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13 years ago
Don't touch them with a barge pole! I paid out 7k. It looks great but like the other reviews have loads of "seedling" sprouting up. From start to finish the whole thing was a shambles. The workmen turned up on a totally different day than expected, did all around my bungalow- preventing me from getting out of the house to inspect, had to pay the man with a cheque through the window! Following day my pavement took 2 hours to clean up because of all the excess stones used in the mixing, I was left without grate handle covers and there was resin on my walls and in the drains. What was supposed to take 2 days 28th May 2012, took 9 weeks to actually finish! This involves the sending of grate covers to using acid to take cement off the bricks. Everything looks great from the start with a well presented suited rep and the patter that goes with it. Trying to get someone to respond when there is a problem was a nightmare. Eventually "Chris" came. He said that the firm had been having a lot of problems with customers complaining about weeds and he said he was going to sort it. Chris then said he would video the path. It was ok for me to go on indoors as it wouldn't take him long. It didn't either cos he did nothing. Eventually I got Carwin visiting. Back to the seedlings story! The guarantee is not worth the paper it is written on and the firm are a load of conmen. I just wish a group of us could get together and take them for misrepresentation of a product. No weeds- just seedlings and moss! read more
11 years ago
Didn't even get any further than having someone round for a quote. Gave us a good speech, all looking good, saw samples, gave us a quote. Then the ultimate sin happened ........ he phoned his Manager to see if anyone else in the area had their product, the Manager phoned us back on our house phone and 'low and behold' we were offered a 20% discount IF we signed today because nobody else around had the product. We said we needed to review everything and had a different company coming in 2 days to give us a quote too as we obviously need to get more than one quote. He got quite uppity and left in a huff. If the product can't sell itself, then we're not interested. All we want is a decent, honest quote with no frills. Just lay it on the line. Reading the above reviews I'm glad we didn't get involved. read more
13 years ago
this company covered our front garden and did a brill job - no problems and 12 months on still looks good. on this basis we asked them to cover our back garden and the story is completely different. after only 4 weeks weeds started growing in various places. eventually after numerous calls, e mails & letters a team came and sprayed weed killer. ? not sprayed prior to covering in the first place ! 3 months later even more weeds but we are not able to make contact with anyone to come and treat the garden. this company are extremely quick to demand payment but sadly not quick enough to respond to problems. very sad because the finished work is really good just a problem with prep work and attention to responses from customers. would think twice before recommending now. read more
11 years ago
We saw this co who had a stand at the grand designs show last year 2014 and were very impressed with the look of the product. Eventually they came out to give a quote after 6 months delay - 13k 'special offer' quoted for what they said was a 190sqm area , very much double glazing tactics in getting you to sign on the night to get that price . We were serious about getting it done and so signed, but I was aware that there was a cooling off period if I needed it and the contract confirmed this . This is a legal requirement if you sign at home. I had some reservations about the company , call it a 6th sense , the fact they measured the drive and assessed it in the dark ! vagueness when you asked for details of products and colours etc., so I decided to cancel within the time limit and ask for refund of my £3200 deposit and look elsewhere . That was November 2014 I still haven't received the money back that I am legally entitled to , despite many approaches to the company they just fail to respond. I am extremely relieved that I paid the deposit via my credit card which offers legal protection and the matter is now being dealt with as a chargeback . It just reiterates that NOT using them was definitely the right decision . Incidentally their main 'competitor' is much longer established and provides a proper 15 year guarantee , they estimated the same area as only 160sq metres I had a much more professional visit from them no spiv tactics . maybe the show venues need to be more selective about who they take bookings from and only have professional companies with set standards at their shows ! Leave them well alone as my experience was fraught with frustration and grief . read more
11 years ago
Please don't be fooled by this company. As said before in previous reviews, they are very happy to take your money and provide you with all the sales patter necessary to secure the deal. Steve Jackson from Wellingborough Northamptonshire was our Sales Manager. After care service is a completely different story. Our driveway has lumps in parts of it and is very uneven. After six months of persistent calling, a workman did eventually inspect the drive and agreed it was substandard and would tell Chris and Carwyn the bosses the situation. Nothing has been heard since. We have contacted Mr Jackson the sales rep and but has been unable to assist us to-date - not good for his reputation either. As for the guarantee - what's the point in it if you can't get anyone to help you? 'Phone calls are not returned and there is never anyone there who can help you when you ring. I would not recommended this company whatsoever as the situation currently stands for us. read more
10 years ago
These guys think they're 80s double glazing salesmen! Hard sale approach from the initial phone call. Further reviews confirmed my assumption. Decided not to meet them. Ridiculous approach to new business! read more
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Unit 1
South Bradford Trading Estate
Bradford BD12 0NQ
United Kingdom
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01274 690280
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As a leading bonded resin driveway installer, our experience stretches across a wide range of designs. You may not have seen the driveway, path or patio you are looking for in any brochure yet, but because our range is made to order, we can easily fulfil your requirements and make your dream a reality. Why not call our team of experts and book a free, no obligation consultation.
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14 years ago
Resin Drives Great until they take your money. My driveway was laid 3 months ago, I had issues with the preparation team not turning up when promised which wasted a days leave for my husband. They turned up the next day and the work was of an exceptionally poor standard, no care had been taken at all. In credit to Resin Drives the Director came out to view the work and put another team on to rectify the issues so all good. The driveway was laid and yes I'm pleased with the way it looks (most of the time) I have several patches of weeds, all in areas where I suffered from weed growth prior to the new drive being laid It was raining heavily when the prep work was done which is key to this complaint as any weed treatment would obviously be washed away. After contacting Resin Drives and waiting for a call back from the Director a team turned up un-announced to lay weed killer. The team advised that they get called to many drives with weed issues and keep going back to lay killer. It took 4 calls for anybody to actually speak to me for me then to be told that these are seedlings on the surface. Resin Drives really promote at sales level weed free a comment obviously from people with no integrity to the statements they make. When eventually called I was told they are seedlings on the surface yet these weeds have roots so deep we cant even pull the root out of the resin. When arguing for several minutes the Director, Carwyn advised if I wanted him to come out he would but would be 7-10 days not a real good customer service, he believes sending teams out un-announced when the customer may not be there is a better service than speaking to the customer about the problem. 7-10 days, weedkiller will kill the weeds until they grow again. When rephrasing a question to get the actual concern re lack of customer focus and guarantee to Carwyn to be What would you do if you came out and agreed they are weeds? he replies, put weed killer down so that's obviously as far as going to get now he has my £5k of money. Took 2 months of chasing to get my care pack to ensure I didn't invalidate my guarantee. I'm 3 months in and still actually waiting to be sent my guarantee so where is the customer service? Like I said earlier, was fine until they had the cash in their hand! read more
13 years ago
I had seen resindrives.co.uk at the Birmingham NEC BBC gardeners world earlier this year and had a very good conversation with the guys on the stand. My wife and I had been talking about getting a new driveway and paths as my wife is disabled due to a serious car accident 2 years ago which has left her paralyzed. We needed a new drive and paths as it was still gravelled and its not easy pushing a wheelchair over the area. We discussed all the ways and means of making it as easy as possible for my wife to manoeuvre over the area as we needed steps taking out and ramps putting in there place. Of all the people in the company who helped us plan and set out what was going to be the best way of making my wife's life as easy as possible. She likes to spend her time in the garden as we have a pond with some fish in and there's plenty of wildlife that she likes to watch in the trees and on the bird tables. From day one of speaking to the company at the show to the end result of completed work, I can not fault the company at all, everything we have asked for we have received and much more, even the fitters were exceptional in making sure the area was left clean and tidy. I would recommend resindrives.co.uk to all of my friends and family as they are a fantastic company who always put the customers needs first. My Daughter in Cornwall has also had some work done by resindrives.co.uk after seeing what a lovely job they had done on ours Kind regards Chris Motrum Birmingham read more
13 years ago
We had this company resin coat our fairly large driveway and initially were delighted as it looked really good and was commented on favourably by a number of people (neighbours, visitors etc). Had a bit of a job getting any response from Caerwyn over the 5 year guarantee but eventually got an un-dated typewritten note saying the work was guaranteed. We weren't too concerned about it really as we didn't expect to have to try and use the guarantee however in the second year some cracks appeared in the surface in one small area, we emailed the company but didn't get any response. Some months later a couple more cracks appeared and the surface in general was looking a bit 'tired' so we contacted Resin Drives again and asked them if they would fill in the cracks and also wanted them to talk to us about doing a general refurb of the drive (which we were more than happy to pay for so weren't after something for nothing) again no response. In the end we emailed at least half a dozen times, phoned them up on three or four occasions but Caerwyn was allegedly never there and promises for him or anyone else to ring us back were never fulfilled. Eventually we wrote a letter to Caerwyn and sent it recorded delivery but still no response so eventually reported them to Trading Standards. Great shame because we were initially very pleased but have now been left high and dry so would not recommend this firm to anyone. read more
13 years ago
We heard about resindrives.co.uk from a friend at church, she had her driveway completed three months ago. I was apprehensive to say the least as i have an extremely large double driveway and i'd had a previous quotation the year before for a block pavior driveway which was way out of my budget. After the initial consultation i had chosen my colour and the surveyor (Chris) give me a costing which i accepted. The first team of staff came to start at my property on the Tuesday and they completed on the friday which was fantastic, my only criticism was they were suppose to start the driveway on the Monday not the Tuesday, van trouble i was told. I am so pleased with my driveway, service levels and the reassurance of a insurance backed guarantee, it means a lot when your getting on in years. I recommend this company to anybody who wishes to have work undertaken, they seem to go the extra yard for you. read more
11 years ago
I have had my driveway done and I can not rate this firm enough , turned up on time worked extremely hard all day long, I have also had my grass changed to Astro turf , from the sales guy coming round to the booking in with the office I can not fault any of it, it is nice to find a company that have pride in what they do . Thanks very much , once everything was finished a couple of days later somebody come back to inspect the work to make sure it was up to the company high expectations , I thought that was a nice touch . read more
13 years ago
I had resindrives.co.uk come to install a new resin driveway to cover up our old tarmac and couldn't be happier with the results. Everyone from the sales staff to the fitting team where a pleasure to deal with and the time between signing up and fitting was excellent. We haven't had any problems with weeds or cracking and the drive is still looking great 12 months on. I recommended resindrives.co.uk to my dad who has had the same experience with them. Would definitely recommend them to friends and family. read more
12 years ago
Just had to compliment the installation teams who did a great job on our drive and patio. The finished effect was instantaneous as soon as they started laying the resin material and was totally blown away with the whole effect when completed. Since having it done I have had people (who I've net before or know) knock on my door and enquire about the product and company who installed it. I had no hesitation in recommending Resin Drives. Mrs Jackson-Northamptinshire read more
13 years ago
Resindrives.co.uk did a lovely job on our driveway. They were a really friendly professional bunch and took great care to make sure the finished drive was exactly what I had in mind. Lots of nice comments from passers by commenting on how good it looks. Would have no hesitation in recommending them, top job. read more
12 years ago
Many thanks to all the team at resin drives Great job certainly has the wow factor!! Especially Niel the builder superb job and design on the block work Great value product and the re assurance of the insurance warranty Thanks Doris and Connery Richards Derbyshire read more
12 years ago
Excellent service from sales to fitters very happy with my drive and added value to our house worth every penny highly recommend!











