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Garden Buildings Direct Reviews

1.1 Rating 385 Reviews
3 %
of reviewers recommend Garden Buildings Direct
1.1
Based on 385 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 27%
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
This is an awful service and I recommend you save yourself the headache and go elsewhere. The shed was delivered into the neighbours garden despite the deliverer being shown where to put it. As the customer, you have the responsibility for ensuring that all parts have been delivered - I've never known a company make the customer responsible for the product they have paid for. We have had numerous issues over many weeks now with getting it assembled with the assembly people being utterly unreliable, almost never showing up on the time or day agreed and phoning us to cancel at the last minute. I would strongly advise you go elsewhere.
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Posted 7 years ago
Shockingly bad product and even worse customer service. These people obviously have non existant quality control with an absolute multitude of flaws in the product, to name a few; Base either too large or side panels too small to fit correctly, unseated tongue and grove with daylight showing through panels; splintered and holed walls; screws at all angles protruding and splitting wood; flimsy materials; and on and on. An abolutly useless customer service with a crackling line and VERY broken English, poorly understood, and no product knowledge. Due to poor construction and ill fitting panels I doubt if this shed will last a couple of years, even though I had to supplement with additional timber at additional cost. My advice, steer clear of this outlet, simply money wasted on what could only be classed as firewood.
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Posted 7 years ago
I bought a small plastic garden store advertised as '5x3' feet. It turns out to be considerably smaller than advertised (like 4.5 x 2' feet). I let them know and they initially sounded keen to get things sorted, but then wanted to charge me money to collect to item that was no good to me as they had falsely described it. When i refused to accept this they actually began making up stories about me telling a rep on the phone that I wanted to keep the item after all - I have experienced poor customer service before but rarely ever a case like these guys where they seem prepared to bare faced lie to avoid meeting their consumer rights obligations. Disgusting! I wish I had seen this site before I bought and avoided GBD altogether.
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Posted 7 years ago
Everything!
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Posted 7 years ago
terrible service. ordered my shed windowed they delivered one without windows so time booked of work to put shed up wasted. one week later replacement panel arrives only for it to be the wrong one again. more wasted time. spoke to them yesterday promised to bring correct panel within two days. phoned today only to be told its not going to arrive for another 6 days. also missing hinges. don't use this company I really wished if I hadn't 😔
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Posted 7 years ago
Very poor company - 10 x 8 heavy duty shed delivered without me knowing, a week early.. i wasn't there to check delivery, fixtures missing, no screws or nails, no instructions! Nothing fitted together, knot holes everywhere on the wood, even though i paid for a upgrade on the floor it was very weak & i had to pay another £60 to strengthen. Wrong guttering delivered won't fit onto the shed, when complaining long waiting for someone in the Philippines. Still awaiting someone to get back to refund for the guttering.. never, ever buy from this company.
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Posted 7 years ago
Shed was delivered with a damaged roof initially, we had the replacement sent out for next day delivery after fighting for it and my fiancé took the day off work on the Saturday to build the shed. We managed to put the base and walls up then came to put the roof on, only to find out that two of the panels for the roof were not the correct ones and were both too narrow and too short to fit on the 10x6 shed. There is a storm forecast for this week and we have no roof on the shed, our mechanical and electrical equipment is now at risk of damage and the flooring we have chosen to put in the shed and would be perfectly fine in a shed with a roof is now at risk of severe damage if it rains and still this company is making excuses as to why they can't send out the correct panels next day despite them having done it once and there being a lot of same day couriers about. The customer service are obviously just reading through a script and trying to get them to understand the severity of the issue is one of the hardest things I have done for a while. DO NOT RISK THIS HEADACHE!!!! Even trying to get through the customer service is a nightmare, if you choose the wrong phone option it hangs up on you!!!
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Posted 7 years ago
The shed itself was OK for the price, but the size given on the website was totally misleading. I had built my own base using their measurements, but what they didn't say (unless it was hidden in the small print) was that the measurements included "overhang". So my base was too long by about 8 inches. At no point have they admitted that their advert is misleading, which has just made me more annoyed. Will not use them again, and am actively seeking sites like this to spread the word.
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Posted 7 years ago
Dear sir/madam I have ordered my log cabin with your company. Problems with the address, long waiting on the phone to speak to somebody that was just the begging... I paid to be fit it as well. Company asked me to send you the picture of the base which i did. Nobody emailed me back that is gonna be any problem. Delivery arrived and the builders said the base hasn't got good level for the Cabin to be fitted. They said is impossible and suggest to send it back and call once I gonna fix the base. Why nobody come before to checked the level or asked for a better pictures? I contacted different company to check if I can put any different log cabin . They came messier and they are ready to do it. I called to get the refund which I have right for. Again 10 min on the phone with the music. They said I need to go to my account and press refund which I did. A week ago gentlemen called me and said I will be charged around £ 300 for the cost. I understand that and I agreed . You have records of your conversations and you can check that . This morning somebody called me and left the massage that you gonna charge me another £700 pound! I called back they didn't know who it was and they could not give me any explanation. Lady said somebody will contact me on Monday because is weekend! Bad customer service!and wrong information all the time! I paid £2700 for cabin and £1400 for fitting and now you want to keep £1000 because of your mistakes ?! I hope somebody who cares for customers is reading this one now and will contact me soon if not I have to contact my lawyers and pass the case to them ! This is the email I have send to the company. Nobody even respond to me. In the end after 2 months of fighting on the phone They took £700 from me just because they came and parked for 30 min. After they said the base is not level and they gone. Very unprofessional team. Avoid and never buy from them if you want to see the money or product. Sent from my iPhone
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Posted 7 years ago
Booked a half day from work on delivery day to build the shed. Shed arrived and I queried with driver about possible missing parts! Driver was clueless as had never built one but was confident 11 parts were delivered and needed. Discovered after driver left that we had no floor panels and 2 sets of roof panels instead of one. That meant another unhappy customer somewhere as we had their roof as well as ours! Customer service USA call centre with horrendous back ground noise. Missing part will be sent in 3-5 working days. Not happy we have a shed parts sat in our garden that we can't assemble and I have no more holiday days to book. Complete waste of half a day holiday.
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Posted 7 years ago
""A very poor company that was very difficult to contact, as they use an offshore call centre and you cannot contact the people responsible for the issues. It cost more in time and effort to get a refund for a poor product delivered in the first place, than was ever anticipated. My biggest lesson would be to totally review a company before placing an order,
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Posted 7 years ago
I bought a summerhouse. It was poorly made and leaked. I had to spend a lot of time and money to out it right and when I complained it was made obvious that they weren't going to do anything about it. What a terrible company. They lie, deny what they've said, blame the customer for their problems, threaten and basically don't care. I'd never use them again and strongly suggest that you think long and hard before you do. See Trustpilot for the full story, my review s are there in detail.
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Posted 7 years ago
"Ordered a Bella summer house and it was looks nothing like what was ordered. There are numerous holes in the wood that had to be filled with wood putty. The windows broke as they were put in as the plastic windows were seriously thin. Both of the door were the wrong size, they were to big across and too small in height. The wood is very poor quality and cheap wood. Very course and rough looking, tongue and groove was broke and didn't fit together. The floor even though opted for the more expensive was not strong and was quite thin. This summerhouse cost almost £1000 and if I had known about the standard and reviews that are also on another website that are almost every one a bad review I would not of bought from them. I contacted the company and the only answer they gave was that's unfortunate. That was all the answer and help we got. Also because the summerhouse was now painted and the doors had to be made to fit as customer services was not willing to do anything they told us that it was now not in warranty. Which is a total joke as it needs painting to stop it rotting. Customer services were not even willing to help and stopped answering any questions. The summerhouse I would say is not worth more than £200 at the most. Their website is misleading
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Posted 7 years ago
Confirmed Saturday delivery changed to Tuesday. When I called to complain, as I had already booked the installers, etc., the Saturday delivery was re confirmed. Nothing arrived , no warning either on the Saturday. When I called them, I was told the shed would now arrive on the Wednesday! Had to pay the installers for nothing. Shed quality is poor, building instructions poor (especially for extras, e.g. tiles instead of felt roof)! No communicaition possible other than with call handlers in the Philipines who don't know much about the products and appear to have the same set of instructions in front of them as the client. Not one phone number or e-mail address in the UK! Very, very poor service - all you hear is 'we cannot do anything, we cannot speak with management, there is no management here'. Very good if you enjoy banging your head against a brick wall!
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Posted 7 years ago
Please be careful with this company, the customer service is appalling and quality of product for the money is awful
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Posted 7 years ago
Poor product quality and poor customer service
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Posted 7 years ago
Shed quite good I think,but customer service?forget it!website wouldn't recognise my order day before delivery,so had to ring them,you get three automated options,number 3 directed me to web site then said "goodbye",rang again option two as before.rang a third time and used option one"order a shed",which I wasn't but it was the only way to get through to a human.he by the way was bordering on rude.on the day recieved a text to say they would be with me in half an hour.rushed home in twenty five to find it delivered and them gone!they had also delivered a piece I neither needed or ordered!and no,I did not ring them again at my expense.
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Posted 7 years ago
Well where do i start pretty much the same as the other reviews, panels that don't fit roof didn't fit, warped and cupped panels, panels that fell apart doors that never will fit as they have warped and thin plastic windows that all bar one has cracked or fallen out.. I'm surprised it hasn't blown away as it's so light!
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Posted 7 years ago
Shed ordered 1 month ago. Missing parts, made loads of phone calls to find out delivery of replacement, just false promisses. Still nothing. I will raise offical complaint to ombudsman.
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Posted 7 years ago
Got shed delivered all OK very quick. But as other are saying that's where it ends. Very very flimsy construction of poor quality. Trusses not adequate for job. Built to there instructions, but upon completion still a lot of movement in it. Have added my own diagonal bracing to stiffen it up. Would have gone back, if not needed for storage, has got builders in over coming weeks
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Posted 7 years ago
Garden Buildings Direct is rated 1.1 based on 385 reviews