Hireapitch Reviews 207

TrustScore 3 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Been playing with hireapitch for a number of years across different locations. Always a great service and they've got access to top venues. Easy to book and play. Only ever been smooth processes

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I booked a pitch weeks in advance for 6pm. Since that booking temperatures are now predicted at 34 degrees which the government has said is unsafe to exercise in. When I contacted them to rearrange, I... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Superb customer service. Very easy booking system and helpful team that made the booking amendments I requested. Great facilities at the venue on the day! Will deffo use again

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Hire a Pitch charge high fees for appalling service. They seem very happy to turn a blind eye to homophobic abuse and trespassers on their site, their staff are poorly trained and rude. If you hav... See more

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  1. Sports Complex

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Hireapitch provides a booking platform for venues across the UK and runs its own licensed venues. Book a pitch, court or indoor space locally to you with a simple and easy system or if your stuck give us a call or come through via chat support. We also offer team building days and coach/referee hire as well as birthday parties. All events are fully organised so you have to do nothing and just enjoy.


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3.2

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TrustScore 3 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Amazing company

Amazing company, always helping us out with good pitches and also good prices

We have been booking with them for over 5 years and have never had any issues

April 1, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Unreliable and unprofessional - don’t honour their bookings if a better offer comes along

Kicked us off a pitch we had a block booking on with one weeks notice to run a commercial league they could make more profit off.

When we publicly shared our bad experience with hire a pitch they threatened to, and then did kick us off a replacement pitch and pocketed the £800 we had paid to secure the booking.

Nasty company more worried about their reputation than their customer service - wouldn’t recommend their services, stay clear!

March 31, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Unprofessional and money grabbing

The level of unprofessionalism we have experienced is disgusting.

We had a re-curring block booking with them and they cancelled with one weeks notice to make room for a commercial league (which we all know is for men) because they are offering more money. We pay them £100ph which is the price HIRE A PITCH set.

Due to them not offering refunds (yes, people they offer credit not refunds!). We moved to an alternative pitch.

We have gone to social media to tell everyone our experience of booking pitches with HIRE A PITCH and because of us not willing to take down our posts (images of screen shots of our email exchange with them) they have now cancelled our other pitch booking and not even mentioned anything about an £800 refund.

If you cancel us twice and won’t let us book pitches with you why are you robbing a community sports club our money?

Ps you need someone who is more professional running your social media accounts, it’s truly awful.

March 31, 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent! 🤗

Jay, Luke and the team and are professional, proactive, helpful and efficient and it’s been a pleasure to work with them.

Thanks and keep up the great service people! 🙌🏽🤩🥳

March 25, 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Brilliant

Great pitch. Solid floodlights. The supervisor is attentive and handles everything great. No problems with booking and support so nothing to complain about!

March 24, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Worst customer experience of my life!

Had a regular block booking that was paid in full for multiple weeks for a specific pitch and time, to then be told half way through we are being kicked out of that pitch for a "closure" only to find out from friends in another local pitch that they have been given our time slot for league competitions instead...

When questioned about it was told "You will have to just take what we can give you". Highly unprofessional and almost outright criminal, not to mention the appalling terms which I wish I had read sooner that suggest they can cancel our booking at any time with any reason without refund.

If you can, avoid this business and hire a pitch directly with the location or another provider.

EDIT (based on reply): "we don't have a booking from a Jack where this has occurred" insinuating this is clearly not the only occasion this has happened, shameful behaviour.

Final Edit (based on reply): At no point did I say everywhere, I said this was not the only occasion which I was fair in assuming based on the context of the previous message. Equally the audacity to reply to a review calling the reviewer a liar shows the level of customer support that this company provides. I play as part of a booking under a company name and do not feel at liberty to drag the company into this therefore will not publicly release the name of the booking however you have correspondence with us already regarding this matter.

In regards to the comment stating "we have never said we won't refund any users so this is false" its written in black and white in your terms and conditions under section 6 sub section A and B stating the following:

(a) Hireapitch and its affiliates reserve the right to cancel or amend or withdraw the use a pre-booked/hired pitch or venue at any time by giving notice to the Hirer or Co-ordinator of the team.
(b) Hireapitch will not be liable to the Hirer or the Co-ordinator in respect of expenses, costs or losses incurred directly or indirectly as a result of the termination.

So please, continue to call myself and other reviews on here and Google liars instead of dealing with your customers in the correct and considerate manner that they should be.

Be warned people!

March 24, 2022
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Reply from Hireapitch

Jack my initial reply stated we have no record of a jack where this has occured. This is actually the opposite to what you are saying, this has only occured in 1 location and there is no jack booked on, hence why its hard to find. In addition we run over 200 centres so we want to make sure the facts are correct. This does not imply this occurs everywhere.

We need to know who your booking is and what has been offered.

We have never said we wont refund any users so this is false and have provided alternates.

The interesting thing here is youve clearly been playing and been enjoying the pitch but when using this you didnt give us a 5 star review but the first issue we get a 1 star review. There may still be hope with new venues being built locally so i do suggest you get in touch and confirm the booking name.

"Hireapitch will not be liable to the Hirer or the Co-ordinator in respect of expenses, costs or losses incurred directly or indirectly as a result of the termination" this refers to direct expenses to the company or individual. This does not mean we will not refund for any sessions we are cancelling. You are getting the facts wildly incorrect. We do not hold money if a service is not provided. The fact you are unwilling to provide the company name means you understand you are being unreasonable. This is a clear personal vendetta, if you give us the booking name this can be easily resolved and discussed with compensation and an alternate.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great Customer Service.

Booked a pitch, due to TV scheduling for real football we couldn't make the time arranged. The live chat on their website was the best I've ever experienced, very helpful with recommendations, quick, straight to the point and polite. 10/10.

March 4, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY!

DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY!!

We booked a football pitch under the guidance that the website stated clearly that it was a sand based astroturf pitch. When we arrived at the pitch, there was no sand, only synthetic astroturf. While playing, due to the surface a player twisted his ankle and has now got two fractures in his ankle. Upon contacting the chat service for hireapitch, the agent was extremely rude and was adamant the pitch was sand based. He refuses to give a refund or even acknowledge a mistake. Seems like one person running the customer ‘service’ and he is not professional at all.

March 1, 2022
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Reply from Hireapitch

Thanks Vinny i am afraid to say the pitch is sand based astroturf and there are both videos and photos on the site. You are attempting to blame us for something that is not our fault. Its a shame you would post incorrect comments when you as the customer have not looked at the site properly despite us sending links and clear confirmations. We also offered to move you to an alternate venue but you could not do this.
Not sure what more we could do.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Booking system is not updated + lots of cancellations

The booking system on the site works well on some pitches, but in a lot of others it is not updated. So you end up booking and receiving a call the next day that it is cancelled. This happened several times.

Also, they are allowed to cancel the pitches a couple of days before the matches and offer terrible alternatives, very far away - making it very hard or impossible to find a new pitch.

The customer service is good if things are running well, but unprofessional and quite unpleasant to deal with if you make a mistake and there are issues to be solved.

February 7, 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Thanks Hireapitch staff.

The staff is always available for any queries. They are able to answer and help right away. I give their staff a 5 star on customer service.

February 7, 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Hireapitch are always very helpful!

Hireapitch are always very helpful, efficient and organised. I have booked football pitches (mainly 7-9 a side on weekends) across London, and they are by far the best site available for bookings. I have usually booked through Luke, who has always been very helpful. I highly recommend!

February 1, 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Called up enquiring about making a…

Called up enquiring about making a booking and got fantastic customer service from Cairo. Been using the Haggerston pitch for years as a local resident so it's great to see exceptional standards being maintained. Highly recommend.

January 25, 2022
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