poltronesofà - Chelmsford Reviews 

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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

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Unit 3 Clock Tower Retail Park, Westway, CM1 3FJ Chelmsford, Essex, GB


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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Friendly and helpful staff - Chloe Northfield spent a lot of time with us and gave helpful advice. Showroom was spacious and we liked the way that the fabric samples were hung up instead of flick t... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Customer beware!! The sale staff lied to my mother about a footstool my mother ordered. Did not tell her or write on the invoice the size they ordered which was bigger than the one she requested.... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

selection of furniture was excerlent we were spoilt for choice.wonderful designs for suites that people need. the assistant was very helpful and careing . we are old age pensioners and needed guidan... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

My delivery was on time and the crew were very quick and efficient putting the sofas together showing me how to work the recliner seats. They cleared all the packaging and put it in there van then too... See more


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About poltronesofà - Chelmsford

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poltronesofà is a leading European sofa and armchair specialist, founded in Italy in 1995. With over 30 years of experience and more than 300 stores across Europe, we’ve spent decades perfecting quality sofas - bringing together inspirational Italian design, hand-selected stylish fabrics, and a relaxed in-store experience, we call it the Italian Touch
Flexible finance packages

You could also take advantage of one of our easy to arrange finance options in store and online on any sofa range.
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With 97 locations nationwide, your nearest poltronesofà is closer than you think. Find your local store here.
You can explore the full collection online at www.poltronesofa.co.uk. Prefer to talk it through? Our team is on hand at 0800 7310048.

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  • Unit 3 Clock Tower Retail Park, Westway, CM1 3FJ, Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom

  • 01245 678678

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Good choices

The member of your staff , Andy , Attended to us impeccably, he had good knowledge of the products in the show room , colours, materials available which made our choice easier

April 17, 2025
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Scs answer your phone .. Again

Ordered in Chelmsford in January for my 81 yr old father. A sofa and riser. Past delivery date tried for 3 days to get an answer. So rang head office who sent a message to complaint. Who said she would up date. Now 11 th April was due 28th March had 2 email saying log in for update. Just get robot not working. Rang 01917313300 yesterday and today totally 4 hours and no call back. Rand head office, we have no communication with them. Ring the number. Being trying since the 1st email. In total 10 hrs wasted trying to get a human. Will you contact me urgently????? Wouldn't touch this company with a barge pole. Awful service .....Update Fri 18th email 4.23pm. You have an update login. Tried so many times. It says Robot not working ring . Tried calling guess what no answer. What is the point. Honestly sick of this, I have a brain tumour. I don't need this stress. My father's furniture was delivered after 4 months of waiting. Wrong chair delivered driver told him to sign regardless it was wrong..it doesn't have a English plug and doesn't reclin . Now can't get of answer or call to get it sorted. He's 81 yrs old. SCS SORT IT OUT. SCS we are still waiting for a call for collection and refund for faulty recliner. We have had enough

April 11, 2025
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Reply from poltronesofà - Chelmsford

Good Morning Carol,

We understand your frustration with the delays and difficulties you've encountered in trying to get an update on your order. It's incredibly disappointing to experience such a lack of communication and responsiveness, especially when dealing with a time-sensitive purchase for your father. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and stress this has caused.

Looking into the account I can see that you have managed to speak to a member of our customer service team to get the information you were looking for.

Many thanks,
Josh - ScS Social Media Team

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolute nightmare!!

Absolute nightmare!!!

Original estimated delivery date was 14th of March - today is the 7th of April and still no sofa .

It’s been at the warehouse for almost 2 weeks, was supposed to arrive last Monday and nothing , same on Tuesday … impossible to reach anyone in customer services no matter how long you wait on the line.

The delivery was eventually rescheduled to this Monday before 15:15 and it’s now 18:30 and still no delivery , no further contact and no luck getting through to customer support having waited on the line for 30+ minutes.

DO NOT RECOMMEND

April 7, 2025
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Reply from poltronesofà - Chelmsford

Good Morning,

Thank you for taking the time to leave us your review, I hope you are well.

I am sorry to see that you are waiting on your delivery from us and apologise that this has not gone ahead as expected.

If you would like to send over a screenshot of your review and your order number or address and postcode to socialmedia@scs.co.uk and we can take a look over this for you.

Many thanks
Lynsey - ScS Social Media Team

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

BUY ELSEWHERE

DO NOT BUY FROM SCS UNLESS YOU ARE COLLECTING IT FROM THE STORE THAT DAY - CUSTOMER SERVICE NON EXISTENT - FICTIONAL DELIVERY DATES - ordered from Chelmsford store, gave dates that we wanted delivery which was months in advance, this was agreed by Shannon.
Now we’ve arranged for old sofas to be collected and chased SCS to confirm delivery date (silence from them, no communication since payment) only to be told it’s a week after the agreed time and that’s only to their store, not our home. Email response was ‘I have just looked at your account and your sofas still haven’t arrived to our distribution centre yet. and ‘It is showing as an estimated date of the 21st April. I will email our vendors department to see if they can chase this up for you.’ Since then….NOTHING. Yet when we paid they were available???? Customer service form completed and they said the same, also stating delivery delays from manufacturer. True? I’m doubtful.
The store, according to their website, is closed for a refurb which is probably why it isn’t accepting deliveries, there’s plenty of other stores nearby, why not send it there? So I’m left trying to cancel council refuse pick up of old sofas or my disabled husband can sit on a kitchen chair. Absolute joke dealing with SCS. Slick and stylish sales patter, take your money and then they couldn’t care less. Customers just want to be told the truth and kept updated, something SCS do not seem capable of. Sadly other reviews show this is not an isolated issue. Think very carefully before buying from this company.
***ATTN SOCIAL MEDIA TEAM - I HAVE EMAILED A COPY OF THIS REVIEW AND MY EMAIL TRAIL TO YOUR TEAM ALREADY ***

April 2, 2025
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Reply from poltronesofà - Chelmsford

Good Morning Sharon,

Thank you for your review and I hope you are well today.

Firstly, please allow us to sincerely apologise for the negative experience you have had with us, and that your delivery date has been pushed back unexpectedly. I do completely understand how frustrating this must be for you.

I have taken a look over your account and I can see that the earliest take date on your order invoice is the 7th April, which is the date that you requested for your furniture to be delivered. As stated in the terms and conditions, this is just an estimated arrival date to the distribution centre, and we can go 28 days over this date before the order is considered delayed. I do sincerely apologise if this was not explained to you in store when you placed the order.

I can see that your furniture is currently estimated to arrive to the distribution centre on the 21st April, and we will contact you to confirm the arrival date to the distribution centre closer to the time. I do apologise that this is later than you anticipated, however the delays are out of our control unfortunately and we will contact you as soon as we have a confirmed arrival date to the warehouse.

Again I do sincerely apologise for the experience you have had, if you have any further questions please email us at socialmedia@scs.co.uk or give us a call on 0191 731 3300.

Many Thanks
Beth - ScS Social Media Team

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Impossible to contact

Absolutely impossible to get hold of anyone at this company. Got a text providing my delivery date for sofa. It says if we need to change the delivery date to call them on the number provided. That number no matter what time you call is closed. The you call their number on the website and there is just no one working there you stay waiting in a queue for over 2 hours for no one to answer and never call you back. No one responds to emails or anything. What am I supposed to do. They picked the delivery date with no discussion and no one is home to take it. I need to change this. The company is beyond dodgy.

March 26, 2025
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Reply from poltronesofà - Chelmsford

Good Afternoon,

I hope you are well and thank you for your email.

I am so sorry that your delivery date is not convenient for you and also apologise for the difficulty you have experienced when trying to contact us about this.

So that we can assist further, please send a screenshot of your review and your order number or address and postcode to socialmedia@scs.co.uk and we can take a look for you.

Many thanks
Lynsey - ScS Social Media Team

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Do NOT buy from this company

Absolutely disgusting customer service- on hold for over 4hours. They finally called me back 4 days later only to be cut off.
Had delivery but was only half of my order, no one seems to be interested in helping me or trying to find where the rest of my furniture is. Will be asking for a full refund if I don’t get any response soon.
Can’t go to branch where I ordered from as is now shut for refurbishment.

Thank you Lynsey, have now been told that the sofa & chair are still at the Chelmsford branch. I would really appreciate if this can be sorted sooner rather than later!!!!

March 14, 2025
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Reply from poltronesofà - Chelmsford

Good Morning Nikola,

I hope you are well and thank you for your review.

I am so sorry to see that some of your furniture was not delivered as expected, I can completely understand how upsetting this must be for you.

I have chased this up with our Distribution Centre so that I can get an update for you and will get back to you as soon as possible.

Kind Regards,
Lynsey - ScS Social Media Team

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

I had 3 estimated dates and the sofa…

I had 3 estimated dates and the sofa took longer than I had hoped for. Delivery actually was very good when it came.

March 17, 2025
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Reply from poltronesofà - Chelmsford

Good Afternoon John,

I hope you are well.

Thank you for taking the time to leave us your review and for the feedback regarding your experience.

I understand that it can be disappointing when delivery dates change so I apologise for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

I am pleased to see that you were happy with the service received when your delivery did go ahead and will ensure that your feedback is passed to our Distribution Centre.

Many thanks
ScS Social Media Team

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Where are our sofas?

Update: we had an email in response to this, but it only refers to one of the two items, saying it should arrive soon in their warehouse. It said not to hesitate to contact them, so my husband replied, asking about the second item but his email bounced back.
We ordered and paid for a sofa and a love seat on 3 January. We were given 28th February as an estimated date for delivery. We have heard nothing. The store where we made the purchase appears to be closed. I cannot get through to the customer service line by phone. 111 minutes' wait - really? I sent an email last week but have had no reponse. Where are our sofas?

January 3, 2025
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Reply from poltronesofà - Chelmsford

Good Morning Rosie,

I hope you are well and thank you for taking the time to leave us your review.

I am sorry that you are waiting on an update for your order with us.

As the order is not in your name I have popped an email over to the address that we hold with some further information.

Kind Regards,
Lynsey - ScS Social Media Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great experience overall

Great experience overall, from showroom to delivery.

Guys who delivered were in and out so quickly, but set everything up and took away packaging.

March 3, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Honestly great service, highly recommend!

From start to finish of the entire process was so lovely! Me and my partner went to the store to find a sofa bed and Zola3 was a hit from the get go! The customer assistants were accommodating and showed all the features, materials and price options, then made the agreement a breeze. I was predicted 12 weeks but waited around 10. Delivery guys were great too, experienced and helpful, disassembling and reassembling the sofa bed in under an hour. Honestly great service. Highly recommend!

February 13, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A lovely shopping experienceAll the staff involved in our purchase…

All the staff involved in our purchase were brilliant. Friendly, helpful and professional. They treated us with dignity and respect. My husband is suffering from cancer and going to your store and the help we received made a stressful time a lot easier . The purchases were good and exactly what we wanted. Within two days our purchases were in our home and we are really pleased with them and would certainly recommend SCS in Chelmsford to our friends anc family. Thankyou

February 9, 2025
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

From the start to completion Perfect experience

From the start to completion, a thoroughly professional experience . Paul dealt with us at SCS Chelmsford and helped us pick the perfect Accent Chair using his vast knowledge......
Delivery, 4weeks after order, was bang on time and delivered by 2 helpful and courteous guys...
Without doubt we would use you again in a heart beat... Thankyou Simon

January 31, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Customer Service Non-Existent

UPDATE: Social Media Team have responded - simply said 'I can see that your delivery is completed'. No ownership, no explanation for the poor service. DO NOT USE SCS!

Ordered sofa on 26 Oct 24. Estimated delivery 27 Dec 24. Used online tracker mid Nov 24 to be told delivery was now end of Jan 25. Went into store twice to enquire - said they would get back to me both times and didn't. Complained by email on 14 Dec 24 - got a half baked response om 20 Jan 25. Once money taken you are left in the dark. Poor.

January 21, 2025
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Reply from poltronesofà - Chelmsford

Good Morning Gareth,

I hope you are well and thank you for taking the time to leave us your review.
I am very sorry that you are waiting on an update regarding your delivery.

So that we can assist further, please send a screenshot of your review and your order number or address and postcode to socialmedia@scs.co.uk and we can take a look over this for you.

Many thanks,
Lynsey - ScS Social Media Team

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