I called in an electrician from Service team to come and look at my underfloor heating. I was told they would be at my home at 8am, they arrived at 840 am, without any call to confirm they were running late. Calling the office at 815 warranted no explanation 'I can't see his schedule'.The electrician arrived, and was very friendly and seemed knowledgeable. He quickly identified the problem and called a shop to confirm the price for a part (£100 + vat). He went off to pick the part up, on his return, fitted the part, once fully fitted, he discovered the part was faulty and had a visible crack in the LCD screen. He then took the part off the wall, packed it up, went back to shop and picked up a new part. He fitted the new one and the heating was working again which was great. Then came the invoicing. 1.5 hours labour @ £80ph (including 2 x visits to the shop), and a part at £125, PLUS VAT on top of all. Total £299. I queried the price of the part, as it was £100 + vat i.e. £120, not£125, and certainly not £125 + VAT. I was happy to pay for the electrician to pick up the part once, but the part was visibly faulty and I was not happy to pay for him to pick the part up twice, adding on an extra half an hour to my invoice.At this point it was 10am,when I queried the part and if I should have been double charged the VAT, I was told 'that's just the way we do it'. I was told 'you need to sign it and they'll call you before they debit your account'. So I signed and marked clearly I wanted to query the invoice before debiting. I did not receive a phonecall from service team, and by Monday, they had auto debited the full invoice from my account. I called Service team and explained the problem, they neglected to call me back or provide updates on the situation. Two days after the initial query was raised I spoke to them again, and they confirmed they would call the electrician and confirm the prices, and get back to me.Four days later (and one week after the electrician visited), I still had no resolution, and no returned phone call from Service team. I called them again, asking to escalate the matter. I was told a refund had been agreed but he could not tell me how much the refund was for. I was told my account manager would call me back imminently to confirm the refund amount. An hour later, still no phone call, I called them again, and was told I would get a refund of £40 labour and £35 for the part. He could not confirm if this included VAT, which would bring the cost up to £90, and said he would investigate and call me back when the accounts team were in at 11am (!), and promptly hung up.
All in all, terrible service and incredibly rude. The response times were awful. Beware, do NOT supply your card details as they will auto debit funds from your account. I would not use this company again, nor would I recommend their services.
***UPDATE
3 weeks later, STILL no refund. I have called repeatedly, with no answers. My 'account manager' called me yesterday offering a refund of half the invoice if I were to remove this review! I have called several times today but have been unable to speak with my 'account manager' or the general manager. Honestly, find another company to use, I've since used the London Handy Team and found them to be far better in every respect. read more