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1.5 Rating 516 Reviews
10 %
of reviewers recommend Utility Warehouse
1.5
Based on 516 reviews
Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods
Postal Service, Courier
Customer Service
Communication Channels
Email, Telephone, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In
Over A Week
Customer Service
1.5 out of 5
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Refunds Process
Difficult
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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
Total disaster connecting broadband They changed my land line number although they many times assured me that they would not do so. It is now six days and I have not got my number and have no broadband. I am now offered an appointment for open reach to come to my houseon Wednesday to get back my number. My question is if they switched my number externally, why do they have to come to my house to rectify it. Plus the number I have now brings loads of wrong numbers at all crazy times.
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Posted 7 hours ago
There is no service. It's been off since last night. I need WiFi! And i need to end this today, because it's not the first time. It has cut out. Origin did better! Pity we had no choice, but I don't need this. I will switch ASAP, and I dare anyone to ask me for more money. How were we pushed onto this company when they have a 1+☆ rating? I'm afraid this will not do for me.
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Posted 11 hours ago
I was with Origin broadband and LEFT mid-July BUT seems Origin failed to implement this and pass all phone calls to its call centre in South Africa, there they refused to understand this despite 21 phone calls, 2 letters and 15 emails and now completely against my will, have moved me to UTILITY WAREHOUSE. At utility warehouse (who acquired Origin) I find the same bunch in South Africa are again the call centre – I am seriously stressed with this. It’s like swimming in treacle with them, lies, switching calls, transferring calls without telling you, long waits, calls going dead, text and emails unsigned and no return address - every time you call you have to start at the beginning and patiently explain all over again and again yet NOBODY there seems to understand, want to understand or take responsibility. Five (5) weeks+ later and still nobody seems to want to do what I want. This call centres performance is in all aspects a truly dreadful way to behave, oh and they are still sending bills.
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Posted 1 day ago
Refund for switching $370 never received, call handlers just keep fobbing me off , broadband is very weak, overall we are worse off with our combined bills so we be leaving as soon as we can get out of any ties …. Think carefully before using these !!!
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Posted 4 days ago
Where do I start. I have now lost the will to live. I have a landline that doesn't work, 2 mobiles with no reception and a wifi that keeps dropping. 2 missed appointments by Openreach, followed by lies and excuses. Hours spent trying to speak to someone at UW that knows what they are talking about. Today I waited 20 to be put through only to be told it was the wrong department, then waited another 15 mins to be put through to another person who told me it was the wrong department again and then another 15 min wait to then get cut off before I get to speak to someone else in the wrong department.. I then get a call from someone ringing to find out what happened with the engineer. The non existent engineer who failed to turn up. I have been with UW for 22 yrs. When everything works it's fine, but when it doesn't it is a complete disaster. I am also waiting for Full fibre to be installed and that has turned into a saga as well. So far I have lost 2 days pay plus many hours hanging on the line waiting to speak to a poorly trained person who doesn't have a clue what is going on. The best one was when I asked to speak to a Manager who told me he got paid less than £35 a day, becoz he is in South Africa...lolol I would NEVER recommend this awful company. They claim to care about their customers but they couldn't give a toss.
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Posted 5 days ago
Zero Star Got my meter reading other way around. Was never helpful to sort it out despite complaints. No tracking of previous discussion.
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Posted 1 week ago
Signed me up to a phone contract alongside gas and electricity, which I said I didn't want. I called to complain. I looked at my account and phone contract is still there. I called again and they denied I had one. I have cancelled everything with them as they seem sketchy.
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Posted 1 week ago
Disconnected my broadband in error - then quote up to 10 days to reconnect their error! Call handlers putting phone down when call gets difficult - no rationale as to why they can't just reconect same day as they would do if service just went down! Horrendous customer service and tried to pass me back to Origin who I had been transferred from - avoid at all costs!
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Posted 1 week ago
Ever since changing to utility warehouse my service has been terrible. My broadband is not reliable I have days where there is no broadband at all. It wasn’t my decision to change it was my previous provider
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Posted 2 weeks ago
Final bill sent 12th June supply changed 14th June... 210.69p which included £30 for the broadband box which I never returned... Then I received another bill for£69.49 I contacted uw & been told it's for gas n electricity ... Which was supposed to be in the final bill... Horrendous customer services
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Posted 2 weeks ago
Bad service
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Posted 3 weeks ago
UW have been consistently awkward in my efforts to resolve and overbilling scenario on my elderly and disabled Mother's bill. She's in and out of Hospital and we're having to sell her property to fund onward care. UW have not managed to prove the liability they claim, due to the fact it was already paid to Octopus Energy for that period. She's now being threatened with debt collection activity for money she clearly doesn't owe. This is an utter disgrace. Therefore, I'm afraid, I must report far below acceptable treatment in this matter and thusly, significant dissatisfaction with UW's service, of which she had been a customer for some years. Not to mention a Smart Meter was fitted without her knowledge or consent. Very difficult to get hold of anyone to sort any problems out. Standard automated emails, broken processes, useless chatbot, and don't answer the 'phone. An absolute shower.
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Posted 3 weeks ago
All thanks to your firm
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Posted 3 weeks ago
Avoid UW at all costs. I have rang them more than multiple times saying the same thing over and over to cancel the previous account there were to begin with because I am with a different company provider, they told me on the phone the account is now closed and yet still to this day months later I am still receiving bills telling me iv fallen behind on the payments. This company has continued to ignore my simple instructions of telling them to close the account permanently as I do not want them as a provider at all. I have repeatedly told them I am not owing any money to the company because Iv told you time and time again to close the account in which they said it is but clearly they will happily still bill households for money and ignore what people tell them on the phone while being rude to you as well.
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Posted 4 weeks ago
Phoned today to query a number of billing items. Was on the phone ages and kept being passed to different staff for separate items. Staff were in very noisy call centres making communication difficult. The 4th advisor asked me to hold on for a brief period while she sought the answer; after 35 mins I was cutoff. Redialled and had to keep repeating myself to 5th advisor who then kept repeating same answer which meant she did not comprehend the query. Requested yet another escalation merely to seek someone who could understand. Very frustrating and poor service. Only staff no 1 dealt with the first query well and efficiently, after that all went downhill.
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Posted 1 month ago
I've been with utility warehouse for over 17 years as a 4 bundle customer, recently moved house but only needing electricity the bills they are sending me are shocking over £200 per month for a 2 bed cottage, no smart meter no budget account, months later finally sorted ,I shall be switching ASAP, customer service 17 years ago phone answered within 13 secs ,today 1 hour if your lucky and don't lose the will to live waiting then asked loads of security questions even though you have been told that they recognise you from your phone number. Their gas and electricity are cheaper yes but Internet, phone line and mobile are more expensive than elsewhere. My advice is shop around and buy everything separately
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Posted 1 month ago
Utility warehouse has the most awful customer service.. You will be bounced around like a ball, none of their representatives know what they are talking about. They will keep you on hold for more than an hour just for querying a bill.
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Posted 1 month ago
Total rip off not informing our contract had finished. Avoid at all costs. Lots of other suppliers far better.
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Posted 1 month ago
Shockingly bad. Average electric bill for 2 bed home in UK is £110 a month. UW began with a speculation of £160 a month then 6 months later claimed they should have been charging £475 a month! Apparently we now owe them thousands. This company are scammers who exploited vulnerable people. Avoid at all cost.
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Posted 1 month ago
They are great until you have an issue. Once you have an issue they are completely and utterly incompetent. You cannot speak to anyone who can help. My gas meter has been broken for 6 months and I’ve now had to report them to the ombudsman. If I could rate zero stars I would. I have called them maybe 20 times and the issue with my meter has not been resolved and they won’t commit to a date for fixing it
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Posted 1 month ago
Utility Warehouse is rated 1.5 based on 516 reviews