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1.5 Rating 602 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
End of January 2023 and still waiting for the transfer of telephone number which was booked by UW for 2nd Dec 2022. Had no landline nor broadband for the whole of Christmas/ New Year and the library was closed [in the library now to type this!]. After spending wasted hours on the phone and countless emails [which was annoying considering that I had to walk to the library etc] I am annoyed and frustrated at the poor service. It is like a circus act. It would be much better if the communication companies involved actually communicated with each other and within their own companies. After receiving threats of fines if I was not at the new property between 8am-1pm on Dec 2nd 2020 the engineer from a subcontracted engineering firm called Kellys' could not do the job; this was repeated on Jan 6th 2023! Finally an engineer from Openreach arrived, but informed me that a planner would need to come. On 17th Jan 2023 a line was connected by Openreach, but a wall is damaged and neighbouring tree branches have been left on a hedge in a dangerous position for people passing. Whilst the escalation UW member of staff was telling me that it takes 48 hrs to work on the transfer of a number, so it should be done by the end of the week [!?!?], I received information from another UW dept to say that as it had been a month since my move my number could not be transferred to my home. BT has since informed me that the number will not be given to anyone else for 6 weeks. These companies are all interlinked yet communication and integrated work is sadly lacking. Customer care and real service extremely poor. Considering that I have been a member of Utility Warehouse for years for both phone, broadband, gas and electricity it appears that loyalty means nothing, indeed I was asked by the complaints escalation team if I would like to leave......this was only half way through the saga; not the way to serve a customer/member. Customer services and the complaints team have not solved the problem yet. It is only the number that needs to be transferred now.
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Posted 3 years ago
Keep sending me bill but I'm on pre payment been trying to get this resolved for 3 months now!! May have to switch back to old supplier...
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Posted 3 years ago
So disappointed & frustrating for their billing team who had ongoing over estimated the gas usages despite on-line meter readings were provided (with the smart meters they claimed they could read it). The customer services responded promptly to my issues but the over billing continued. It made it switched to another supplier in the hope to clear/close the account with actual usage. However the final bill was estimated again with high & over estimation. So I paid hundreds pounds more than usages & their refunds just stuck there.
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Posted 3 years ago
Vile cretins. Got conned into signing upto this. Got broadband and cashback card. Changed over to BT in November and these morons didnt even bother to close my account until January! My cash back card has been cloned so now i constantly get pop ups from the app that a transaction on the card has been declined, so far its been USA, Jamaica and Spain. I had to watch them constantly try using it whilst finding out they have a day off on Sunday! Also, because i had closed my account with them i couldn't freeze the account as i had no access to it on the app. I have tried to sort the issue out several times, they take no responsibility for anything! So i am constantly having pop up after pop up of someone trying to use my old card that by the way should not be active in the first place. They refused to take a complaint, they refused to take any responsibility, they refused to accept a breach has happend (because there has been no complaints) they even get snarky and ill mannered when you call to close your account because you are switching to another provider. After a horrible few days of this, i called the FCA. I suggest others who have been mistreated by them do the same.
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Posted 3 years ago
So i just joined for the first time a few days ago and account still pending, after reading so many extremely bad reviews about customer service. i now can see why, i am clad i have today decided to get as far away as possible from this company. i have tried on the app and web site to cancel the agreement which as stated i am legally entitled to do with in the 14 days cooling off period but you can not web chat, emails can take up to 2 days to see a response. i dont want to spend my time rininging these people, honestly i can see why so many people are complaining this company would be awful to deal with in an emergency and so many complaints of smart meter issues every one should be going back to the standard non smart meters were its a basic meter and you record it each month, smart meter rubbish. I have cancelled my direct debit as this company is not getting any of my money and do not wish to join them. So utility warehouse if you read this i have cancelled my pending joining request to be with you. My advise is you really need to sort how how you poor customers can get a response when contacting other than email. the app is rubbish as well as trying to make contact. All I'm getting now is>>>>>>> This is an automated reply, please do not respond to this email. Unfortunately we are not able to respond to your query via email, please contact our sales team on 0333 777 0777.
Utility Warehouse 1 star review on 20th January 2023
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Posted 3 years ago
With U. W. Whilst everything is ok there's no problem but as soon as a problem arises then their customer service change a problem into a drama. I had a problem with landline, mobile and broadband. It started early September and supposedly was fixed by the December. Whether it was or not, I don't know as I have been overseas since the 13th Dec 22. I received an email from them to say that they hoped I'd be happy with the outcome which was given to me by their escalation team member. I am still to receive any communication from that team member. I scribed an email to them in reply to their email only to find that there is. now no mechanism for them to receive it. Now, when your seemed up you have to go through their chat line which takes you round in circles and creates more ill feeling because nothing gets solved. If I could give them 0 out of 10 I would.
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Posted 3 years ago
Loaded money on my cash back card as I do each month to cover food shopping so I had just over £400 on there. Through the night on December 23rd 2022 my card had four transactions for £83.89 taken by a foreign bank account a fifth request for the same amount was declined and that’s how I knew there was a problem as there was a notification sent to my phone. All utility warehouse staff could advise was to block the existing card and wait for a new one to arrive, they couldn’t have cared a less that I’d lost all the Christmas spending money….. didn’t get any communication from a manager as promised, I also rang Christmas Eve and again was told there was nothing they could do. It’s now 28th December, no communication from Utility warehouse and no money refunded !
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Posted 3 years ago
AVOID THIS COMPANY The customer service is absolutely terrible. They may be the cheapest as they say I do not know, if they are you get what you pay for. I moved into a property and was quickly put through to sign up with them. There was a debt on the gas meter and this has resulted in over 4 hours on the phone, having the call disconnected, being given silly information to ring 105 which is the number to report damaged electrical cables. I was left without gas overnight. I rang the next morning and was informed my meter had been reset but I had not been informed. I then topped up and the meter promptly took all the £50 for debt. I then had to top another £99 and am still in debt. There response is it’s the landlords responsibility which basically means they want me to do their debt collecting. Whilst the staff I spoke to are all very apologetic,they are obviously untrained and will tell you anything to get you off the line.
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Posted 3 years ago
I moved into my house on 14/09 and left Utility Warehouse for Octopus on 12/10 (28 days). I only used 1 unit of Gas and 9 units of electricity whilst with UW as I was refurbishing the property and it was empty. Have contacted them 6 times and sent photos of meter readings (three times). I still have not had a final bill over two months later and they still say they can't see the readings. Just waiting a few more weeks to get the ombudsman involved. They are a nightmare.
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Posted 3 years ago
AVOID THIS COMPANY AT ALL COSTS Hours and hours and hours in a queue waiting to be answered, this is no exaggeration, you have been warned, and then to be deliberately disconnected, This company left me and my 4 kids to freeze on the coldest night of the year 12/12/22, with no heating, no hot water, and no gas to cook. Still no gas at the time of writing this 14/12/22 What do I have to look forward to, more hours in a queue to get an explanation?
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Posted 3 years ago
Terrible, nothing but a scam
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Posted 3 years ago
Battery ran out on gas meter they come fit a new machine rather than change battery the card I have is invalid so the engineer said one will be posted this is on the Thursday he kindly put £20 pound in runs out by Friday night engineers not allowed out after certain time 6 pm so 2 kids no heating on coldest day of the year still no card on Saturday another engineer sent he said only allowed to put £10 on the meter now Sunday out again reported at 1.15 pm said will be out within 4 hours phoned back at 6.15 pm to be told can’t cover it and was sent a txt which I haven’t received and have to go another night without heating or able to cook food for my two kids aged 3&4 absolutely disgusting to be treated like this in 2022 coldest weather this year thanks Utility Warehouse!! wouldn’t recommend to anyone
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Posted 3 years ago
Avoid Boiler Cover with UW. Waste of time....
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Posted 3 years ago
Really lovely people on the end of the phone, but they know absolutely nothing. I've spent countless hours trying to resolve the following issues: - Account - They said they couldn't set up an account for me because my address wasn't valid. The previous owner of my house had an account with them so I knew it was. This took an hour to resolve. - Admin - they sent me an email addressed to the wrong client - Internet - they scheduled an appointment with BT but BT never knew about it, so there was never an engineer coming, even though I waited in for 2 days. Still have no internet and they can't provide me with further details. - Electricity - they sent me a letter saying I was going to be cut off, but this came from a different account number (for the previous owner). Nobody can tell me if I am or not going to be cut off (I have a new account that is live, but they don't know why the old account seems to be generating automated letters, and may automatically cut me off) Massively do not recommend!
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Posted 3 years ago
Awful awful awful service and company. Myself and my partner registered with UW before we had even moved into our house. It’s now been almost a MONTH with no wifi because they cannot seem to get any engineers to turn up. They have no contact with the people coming out to the houses so they’re literally just making empty promises to you down the phone so you think something is going to happen! We’ve supposedly had two appointments booked now but we wouldn’t know because no one’s turned up! I’ve also been hung up on after being on hold with multiple customer service employees. Avoid using UW!!! They have no idea what they’re doing!!!!
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Posted 3 years ago
Worst customer service I have ever experienced! On the phone several times for over an hour. Departments don't communicate. Would never recommend to anyone!!!! Please reply to this review to confirm that you read them !!!!!
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Posted 3 years ago
UW has been unable to provide us with a working Gas meter for the past 3 years, despite having several engineers attend our property. So all payments are based on historical usage. We have decreased our useage this season but they have increased our payments and we have to pay as we can't prove our usage. We have asked for another engineer to attend the site and replace the meter, but UW has canceled all meter installations until some time in 2023, but they can't tell us when this will recommence. They have also said that if or when we have a working meter installed, they may guestimate usage to that point in time based on historical data, which will be inaccurate, as we have reduced usage by about 50% this season. So we will be charged for Gas we haven't used just because they have failed to install a working meter and have cancelled all engineer visits until 2023. We are taking this to the Ombudsman.
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Posted 3 years ago
When we moved here a year ago, no other power supplier would take us as there was a night meter so we were stuck with Utility Warehouse. We had meters changed to smart meters and night meter removed on Christmas Eve but the smart meters have never worked. Every month since Feb I have phoned or emailed that meters are not working. We have had meter reader out twice who has also reported the gas meter is unreadable and the night meter has gone yet we are still being charged for night meter and estimated bills on electric as they say they are getting readings from gas meter. Last week I got a new estimated bill of £1328 for electric. This company have got to have the worse customer service department going. Today I spoke to Julie who told me the reports on faulty meter have been there since Feb then again on 12th Nov. By this point I am pretty hysterical on the phone and apologised as after all not her fault. She took one look at my bill and told me she would be hysterical as well. Not like we haven't paid a bill every single month. Seems the new reading was in hundreds, well it would be new meter, but they are still estimating on old meter they took out 11 months ago, which of course was in thousands, rather than double check they just added a zero at the end and they ignored the readings have given as they don't mach up with old meter. Best of it is, they cannot come out and fix till new year and it will be end of December before billing can make adjustments so they expect payment, however as I wouldn't pay the full amount the system would not allow part payment so it will look as if we have refused to pay. Basically it will look as if we are in debt which we are not. DO NOT TOUCH THIS COMPANY WITH A 10 FOOT BARGE POLE!
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Posted 3 years ago
To cut a long story short, since 30th September 2022, i've not had a gas supply for a total of 9 days, off and on and my electricity was down for 24 hours. Over 6 hours of phonecalls, 30+ complaint emails and still nothing is sorted. I'm without gas again tonight. They've also been sending 2 bills to me, despite me explaining the facts. They bill the "new owner" and the other bills are addressed to me. I've complained tonight to the Ombudsman to see what they can do. Absolute joke of a company. Disgusting. All polite on the phone, telling you they'll sort it. Nope. I'm freezing with no hot water yet again. Avoid this company at all costs. Trying my best to escape them. Oh, they gave me £20 to say sorry and one of the staff emailed me to remind me of the fact. JOKE!!
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Posted 3 years ago
BEWARE: They keep your credits and don't pass them to the next bill. I had £43.37 credit on my Oct bill which I didn't claim as I wanted it to offset future bills. The Nov bill didn't show this credit so spent 1.5 hours today trying to claim it. Was told that it wasn't automatically transferred to the next bill and that I have to call a number to claim it!! What a rip off...how many elderly and vulnerable people is this happening to? How much of our money are they keeping. Claim it or you will lose it!!
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Posted 3 years ago
Utility Warehouse is rated 1.5 based on 602 reviews