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Garden Buildings Direct Reviews

1.1 Rating 392 Reviews
3 %
of reviewers recommend Garden Buildings Direct
1.1
Based on 392 reviews
Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods
Own Driver, Courier
Average Delivery Time
Over A Month
On-time Delivery
Greater than 35%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders
Greater than 28%
Customer Service
Communication Channels
Telephone, Email, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In
Over A Week
Customer Service
1.1 out of 5
Returns & Refunds
Refunds Process
Difficult
Returns Process
Could Be Better
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About Garden Buildings Direct:

Garden Buildings Direct manufacture garden sheds, summerhouses, log cabins, playhouses and other garden related products. We import a large number of products from Eastern Europe and Asia on top of the 120 SKU’s we manufacture in house.
Garden Buildings Direct also operates a home delivery service throughout England, Scotland and Wales.

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Phone:

0800 169 6016

Email:

Sales@Kybotech.co.uk

Location:

Parry Business Park, Sutton-On-Trent, Newark, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom
Nottinghamshire
NG23 6QX

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Garden Buildings Direct 1 star review on 6th December 2024
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Garden Buildings Direct 1 star review on 6th December 2024
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Garden Buildings Direct 1 star review on 22nd November 2024
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Garden Buildings Direct 1 star review on 22nd November 2024
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Garden Buildings Direct 1 star review on 22nd September 2024
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Garden Buildings Direct 1 star review on 22nd September 2024
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Garden Buildings Direct 1 star review on 22nd September 2024
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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
Placed an order 20 days ago, delivery twice rescheduled, still no delivery and informed one item not even manufactured yet. Customer service if you can speak to them is terrible, they have very to no knowledge of the company, and impossible to speak to anyone further up the foodchain. Dreading the quality of the items once they arrive after reading this site. Avoid at all costs.
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Posted 5 years ago
Poor quality. Sections did not fit well hence many gaps and knots in wood missing. Some blocks were also missing to fit flooring.
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Posted 5 years ago
Do not buy from this company. Staff know nothing, when you can actually get through to them. Was promised 4 weeks, after 11 weeks Billy Oh shed was delivered - but without a roof. Week 13, and I'm still waiting.......
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Posted 5 years ago
Terrible experience. Company did nothing unless I was badgering them on the phone. Was initially quoted 4 weeks lead time- this is week 11 and I still haven't received a complete product. In this time three delivery dates were "confirmed" with me. I took annual leave to receive the good. 2 of the deliveries were cancelled the day before- 1 without any notice at all! No compensation offered for the holiday I had to take. On the third delivery attempt, the kit was incomplete and a number of key parts were broken. Still awaiting replacements- no date offered. They are an incompetent bunch teamed with a useless and ineffective customer service topped off with a sub-standard product...avoid!
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Posted 5 years ago
would love to give them 0 stars but you can't so. Was messed around with my order from day one, I was allowed to change the delivery dates per item so I asked for 3 of the items to be delivered on one date and the third was in production so that was arranged for the following week. I had no updates throughout the order I had to phone to see if it was all on track and was told yes. The day of the delivery for the three items came I had not received any delivery tracking so, I called to be told that the items were not going to be delivered as my whole order has to be delivered together. Communication is so poor and you cannot speak to anyone at head office. My order came which was great until I realised one of the items was broken. I logged this online and was finally after three times being asked how many items were broken and three times of telling them, told that I would receive my replacement item and that I would receive an email when it was being dispatched. Four days on and no update so I emailed and was told 2-3 days their third party courier take?? No actual date for delivery so, I called AGAIN to be told that we updated you today sir. Which was great but they updated me only because I asked and wasn't actually given a delivery date! What kind of company is this honestly, I've never experienced such bad customer service. I was also told twice that a 'supervisor' would call me back to discuss and they never did. I even asked for some compensation for taking a day off of work and for being messed around and was told 'we don't do that'. Avoid at all costs!
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Posted 5 years ago
Feel like I've had a narrow escape as I didn't buy from this shower! I wanted to order 2 metal deck boxes but they were showing different "free" delivery times so I called up to see why they were not coming together. I got a reply in the UK. One is oversized for courier so comes on our own transport was the answer so I went ahead and put them in the basket, got to the checkout and they had added a whopping £50 delivery charge for the larger one! I tried to call back and this time got the Philippines and the agent didn't understand what I was saying. I said "It's added a delivery charge", they heard "it's declined your card"! So I kept calling to try to lock into the UK call center and one foreign agent even told me there wasn't one - LIES! I eventually got a northern accent again and they said I was out of the zone 1 for free delivery but as a special favour they would do it for £25. No thanks! I asked why the first person I spoke to had not advised of this as he had the map in front of him and had asked for my postcode and he didn't know. I am not even close to being a "remote postcode" and every other courier and delivery company in the land has managed it either free or for a reasonable charge. I put a comment on their Facebook page and they deleted it but having found them on a genuine review site I think this gives the true picture of a company that should be avoided at all costs. If they have what you are looking for I can highly recommend Garden Oasis and they have excellent customer service.
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Posted 5 years ago
I bought a Summer House off this company back in April and originally the delivery time was 4 weeks according to there website, I had not done my homework on the company before the order and only spotted afterwards all the bad reviews so I was very sceptical about my order being right or on time. I rang the company after 5 weeks asking why I had not received a delivery time for the summer house and was then told that because the item was being treated it would be 6-8 weeks which I was not happy about, they then went on to inform me that there were only a few items left that needed treating so I should receive my Summer house by the 31st of May by the most and I could inform the builders so they could arrange a time to come. Well the date came and passed still no e-mail with a delivery date, so I e-mailed them and was informed the item was still being treated, I then rang them only to find the Summer house had in fact not been treated at all and the treatment machine was not working so all the phone calls/e-mails where lies so I cancelled my order and received my money back and gone elsewhere. This company does not have any UK call centres al foreign-based and in my opinion, are definitely a company to avoid the number of bad reviews speak volume about this company do your research first!!!
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Posted 5 years ago
During the sales process the staff were all very helpful and gave lots of info - only I found later this was built on fabrication of the truth. I was offered an upgraded base for £55, I questioned whether the shed had a floor anyway and was told it did but this base would help the structure so I paid for this extra. I was also offered an upgraded security lock. I questioned whether there was a lock and was told there was so I declined the upgrade. Upon delivery I built the shed inc the base which took 15-20 hours in total. When it was built it was clear from the instructions and look of the shed the floor was missing. I questioned GBD who told me this wasn't included and I needed to buy this myself not from them. THey have confirmed they "got confused and were misunderstood on my original sale". I am pursuing the company for false sale of goods currently and would not recommend their use from my experience.
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Posted 5 years ago
I have bought two sheds from this company both are complete rubbish.Do not believe the positive reviews on here they cannot be true. Here we have a honest review of a 8 x 6 Billy Ho. As I see it now that the shed is falling apart. After one one year. 1. Go buy your shed from Garden buildings direct. You will get a large pile of match wood delivered. That will be a nightmare to erect there will be parts missing. It will look cheap and nasty as that is what it is. you will be able to regret your buying it everytime you walk in your garden. As you will know you got ripped off. 2. Go buy a load of old tea chests from a removal company. Get all your friends together go to the pub and get very drunk. Then all back to your place to make a shed out of the packing cases. Bring out some more tinnies for your guests and get the barby going. Start building the shed with no real plans at all. After a couple of hours your shed will be built. Is option 2 better than option 1. Well they are the same except option 2 is much more cheaper and more fun. Both options you end up with a pile of rubbish at the end of your garden. STAY WELL CLEAR OF THIS MATCH WOOD SELLER!
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Posted 5 years ago
I would give zero stars if I could. Prior to ordering I requested confirmation that the product would definitely be delivered on the date requested (ordered well in advance) due to being a surprise present for my daughter's birthday. I was guaranteed. Ordered the product and after some time checked the status of the order and it still stated awaiting production. Phoned the company to check as both myself and my husband had taken the day off of work to receive delivery. Was once again guaranteed the product would be delivered on the chosen date. Received an email the day before the delivery was due to be told there would be at least a 2 week delay. So the product would not be here for my daughter's birthday, myself and my husband had to mess our employers around and on top of that when I tried to cancel the order on the Friday, I was told that somebody would not give me a call until Monday or Tuesday to discuss arranging the refund!! ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING SERVICE. So I have no product, no birthday present for my daughter's birthday and now not even a refund. I have to wait around and hope that I catch the call to receive the refund and then wait 3 - 5 working days after that to actually receive my money. DO NOT ORDER THROUGH THIS COMPANY
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Posted 5 years ago
Stay away please they write there own reviews. Worst company ever and worst products too.
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Posted 5 years ago
Dont buy from these ,Absulate joke of a company.let down on 4 occasion for delivery and now are 3 bits missing on our log cabin.so far 16 days and still not got our parts and everytime you email them they press a button to send you the same reply.no help whats so ever but are very quick to take your money.worst company I have ever had dealings with and hope you all read these reviews as we wished we had and would have saved all this stress and aggrevassion. Still don't have a day to recieve our goods but they are so sorry.not bad as they have had our order since 9th March and still not complete.jokers
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Posted 5 years ago
DO NOT BUY FROM THIS COMPANY - Wish I had read these reviews before purchasing. It seems I have had a very similar experience to many others. Delivery was fine and although I didn't expect to have to help unload it I didn't mind helping. There are lots of bits and none have product numbers so it takes a while to match them up to the product list. The instructions for my log cabin were difficult to follow, even more so as they were for the 14x8 version when I had bought the 12x8. The timber quality is not great, with a lot of chips, splits and dents but was in good enough condition to do the job. All the fixings are in one bag, which is annoying, but not the end of the world. However, half way through construction I realised I didn't have enough of a certain type of wall boards to finish. The product list specified 17, I had 15, but somehow I was 10 short of what was needed. Customer services were polite, but not very helpful and struggled to even find my order. I requested the replacement parts and now I am waiting, with a vague timeline for delivery, hopeful that they will arrive before my cabin gets ruined by the weather. I hope others read this and look elsewhere for thier purchase.
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Posted 5 years ago
Wish I had read the reviews before making my purchase! Delivery was later than told when brought. Missing parts on delivery for roof but we only noticed after delivery as it comes as loose pieces of wood!! Poor instructions. We now have a half built summer house with no roof.. was told 2-3 days for roof parts to then receive nothing after re arranging a man to come and yet again build our summer house. Now we haven’t heard nothing from the company and are waiting with a half built house that’s getting wet! Poor customer service!! Never would use this company again. Extremely disappointed
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Posted 5 years ago
Whilst the delivery arrived on time parts were missing, received email saying missing parts had been shipped which was not true as when I tracked the shipment the courier stated no parcel recieved! Over 10 days later still missing the roofing felt etc. Eventually had to go & buy some felt myself. Quality poor with gaps & warped sides had to use expanding foam & buy filler wood strips to hide the gaps. My fault should have read the reviews! You have been warned.
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Posted 5 years ago
I ordered a shed and they delivered to wrong address. They sent photos of the house they delivered to. I had to send photos of my house. Which was obviously different...and they said my only option was to report it missing to the police and get a crime reference number. I spent every night for nearly 2 weeks on the phone .telling them the same thing no one was interested ...my wife was on the phone to them to.. and eventually got me my shed ...went to build it and it's been a nightmare ..had 2 of my neighbours in as they are in the building trade ...they both said it's shocking materials nothing was straight....so if your thinking of buying a shed get it locally. You might pay a bit more money ..but if you have any problems you can go and visit face to face .. hope this has helped you .
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Posted 5 years ago
Total rubbish was delivered on flat bed lorry at 10.45 PM and l had to help the driver unload as there was no hi ab crane l am 71 years old. All the screws pins and nails etc over 1800 were lumped together in one bag. Poor quality machineing led to very difficult construction. Lots of work on my part needed to make fit as two apexes cut wrongly.They use a Phillopino call centre whose staff have no idea what they are talking about.They are extremely rude. Only buy if you are stupid worst cabin l have ever constructed.
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Posted 5 years ago
Waited over a year to write this review to be able to give a honest review of the products. Bought two sheds one 8x6 and one 10x16 both are tongue and grove with the best floor that you can buy from this company. and with tongue and grove roof. with heavy duty mineral felt. I will skip over the 8x6 review as it is ok nothing special just ok. not worth the money I think you can find better for the money. It did arrive with all that was required to build it. However the 10x16 is a total joke. It came with all required to build however they had to send another floor peace that took over a week. The timber was full of holes where the knots in the timber had fallen out. I treated the whole shed before it was erected. One year on and all the tongue and grove is coming apart. It is so bad you can see out into the garden through the cracks.This shed will have a short life at well over £1000.00 it is very poor quality. the windows are very bad. had to replace with glass. To sum up go buy somewhere else these are very poor quality. for the money you can get a lot better. I now need to buy a small shed for some bicycles but it will not be from Garden Buildings Direct!
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Posted 5 years ago
I ordered a shed from Garden buildings Direct paying an additional fee for a Saturday delivery. After receiving numerous messages saying delivery would be between 11am and 5pm. Therefore I waited in all day only to receive a call from the delivery driver at 9pm telling me he wouldn’t be with me until after 11pm and therefore it was too late. I told him after waiting in all day that I’d still accept at 11pm at which point he put the phone down on me. At 6.50am on the Sunday morning I received a text and email telling me they would be with me in 30 minutes. An hour later I emailed the company to check what was happening to be told that it was a mistake and there would be no Sunday delivery! This company is a joke and I strongly advise not doing business with them, only wish I had read the other reviews before making my purchase.
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Posted 5 years ago
Ordered my shed in febuary with no issues until delivery; I had an initial bad feeling when it was delivered; the driver offhandedly told me two parts were missing and would be redelivered with no reason. Said parts never arrived, took countless attempts to get through to customer service and eventually they sent out one of the parts in April. I still have not received the other part, it is now nearly May, and therefore cannot use the shed I purchased. I have rung and puts me through to other countries and emailed several times with no resolution. Avoid this company, essentially scamming people.
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Posted 5 years ago
Garden Buildings Direct is rated 1.1 based on 392 reviews