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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
Stuart Cavey
Garden Buildings Direct 1 star review on 22nd September 2024
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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
Can't give any less than 1 star! I should never have bought from them. I bought a summerhouse and after 4 attempted deliveries, it finally arrived. The wood doesn't fit together properly, there are awful leaks. I've had to reinforce roof with ply wood. Flooring cracked as it was being put together. Customer services are useless - same of bog standard responses. You can't speak to anyone in the UK. Never once has BillyOh or Gardens Direct contacted me with any sort of apology or refund. Please steer clear if you possible can.
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Posted 5 years ago
Shockingly built, parts built wrong. Do not use at any cost.
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Posted 5 years ago
Frankly one of the worst customer service experiences I've ever had. Our shed was over 3 weeks late because they had to 'treat the wood'... I had to call them twice, both times the day before the expected delivery date, only to be told that it was delayed. The customer service was beyond a joke and they have 'terms and conditions' not to offer any form of compensation for any delay. I'm waiting for our refund for our cancellation after Ray, the manager's response to our grevivance for the massive delay was 'Well, what do you want me to do?' I urge anyone to look elsewhere for a shed... Unless you want what you'd think would be a simple order to turn into a nightmare!!
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Posted 5 years ago
Absolute Joke, ordered a play house for my daughters 5th Birthday, when the item was delivered 4 parts were missing, contacted customer service who did not apologize but advised the parts would follow the following Thursday (original delivery was Friday) unacceptable as my daughters birthday was Wednesday but agreed to Thursday, parts then arrived Friday (a day later than agreed and 2 days after her birthday) for still a part to be missing - explain to a 5 year old the incompetence of this company and we now have no idea when the part will arrive and a very upset 5 year old daughter will be sharing this experience further - absolute disgrace - please feel free to contact me order number 1491658
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Posted 5 years ago
I got cold feet on this company - I ordered a billyoh travis, ETA was within 3 weeks but its not 6-7 weeks and no delivery - started to get excuses from customer service that still to be manufactured/pressure treated etc. - i then chanced upon this site so the two combined has led me to cancel and order from another local company, feels like it was better to be safe rather then sorry and take a hit on waiting longer but for a better product
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Posted 5 years ago
Do not order from this company. They are late with deliveries and then have the cheek to turn up with missing and faulty parts. I ordered a playhouse for my sons 3rd birthday. When it arrived I had 1 side, half a floor and no roof. The customer service are rude, unhelpful and very slow in all they do. I told the delivery driver to take the house back as I no longer wanted it and I wanted my money back, he tried to convince me to keep it and would send replacement parts when they are available. I am now in the process of trying to get my money back, I have had to contact my credit card company to help as the woman on the phone was refusing to give my money back. My son now has no playhouse for his birthday and I am £400 down. Shocking behaviour from this company. Please please make sure you read all reviews before thinking about ordering from this joke of a company!!!
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Posted 5 years ago
This company is absolutely shocking. I ordered decking wood over a month ago. First they delivered unsa wood which had paint splashed in it, cracks, holes & some wood was different widths from 1 end to the other. When I reported the faulty online, nobody replies, when you phone the right department or person is never available. Finally 2 weeks later they offer to replace wood the delivery van arrives but with no wood & no space to take the faulty wood back. Again to takes days to speak to the right person. Replacement wood arrives 4 weeks after oringal delivery date, again at least a quarter of the wood was faulty. After again days of contacting they promised to deliver wood within a couple of days bit on delivery day no wood! Just an email to rearrange delivery date. 5& a half weeks later I am still waiting for replacement wood. Their customer services are shocking & they have no quality control. Poor product & terrible service!
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Posted 5 years ago
Rubbish and lies shocking quality please don’t have anything to do with this firm my walls were the wrong size on my canton log cabin so ordered right ones still waiting two weeks later told they were on their way 3times today now told it will be tomorrow so wish we hadn’t used these aresholes
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Posted 5 years ago
Please do not bother ordering from this company! They are in Rogue Traders territory with this shoddy excuse of a business. If you have an open order awaiting delivery, cancel it and get a refund. I ordered a shed back in May 2019 and it took nearly 6 weeks before I heard anything. By that point I had seen the 1-star reviews here and immediately started the refund process. Customer service is outsourced abroad, difficult to get hold of and takes ~24 hours for a reply. Ended up getting a refund eventually (approx 1 week to process) and used a reputable local company instead. A tad more expensive, but wonderful service and decent quality sheds. Have you cancelled yet? Do it.
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Posted 5 years ago
I ordered a Lollipop Junior Playhouse, and firstly the item arrived without the fence I'd ordered, and then without instructions (these were eventually replaced). On first viewing, the panels looked a little 'scuffed' and splintered, but I didn't expect perfection from such an item, so I proceeded to put the item together. On assembly, I noticed further splintering of the wood, pieces that didn't quite fit together and required further 'work', and lots of panels that had holes in them, so when you put the item together, you could see the outside in a number of places. Some of the splinters and scuffs were so severe, the item required a lot of sanding and filling in order to make it safe for my 3 year old to use. BillyOh were not interested in offering a discount for the quality items that I provided photo evidence for, and didn't even replace the items I requested replacement of that were damaged. Their email and telephone comms were basic from an overseas centre, and the product was shoddy, hence the 1*
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Posted 5 years ago
Very poor quality shed. Timber thin and knotty. All sizes very random! Had to insert timber spacers on 2 corners as the floor was too big for the walls. Flimsy door frame and end walls. Paid extra for more roof trusses but they are attached by a tiny overlap with a shore screw into end grain and would blow off in the first strong wind! £2000 wasted. Had to spend more on decent timber to tie it all together and strengthen it but the walls still feel like paper! Cheap plastic window with bent sills blew out day 1 in a light breeze. Very disappointed and feel misled and ripped off:(
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Posted 5 years ago
Shocking service. Missed delivery dates, no excuse, parts out of stock without any prior notification (wonder what they expect us to do with a shed without a roof...) Could not be worse if they tried
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Posted 5 years ago
The worst customer service I have ever experienced: If I had the option of giving 0 stars I would. This was without doubt the worst customer service experience I have experienced. The shed was delayed and took 6 weeks to arrive. When it did arrive, the wrong parts were delivered and the timber was exceptionally poor. The pressure treatment was very shoddy. Having requested a refund it took a further 3 weeks for the shed to be collected. The delivery driver was rude and unprofessional, and my wife felt physically threatened by his behaviour. My online account never worked and I would always get emails from the company at 8pm, just as their call centre closed. Within the same time as it took GardenBuildingsDirect to sort out collecting my faulty shed, I was able to source a cheaper, better quality shed from Empire Sheds, who I would thoroughly recommend.
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Posted 5 years ago
Dreadful company - Stay well clear. Ordered a BillyO Tiana. Said 4 weeks delivery. 10 weeks later it's still not here. They called this morning to say it was being delivered on Monday and then called this afternoon to say that they had no clue when it was being delivered. You get no sense out of their "call centre" They cannot or won't answer any questions and refuse to let you speak to a manager. After numerous communications this is one of the worst companies I had have the misfortune to deal with.
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Posted 5 years ago
My review copied from Trustpilot. Ordered a Tianna from BillyOh over 5 weeks ago now and still waiting for manufacturing to be completed. Have contacted customer services several times and have received generic responses that they are waiting for parts and will expedite but still no date. Would definitely avoid based on this initial experience but will update if/when the item is recieved. Update: I have received a delivery date for July, 9 weeks after initial order. Will update once received. Update: Further delays at the last minute, customer service do not care, still waiting for delivery.
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Posted 5 years ago
Please do not purchase from these Please do not purchase from these, poor quality wood that comes bowed and several split wood, screws in one bag and not enough, plastic windows not glass which is misleading. My son makes mobile homes for a living and he struggled because of poor instructions and poor quality products. I had to hire a carpenter to finish the job. Refused to collect when I wanted a refund, saying I would have to pay them £380 to collect it. Absolute joke, worse company I have ever dealt with., they will make up lies with their reply as well as they have done on other reviews I have left, Please avoid !!!!!
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Posted 5 years ago
Please do not purchase from these Please do not purchase from these, poor quality wood that comes bowed and several split wood, screws in one bag and not enough, plastic windows not glass which is misleading. My son makes mobile homes for a living and he struggled because of poor instructions and poor quality products. I had to hire a carpenter to finish the job. Refused to collect when I wanted a refund, saying I would have to pay them £380 to collect it. Absolute joke, worse company I have ever dealt with. They will make up false rubbish in there reply, which is unacceptable, Please avoid !!!!!
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Posted 5 years ago
Overall very happy with the wooden arbour i purchased.looks amazing in my garden.will definately shop again and recommend.
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Posted 5 years ago
In common with other reviewers awarding 1 star - their customer service is non-existent. Their complaints link takes you to your account log in page i.e. you cannot leave a complaint. Email addresses on their web pages bounce back and telephone support (hah!) tells you to use the website. If yo do go through to sales in order to speak to someone, they apologise profusely but do nothing. I had a delivery booked for late June, a week prior to the date I get a text to say 'it was being delivered today', I have to take un-planned time off work. When it arrived, the driver declared that a couple of panels were missing - no parts list so I couldn't check anything. A few days later another text saying the missing parts were 'being delivered today'. Again, more time off work and guess what, not all the missing panels turned up. Speak to the non-help desk, apologies etc and I get a parts list emailed. Turns out there are more items missing. They promise to get them to me on Friday, some of them tun up on Monday, again just a text that morning, the others are due next week. No idea how well its going to go together, if they have to keep paying for these deliveries they must be cutting corners with quality otherwise they'd soon be out of business. I have emailed Kybotech (the parent company) a few times asking that they contact me to discuss - nothing back. All I can say at this point in time is avoid like the plague.
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Posted 5 years ago
Ordered a log cabin and waited ages for the cabin to be ready. Delivery of order and communication was great however we immediately noticed whilst the delivery driver was present one of the door frames was missing, an integral part of The Cabin! Further review of goods we reported a damaged barge board and decorative diamonds were also missing. Reported straight away. Online account which I kept being directed to shows nothing in respect of updates concerning the status of any replacement and missing parts, therefore of no use at all. I have telephoned more times than I can remember in an attempt to receive a definite answer as to how long our parts will take to be delivered, each time I receive an apology, wears thing when you’re not getting any answers. In addition I have emailed and received different answers but none of which I have asked the original question to. As we originally ordered the cabin to be treated I understand it takes longer but I find it impossible to understand how no one within the business can tell you how long this process takes. I was originally promised 3-5 days which I was clearly mislead. (We are now 2 weeks in since we reported this) It’s extremely frustrating and I’m at the end of my tether. I have requested them to collect the cabin and a refund. I wish I never placed the order! Beware people.
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Posted 5 years ago
Garden Buildings Direct is rated 1.1 based on 392 reviews