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1.5 Rating 605 Reviews
11 %
of reviewers recommend Utility Warehouse
1.5
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Utility Warehouse 1 star review on 14th March 2025
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Utility Warehouse 1 star review on 14th March 2025
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Utility Warehouse 1 star review on 14th March 2025
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Utility Warehouse 1 star review on 14th March 2025
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Utility Warehouse 1 star review on 15th December 2024
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Utility Warehouse 1 star review on 24th September 2024
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Utility Warehouse 1 star review on 24th September 2024
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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
“I have been thoroughly disappointed by my experience with Utility Warehouse. What should have been a straightforward smart meter upgrade has turned into a nearly seven-month saga involving repeated delays, poor communication, administrative errors, and a complaint that has been closed without resolution. I first requested a smart meter upgrade in April 2026. Despite being told a ticket had been raised, months passed without an appointment. I had to repeatedly chase for updates, correct errors in how my identity verification had been recorded, and eventually provide photographs of my existing gas meter for a requirement that had not been communicated to me earlier. The delays have had financial implications, too. I moved into my property intending to switch to a supplier whose tariff better suited my circumstances, but was advised that the smart meter upgrade needed to happen first. Meanwhile, I remained with UW as their prices increased. The handling of my formal complaint has been just as frustrating. Despite explicitly requesting written communication, UW repeatedly attempted to contact me by telephone, including at my workplace. I continued engaging by email, rejected an inadequate £20 goodwill offer, and requested a proper explanation and internal escalation. One response to my request for clarification consisted of just two words: “Thank you.” The final straw was receiving an email informing me that my complaint had been closed because they had been unable to contact me. This was despite my ongoing written correspondence and repeated requests to deal with the matter by email. I had not accepted their proposed resolution, and I had explicitly asked for escalation. To be clear, eventually arranging the appointment does not erase the months of delays or excuse the subsequent complaint-handling failures. I appreciate that mistakes happen, but what matters is how a company responds when things go wrong. In my experience, UW has demonstrated little meaningful accountability, poor communication, and a complaints process that has left me having to chase repeatedly just to receive substantive answers. I would not recommend Utility Warehouse based on this experience. I expected a reasonable standard of customer service; instead, I have spent months trying to get a routine request completed and a legitimate complaint taken seriously.”
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Posted 5 hours ago
“The most traumatic experience I have ever had, the most incompetent and disorganised company I have ever come across, a company that don’t listen and want you to pay a bill you didn’t incur and even when my case has been closed since 2025 they still pass my details to some so called company that I am still owing them? When ask where this is coming from, they said there wasn’t any documentation from the staffs that handled it, so why where the payment plans set up? So at some point they even had to debit my acct close to £800 without my consent, yo! This people are trauma, you people cost me my mental health, and now you want to wake up a case that was closed all this years and this after you guys are done collecting your payments through payment plans? I regretted listening to my colleague that morning to join you guys,. Listen utility warehouse have got a life and you can’t be collecting or I would say trying to steal from me because that is what it is giving at this point. This case has been closed and please you and your team should leave me alone, I am here battling with my health and you guys with your bunch of incompetence key pads warriors terrorising my life, please you people should leave me alone I beg of you”
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Posted 6 days ago
“Rude. Patronising . Incorrect information. And I had to wait an hour on the phone !!”
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Posted 1 month ago
“Pathetic customer service. Nobody taking responsibility and keep passing the phone from one department to other. and after all waiting for days and soo many phonecalls , no solution to the problem.”
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Posted 2 months ago
“I am writing this to warn other consumers about a catastrophic failure of safety, duty of care, and data protection by Utility Warehouse.During an annual service on my Ideal Logic Combi boiler, their subcontractor left the condensate trap completely dry and turned the appliance on. This is a severe, immediately dangerous hazard that allows colorless, odorless, and lethal Carbon Monoxide (CO) gas to spill directly into the living space. Due to the dangerous advice of their front-line staff on recorded lines—who repeatedly told me to leave the boiler running dry for "2 to 3 hours"—I bypassed the company and called the National Gas Emergency Service. An independent network inspector attended my home, immediately condemned Utility Warehouse's service, and applied a physical "Do Not Use" safety sticker.Worse still, after learning of my complaint, the initial engineer weaponised my private address details from Utility Warehouse’s database. He turned up at my property unannounced at 7:00 PM on a Friday night, out of uniform, persistently and aggressively ringing my doorbell to intimidate me. This severe GDPR data breach and act of doorstep harassment is currently under active criminal investigation under Police Reference Log .Utility Warehouse has since confirmed on a recorded line that the engineer confessed to this unannounced visit, yet their Resolutions team has flatly refused to issue a Deadlock Letter and is attempting to hide behind a standard 8-week corporate delay framework. They have completely failed to protect a registered vulnerable customer or secure my data. This file has been escalated to the Financial Ombudsman Service and the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). Avoid this company at all costs.”
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Posted 2 months ago
“Terrible, terrible customer service. They rudely ignore what you're asking about and instead try to sell you something. Avoid at all cost.”
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Posted 2 months ago
“One of the worst provider, please don't fall into their trap especially their welcome bonus it's a complete trap, their Internet and phone options are zero and the connection is just rubbish, if take more than q hour to speak to customer service and if you make a complaint it takes one month for them to come back to us which is completely insane.”
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Posted 2 months ago
“Totally rubbish company recently changed energy supply to fuse only to be hit with a £154.11 Budget Plan Reconciliation charge on my final bill . So be aware of these stealth charges can not recommend this company feel let down by them, go elsewhere save yourself the headache.”
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Posted 2 months ago
“I have been with Utility Warehouse for a lot of years. They have always been very helpful and supportive and very competitive.”
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Posted 2 months ago
“My experience with Utility Warehouse has been nothing short of dreadful. I discovered I had been billed over £1,500 incorrectly because my property was completely unoccupied and undergoing renovation for around six months. Despite repeatedly explaining this and disputing the bill, I was told my account had been frozen while the issue was investigated. While the dispute was ongoing, UW still reported two late payment markers to my credit file. I was assured these would be removed once the dispute was resolved, but months later they're still there. Every time I contact customer services, I'm given another excuse or told someone will look into it, yet nothing ever gets resolved. To make matters worse, once the bill was finally corrected, I paid it immediately, but UW still passed my account to a debt collection agency. Completely unacceptable for an account that was in dispute and then settled as soon as the correct amount was confirmed. I've had countless phone calls and emails, wasted hours chasing this up, and I'm still no closer to a resolution. The customer service has honestly been the worst I've ever experienced from any company. No ownership, no communication, and no willingness to put things right. I would strongly advise anyone considering Utility Warehouse to think twice. My experience has been stressful, frustrating, and has unnecessarily damaged my credit record. I will now be escalating my complaint to the relevant ombudsman and the Information Commissioner's Office if this is not resolved.”
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Posted 3 months ago
“​I am writing this to warn anyone considering switching to Utility Warehouse (UW) through a broker. ​When I was signed up, the broker promised me a fixed, manageable monthly budget. What they completely failed to mention is how UW's "Budget Plan" actually works. If you use more energy in the winter than your fixed payment covers, you build up a hidden debt. ​When UW gave me an incredibly high quote to renew, I naturally chose to switch to a cheaper supplier. However, because I left, UW slapped me with a massive, unexpected "Budget Plan Reconciliation" charge on my final bill to claw back that hidden balance all at once. ​The brokers do NOT warn you about this exit trap when they are selling you the tariff. If you switch to UW, be very careful—your monthly price isn't necessarily what you are actually paying for your real usage, and you could be hit with a huge lump-sum bill if you ever try to leave. Avoid!”
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Posted 3 months ago
“The worst customer service, they will scam you. I was asking for changing ownership of sim , it's been 2 months still they haven't proceed. Stay away”
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Posted 3 months ago
“Utility Warehouse is a scam, they take over legitimate companies like origin broadband, and with no warning you will be sent a message from them that your contract from the previous company has been transferred without your consent to them. They will offer you a small monthly amount to draw you into their platform, then increase your monthly payments without notice, I went from £22 a month to £95 a month and my broadband service was cut off even after I had paid the bills they claimed I owed, in the end I switched my service to hyper optic because of the evil practices of Utility Warehouse, they are a scam company, a ruthless and wicked company, stay away from them like the plague, I will be reporting them to Ofcom soon. D. Edwards”
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Posted 3 months ago
“I was until recently with TalkTalk as my Internet provider and even signed a new 18month contract with them and shortly after renewing this contract I was informed that I was transferred to utilities warehouse whom I had never heard of and so I personally felt I had been deceived because if talktalk had warned me when renewing my contract that I was being tranferred I would have gone elsware, after only three weeks with utilities warehouse I've had billing problems and even lost my Internet for over 36hours which is unacceptable and trying to get through is a nightmare waited over phone for over 40mins the so called customer service leaves a lot to be desired. I have notified them of my 30day cancellation and look forward to a better provder. Why talktalk was allowed to do this is unacceptable and iffcom should never allow thus king of behaviour.”
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Posted 3 months ago
“I was facing financel difficulties i lost my job i rang uw as my direct debits could not be paid both my gas and electricity are with uw and a mobile only sim mays bill was paid in full on the 25/06/2026 i borrowed money from someone I was told the phone services will be on in 1 to2 hrs in the afternoon today the 26/06/2026 i am still waiting the phone is still not on uw has to be one of the worst companies to get your services reinstated it's nearly 24hrs still no phone connection”
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Posted 3 months ago
“Appalling service. Unable to speak to anyone in U.K, all calls appear to connect to young people in Africa. I have been trying to tell U.W my meter is faulty for months,they ignore this and just set direct debit to their own estimate, writing "Out of Range" A meter reader called and they have dismissed his reading also has out of range. I do have a smart meter by the way! Avoid at all costs.”
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Posted 4 months ago
“Absolutely shocking customer service they refuse to answer the phone they refuse to answer a text and refuse to answer WhatsApp but threaten you with debt collectors, when its actually them that have got your bill wrong!”
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Posted 4 months ago
“Absolute disgrace this usless ware house,estimated my bills said they could get signal from my dumb meter sent big bill witch iv tryed dispute they gave my new supplier totaly diffrent closinging reading,ill never use these robbing filth again.”
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Posted 5 months ago
“Awful company avoid at all costs...”
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Posted 5 months ago
““Following several setbacks, I’ve at last come across a team that truly keeps its word.””
Utility Warehouse 1 star review on 4th May 2026
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Posted 5 months ago
Utility Warehouse is rated 1.5 based on 605 reviews