading standards will investigate these organised criminals
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Posted 1 year ago
Avoid Avoid ... Summer Garden Buildings ...Avoid Avoid I made the mistake of buying a gazebo from this company. Please make sure you ask all the relevant questions. For this is what they did not tell or share with me : 1. That their products are made of the soft wood Spruce a member of the Pine family which is then laminated to make it stronger. 2. That as an online retailer they do not make the products that they sell. 3. The products are made abroad not here in England 4. The product that I ordered was made of the same wood as the pallet it was delivered on. 5. That sat at their desks they simply go to the manufactuers website and place your order v an app. In other words just as you browse the webpages of Summer Garden Buildings they then browse the pages of their chosen manufacturers or flip thru the pages of the manufacturers brochure to choose the product that you want or have ordered 6. They change all the names of the products on their website so that there is no actual reference to the manufacturer 7. Other Agents of the manufacturer of the product I purchased do not change the names and actually accredit the manufacturer as the maker. 8. The actual manufacturer give choices that Summer Garden Buildings do not give their customers. There is so much more I could share with you. I strongly suggest that you do not use this company. What I found most galling was when I called to question the quality of the product I had received. They simply said "had I asked they would have told me" So please make sure you ask all the relevant questions. Do not believe what you read on their website. And believe when I say, that with a multi million pound annual turnover, they know exactly what they do and continue to avoid transparency by wording the writeup of the products on their website in a specific noncommittal way. They at Summer Garden Buildings did everything in their power to prevent my returning the product to them by manipulating the truth and the facts again and again. I have now been given a refund. But, I got it v the small claims court. Fortunately, the judge found in my favour. Please do not make the same mistakes that I did ... x
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Posted 1 year ago
DO NOT ORDER FROM THESE THEY STEAL YOUR MONEY
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Posted 1 year ago
Double bin store purchase. Don't expect what you see in the on line image. This product is flimsy and cheap. The hardware (hinges and latch) are or the poorest quality, the wood flimsy, and rough. Delivery was excellent, but the product is absolutely inferior.
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Posted 1 year ago
ABSOLUTE SCAM COMPANY. DO NOT USE. I bought a greenhouse two months ago costing over £1,093. When it arrived there were more than 20 items damaged or missing. Pieces were bent and wouldn't fit in place. The fitter would not fit the greenhouse when he arrived as soon as he saw it was from Summer Garden Buildings. He said their items are really poor quality and he has had many bad experiences of their products. The greenhouse has 27 leaks and there were no pre drilled holes. Every item was either damaged or would not fit. There were even parts from another greenhouse in the packaging. I am still waiting for a refund, after 2 months. All the bad reviews are totally true. I have had to write off the £1093.00. There customer service is absolutely shocking also. They don't return your call and constantly fob you off just so they don't have to give you your money back. This is the worst service and worst product I have ever experienced. They have totally ruined our summer. DO NOT USE. THEY ARE A SCAM COMPANY.
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Posted 1 year ago
WHAT EVER YOU DO DON’T USE THIS COMPANY!!!! This is an update as the 1st bad review I put on was mild compared to the recent experience with them. They sent through damaged and faulty bin storage. Broken bits and rotten wood which you can see in the pics I have attached. Their solution to the broken and faulty part was not to send the panel replacement but to send me the slats. This would mean me almost taking a whole side of it apart to fix it. I asked for replacement panels, but I had to chase. I’m over 3 weeks in and they still haven’t dealt with it. They take your money quickly but when you have a problem they take ages to get back if at all! I chased them loads calling and emailing and today was told that as I had emailed many times it wasn’t helpful and slowed them down!!! I have an answer to that… deal with the problem. Hilariously he then agreed he would have done the same if it were him?! So apparently the first feedback I gave here was seen by the boss and the guy that occasionally got back to me said that because I wrote this it had put them off dealing with the issue! The words used were “if we have a review that’s useless, we tend to be pretty useless.” They said they would look at it again if I’d agree to take my honest review off here. That shows exactly who you are dealing with. I have proof of these conversations. The guy then got back to me today and they decided again that they would send just the slats. So that’s me repairing their faults. When I said I wasn’t willing to spend my time repairing their faults departing words were and I quote…. “I said I’d ring, sorry it wasn’t with better or appropriate news but HEY HO”. I agree with his use of the word “appropriate”! When I said I’d complain to trading standards he said it wasn’t relevant. I went on to say ‘perhaps the consumer act’ he said it was probably extinct? I told him I would update this or suggested perhaps his boss (who I was told was John) would like to speak to me? Apparently he’s the one who decides the policy but gets others to act it. I’ve spent a fair amount of my hard-earned money with these people and they have been one of the worst companies I have ever come across. PLEASE, WHAT EVER YOU DO SPEND YOUR MONEY WITH ANOTHER COMPANY. THERE ARE LOADS OUT THERE. THEY CANNOT BE WORSE THAN THIS ONE! READ THE OTHER ROTTEN REVIEWS THEY’VE HAD. I WISH I HAD TOO. I may seek legal advice as I feel so strongly about the rotten products and service I have received! What company supplies faulty and damaged goods and expects you to spend your time fixing it for them???
Summer Garden Bldgs 1 star review on 14th April 2022 Summer Garden Bldgs 1 star review on 14th April 2022 Summer Garden Bldgs 1 star review on 14th April 2022
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Posted 2 years ago
Absolutely disgusting customer service Wish I read reviews before ordering Still awaiting delivery Asked where it was Was advised don't know atop calling n emailing Called me a liar when said I had day off for scheduled delivery Absolutely rude Now they don't know where my delivery is let alone refund
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Posted 3 years ago
Dreadful product, £500 wasted, no customer service and the phone number has been taken off their website. Do not use this company unless you want a shoddy product and to lose your money.
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Posted 3 years ago
Summer Garden Bldgs is rated 1.7 based on 71 reviews