First off, here's the Reader's Digest version on my experience with Victoria Bath Fitter, followed the detailed narrative.
Synopsis - 2 stars, only because the installer was great. The measurements taken by the sales consultant, subsequent orders and customer service was terrible, but the installer's excellence kept me from rating them at only 1 star.
Detailed Narrative - When Darcy (the installer) first attended our residence to perform this work on February 12th 2026, he had to come down from Nanaimo, as they don't have the staff to adequately respond to Victoria based customers. When Darcy arrived, he did so with apologies for two separate mistakes made by Victoria Bath Fitter. The first was that the sales consultant (John) had erred in his measurements when he sold us on the shower unit on November 5th 2025. As a result, there was a gap of a couple of inches between the height of the walls and the ceiling portion (which was supposed to be one continuous piece, from floor to ceiling). To compensate for this error, Darcy offered to craft a molding to cover the break between the wall and the ceiling. Although it is mismatched from the pattern of the shower walls and doesn't look particularly great, we accepted it because the wait had already been considerably longer (99 days) than the 12 weeks that had been projected as the worst case scenario. This error was solely the fault of the sales consultant, but due to Darcy's exceptional professionalism and caring approach, we accepted his apology on behalf of Bath Fitter.
The 2nd mistake was much more egregious. On February 12th, Darcy furthered his apology on behalf of Bath Fitter and explained that he found out that morning that they had ordered the wrong door for our shower. He contacted his manager, who asked him to convey his apologies for the mistake, and authorized Darcy to offer us a free shower handle as compensation. Since we already bought and paid for a shower handle, and in consideration of the fact that there would be another handle on the door (once installed), we did not see the need for a 3rd handle, so we declined that, but still felt we should be entitled to some compensation for terrible customer service.
This mistake meant that the installation of our shower would not be completed on the following day as promised, but we were told that it would be ordered as a "rush item" and assured that it would be installed within 3 weeks. In the interim, we were given a shower curtain as a stopgap measure. 5 weeks later (!!!), Darcy was able to come back and complete the job. While we waited for the door to come in, I called them and asked about a discount for the significant inconvenience and lack of professionalism exhibited to date. They advised me that they would check with the manager and I would be advised. I heard nothing more on this until I inquired again weeks later.
Since this mistake was entirely within the control of Bath Fitter (by not ensuring they had the right parts to complete the job on time), I asked for a discount.
I wasn't asking for anything unreasonable from Bath Fitter, but just for them to stand behind their product and promise of customer satisfaction as a reputable company should. For a job that exceeded $10,000.00, I felt that it would have been in order to at least knock off the GST. Instead, the manager argued with me for a few days and then said he would refund the price of the extra safety handle ($178) he had offered when these blunders were first brought to his attention. He also contended that Bath Fitter had ordered the correct door, but his supplier had sent the wrong one. Again, they should have checked to ensure that they had the correct parts before showing up to do the job.
I will point out that we found Darcy to be an exemplary professional whose services I would highly recommend, but beyond that, we are, given the foregoing, naturally dissatisfied with the customer Service from the Victoria Bath Fitter office. read more