written by on 24/11/2015
Purchased summerhouse in August 2015, delivered 30th Sept, erected and treated by 9th October. The first lot of rain we had the building leaked in numerous places around the sides making it soaking wet. Contacted Waltons who asked for photos and said it was our fault for not knocking timbers together enough and not applying enough treatment to seal joints. We followed their instructions to the letter when erecting building and treated with 2 liberal coats of Cuprinol. Invited them to view the summerhouse which they declined so we got an independent barn builder in for his opinion who stated our handywork was fine the problem was the poor quality of timber, the tongue and groove joints were not manufactured properly you can see daylight between them therefore letting water into the building. Waltons are not interested to hear that this product is faulty, maybe a bad one in the batch, according to them all their products are great.. My battle with Waltons is still ongoing, I have asked for some money back and they have offered £50 (joke) the building cost £1000. It would appear from the reviews of Waltons on this site we are all the same opinion DO NOT BUY FROM WALTONS. I did give a one star rating but that was for the driver, he was great when delivering. This star is in no way meant for Waltons.
Click here for Amazon Home & Garden productswritten by chalky623 on 04/06/2009
The waltons Keswick Summerhouse we bought did not go together well....I had a gardener in to put it up (he has built several sheds before) and he said it was a nightmare, lots of the wood was the wrong size so he had to cut most of it to size himself. The roof felt they delivered was also wrong and Waltons refused to send the correct felt as they said it was in their terms and conditions so they can replace any part they want with a replacement......They advertise the specifications with mineral felt but they deliver a felt which is not worth putting on as it's so bad. I now have to go out and purchase my own felt at an additional cost! The service was awful and their customer service department is terrible. The lady even hung up on me just because I said I wanted to speak to someone more senior to try to resolve the issue of the roof felt! I was not even rude. I will never buy anything from Waltons again as the service was so awful! and the building just as bad!
Click here for Amazon Home & Garden productswritten by keswick on 27/06/2008
Ordered a Waltons Keswick Georgian Summerhouse. The front doors came already hung on the panel, great! Unfortunately one was hung the wrong way round, which meant the glass panels didn't fit properly and the doors didn't match. When I phoned customer service they said to take a photo as they needed to see the problem, I am hardly going to lie about this seeing as I've just paid someone to put this up and believe me its not an easy job! I told them I needed another door and I wanted someone to come and hang it. They only send me replacement faulty parts whether it was already part of a panel or not. It was up to me to fit it and put right! This company is poor, their customer service is poor and some of the staff were rude. I strongly recommend people deal with smaller local companies who offer a better level of service and put their customers first, which is something in my case I did not feel Waltons did.
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