Wickes Reviews

Name: Wickes
Address: Wickes Building Supplies, Rhosilli Road, Northampton
Rating: 1.50

1.5 Rating 1,702 Reviews

11 %

of reviewers recommend Wickes

About Wickes:

Wickes continues to be one of the major brands in the DIY and Home Improvement sector. We have a range of over 10,000 products (98% own brand), and are able to offer our customers everyday low prices by sourcing the best quality products at the lowest possible cost. Most of our products are available for next-day delivery, including big & bulky stuff. At Wickes you can discover a whole host of inspirational ideas for your Home and Garden, with some of our key products being doors, flooring, tiles, kitchens and gardens. Launched in 2006, the Wickes transactional website features product details covering the complete Wickes range. Our website is constantly being enhanced to help improve customer satisfaction, so why not be a part of that journey by helping customers find us.

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Wickes Building Supplies, Rhosilli Road
Northampton
NN4 7JE

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Wickes 1 star review on 14th November 2024

Mr J M Madin

Wickes 1 star review on 23rd October 2024

Alan

"My review has to do more with Wickes in general. The staff in store are lovely and really know their stuff. However, our experience with Wickes as a whole has been completely shocking. Almost 3 years ago we had our bathroom redone and decided to use Wickes for supply and install as thought this would be the least hassle route. However, this was a HUGE mistake. Firstly, the installer completely messed up the initial install. We left him for a day and came back to find out that he had full tiled rather than half tiled, he installed the showerhead on the wrong side, leaky tap and a whole host of other issues. Took us over a year to get those issues sorted (and we ended up just accepting the tiling as it was). We thought things we sorted, then noticed that some wallpaper in the room adjoining the bathroom was starting to peel. On inspection, we discovered significant damp and mould developing due to the shower leaking. We chased for months for them to come out and resolve. They did come out and stated that they had resolved the issues and it did seem better for a while. However, last autumn we were getting flooring replaced in the rooms adjoining the bathroom and, on taking the current floor up, discovered the entire skirting board was rotten and half the plasterboard. Turns out the leaks weren't all fixed and there has been a slow leak for months behind the wall. We got send out replacement items (as they determined they needed to replace the shower (it turned out the original installer hadn't put proper supports under the shower and the flex in the tray was causing small, unnoticeable gaps in the seals), but these arrived well before Christmas and we are still waiting for an installer (towards the end of April). We have been given provisional dates but these never pan out. This was our only shower in the house. Last autumn, because of the issues, we paid over \u00a33k to get our small toilet redone to fit a little shower. This expenditure was solely down to the issues in the main bathroom. I'm now desperate to have the issues resolved but am at my wits ends as to what to do. :-( We've been living without a main shower and with a gaping hole in the wall in the adjoining room.\r\nAs another negative to Wickes. We needed our kitchen redoing last summer and, while we would never use Wickes again for install, we liked some of their kitchen units and decided to purchase and get our own installer to put them in. The units are lovely, but the process of getting the right items delivered was horrific. Half the items missing on first delivery, then several incorrect items delivered. Took so much back and forth to eventually get the correct items. How hard can it be to deliver what is on a clear inventory of items?!?!? To add to this, Wickes refused to collect many of the incorrect items - mainly really long kickboards. So now we are left with the cost of disposing of these?!? This is simply not right. I don't understand how such a company can be so completely shocking at customer service, delivery, etc., in what they do as a business!!!!!"

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“After a year of my laminate flooring being laid it became faded and horried marks appeared. Wicks say it's decor . It's taken 3 months to get absolutely nowhere. Now going to take legal action”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Kitchen nightmare. Sold a kitchen on the basis, Wickes would do everything needed from design, to delivery and install. The kitchen, including install, cost £15k. The design and delivery were fine, but once the credit agreement was signed, it all went downhill and you are trapped. The installer did not start on the day he was due too. Installer ripped out the old kitchen weeks before the new one was being installed and left nothing, not even a kitchen sink. The old gas cooker was not capped off, leaving my children and I exposed to being gassed. The installer was appointed as per the design plans to take down a wall. The installer took down the wall but did not support the new opening leaving structural issues. To date still not resolved. Installer visited my home on two occasions for 1-hour max and then left for the day when the project could have been progressed. Installer failed to communicate what was being done and when. I therefore was not able to get other tradespeople in to do other work where needed (electrics, flooring, etc.). Made a complaint to Wickes, it was not taken seriously. Make another complaint to the store manager, and no callback so had to chase. Made another complaint to Install Manager and only two options provided which would set the kitchen install back by months. Overall I am surprised this firm can carry the strapline ' let's do it right' when all they want to do is take your money and mess you around. I am left with having to source a new kitchen fitter with no notice. Remedy poor works they had undertaken. Remove rubbish they left in my back garden from the rip out. Negotiate how I get some money back. DONT USE THIS COMPANY THEY DO NOT GIVE A s**t”

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Posted 5 years ago

“They are a bunch of incompetent useless unhelpful morons. Terrible attitude from customer services and wasted £7k on a kitchen. The kitchen is of very poor quality for the price paid and delivery was a complete mess. Avoid them at all cost. Magnet and Ikea are a much better alternative.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Paid extra for allocated delivery slot 7am till 12, delivery does not arrive till after half 2, tried calling to find out when delivery will arrive but you only get a automated message telling you that your order will be with you shortly. Sent an email to Wickes customer service asking for a refund for delivery as it was over 2 hours late and I receive a rather abrupt response several days later suggesting I am a liar and that they have a tracking device that says it was delivered at 11.48am and that I signed for it. Obviously I fire an email straight back demanding I be reimbursed my delivery charge as this so called tracking device is a load of rubbish, and I also state that I will be taking this matter further as I did not sign for the delivery at all, so who ever did has committed fraud, They are just not wanting to refund anything, not even a small £5 delivery charge, even though I spent a fortune on flooring, tight gits!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Don’t even buy anything. They deliver a broken door and tell me that they will send another one tomorrow and collect it at the same time. The next day they come to collect it and obviously tell me that they taking the door but not giving me a new one. When I call them they say they didn’t update it on the system and I will get the door 3/4 days later. I had already booked a fitter and lost the deposit. I call them again and she leaves me on hold for 21 minutes or so and goes somewhere herself. They talk rudely she was raising her voice at me and when I asked for a refund they refused. Save you’re money and go to B&Q. I will never order with them again and neither will my family.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Wickes Extra Swansea. I had a voucher for a tin of Hammerite from the manufacturer, Akzonobel, due to a problem with a previous purchase of the product. Great customer service on the part of Akzonobel. Voucher could be used at any store stocking their products, in this case HAMMERITE. The voucher and instructions were quite clear to anyone who could read. A blue voucher to place in the till, by the vendor and a pink voucher to send to the address provided by Akzonobel on the voucher booklet both on the inside front page and the back inside page. Simple or not? 40 minutes in the store while various mangers were called and none knew what to do with the voucher, and then a further wait whilst another member of staff waited on the phone to ask customer services how to process the voucher as, " they had never seen one before"!! Absolutely disgraceful customer service with the attitude, I will pass this on to as many people as possible to make your life difficult so that you may just go away,BECAUSE....... I haven't a clue what to do. To top it, I was told that they did not have a stamp to authenticate the voucher that needed to be sent back to Akzonobel WHAT?!!!! I do not live local to this store so I wasted 2 hours of my time today on a fruitless and time consuming visit. Appalling lack of customer service and use of brain cells.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Do Not ever buy a kitchen from Wickes. They have got so many things wrong I would need a lot more space than here to tell you how bad they are. Their Design Consultant Duncan got the measurements wrong and tried to blame my daughter for not checking the order!. He claimed our fitter should be able to cut the freezer door cover to the correct size. Wickes supplied a freezer door cover 730mm in length to cover a freezer 900mm in length and they expect my daughter to pay for their error! It took the Store Manager to intervene before they understood they were wrong. The Flat is on the second floor and Wickes delivery men refuse to take the 3m worktops up the stairs as they are too heavy for 2 delivery men. I had to take them up myself with help from a maintenance man. Duncan changed the position of the sink. When questioned about this he reassured my daughter this was not a problem with waste water and electrics. When my fitter came to fitting the Kitchen he pointed out that the electrics run exactly where the proposed new sink would be located. Duncan and Wickes answer to this was we should rip out all the electrics to fit with their design! My fitter has come up with a better design but Wickes want us to pay an extra £292 which we should be grateful because it is heavily discounted. A trip to the Barking store to complain yielding nothing. They do not answer the phone and on a number of occasions they have not rang back when they promise they will. They have a 13 hour delivery slot and if you request a time to suit you within that they will ignore it as all deliveries are made to suit Wickes and as London is far away for them they could not deliver after 11 am. I have written a long letter of complaint and am still waiting for a response and to get the kitchen finished. They are also very good a quoting their terms and conditions when there is a problem. Never mention them when they take your money. Worst Company I have ever dealt with.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Very bad customer service. Sales assistant would not consider adding extra items to my delivery even though they came from same store. Delivery driver would not help me bring items into porch but said no they are in the bag which was in middle of street. They would have got stolen if I hadn't been able to ask a family member to help me lift them. Will definitely choose alternative DIY store even though wickes is just down my street.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“We bought shaker style kitchen and all appliances from St Albans branch. Overall we had positive experience from the design to the delivery of items. We had our own installer which positively commented on the quality of the units. We had few missing items, but were replaced timely by customer service. We didn't have any issues with them. Our only negative experience was actually with the quoting. After we paid the deposit and signed the contract, we added one item and removed another from the original quote. However, the price of all other items went up few penny and pounds and overall we paid extra money which is equal to the price of the item we removed from the original quote. We contacted the store and reported this as breach of contract. They said they would investigate it. However haven't heard anything. We also signed the contract for 3 years, however it came as 2 years without our knowledge. Second point is, the ordering system automatically adds items that you don't need and you cannot get rid of them. In our case it added automatically some knobs which we didn't want. They said their price was removed from the quote, however when we sum things up, it was apparent that we paid for them. So our advice is, please read the quote and the contract carefully and make sure it doesn't include anything you don't want. Also check the price of each item when you revise the quote.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Customer service appalling, late deliveries, items cancelled or not available. Despite numerous emails and phone calls still awaiting Wickes to contact me. And sort out numerous issues. Designer and Branch Manager awful.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Worst customer service experience ever. Shall definitely be going to trading standards.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Absolutely horrendous customer service by Wickes!!!! We ordered a product 4 weeks ago for next day delivery which we never received. I asked for a refund and we were promised one which we still haven't received. To say im fuming is an understatement. Never buy from Wickes online!”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Wickes delivery and customer service is atrocious and I would warn people to avoid using them.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Do not use Wickes for a kitchen!!!! So today I have been offered £200 and a new end panel but no offer of someone to fit it. Oh and did i mention being called a liar!!! Apparently the fact the designer didn't measure up properly is not their issue and the gaps are because my wall isn't true, erm there was a column there that the designer didnt measure Wickes. I am insulted by your responses to be honest 😡😡😡”

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Posted 5 years ago

“I can only say NEVER pay up front for your kitchen. We paid in full 12 January with the promise of a kitchen by end of March. 2 April kitchen delivered. 8th April Wickes fitter arrived to fit only to discover there was no sink unit nor worktops!! After numerous phone calls these were delivered following week. But still on 5May we are still in Limbo with some units fitted, wires hanging out of walls etc. We were promised this week would be fitting week one month from original date but no, no one has arranged for fitter to return!! I do honestly think if we had taken out buy now pay later option we would not be in this position!! Take heed.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“The only complaint I have is that they don’t want my money. Have tried to order fencing for next day, but at checkout it freezes on the payment section!!! Has taken so long I now can’t order for next day. Tried calling and no answer/ long wait. The reason it’s short notice is because we took she’d down and realised the fence needs doing, before putting up new shed”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Just had a phone call from wickes.saying that the decking boards.we order will be an other 28days.that will be 6werk wait. This is the third time.they have cocked up are order. Last one.we wonted gravel. Gravel delivered.wrong colour. When I spoke to there office.they said 6weeks.or cancel the order. Sorry Wickes no more orders of us.score 0-5”

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Posted 5 years ago

“A great store very helpful will be back again”

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Posted 5 years ago

“My mum treated me to shed and paid for it to be put up!! Today the delivery for the base turned today and they only dump it kerbside!!! Also won’t help you and the sand is a massive hessian bag that won’t go down my alley to back garden. Not everyone is online and it wasn’t explained to my mum in store!!! I’d give a minus score if I could as I think the customer service has been shocking!!!!”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Very disappointed with terrible service in Hereford today. Staff had zero knowledge of products. They said to stop talking when asked a question - misogynistic response to a woman having sufficient information to know they were talking rubbish - and they justified rudeness by saying the manager had told them to just read the tin if asked for advice. I can manage that for myself.”

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Posted 5 years ago

Wickes is rated 1.5 based on 1,702 reviews