Jewson Reviews 

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TrustScore 2.5 out of 5

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Looking at 70 reviews, most reviewers were somewhat happy with their experience overall. Customers frequently praise the friendly and attentive branch teams who constantly go out of their way to offer expert advice, helpful recommendations, and practical assistance with loading heavy materials. Many consumers also share positive feedback regarding reliable drop-off times and the convenient availability of diverse building products. Some reviewers were not happy with frustrating delivery delays, sudden scheduling cancellations, and a general lack of communication from customer support when issues arose. People also noted occasional problems involving unhelpful employee attitudes, unexpected stock shortages, and difficulties trying to resolve billing complaints.

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Needed some building materials rather quick. So went on line and jewson opens at 07:00 am. Arrived at opening time went in and then told we are short of staff and we don’t open till 7:30. Yet a member... See more

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Hiring process is outdated, relies on phone calls and it's basically impossible to get hold of the team (Leighton Buzzard brach at least). I had to call the branch multiple times to confirm my hire, e... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Poor communication/customer service. Made online order on 11th January for floor sander (Leatherhead, Surrey) to be collected in store on 13th January. At 4.30pm on 12th January received phone call... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Jewson Hereford We have had to keep phoning them to track the order of some concrete posts - paid over £2000 and still we are being told different days for delivery, then it doesn’t arrive with no... See more

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Company details

  1. Building Materials Supplier
  2. Lumber Store
  3. Plant and Machinery Hire

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Official Trustpilot page for Jewson, part of STARK Building Materials UK. With branches from the Scottish Isles to Penzance, you’re never far away from great service, expert advice and the highest quality timber, building materials and services from Jewson. Since opening our first branch in 1836, we’ve expanded to offer a wide range of supplies for all trades including building materials, roofing and landscaping. From the everyday essentials, such as bricks and timber to specialist equipment. You can also find kitchen and bathroom showrooms nationwide, as well as a trusted Tool Hire service. Please note that www.jewson.co.uk is our only official website. Reviews relating to purchases, services and experiences with Jewson should be associated with this business profile.


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TrustScore 2.5 out of 5

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

I ordered 3 bags of gravel and it was…

I ordered 3 bags of gravel and it was dumped at my door two bags were split open.i phoned and man said they would replace didn't happen.
Poor customer service don't recommend

December 1, 2023
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Reply from Jewson

Good Morning Sandy,
Many thanks for your review, I’m really sorry to hear about your experiences with your delivery. We’re sorry your experience hasn’t ended in the way we would hope. I would like to get one of our management team to look into this further. Please could you get in touch with me on 02476608235 or customer.feedback@jewson.co.uk so that I can arrange this for you as soon as possible.
Thank you again for your feedback
Jewson Customer Care

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Perfect

All I can say Matt(store manager) is as good as gold. When something goes wrong he is the man who can sort it out.

November 29, 2023
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Reply from Jewson

Hello,
Many thanks for your review, I am really sorry to hear that you are not receiving the experience we would like. I would really like to get one of our management team to look into the service you have received from us. At Jewson we want to create the best customer experience possible and this does not meet our level of expectations. Please could you get in touch with me on 02476608235 or customer.feedback@jewson.co.uk so that I can arrange this for you as soon as possible.
Thank you again for your feedback
Bev
Jewson Customer Care.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I hired a scaffold tower

I hired a scaffold tower. I was accused of denting a pole, however, they refused to investigate despite my protestations that i believe the damage was done by the driver. A complaint was lodged against the driver who was rude. there is a lack of management control at this organisation. Not a good supplier. I sent an email enquiring about why the cost of slabs was more on as a account holder than on the website. they didnt bother to respond.

update. After having lodged a complaint with customer care services, it was referred to the branch in question. This again was handled with contempt for me as a customer. Ok, yes the branch manager phoned back the next day, but didnt refer to himself as such, the result of all this was in their words" have no intention of doing anything". Clearly they are incapable of acknowledging that a customer has a grievance and are not interested in looking after their customers from the biggest to the smallest. Lodging a complaint was a complete waste of time and for a national company to take this dogmatic contemptuous attitude is disgraceful.

November 16, 2023
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Reply from Jewson

Good Morning,

Thank you for your review. So i can look into this for you. Can i ask you to give our customer services a call on 02476608235 or email the team on Customer.feedback@jewson.co.uk

Thank you

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Largs store

I have had terrible experiences in the largs branch. I have spent thousands in this branch and have recently been experiencing terrible rudeness and arrogance from the manager in the store. This has resulted in me stopping shopping there and taking my company business elsewhere to purchase the tools and materials I need for my job.

November 15, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I’m a hgv driver I had the misfortune…

I’m a hgv driver I had the misfortune of delivering there recently the goods in staff are incredibly rude and arrogant I’m going to phone in sick the next time I get a delivery there

November 10, 2023
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Reply from Jewson

Good Morning Sean,
Many thanks for your review, I’m really sorry to hear about your experiences with your delivery to Jewson. We’re sorry your experience hasn’t ended in the way we would hope. I would like to get one of our management team to look into this further. Please could you get in touch with me on 02476608235 or customer.feedback@jewson.co.uk so that I can arrange this for you as soon as possible.
Thank you again for your feedback
Jewson Customer Care

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible

Ordered a door and it gave the option of a delivery date 3 days later, took the day off work only to realise that was just my preference of delivery date and the door isn’t available for “1-2 weeks”, could have been made clearer in the confirmation email but no big deal, it’s now been 4 weeks and the branch that is delivering my door said “good news your door is here” when I called to inquire, expected me to come and collect it even though I selected home delivery. It’s been 3 days since then and still no delivery date confirmed.

November 10, 2023
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Reply from Jewson

Good Morning Liam,
Many thanks for your review, I’m really sorry to hear about your experiences with your order. We’re sorry your experience hasn’t ended in the way we would hope. I would like to get one of our management team to look into this further. Please could you get in touch with me on 02476608235 or customer.feedback@jewson.co.uk so that I can arrange this for you as soon as possible.
Please include your original order number/Consignment number.
Thank you again for your feedback
Jewson Customer Care

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Old school customer service

Just received a delivery from Jewson branch in West Wickham. How refreshing! Proper old school customer service from the driver. Couldn’t have been more helpful and friendly.

November 3, 2023
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Reply from Jewson

Good Morning Steve,
Many thanks for review. It’s great to hear that the driver left such a great impression on you. We do hope to see you again in the future and we thank you for your business.
Thanks you again for your feedback
Jewson Customer Care

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Visited store at Berwick upon Tweed

Visited store at Berwick upon Tweed. Three staff members chatted amongst themselves and totally ignored me. I walked out. Was it because I was a woman? Did they not consider I might have been about to spend a large sum of money!

November 2, 2023
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Reply from Jewson

Good Morning Sandy,
Many thanks for your review, I’m really sorry to hear about your experiences with our Berwick upon Tweed Branch. We’re sorry your experience hasn’t ended in the way we would hope. I would like to get one of our management team to look into this further. Please could you get in touch with me on 02476608235 or customer.feedback@jewson.co.uk so that I can arrange this for you as soon as possible.
Thank you again for your feedback
Jewson Customer Care

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very good service

Visited Leeds North branch, didn't have what I wanted but Dawn went above and beyond to find another branch that did. Would recommend for all your building supplies.

October 16, 2023
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Reply from Jewson

Good Afternoon Bob,
Many thanks for review. It’s great to hear that Dawn left such a great impression on you. We have shared your kind words with the branch management team. We do hope to see you again in the future and we thank you for your business.
Thanks you again for your feedback
Jewson Customer Care

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent customer service

To be honest never knew this Jewson existed at Talke Pits, Stoke on Trent but will definitely be using them again whenever needed. They were so polite and helpful and even carried the bricks to our car. We will be recommending them to our friends too.

October 9, 2023
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Reply from Jewson

Hi,
Many thanks for review. It’s great to hear that the branch left such a great impression on you. We do hope to see you again in the future and we thank you for your business.
Thanks you again for your feedback
Jewson Customer Care

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Helpful and friendly but expensive.

Helpful and friendly service but boy are they expensive.
Just bought 2 x 2.5m black plastic drainpipes £31 at Cumnock branch.
Exact same product £7.50 each (£15.00) from Screwfix and £8.79 each ( £17.58 ) from B&Q
Only used Jewson as local, won't use them again.

October 12, 2023
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Reply from Jewson

Thank you for your review today, we would like the opportunity to review your pricing to see if we can improve your experience. Please email customer.feedback@jewson.co.uk with further details. We will put you in touch with a relevant colleague. Many thanks, Jewson Customer Care

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Total incompetence

I called the Highgate branch to hire a tool and was told the person who deals with hire was out on a delivery, but they would return and call me back in 15 minutes; no call received and when I called back 30 minutes later I was told he was caught in traffic and would be back in about 10 minutes; I called again after another 40 minutes to be told he wasn’t in at all, then in the same breath I was told I couldn’t hire tools anyway, then I was told he would be another hour.

What a waste of time. I will certainly avoid using Jewsons in the future.

September 30, 2023
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Reply from Jewson

Good Afternoon,
Many thanks for your review, I’m really sorry to hear about your experiences with our Highgate Branch. We’re sorry your experience hasn’t ended in the way we would hope. I would like to get one of our management team to look into this further. Please could you get in touch with me on 02476608235 or customer.feedback@jewson.co.uk so that I can arrange this for you as soon as possible.
Thank you again for your feedback
Jewson Customer Care

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Never Again

Ordered a 10 metre scaffold tower from Darlington branch a week ago.
Despite numerous calls and assurances from the branch it failed to materialize this morning. Absolutely no communication to explain why.
The classic " he's on the other line" rubbish when we rang.
Roofers were booked in to do the work. First and last time we will try them for plant hire.
If you can't get it sorted .....SAY SO !

September 27, 2023
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Reply from Jewson

Good Morning Oddie,
Many thanks for your review, I’m really sorry to hear about your experiences with our Darlington Branch. We’re sorry your experience hasn’t ended in the way we would hope. I would like to get one of our management team to look into this further. Please could you get in touch with me on 02476608235 or customer.feedback@jewson.co.uk so that I can arrange this for you as soon as possible.
Thank you again for your feedback
Jewson Customer Care

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolutely shocking customer service…

Absolutely shocking customer service and even worse service
I ordered materials for a job to be delivered on a Saturday morning the chap dealing with my order kris harrod took my money and confirmed the delivery he said he would be in touch if there was to be any issue .
On the Saturday I had things to be doing it got to 11:45 and was thinking where is my materials so obviously no answer from the branch as it was closed !! So no delivery I could not go any further with the job which meant I couldn't work the Sunday either .
I had to push my job the following weekend back from which the customer was not happy and cancelled my work resulting in me loosing a £2000 job
Some of the materials I needed for the existing where needed to pur a concrete slab the gut took the contract to pour concrete off me so I had to re-emburse hin £2600 so a total of over 4 thousand ponds loss at this point.
I cancelled some of the materials but replaced with a bit of drainage which was a shortfall of what the mesh cost
It has now been over 2 weeks since the original order and I am still awaiting what refund I'm entitled to .
The constant "ill call you back " or "someone is sorting this from another branch "
And my favourite one is "he's not at his desk , I'll get him to call you back "
I'm absolutely fuming and the consistent messing around and money loss they should be refunding the whole cost of mu order @jewson !!!!
Absolute shambles of a company
*DO NOT USE JEWSON*

September 7, 2023
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Reply from Jewson

Good Afternoon Danny,
Many thanks for your review, I’m really sorry to hear about your experiences with our Branch. We’re sorry your experience hasn’t ended in the way we would hope. I would like to get one of our management team to look into this further. Please could you get in touch with me on 02476608235 or customer.feedback@jewson.co.uk so that I can arrange this for you as soon as possible.
Thank you again for your feedback
Jewson Customer Care

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic customer service.

Peter at Jewsons Billericay always goes above and beyond.
His subject knowledge, professionalism and friendly nature is an asset to the business.

September 26, 2023
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Reply from Jewson

Hi Ross,
Many thanks for review. It’s great to hear that Peter left such a great impression on you. We do hope to see you again in the future and we thank you for your business.
Thanks you again for your feedback
Jewson Customer Care

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Outstanding Service

Outstanding service at the Rochdale branch. I needed a small number of very small (5 inches square) pieces of MDF for an art project, so I rang Jewsons after googling timber merchants locally. Paul answered my call, could not have been more helpful, and rang me back about 15 minutes later to say the order was all ready. I went to pick the order up, and all your staff on site were friendly and professional, the order had been executed perfectly and the price was very fair. I felt valued as a customer despite it being such a tiny order, and would recommend the branch.

September 5, 2023
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Reply from Jewson

Hi,
Many thanks for review. It’s great to hear that Paul left such a great impression on you. We will pass your kind comments onto the branch management team. We do hope to see you again in the future and we thank you for your business.
Thanks you again for your feedback
Jewson Customer Care

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Much cheaper trade materials than there…

Much cheaper trade materials than there competitors.

September 1, 2023
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Reply from Jewson

Hello Sarah,
Many thanks for your review, It’s really lovely to hear your happy trading with Jewson. We thank you for your business and look forward to seeing you again in the future.
Thank you again for the feedback

Jewson Customer Care

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Outstanding customer service at our…

Outstanding customer service at our Exeter branch. We are renovating an old house and the whole team are so helpful not only with tips but help in loading our van. It’s a breath of fresh air to have staff that really go above and beyond

August 31, 2023
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Reply from Jewson

Hello Anne,
Many thanks for your review, It’s really lovely to hear your happy trading with Jewson. We thank you for your business and look forward to seeing you again in the future.
Thank you again for the feedback

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

insane pricing online

insane pricing online. for example 50x100,2400 CLS £14. Its £4 at Harlow timber. I understand that you get a great discount if trade (which I am) but this just feels like you are gouging retail customers and i dont like it.

August 23, 2023
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Reply from Jewson

Hello Mark
Many Thanks for your review, were really sorry to hear that you are not happy with our pricing, we are currently undergoing a price review to ensure we are competitive within the local market. We also do try and tailor our pricing to each individual customer to give the best deal where we can. Please could you get in touch with us on 02476608235 or customer.feedback@jewson.co.uk so that I can arrange this for you as soon as possible.
Thank you again for your feedback

Jewson Customer Care

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Less than helpful

Less than helpful. Employee inside told me to ask someone outside. The employee outside was too busy to help. Find a better merchant for materials,

August 16, 2023
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Reply from Jewson

Good Afternoon Ian,
Many thanks for your review, I’m really sorry to hear about your experiences with our Branch. We’re sorry your experience hasn’t ended in the way we would hope. I would like to get one of our management team to look into this further. Please could you get in touch with me on 02476608235 or customer.feedback@jewson.co.uk so that I can arrange this for you as soon as possible.
Thank you again for your feedback
Jewson Customer Care

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