Barlows UK Reviews 47

TrustScore 3 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service. Professional clean and tidy young men. Arrived promptly at the time arranged. Very capable, carried out the job efficiently. Good price and quite frankly I felt 100% trust that I... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Barlows, Malpas. Electrician turned up when expected, pm today to repair bathroom spotlights.Lovely guy, very respectful and friendly, clean and tidy. Discussed best options with us and did an exce... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I would never choose to use Barlows. Their staff deliberately block loading bays all day, even though they get parking tickets, forcing delivery vehicles to park elsewhere and risk a ticket themselves... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Barlows were assigned as a contractor through our insurance and the electrician turned up and tried to utilise a faulty breaker and make it work without actually fixing the breaker itself. The electri... See more

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Barlows (UK) Ltd. We are a family run business, established in 1948 by Thomas Clifford Barlow. We started out in a small electrical repair shop in the village of Malpas in Cheshire and have steadily grown from a small company to having branches in ...


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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

I purchased an integrated fridge…

I purchased an integrated fridge freezer from Barlows which they also fitted for me and removed the old appliance. The fitting was excellent BUT at point of purchase I paid for the appliance and removal of old appliance and asked if there would be a charge for fitting, I was told that there would not be a charge as they only charge for American fridge freezers and range cookers.
6 weeks later I received a £75 bill from Barlows for fitting!
I telephoned to find out why I had been charged and explained what I had previously been told, the guy I spoke to was rude, unapologetic and very patronizing, he said that the manager was away and he would call me back..which he did.
The manager was very apologetic but clarified that this bill would have to be paid.
This is unacceptable customer service and extremely misleading.
I should have been told at point of purchase that there would be an extra charge.
The fitting service was excellent but communication and customer service is very poor.

September 20, 2021
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

A distressing encounter with Barlows…

A distressing encounter with Barlows after realising I had been substantially overcharged for a small job. The man I spoke to on the phone was rude, and seemed to be angry that I would dare question their fees. Avoid!

July 31, 2021
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Beware this company

Well sadly to say, i engaged Barlows of Malpas to replace a shower pump. It was back in August when Barlows started the work, and it is now November and still with no shower working. There have been a multitude of issues which i wont go into, but need less to say when things dont happen you ring their offices. Well then you are exposed to Extreme Rudeness, They say they will ring you back and dont and the worse of all is that you are asked to ring their suppliers to get updates, oh and they also lie to you
Beware this company dont care a less about customers. Sadly i have now had to go elswhere based on the fact that we had a contract and Barlows have failed to deliver

November 9, 2020
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

used Barlows today ,after waking up to…

used Barlows today ,after waking up to no electricity in my house, spoke to Matthew at their office ,who informed me a technician would attend before 12 o clock , young man arrived very shortly after speaking to Matthew and diagnosed my fault a rcd circuit breaker in the bathroom for my fan & lights , went out and purchased a new one and had me sorted all before 12 ,thank you Chris ,absolutely great service ,

October 21, 2019
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great service from Barlows

I had a full house rewire 2 years ago and after a subsequent house refit some problems came to light. But despite the warranty having run out they came out again and fixed everything up without charge.

Fair play to a great British company!

March 8, 2019
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