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1.5 Rating 575 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
16 Days with no heating and hot water Short version: UW respond really quickly to billing/sales enquiries but their customer service is appalling. Long version: 2 days before my holiday my boiler broke down. I called out a GasSafe engineer to come and diagnose the fault and service my boiler. The engineer diagnosed a faulty smart gas meter which had lost power. I called UW (took ten minutes to answer) whilst the engineer was present and the UW agent on the phone (who sounded like she couldn't care less) informed me that I must send a video by e-mail. The gas engineer said "let me speak to her", but she said there was no point. So, I sent a video by e-mail. Their e-mail said the video must be shorter than 30 seconds long. I sent a 29 second long video. I received no reply, so chased this by email a few days later, they said they hadn't received an email from me. So I sent it again, again I received no response, so I'm assuming my e-mail didn't go through. My assumption is that their system for sending videos of faults must only be able to process videos of a certain file size, so the video length is irrelevant, especially if the video is 4K/HDR/etc. It baffles me that a company such as UW does not have a better system for uploading video files. So anyway, I cut down my video to 18 seconds, sent this off to them, and hey, still not received a reponse! What a shock... I believe your gas supplier is supposed to reconnect your gas supply within 4 hours, I am now on day 16 and we still haven't got to the stage where we are discussing an engineer coming to restore my gas supply. I had someone staying at my house to look after my pets whilst I was on holiday, and they refused to stay which caused me a logistic and financial problem, plus the stress of having to deal with this whilst on holiday was a real pain. SORT IT OUT UTILITY WAREHOUSE!
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Posted 5 hours ago
Worst company ever went from using£35 a month in gas and then all off a sudden £900 in one month then went from being in credit to being in debit told that was estimated bills they get meter readings supplied every month still not sorted. And bombarded with phone calls about SIM cards and broadband
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Posted 2 days ago
CUSTOMER SERVICE IS TOTAL S**T !!! ALL PHONE CONTACT REPEATS THE SAME AUTOMATED CLAPTRAP. YOU CANNT SPEAK TO ANY PERSON AND THE WAIT TIME CAN BE AN HOUR.!!! THIS WAS ONCE AN EFFICIENT AND FOCUSED COMPANY. TO JOIN NOW WOULD BE A COMPLETE FOLLY DO NOT USE THEM
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Posted 2 days ago
After nearly 3 weeks without broadband or landline phone they are still happy to read from their scripts whenever I call them and all they do is pass the blame to a third party. I have never reviewed any organisation before (either positive or negative) but I am genuinely shocked by their lack of concern. As soon as this problem is fixed (currently not till next week at the earliest!) I will be closing my account and moving to other supplier. I naïvely thought that my contract with them was reciprocal ie I give them money and they provide a service. Evidently not !
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Posted 5 days ago
Absolutely useless company! Happy to take your money, but not help you and provide you with the service that you’re paying for. They found that it was acceptable to send a Plumber within 24 hours, when water was absolutely pouring through my house. Failed callbacks,, poor customer service, no help to find a resolution, and no acceptance of not providing you with the service you are paying for. Stay clear also, my eldest daughter has had similar problems with them relating to her electricity supply.
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Posted 1 week ago
Trying to cancel my mums landline as shes now gone into a care home, as each month goes by and they send the bill, they confirm that will be the last payment to pay, then another month goes by landline still not been cancelled and another bill dropped on the door mat. How does this company justify ripping off a 86 year old woman with dementia that hasn't lived in her flat since the end of January and yet in that time I have been asked for 3 payments. I have followed all cancellation procedures and they still do not cancel the landline. No one tells you the same thing when you call, 5 calls, 3 bills and 2 emails later still no joy. My advise is if you enjoy stress join UW otherwise AVOID THEM !!
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Posted 1 week ago
Awful service!! You have to wait for about an hour just to get through, yet you can’t resolve anything with them. I contact the department on Thursday 12th March to discuss and arrange for payment. The Lady I spoke to promised to call me back on Saturday since she is working. I explain to her that because of the nature of my job I can only be available at 10 am. She then suggested 11.00 am because she wanted to deal with herself and get it resolved, which I thought was nice. Saturday 14th March at 11.00am nobody called. This is not the first time I was promised a call back and never received it. This is the worst company I have ever dealt with. The company is charging over £300 for a broadband connection which only worked in 2 rooms for 5 days before terminating the contract.
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Posted 3 weeks ago
They have the worse customer service- you can never get hold of them! Wish we had never switched to them, will definitely be switching back to my other providers at renewal
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Posted 4 weeks ago
I swapped to an eSIM and it was a disaster. No phone usage since 2nd March. I am abroad and have no access to phone, internet and it has severely impacted my work. I have phoned 4 times. Emailed countless times (they say 2 days reply) I waited 5 days. I also tried WhatsApp messages and they just ignore you for hours. And when someone finally replies it’s when you have no wifi so can’t communicate. They then place you back in a queue. It’s a never ending circle of no one giving a damn. Your options below select one or another type of communication and I tried all of them.
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Posted 4 weeks ago
This company is the most scammy I've encountered. They added a SIM card to my account without my consent and charged me extra, which I paid for for over a year. When I challenged them, it took them a long time to admit fault. Eventually, they agreed to refund me, but after three weeks, I still haven't received the money, and I have to chase them for it. I would not recommend this company to anyone seeking a stress-free network provider. Their customer service is terrible—no one keeps their word, and I get conflicting information without any resolution to my issues.
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Posted 1 month ago
I was in a two bedroom flat for over fourteen years, I'm now in a one bedroom Bungalow just over five months, they're charging over £100 a month. I was £40-£50 a month in my old place over the Fourteen years. They were dishonest from the beginning and were charging also for a phone card I didn't want or use. Pillar to post time and time again. The card was eventually taken away and I was told to bin it. Why send out in the first place? They're answer was, oh we just send them out anyway. A waste of time in my books. I don't trust this company, they were supposed to get back to me about changing over to another supplier, but they didn't bother. I'm probably committed to a time scale with them now. If I tried to change now they would hit me with charges. I despise this company but I need a supply, don't trust them people.
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Posted 1 month ago
My experience with UW has been terrible. I’ve spoken to 3 different customer service agents over the last 2 weeks and they have all been no help. I asked to escalate and speak to a manager, which they said I would have to log a complaint, which I did. I’ve have now received an email saying my complaint has been resolved, although no one has actually spoken to me. I do not recommend.
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Posted 1 month ago
Utterly Worthless i supplied a actual reading for my gas and when I went back into my app the estimated reading had been put in place
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Posted 1 month ago
Terrible waiting time for customerservices and promised call backs don't happen
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Posted 1 month ago
I have never experienced anything as stressful, obstructive and frankly outrageous as my dealings with Utility Warehouse, and I feel duty‑bound to warn others to stay well away. I opened an account with them and a friend warned me about them so 6 days after I formally cancelled the contract, well within the cooling off period. They refused to accept this and continued to treat me as an active customer against my wishes. Demanded meter readings Refused to release the account so that a reputable supplier such as Good Energy Ignored follow-up emails This is not a simple misunderstanding or a minor admin error, it feels like they are deliberately TRAPPING me in an unwanted relationship with a company I do not wish to use, while blocking a legitimate supplier from stepping in. I have now escalating this as a formal complaint and awaiting a response. In my opinion, no one should have to go through this. If you value clear communication, respect for your choices, and even the most basic standard of customer service, I would strongly urge you to AVOID Utility Warehouse and look to more reputable suppliers instead.
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Posted 2 months ago
Switched to UW with the promise of cheaper fixed rate deals. Salesman went through current gas and electricity bills and quoted us quite a bit cheaper. Overall, we were around £20 a month cheaper. Then after 1 year we had a bill for £800, saying we'd used more gas and electric than expected (which we hadn't) . Not one email or phone call from customer service to warn us. Bills then went up in new contract act from £245 to £385. Complete and utter con artists, avoid. Went to British Gas, 100% better, cheaper and user friendly.
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Posted 2 months ago
Absolute liars!! Will not send me copies of phone conversations that I am entitled to. All lies hidden from day 1. Do not ever listen to the lies. AVOID AT ALL COSTS
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Posted 2 months ago
Possibly the worst company I've ever switched to. We were with sky for broadband and OVO and had a call from local partners. We switched with the promise of faster broadband and cheaper energy bills and ended up getting a SIM as it's pushed like a meal deal! The WiFi has been shockingly bad and ended up having to buy boosters and paying extra. Our sky boxes repeatedly loose connection now which never happend before. It's like going back to the dark ages with UW. I wouldn't recommend this company to anyone. I could cry with how stressful it is getting anywhere with this company. I became a partner while joining as a customer and it's like a cult. I wouldn't recommend to anyone.
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Posted 2 months ago
They do not listen what is said to them, they lie and provide different information every time when you contact with them they say they will do something and they not! 3 months to solve complaint and they managed to close it 3 times without even contacting but they claim they did! Worst service ever!
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Posted 2 months ago
AVOID this company and never trust them talk talk passed my information and account to them without my agreement I called them 2 time to cancel contract, both times they told me that my account is cancelled and nothing to pay few days later they stolen money from my bank account with direct debit
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Posted 2 months ago
Utility Warehouse is rated 1.5 based on 575 reviews