Annie Bloomfield
Google verifiedOct 2024
I have had a really poor experience with Dream Doors and would advise anyone to look elsewhere. It started off badly when I filled out the 'request a quote/call back' function on the website and never heard back. I called to chase this and John was very helpful as I needed very bespoke doors. He suggested I came into the showroom which I did and I found him and his staff to be very helpful. I needed 2 doors recreating but we agreed that I should get 4 instead as we couldn't recreate the 2 close enough. I was told that my doors would arrive in 2-3 weeks and that I would be contacted with an estimated date that the doors would arrive in store for me to collect once the order was processed. I did think the doors were very pricey, but as this is a small business and the staff had been so helpful, I chose dream doors over the many other companies that provide bespoke doors. This is despite the fact that I live an hour away. 4 weeks later, I had heard nothing so called the showroom and was told very briskly that they would look in to where my order was. I specifically requested that I was contacted with an update given I had heard nothing. A few days later I had still had nothing so I called the showroom again and my order just so happened to have arrived that morning. I was given directions of where to collect the order from and was told that it would be carried to my car by staff. When I arrived the employee asked me to help her carry the order to my car as it was very heavy and I could not as I have a bad back. The lady huffed at me, but did put it in the car for me. When I open my order I saw that there was a significant crack in one of the doors. I contacted the showroom to ask for a refund given this and the poor service I had received. I was told outright by John that they would not offer a partial refund. John offered to replace the door that was cracked and I said I would rather a refund as the crack was on the side of the door and the delay in its delivery had already delayed my project, in which the crack will not be visible. John insisted on replacing the door, which I am grateful for. However, I think any small business should be compensating customers for such poor service, particularly when there are so many other companies I could have used. It seemed to be that the reason even a small refund for the inconvenience caused was refused is because dream doors does not profit from such small orders. I don't see why I as a customer should lose out and be so inconvenienced because of a poor business model.