Old Boot Sofas Reviews 453

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Love our Cubby! We found Old Boot online and I can say that in our experience the whole process was faultless, from meeting Emma in the store to getting regular updates and then the delivery, while... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Ordered 2 Hepburn small seater sofas in industrial charcoal leather with full feather cushions and bespoke matching footstools. The order was slightly delayed but we were kept well informed. We went t... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

5 months later we’re still waiting for our delivery, we were given a 12 week timescale on purchase. Only 3 weeks ago after many emails we were told it’s a foam infill issue. Now we are being told it... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A massive thank you to the Old Boot team, having travelled to their Matlock showroom to see the Hepburn sofa we couldn’t have been more welcomed, no pressure, just good old fashioned friendly servic... See more

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Old Boot came under new management in May 2024, with a renewed focus on what’s always made the brand special — exceptional craftsmanship, honest value, and timeless design. We’re proud to be a small British business based in Matlock, on the edge of the Peak District, where every sofa and chair is handmade within 50 miles of our showroom. Our pieces are built to last using traditional techniques, hardwood frames, and premium materials, with a 25-year frame guarantee as standard. We don’t follow fast trends or mass production. Instead, we design furniture with real character — inspired by classic forms, upholstered in natural leathers and beautiful fabrics, and finished with care to bring out every detail. Whether you’re after a timeless Chesterfield or something more modern with heritage roots, we’re here to help you find the perfect piece. You can visit our friendly showroom team in Matlock or order online with confidence. We offer personal service, honest advice, and genuine aftercare — no call centres or pushy sales. Just good people, making proper furniture, the right way. Old Boot. Proper craft. Proper value.


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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

1st Class Service , as always 2 Seater Historian Chesterfield

After purchasing, the 3 seater Graduate & Single Historian Chesterfield a year ago.
after receiving good customer Service from Jenny the first time.

I decided to go back to Old Boots Showroom
To purchase a small 2 seater Historian, to make my Living room complete.

I am so happy with my purchase, yes it does take a long time patience is a virtue !!!!

Customer Service is always on point , from communication throughout as to what stage the Sofa is at & to completion, thank you Pete for keeping me informed throughout .

Thanks again for all your patience and Hard work

Shirley

November 5, 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fab new velvet sofa

Fab new velvet sofa. Was made aware of lead time at time of purchase. Communication was excellent throughout - by phone and email, and delivery ended up a couple of weeks earlier than expected.

October 29, 2021
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Avoid

5 months later we’re still waiting for our delivery, we were given a 12 week timescale on purchase. Only 3 weeks ago after many emails we were told it’s a foam infill issue. Now we are being told it’s the delivery company who are busy. I called the delivery company who told me he can deliver within a week as there’s not much on at the moment, he actually said he can deliver within 48 hours.
I have family from the USA coming to stay with a baby, in 2 weeks time, where do they sit? Despicable!

October 28, 2021
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Reply from Old Boot Sofas

Hi Gi,

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review and for your feedback.

I'm sorry to hear that you are unhappy with the service and communication provided by our team. Please can you send an email through to orders@oldbootsofas.com with your order reference number and the surname the order was placed under. I can look into this with our team to get this sorted for you as soon as possible.

Warm regards,
Jenny

Old Boot Sofas
Call us: 020 3926 5500
Email us: help@oldbootsofas.com

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Hepburn Sofa, Footstool and Chair

From the sample requests, to online viewing, to arrival of sofa, footstool and chair have all been a positive experience. The Old Boot sales team were very patient (I couldn’t decide on a colour at first!) and informative with the type of cushion filling that would suit me. I have felt informed all the way through the process and email contact has been excellent. Delivery was excellent and the two guys delivering added the legs and feet and placed the sofa where I wanted it. Finally the sofa, footstool and chair are magnificent! The quality is outstanding and the comfort level perfect.

October 23, 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Historian Chesterfield

Our 2 seater historian chesterfield was delivered last week. Old Boots kept us informed throughout the process. The delivery men were brilliant, so helpful and polite. Would definitely recommend this company. The sofa is extremely well made and just as described.

October 16, 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Good old fashioned first class service

Our 2 sofas have just been delivered and they are fabulous. The whole experience from ordering to delivery was first class. The company that delivered them were also very helpful and went the extra mile in helping us remove the old sofas
Would highly recommend both companies.
Good old fashion first class service!

October 16, 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Absolutely delighted by our Old Boot…

Absolutely delighted by our Old Boot XLBattersea Leather Sofa. From entering the Fulham store where I was given great customer service and advice to accepting delivery yesterday I experienced faultless service. Special thanks to the delivery lads who went the extra mile in semi-dismantling and reassembling when we realised that our cottage layout meant that this was necessary. Many thanks to Old Boot, would highly recommend them!

September 19, 2021
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Love there couches, delivery nonexistent

Love there couches, great product. There service on delivery is just shocking. I order a couch and had an issue of waiting 3 weeks and complaining about non self From their delivery company before they did the delivery themselves.
Order another item, waited the 3 months for it to me made, then letting them know if the issue they insisted that their delivery company will be on top of it. I was told they would collect the item after 1 week, and then deliver it within 2 weeks. So have not received notification that it has even been collected, and it is over 2 weeks already. So go ahead and order the product, but don’t expect to get it on the day they promise, maybe had an additional month or 2.

September 13, 2021
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Reply from Old Boot Sofas

Hi Damon,

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review and for your feedback.

First of all its great to hear that you are happy with your sofa. I'm sorry that you are unhappy with the service and communication provided by our delivery partners. From our records I can see that we emailed you on the 27th August and advised the delivery lead time could be up to 14-21 days. I have received confirmation that you have had your footstool delivered today, so just within the timeframe stipulated.

We take your feedback onboard regarding the lack of communication from us and our delivery partners. This is something that we are working on in order to provide the outstanding service that our Old Boot customers expect and deserve. Once again please accept my apologies for any inconvenience caused, and do not hesitate to contact the Old Boot Team if you have any further questions.

Warm regards,
Jenny

Old Boot Sofas
Call us: 020 3926 5500
Email us: help@oldbootsofas.com

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Service Team Sabotaged an Otherwise Great Experience

Where to begin...I was searching for a high quality sofa that was ready to be delivered. After what must have been a month of looking, I came across the perfect green velvet three seat 'Howard' in their outlet section of their website. I went into the shop to give it a try and talk to the sales team. They had the Howard chair on their showroom floor and it was absolutely perfect; it was really well made and super squishy. I immediately paid and set up delivery - it was all very smooth and the sales person was super friendly (A+++ all around).

The sofa arrived promptly in 2 week's time and was in mint condition. After putting it together (screwing on feet and placing cushions), I noticed the cushions were as solid as marble. I made another trip into London (from the Guildford area) to check the cushions on the display unit and talk to the sale people. Again, they were super sweet and explained that there is a non-standard 'firm' infill which has zero give and believed these were in my sofa. When I asked if it would ever soften up, she pointed to an armchair they had in the showroom for I think she said 3 years and she said it was a stiff as the day it arrived. She said to contact the service department to have mine changed out.

This is where things went downhill, in a hurry. The service department contested the assertion the infills were the firm ones and asked that I wait a 3-6 weeks to see if they soften up. Surprise! They did not. They then asked for me to send pictures of the infill so they may inspect them. The infills are sealed in a bag which cannot be opened; still I obliged. After I asked if these were the softer infills, they said they could not confirm because they were sealed in the bag, but 'are as expected'. What does that even mean?!?!

After this colossal waste of time, they finally agreed to order new infills for a cost of £60k and it would take 6 weeks. After speaking to them (arguing about why they've wasted my time and what they meant by nonsensical response 'as expected') they agreed to not charge for the inserts, they will order them, but it will now be 10-12 weeks.

Fantastic! The extra few weeks and all of this fuss is super annoying, but at least I'll finally get the inserts. After many missed follow ups resulting in lots of chasing, the day had arrived - my infills made it to their warehouse (only two more weeks away) - hooray! But wait, I'm now being informed that I'll need to pay my 'outstanding balance' of £75. When I called, I was told 'why yes, it's £60 for the infills and £15 for shipping'.

This was the breaking point for me - I can no longer deal with this company. I hate, hate saying anything disparaging about small business in general and really wanted to love this little store. The sofa is beautiful, well-made and what I was looking for, but is a showpiece as it is massively uncomfortable. Such a shame. To cap it all of, they've misspelled my name in email, even after I corrected them.

I wish anyone working with Old Boot nothing but a great experience. Mine was a series of frustrations which ended in my name purposely being misspelled.

September 10, 2021
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Reply from Old Boot Sofas

Hi Brad,

Thank you for taking the time to post a review and for your feedback.

I’m sorry to hear that you are not happy with the service that you have received from our team here at Old Boot, and please accept my apologies that your name has been spelt incorrectly. I have updated this on our system and against your customer account.

We normally advise our customer that infills on a brand new sofa can feel firmer initially and generally take 4 - 6 weeks for the foam to bed in and for the infills to soften up.

From our records I can see that you had delivery at the end of April, and you contacted our team on the 4th May to advise that you were finding the infills too firm. Our team advised that it can take some time for the infills to soften up and to allow 4 - 6 weeks. On the 25th May you contacted our team to inform them that the infills were still too firm. They responded to you on the same day, offering to order replacement infills for you, however as you ordered an outlet piece there would be a minimal charge (discounted from £100 to £60). Unfortunately we have no record on our system of a further conversation discussing that we wouldn’t be charging you for the infills.

I understand that my colleague emailed you on the 9th September following your phone conversation with our team, advising that we can waive the delivery fee of £15 as this wasn’t previously stipulated in our email on the 25th May, and to see if you still wanted the replacement infills, this is our last correspondence with you.

We’re a small company that prides itself on our service, and high quality furniture which is highlighted by all the five star reviews we have received. Our team work extremely hard, and strive to go the extra mile for our customers. I’m sorry that you do not feel like you have received this service, we will take your feedback on board and we will continue to strive to improve.

Many thanks,
The Team@Old Boot
Old Boot Sofas
Call us: 020 3926 5500
Email us: help@oldbootsofas.com

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Beautiful Sofa, even better service!

We ordered a Battersea Sofa Bed 2 weeks ago and have just had it delivered. We are absolutely delighted. The quality of the sofa is brilliant and the customer service we had from Jenny was great. The delivery men had trouble getting the sofa into the house but Jenny was brilliant. She guided the delivery men on how to remove the sofa arms allowing the sofa to fit. We would strongly recommend Old Boot to anyone! Thank you for our new sofa.

September 4, 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Just received a Howard Snuggler

Just received a Howard Snuggler. Looks great. Friendly sales team/ kept up to date on production/delivery - all on time and good value against the competition.

September 1, 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I have just bought a Howard Snuggler…

I have just bought a Howard Snuggler from Old Boot. The quality is absolutely top notch, the service was so nice and friendly, the delivery was easy and great service. I'm thrilled! It's gorgeous! Thank you so much!

Sandra

September 1, 2021
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Hepburn leather armchair

We ordered a Hepburn armchair in vintage leather, during lockdown, so all dealt with online. We were told 12-14 weeks or sooner and we would get updates. Communication was ok and the chair was delayed due to infills, I had to chase for this information, no bother, we were in no hurry, but delivery came after 16 weeks. We love the chair, there are some defects where the stuffing is uneven and the seat cushion leather seems quite 'loose' already...hopefully this is just the character settling in. Minor scrape on side on delivery after unwrapping. We would love to order a sofa (or 2) but will wait a while to see how the chair wears in...and perhaps request reversible seat cushions next time. All in all very happy, so much better than mass produced furniture.

August 28, 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Howard leather armchairs

Bought two Howard leather armchairs, our 4th and 5th purchase from Old Boots. Great design, excellent quality of leather and beech frame, and excellent customer service.

August 3, 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Pair of Urbanite 3 seater sofas

Bit of a wait for them to be made but we knew that when we ordered and were kept informed of progress throughout. Much better quality and thicker leather than our old sofas so should last more than the 20 years those served for. After a week the cushions have softened nicely and they have become extremely comfortable to relax in. It was a bit of a tight fit to get them into our Victorian cottage but the delivery service detached one of the arms on each - so they came in through the doors with no risk of scratching.

July 31, 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Hepburn Armchair

Often in life you have to wait for something special. Our beautiful armchair has now arrived and it’s beautiful!
A comfortable and sumptuous chair made by highly skilled craftsmen. A fantastic addition to our home.

July 24, 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Nutshell 2 seater sofa

Beautifully made, good quality leather and very comfortable. Excellent communication throughout. Would highly recommend sofa and company.

July 20, 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Hepburn 2-Seater Sofa

Just took delivery of my Hepburn Small 2-Seater Sofa in Chocolate leather with duck feather infill. It's beautifully made and wonderfully comfortable to sit in. I am delighted with it!

July 1, 2021
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