British Gas Reviews

Name: British Gas
Address: PO Box 4805, WORTHING
Rating: 1.21

1.2 Rating 3,026 Reviews

5 %

of reviewers recommend British Gas

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1.2

Based on 3,026 reviews

Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods	Own Driver, Postal Service
Average Delivery Time	Over A Month
On-time Delivery	Greater than 17%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders	Greater than 80%
Customer Service
Communication Channels	Telephone, Email, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In	Over A Week
Customer Service	1.2 out of 5
Returns & Refunds
Refunds Process	Difficult

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Phone:

0800 980 6005

Email:

customerservice@britishgas.co.uk

Location:

PO Box 4805
WORTHING
BN11 9QW

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“We have been trying recently to get a reasonable date for an inspection of our boiler and central heating, and we have a Homecare agreement with the company until the 20th March this year. The best date they can currently give is early April. ( now early February) The British Gas contract with us with us will have then expired and therefore they could be considered to be in breach of contract with us. We took our Homecare agreement again after many years with them in 2019, which includes an inspection in the annual period. How do expect expect long term customers to continue with them, when the company operate with limited demolished staff,cannot meet agreements, and this year by normal standards has been a mild one in the South. Any help from British Gas would be extremely helpful. It suggests that the directors of the company and management are very distant from the actual service service they can provide.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Complete sham of a company. I've waste hours of my life trying to change from prepaid meters to credit meters, only for the engineer to post a note through my door whilst I was in the house telling me he called and no one was home! When contacting 'customer services' i am told the next available appointment is in 2 months. You should be ashamed of yourselves. I would rather pay twice the price for my utilities then use your company again.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Home Care is an absolute rip off. We paid the fees and had nothing for nearly 2 years. Then when boiler was playing up took a month to get an appointment. Then they said you need a power flush but refused to give an appointment. ‘We’ll contact you when we have availability’ they said - literally. Home Care package is a SCAM. Avoid.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“The new phone times are totally unrealistic, I work full time. had to book holiday time off to be able to phone, the operator didn't understand my problems. Tried " chat " again my problems were not understood. Extremely bad customer service.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“20th of January I ordered a hive outdoor camera to be installed for the 3rd February. 3rd February - No engineer turns up and I end up speaking to 8 different people until a new installation date is booked in for the 5th 5th February - Engineer turns up to install HIVE heating !? I quote "I can't install cameras mate" engineer informs me to wait twenty minutes for the electrician to turn up. 2 Hours later no electrician !? Another 2 hours on the phone to British gas and Hive to be told sorry we booked the wrong job we can get an electrician to you tomorrow 6th February - Electrician turns up, I quote " wheres the camera ?" We were informed that the camera would be delivered with the electrician when they came to fit it. According to the engineer they never carry cameras with them. So after the third failed attempt and my patience hanging on by a thread, I phone to cancel and get a refund. Another hour of being passed from one department to another to be told only the payment team can give you a refund. Can I speak to them then ? The answer a simple no even were not allowed to speak to them. I've never being so disappointed or disgusted at the level of service provided by such a supposedly customer focused company”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Shambolic! New boiler installation booked with definite dates - spent two days holiday off work and no engineers and no joy with phone calls - eventually started three days later causing real stress as had to return to work. My home was treated appallingly, and with little to no respect. Oil type black marks everywhere and bannisters are going to need redecorating as now permeated the paintwork. BG engineers left dirt and incorrectly fitted pipework causing overheating. Had to get local engineer as BG would not sent anyone back for five days. Electrics wrong place, mucky carpets which I had to shampoo. Taken three months for them to totally complete job which should have been finished by 30th October. Claims department very insulting and totally ignorant (wilfully, I would say), in an effort to avoid paying any sensible damages etc. One of the most expensive experiences of my life. They just don't get it! Never recommend them. I could write a very good article in the national press on my experiences here!”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Appliance Cover - The service is atrocious (and that makes them sound too good). December call out (now February), So far no repair. 3 cancelled appointment and 2 engineers, one of whom was not allowed to look at repair as he was only authorised on certain brands! Absolutely outrageous. In no way can I recommend British Gas Homecare. In fact put the money in a savings account and call a local tradesman is something happens. Unfit for purpose!”

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Posted 4 years ago

“I have had British Gas Home Care for over 20 years, the service used to be excellent. However over the last year or so it has deteriorated enormously. I tried to get an engineer to repair my dishwasher and was told that I will have to wait for just over two weeks. The engineer was due for tomorrow, Thursday 6 February but I have just received a phone call saying that there is no engineer available and that I will have to wait until next Tuesday, that is another 4 days. A broken dishwasher is not a major issue but when you pay over £600 for home care services then you have the right to expect a prompt response and you should not be made to rearrange your daily activities around the availability of a British Gas Engineer. I am just pondering whether to renew my Home Care Insurance.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“No metres read had a huge estimate in read them myself no contact back so rung customer service is that what they call it 45 minutes wait would have cost me 15 pounds on pay as you go had a foreign lady who was rude arrogant told me to slow down speaking I had to repeat everything as she could not understand English then could not give me a date when my bill will be paid on direct debit energy companies are doing as they like to consumers government need to step in no help from the government unless there making money legal robbery”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Have taken Tuesday off work for our annual 15 month (cos that's annual to BG) service Had call on Friday saying they could not/would not honour their agreement and weren't coming - wanting to reschedule to the END of March (another 2 months away) and have me take another day off work to wait in in case they bother to keep that appointment Official complaint and guarantee of a call from a manager within 24 hours I'm still waiting 48 hours later”

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Posted 4 years ago

“i recently had to call the home care for a fault on my heating the earliest appointment available was the 20th off feb i was told that i am not a priority even when i later called back because i had water coming through my ceiling.Ihave had this cover for a long time previously the service was good but it is quite clear that this policy has been sold to many people without enough engineers to cover the workload i would not recommend this policy”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Poor repair service. We've had a BG service contract for many years. They used to be good. Not now. Our boiler failed. Soonest appointment was over 2 weeks. That's a long time without heating in January. Won't renew with BG next time.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Joke of a company. I took a 3 Appliance Insurance Policy out for what seemed a reasonable £13 a month. Their system decided to auto-combine it with my Boiler policy which was due to expire in 3 weeks. They then `renewed` the Policy after 3 weeks, increased the cost by 30% and helped themselves to the whole 12 month payment of £217 in one go without any indications of why. I couldn't ever get through to speak to anyone, even their Chat window was useless, I was passed through 6 people and got nowhere. Finally spoke to someone after 5 days of trying who just kept saying `I had chosen to add` the appliances to my cover. Useless and couldn't care less! Typical big company mentality.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Boiler and radiators fitted. Radiator pipes leaked in multiple places and called out to repair numerous times until all sorted. Came down this morning to find front room radiator called off wall, damaging a chair ...and leaking. Wasting another day sat around waiting for someone to fix it.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“If I could give them 0, I would. I’ve got a problem with my top up card for electricity. I’ve been on chat every night for 5 days and also contacted the Smart meter team 5 times over 2 days. Each one tells me something different. Each one promised a call back - nothing. Still haven’t resolved the problem therefore I’m unable to top up. The worst thing is that they do not keep a record of your calls or chat. Absolutely abysmal service.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“awful service . pricing of homecare contracts goes up by approx 20 percent every year ..when I phone to query they say that's the price they are charging take it or leave it --then said had I considered not having an annual gas service on my boiler as that could reduce cost by 2 percent . What about safety . Worst company to contact ...spend ages listening to music to even speak to someone .”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Terrible service. Have to repeat everything to different people.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Appalling customer service. A truly incompetent organisation. Unresponsive and incapable of dealing with relatively simple complaints-”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Hand on heart the worse Customer Service I have ever encountered. False promises which are having a huge impact on my credit score due to their errors and it is now preventing me from completing on a mortgage which is now putting my home in jeopardy. I have been promised the earth from several customer service reps and have received zero documentation as I have been promised on more than one occasion. I one week, I have been on the phone to BG for over 7 hours, and have achieved zero progress. A shambles of a company who should not have the right to use the world British in their name. Nothing at all British about you clowns!!!”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Avoid. Take money and refuse to refund over payments immediately instead say they have to send a cheque - always had issues with BG - avoid at all costs. We are moving to octopus”

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Posted 4 years ago

British Gas is rated 1.2 based on 3,026 reviews