“Is the worst Electric and Gaz company in the UK................
Utilita been charging me over ten pound a week for Gaz that i don't use and double charge for electricity every day of the week.. I am going back to my British Gaz that i took for granted”
“Declined my warm home discount when put in 3 months ago, i am also under mental health and sent evidence but still got declined not sure how? Joke they dont get back in touch either and want you to ask family members to be customers No thanks when you cant honour me as a customer”
“I moved to Utilita in 2018, in July this year I got a letter saying they were adding £403 debt to my meter from my old supplier!! They r now taking 25% of every top up it’s a nightmare at the minute especially with me and my husband being on furlough. When I left my old supplier I was owed money worst mistake I ever made moving to Utilita the people you speak to either don’t understand a word u say or they just totally ignore what you are saying. I am still waiting for a manager to contact me from July. I will b changing supplier once they give me my money I have already paid back for debt that is not even mine! STAY CLEAR!”
“Had nothing but problems when contacting Utilita for various issues. Only reason I have stayed is due to the fact that I would probably pay more with other suppliers.
I use prepayment, which works ok for me. However, out of the blue, I had a message on my smart meter stating that they were going to be deducting around £500, by taking %35 from every payment made. I use prepayment, so there is no way I owe anything.
Absolute scammers. It also takes about 3 hours to get through to contact them!”
“Nightmare when trying to leave. No notice taken of online moving form and bills sent out to old address after I had moved out. Final bill was way too high for an empty property but told this was an industry reading and that cannot be changed as the new occupiers had changed supplier (very sensible people!) Debt recovery people calling when I had not even received a bill to my forwarding address... I have called 5 times and no closer to getting a sensible response.... avoid...”
“My wife arranged to switch energy suppliers to Utilita and we were given a date of the 11th of September for our smart meter installation. The smart meter install was cancelled due to low stock supply. We then had our gas supply cancelled by our old supplier after the switch day and Utilita did not carry on our supply on the 12th of September.
My wife called at 10am on 12/09 to say that our supply had been cut off. She was promised a call back within 30 minutes which never happened. I then called back 2 hours later and waited 50 minutes to speak to someone.I was then also promised a call back within 30 minutes which never happened. I had to call back a third time another 2 hours later and logged a complaint over the phone about the terrible service and lack of heating and hot water. We had to cancel our planned day away to stay in all day trying to resolve this issue or even speak to anyone who was interested in fixing it.
While I was on the phone logging this complaint and trying to get our hot water and heating back on, my wife received a call back saying that an engineer would be out to fit our smart meter and this would then resolve the gas issue. She was told that the engineer would be out within 4 hours or we would receive compensation. 4 and a half hours later at 6.30pm, the engineer arrived.
My wife was given a link to leave a review on Trust Pilot, which she accepted. She wrote about our experience and an advisor said they would call her at 9am Monday morning. This was obviously just for show as nobody had called her at all on Monday.
The smart meter engineer was good and was obviously busy. He finished at 8.30pm and we still had no gas or heating supply. My boiler had an ignition failure and the engineer said he would be unable to fix it and this was most likely caused by the lack of gas supply and the multiple attempts to restart the boiler.
I called Utilita again and they said that I would have to pay for a plumber to look at the boiler and write a report on the issue (I have attached the report) to confirm that the lack of gas and the multiple restarts had caused the boiler to break and Utilita would reimburse me if this was the case. I had to wait until Sunday (13th) morning and pay for an emergency call out for a plumber to come inspect the boiler. The ignition had broken and he could not get the part until Monday morning, leaving my, my wife and my 2 young children without heating or hot water for a second day and night.
The plumber arrived first thing Monday 13/09 morning and changed the ignition which then fixed my boiler, costing £108 in total. I had to take half day unpaid from my work to wait in for him fixing the issue leaving me £67 out of pocket also.
The level of incompetence and total disregard for our concerns/welfare has been unbelievable. I have never received such poor service from any company ever. You left us with no hot water or heating over a weekend when I have 2 young children in the house and have caused issues with our boiler to top it all off.
We also never got a home meter when our smart meters were installed.”
“Worst company I have even dealt with.
Bill incorrectly do not help complete scammers! Miss old me there products charging more than DOUBLE my previous provider charged me. I have solar panels yet they will not investigate send a engineer or apply the metre reading I gave! Never send me documents that I request. Ignored the subject access request I sent in MARCH. Lied on the ombudsman complaint they are absolute crooks customer service is shocking they are abusive rude and unbelievably unhelpful. Paid a bill I shouldn’t have just so that I can get away from them. Cut my supply of numerous times never make up for anything they do. 90%of these reviews are guaranteed a fake STAY AWAY GO WITH EON THERE RATE AND SERVICE ARE AMAZING COMPARED TO THESE SHARKS YOU NEED SHUTTING DOWN”
“Disabled, and left with no gas for 5 days! Lady just huffed at me telling me to “just get on with it” and the manager was no more help than she was, which is NADA! I’ll do my upmost to make sure I tell everyone to AVOID AVOID AVOID!!!”
“I am such a fool , I never listen when I see reviews explicitly warning not to sign up with Utilita. It is a scamming company. I got such bad customer service when I needed help the most. I could not believe it , they basically said you signed up with us now so we dont care , you are stuck with us for a month. I am so heartbroken.
By the way , I am paying around twice what I used to pay with Boost. Thank you Utilita for the huge life lesson on nnever trusting companies that call you constantly for months. Really, thank you. And I am leaving this company. Thank you”
“2 hours of gas yesterday been charged £3.14 and been like that for over a week now not used heating just 2 hours on for hot water a day what a joke this company is ripping people of with smart meters theft from pay as you go please don't go with them unless you want to pay stupid amounts of money to them.”
“Still waiting for my 50 pound refund. Sent all documents that diffrent staff have told me utilita needed. Still being fobbed off . Not dealing with utilita again as I’m getting nowhere . Gunna take it further . Now in the process of changing suppliers and so are my friends. Terrible service . Would never recommend utilita to anyone . I would tell them to stay clear”
“Topped up gas everyday, took the money from my bank account but didn’t top up the gas. Been without gas for 6 days and no signs of them actually fixing it/helping. Avoid this company”
“Had nothing but trouble with these for the last 2 years. The most recent problem today has been where I have tried to top my gas up online for it to be rejected 5 mins later, HOWEVER, Utilita STILL take the money from your bank account! I have tried to top up my gas today 8 times with no success, checked my bank account and they have taken £205. Disgusting company. Avoid, avoid avoid.”
“constantly getting calls from this company, the number has been blocked and reported but they still manage to leave an automated voicemail.
Nuisance calls to a different level by them.”
“I left Utilita because I could not have any reply back from customer service after emails and calls on my inquiry. This frustrated me. Now Utilita wants the previous customer back, this includes me. What is annoying me is the dishonesty and aggressiveness of how Utilita wanted their previous customers back. One of their sell persons did not even say that he was from Utilita. Only to say he wanted to check the smart meter. When he checked the metre he kept saying how much I pay for the service charge of my current provider. I said I know and I asked whether he was from Utility, he did not give a reply implicitly. In the end, I said I did not buy what he wanted to sell me.
If Utilita is honest and have a good customer service. I would not have left them. For goodness sake, please leave me alone!!”
“I left Utilita because I could not have any reply back from customer service after emails and calls on my inquiry. This frustrated me. Now Utilita wants the previous customer back, this includes me. What is annoying me is the dishonesty and aggressiveness of how Utilita wanted their previous customers back. One of their sell persons did not even say that he was from Utilita. Only to say he wanted to check the smart meter. When he checked the metre he kept saying how much I pay for the service charge of my current provider. I said I know and I asked whether he was from Utility, he did not give a reply implicitly. In the end, I said I did not buy what he wanted to sell me.
If Utilita is honest and have a good customer service. I would not have left them. For goodness sake, please leave me alone!!”
“Utilita want to charge me £56 for 11 days!! I live by myself, heating not used as been warm weather. Washer on twice for min wash of 15 mins. It's not possible I have used that much power. Avoid this company!”
