Utility Warehouse Reviews

1.5 Rating 375 Reviews
12 %
of reviewers recommend Utility Warehouse
1.5
Based on 375 reviews
Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods
Postal Service, Courier, Own Driver
Customer Service
Communication Channels
Email, Telephone, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In
Over A Week
Customer Service
1.6 out of 5
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Refunds Process
Difficult
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Utility Warehouse 1 star review on 18th April 2024
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Utility Warehouse 5 star review on 13th January 2024
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Utility Warehouse 1 star review on 5th December 2023
Courtney Fisher
Utility Warehouse 1 star review on 5th December 2023
Courtney Fisher
Utility Warehouse 1 star review on 5th December 2023
Courtney Fisher
Utility Warehouse 1 star review on 5th December 2023
Courtney Fisher
Utility Warehouse 1 star review on 5th December 2023
Courtney Fisher
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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
I’ve been with UW for 10 years. I am very happy with the service. I like having all my bills (gas, electric, landline, fibre broadband, mobile) in one monthly payment. I am still on an old gas and electric meter and once I informed them I wanted the credit on my balance refunded they processed it within 5 days. They did offer that if I left the credit on my account they could reduce my bills, but I asked for the refund instead and they didn’t push back or try to talk me out of it. I have always been very happy with their customer service.
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Posted 4 months ago
Never had a problem , customer service polite and helpful.
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Posted 6 months ago
U/W are great on price and my contact is superb. I think they could improve there cash back card by introducing a step when you top up to check that you have put in the correct amount as at present it just goes straight through assuming you have enough money in your bank a/c.
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Posted 1 year ago
Worst company I’ve ever dealt with, moving into a new property with pre payment meters were already installed. The previous tenant left a load of debt so no electricity to the property so been there 6 days and after 9 hours waiting over a 4 days they still Janet sorted the situation!! Absolutely disgusting!!!!!!’
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Posted 1 year ago
Easy to communicate with and it's great to have all bills in one go.
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Posted 1 year ago
I have been a customer of UW for over 25 years ,never had any complaints . Appox 2 years ago my smart meter went wrong I e-mailed UW about it, but it was a first generation meter and none avaiable, 2 years later and 5 e-mails later there are still none available and none to replace it with, MY advice Dont have one of their SMART METERS
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Posted 11 months ago
For several years after joining UW, I was more than satisfied with their service. All bills in one place, always able to speak to someone directly for any issue, and promptly resolved. Alas, all good things come to an end.. at the end of last year I took out their Boiler & Home insurance to my regret. It took me months, literally to be able to contact anyone to book a boiler service, and always unable to speak to anyone, emails, go unanswered. Last week I had an emergency, which left me without heating, hot water, landline phone, WiFi and dead sockets unable to charge mobile, same story. I ended calling out an independent electrician at midnight (at a cost of £165) with the last bit of battery on my phone. He came, checked, identified the issue and advised me to keep a number of fuses off to prevent further blackout until my insurance electrician came in the morning. No one from UW called until I raised complaints mid morning, eventually someone turned up at 9pm and stood there staring at the boiler completely blank, no check, not a look at the fusebox or equipment. Fiddled with a connection and re wired it and left. Electricity worked for a few hours and again off. All weekend left now without heating, hot water etc.. they now will send someone tomorrow late evening. Absolutely appaling, they shouldn't be allowed to do business, at least the Insurance division.
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Posted 2 years ago
Fine all the whole time we were with them, leaving was a different matter! Too many departments and too many conflicting answers. Spoke to 4 different people to can cancel phone SIM after I had already been told it was already cancelled
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Posted 3 years ago
Direct debits are inflated, customer service is poor, complaint handling (even when escalated) is poor.
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Posted 9 months ago
We understood our bill was based on the new smart meter readings but after a few months realised that we were being charged a lot more than the monthly figure on the meter. In addition our monthly payment on the budget plan was far more than we were using or would use in winter and in 3 months we had built up a credit of £475. It took me over an hour on hold to get through to customer services. To be fair the person I spoke to was competent and helpful and it turned out that the connection between our smart meter and UW had failed and my bills were based on estimates well over what we were using. However only the most recent bill stated the reading was estimate based. The earlier ones said incorrectly that they were meter readings I also cancelled the budget plan and it was agreed that a technician would be sent out to look at the meter. They told me I was due a refund of £845 and it would be paid in 7 days. Watch this space!! It concerns me that people who are busy/technophobic/ visually impaired etc might not notice what was going on and think it was all due to the high energy prices and not notice they were being seriously overcharged in the event of smart meter failure.
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Posted 1 year ago
Before i got started snakey marketing techniques. Offered £104 then I go on their site it’s then £164 Also the cookies crash when I tried to reject all standard
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Posted 1 year ago
I signed up for Electricity & Gas. We have a smart meter & UW get readings every day. What I find so frustrating is that when you log into your account the 'Home Page', where you would expect to see a current summary of usage, payments and overall balance, has none of this basic information but instead has links to sign up to home insurance or add other services. In fact nowhere in your account can you get this basic information. I pay by monthly DD but recently, due to price increases, I paid a one-off lump sum to get up to date and requested an increase in my DD to cover current prices. To cut a long story short, they received the lump sum but did not apply it to my account because they "didn't know whether to apply it to Electricity or Gas or both". Given that the Gas account was in credit & the Electricity account in debt, I felt like saying "duhhh ..." Anyway, they wanted to hike my DD to way above what I was prepared to pay due to the 'debt' on my account. I eventually received a call from a customer services lady who was sensible & helpful and between us we got it sorted out, although unbelievably she said she would have to get approval for the one-off payment to be applied to my electricity account! Why UW make so difficult, opaque and complicated what, for all other utility companies that I've dealt with over the years, is simple, basic straightforward info and the facility to see where you stand financially based on up to date readings, is quite beyond my comprehension. It's almost as if they want to keep you in the dark. It took me several messages, emails and a long telephone conversation to get info that should be staring you in the face when you log into your account. Utterly bizarre!
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Posted 1 year ago
The pitch they use to switch you is "if we can't provide you with cheaper bills, we will match what you're paying now". I wish it was true. Once they have you, there are all sort of reasons why they cannot give you the price promised. Then comes the after sales service. After realising I was being charged for a service that I had previously cancelled and was not using, it took two calls totalling four hours for me to get through to someone who could help. Thanks goodness I came across Chris who tried his best to sort out my problems, but UW customer service is painful.
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Posted 2 years ago
online service. only messages about smart meter and home insurance. Nothing to say about gas tariff....... Find out l was paying well over the odds. Their promise to get cheaper energy... Only get that if you have phone and broadband. Seemed to be paying much more than other providers. Very difficult to part company as all services are intertwined. They say no cancel fee but they take money back for 'free' light bulbs. Will never do all inclusive services again.
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Posted 2 years ago
I've been with uw for almost a year. It seems like a great idea to have most bills coming in from 1 place. But my experience has not been good. It's costing me more per month than with separate companies and still haven't got my smart meter because there's never any appointments in my area. I've tried to sort it many times but it's a waste of time.
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Posted 2 years ago
Billed for energy for 7 months at a property I moved out of last march. Whilst the new tenants where also being billed by UW. I have been trying to get over £1500 back from them since october My april bill has just arrived and they are now trying to get £256 from me for last aprils bill, where I have already paid more than £400 for that month. Even though the house was empty from the !0th March. How could i have used £650 worth of energy in 10 days? They will happily take the £256 from the money they already have of mine. I will be cancelling all the services i have with UW. Do not trust the company.
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Posted 3 weeks ago
AVOID !!!AVOID !!!! AVOID !!!!! Said to the Representative on the Phone YOU ARE SCAMMERS CHARLATANS PAID MY BILL UP TO DATE NOW SAY I OWE 2 MONTHS ENERGY WHEN NEW RESIDENTS HAD TAKEN HOUSE OVER 2 MONTHS PREVIOUS THIS COMPANY OWES ME MONEY FROM MOVING OUT NOW SAYING 2. MONTHS IS OWED BY NEW RESIDENTS BUT WANT ME TO PAY THEIR BILL SCAMMERS !!!!!! SCAMMERS !!!!! SCAMMERS !!!!
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Posted 3 weeks ago
Continued to change me after I had cancelled my subscription and they still owe me money.
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Posted 3 weeks ago
I was happy with service at first, put on budget plan then was informed my bill would increase to £21 pm instead of decreasing as from april 24. I contacted them and they told me i was in arrears, also had gas deficit of £350!!! I contacted uswitch and was quoted £171 by British Gas where as UW quoted me£222 pm!! I have now left UW only to be given an extra bill for past month of £135!!!! In total they say I owe a massive £485, in which i jjust cannor afford. I am already paying British gas for energy service,and UW for arrears. Also i was told i am in credit with UW- no mention of this now in demanding final bills! I am shocked and disgusted. I would avoid this company like the plague!!!
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Posted 4 weeks ago
I wouldn't even give them one star. Utility Warehouse are sociopaths who seem to seek enjoyment in causing distress to vulnerable people. I have had nothing but problems with them cutting my gas and electricity off for the past two years, leaving me with no access to services overnight in the middle of winter months. They finally transferred me over to a credit meter, which I was relieved so I wouldn't have to deal with them anymore. But no, they want to inflict more emotional stress and damage by sending Churchill Recovery Solutions to my door to 'discuss moving to a credit meter'. I've read online that Churchill Recovery Solutions are bullies and Utility Warehouse have sent them to peoples homes who aren't even in arrears. I am not in arrears and do not owe them any money, so I can't fathom why they would send a recovery agency to my door to discuss moving to a credit meter, when A) I'm already on one now, and B) why can't they pick up the phone and discuss it with me themselves? I have now specified to them that I want to leave and switch energy provider (for the sake of my own sanity before I have a mental breakdown because of them) and they're still acting the goat and not giving me a straight answer when I asked if they'll waive the exit fee for the exceptional amount of stress the consistently cause me. Honestly, do not give this company your custom, unless you enjoy being harassed and made to want to unalive yourself at every interaction.
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Posted 4 weeks ago
Utility Warehouse is rated 1.5 based on 375 reviews