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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Do not pay Contractors- stay clear. They charge the customer approx £200 but can only afford to pay contractors £80, that's if they pay them! Save your money people and call a local firm to attend f... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Do not use Callout Mate under any circumstances. They charged £227 to send out an absolutely cowboy to my house to mend the boiler. He charged me a further £200, didn't fix it and left it pouring wi... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Can't give a 0 otherwise I would this company are absolute cowboys (they actually make the cowboys look credible)! CONTRACTORS DO NOT DO ANY WORK THEY ARE SCAMMERS!!! Did a job back in November last y... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

thank you to the call out mate team, full electrical tripping issue at my elderly parents house - no power to sockets or lights for over 24 hours was a rather stressful situation as I live over 5 hour... See more

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Local engineers provide Emergency plumbing and gas safe services. We provide the highest quality of plumbing, gas, & boiler services anywhere in the UK.


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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Genuine Company, Great Service!

Embarrassing on my part!
Sunday of all days.
Called for a boiler repair as there was a intermittent beeping sound. Panic!
I assumed faulty part and may have to evacuate.
Below was my dishwasher and the gents that came to “fix” the boiler found an “out of date” monoxide detector behind the dishwasher!!!
Again very embarrassing on my part.
The company itself has been top notch, Tom that I dealt with said the team would be out around 2 hours, a tad late but nothing major.
Very helpful, NOT A SCAM.
Would use again! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I understand that when the company quotes £180.00, they kind of forget to tell you about the VAT also. Unless you ask, but overall the company is true to their word. I did not get paid to say this as i want to express how genuine they are.
Top job!

August 21, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Rang this company Saturday and Sunday…

Rang this company Saturday and Sunday of this weekend for my elderly parents who had a fire in their attic which caused loss of electricity. Both times we rang told we would get a call back but received nothing, very disappointed as advertised as 24 hour call-out within 45 minutes, please don’t advertise what you can’t deliver.

Just received your reply I can assure you on Sunday I was not advised to call fire brigade that had all ready been dealt with on the Saturday, I explained to your call handler it was loss of electricity due to fire damage and was advised I would get a call back which I never received.

August 21, 2022
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Reply from Callout mate

Hi, were sorry we cou;dnt help you on this matter and we advised you on contacting the fire brigade in instances like this !

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Good service.

The service was prompt and efficient. Lee, the plumber, was great, and soon cleared the blocked toilet drain.

August 16, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Disappointed.

Please call a local company we called callout mate due to a emergency leak and we were told a plumber would be with us in 2 hours this was Saturday about 1730 - 1800 then got a call saying no one was turning up till Sunday I called at 0915 on Sunday to check when the plumber would arrive and was told he was on his way he arrived about 11am he is about 15 mins away it’s a local company to us .We should have called them direct but at the time we were in a panic it’s cost us over £200 for a emergency call out who arrived the next day . We were left very disappointed by callout mate.

August 16, 2022
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Very happy with the service i recieved

Very happy with the service i recieved, plumber arrived within the 2 hour slot i was given, sorted and refitted my kitchen taps and got my hot water going again, i will use callout mate again if needed.

August 15, 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Heard a spraying noise under the floor…

Heard a spraying noise under the floor boards in my kitchen! Couldn't see where it was coming from but it was getting louder as time went on! Called and had a plumber on my door step within 40 minutes! Found the leaking pipe which looked like a total bodge job from the previous owner and sorted it all out within 30 mins! Great service from start to end 5* 👍🏻

August 15, 2022
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Very expensive but solved the problem …

Very expensive but the plumber stopped the leak in the roof but had to come back the following day to complete the job. Feel a bit ripped off because of the high costs.

This service wasn’t just “slightly” more than a normal plumber. It was exceptionally more!!!

August 15, 2022
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Reply from Callout mate

Our service is an emergency service so compaired to a standard plumber you book wees in advance we understand we might cost slightly more. we are happy we were able to get somone out within 90mins to help you !

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The service from this company is awful

The service from this company is awful. I called and requested an emergency plumber and was told that they should be able to respond within 2 hours and I would receive a call from an engineer when he picked up the job. I didn’t hear and after an hour I checked and was told again that the engineer would call but again didn’t hear from anyone. After 2 1/2 hours I cancelled the job but was still charged £100 cancellation fee. Do not use these people - use a reputable local firm if you can

August 6, 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Thanks Gordon

Amazing service. Had a toilet overflow on Saturday evening and had given up hope of someone being able to help. These guys did the trick and within 70 minutes I was problem free. Great work guys. Would use again and the price I felt was fair given the hour of day.

Gordon the engineer was superb and even said my coffee was the best he has had in ages lol.

July 24, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Plumberbooked didn't show

My elderly mum booked a plumber on Saturday morning said be there in 1 hour? Sunday evening still no one and could not give a time when anyone be there staff on phone nice but a very poor service from the company . Mum phoned this morning they are going to refund her but she waited in all weekend with no explanation not a way to run a company ...

July 18, 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Lee, the wonder plumber!

Put a screw through a water pipe! Managed to stop leak, rang Callout mate. Had to wait a couple of hours as plumber was stuck at another job, but he arrived not long after 4 pm, fixed the problem, and was great to deal with.

July 16, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Service offered is not whats provided

Had an issue with my boiler and couldnt find a gas engineer for an emergency call out, came across Calloutmate and gave them a call. They said they could get a local engineer in my area thats on their books to come out that evening to fix my boiler, I paid the upfront cost of over £200 asking if it covered parts and to be fixed, they replied that 90% of boilers were fixed in the first hour. After a couple hours I had no call from an engineer, I chased them up twice before they found an engineer who gave me a call. He had never dealt with them before and was causious which for me was a saving grace, after talking to him about the fault with my boiler and I told him I had paid to get my boiler fixed I was informed that my boiler would not get fixed tonight and that he was only getting paid for the first hour call out by them which started when he left his front door, which was 40 mins away, he was instructed that any parts and additional labour was to be covered by me. He refused to come out as it was a waste of his time and my money. Me and my wife then spent 2 hours calling Calloutmate back up for a refund as we were not getting the service we were sold, some memebers were rude and kept disconnecting and refusing to answer our calls. One member of staff admitted that the engineer had "balls'd it up for them" as if an engineer had showed up i wouldnt be entiled to anything as they just get an engineer to your door and not to fix the boiler as they said they could do.

July 6, 2022
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Reply from Callout mate

Jason

I’m really disappointed you’ve chosen to leave a bad review given the efforts we went to to help you.

I’d like to respond to some of your points individually to make it clear where we stand on this.

We’re an emergency call out service and our job is to provide you with qualified engineers in good time. We cover the call out and the first hour of labour in our charges. We never at any point include parts, which is made crystal clear during our conversation over the phone. The contractors travel time is also irrelevant, they do not take the 40 mins travel out of your hour of labour.

You chased us up twice, including 15 minutes after we’d taken your initial call which isn’t a reasonable time for our engineers to respond to requests to attend.

The first engineer we had assigned to you (within an hour) failed to make contact with you directly after accepting the job, so we reached out to a contractor who we had dealt with previously. This engineer then did a further triage over the phone and made an assessment that it was **unlikely** to be fixed without replacement parts, which is his individual assessment based on infomration provided to him by someone who has no idea how a boiler works.

We stated that 90% of jobs have a first time resolution, but without being on site to do an in-person diagnostic we can’t guarantee that. That’s standard practice and is just us being as upfront and honest as possible.

Despite the fact our terms and conditions mean we had every right to retain a booking fee for the time spent organising a contractor to attend when you coudln’t find anyone, you were given a full refund which was processed the very same night. You were advised at the time that refunds can take 3-5 working days to process and return to your account. This is out of our control – this falls under your bank and the payment gateway.

Your assertations you spent 4 hours chasing a refund are completely untrue. For reasons unknown, both you and your wife continued to call us, despite having already been told the full refund had been processed hours earlier by multiple members of staff.

In all of my years of providing service I have never come across a customer so irratic and irrational when dealing with a loss of heating in the middle of summer. You harrassed my employees for in excess of 6 hours, when all they were trying to do was help you to get a resolution and have a professional engineer get to your property to try to restore your boiler to working order.

I wish you all the best in your endeavours and I sincerely hope you managed to resolve the issue with your boiler.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I had a blocked sewer drain

I had a blocked sewer drain so I called a plumber to have a look, he explained to me that the drain was owned by Severn Trent so rang them on my behalf and got an appointment booked in for me on the same day, in the mean time before the plumber arrived I was looking for other drainage engineers in my area, I had to put my details in to find out if there were any in my area and found they were too far away, the plumber that came informed me that Severn Trent would ring me with a time when they arrived, instead it was this company, I explained to them that someone from Severn Trent said it was free, he then said no it's £180 or we don't come out, at this point I assumed I was talking to someone from Severn Trent so paid the £220 as it didn't tell me there was Vat on top, an hour or so later Severn Trent came out to do the work, an hour or so after they arrived I got 2 calls for other drainage engineers saying that they was on their way, I explained to them that there was already 2 men here working on the problem assuming that they were also from Severn Trent, it wasn't until later when I looked up the number when I realised that it was this company that had taken my money, I'm still waiting for someone to get back to me for a refund, I'm not holding out much hope as I've seen other reviews where where they couldn't get a refund, clearly the people that work here need to say who they are when they ring up to avoid confusion, I personally wouldn't recommend them as to me they are not professional at all.

July 2, 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

i had a leak that i could not solve…

i had a leak that i could not solve myself!!! and required me to turn the water off so that meant i was left with no running water with a house full of people i spoke to will at calloutmate and he managed to get someone to me within the hour to solve the issue. amazing service get what you pay for as most people would not even come out at that time.

June 23, 2022
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Reply from Callout mate

amazing glad to be of service

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Paid £180 got nothing

1 star because There isn't an option for no stars.
Spent £180 and detailed the job to callout mate. Was told 1-2 hours. At 7 hours later they turned up. They demanded more money, had the wrong tools to do the job , and left in a huff. Subsequently I have been refused a refund because somewhere in the t's and c's (which I have not had, and are not on the webpage) it says so. Don't touch these people with a barge pole they are aggressive and unpleasant. Also they claim 5* on this website and it is not the case.

June 22, 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very pleased with the outcome

Very pleased with the outcome. Not the cheapest but after having tried other numbers with no luck they were quick to answer and get someone booked in. Also provided me with the plumbers direct details for in future so I can go direct to the local lad - would recommend if you’re stuck

June 21, 2022
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Reply from Callout mate

Glad we could help

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service

Absolutely brilliant service with a short waiting time, needed an emergency plumber and within 2 hours had someone there to do the job couldn’t recommend more

June 21, 2022
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Reply from Callout mate

Glad we could help

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Expensive But Did The Job

They are expensive, but they did turn up at short notice when I had a leak.

They were the only company in my area that would offer a same day response and they turned up in just over 2 hours.

Credit to Will in the call centre who called me twice to ensure the plumber had made contact.

June 16, 2022
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Reply from Callout mate

Glad we could help

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