GPH Builders Merchants Ltd Reviews 218

TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Decorated my Mum's bedroom after a recent roof leak (and leak was sorted out). My Mum is 80 and registered disabled. Did a beautiful job, at a reasonable price, provided quotes for her house insura... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The guys at Stonehaven Depot are tremendous - very attentive and efficient. If you are trying to order online, please make sure you have a lot of patience as the site has stone age functionality... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great customer service, I order a lot of EZ Street pothole repair bags from here, cheapest I've found online and although it's still expensive, you have to try this stuff. So easy, seriously, you don... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I would have liked advanced notice of approximate time of delivery the day before as was still in bed at 8am ! The delivery driver was absolutely excellent. Having waited 2 minutes while I threw on s... See more

Company details

  1. #78 of 108 best companies in Building Materials Supplier
  2. #15 of 18 best companies in Aggregate supplier
  3. #76 of 125 best companies in DIY Store
  4. #165 of 243 best companies in Home improvement shop
  5. #43 of 64 best companies in Landscaping Supply Shop
  6. #63 of 88 best companies in Tool shop

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We are the leading independent builders’ merchants in Aberdeenshire, with branches in Inverurie, Westhill, Stonehaven and Ellon. Whether you are a seasoned professional or tackling a project for the first time, at GPH you'll find everything you need under one roof with help from our friendly and experienced teams.


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4.6

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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

very efficient delivery

Ordering was simple online, given a 3 day delivery and they arrived 0800 spot on in the morning booked. All good.

27 August 2023
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Reply from GPH Builders Merchants Ltd

Thanks for taking the time to review :)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great customer service

Great customer service, I order a lot of EZ Street pothole repair bags from here, cheapest I've found online and although it's still expensive, you have to try this stuff. So easy, seriously, you don't need to mess around with primers and sealers, after a few days it's just fused to the road like super glue and rock solid, but you can actually drive over it straight away and infact helps compact it.
These guys always send out delivery so fast. They respond to emails super quick and just give you a great over all service. I'm building a house soon so hope to check these guys out regularly for supplies

8 September 2023
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Despite giving detailed delivery…

Despite giving detailed delivery instructions on my order form, these were not passed on to the delivery driver who had to phone for directions to my house. This needs attention.

Apart from that, the delivery was fine but getting an email saying my delivery had been shipped on Monday , it wasn’t delivered till the Friday!

26 August 2023
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Repeat Customers

We have used GPH in the past and would use them again. Website is easy to view and pics of items for sale - in our case - gravel, made it easy to select what we wanted. Delivery went smoothly, on time and delivery drivers were friendly and courteous.

10 August 2023
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Reply from GPH Builders Merchants Ltd

Great to hear our drivers are doing an amazing job. Thanks for the review.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great compant

Very professional service good price for product compared to other merchants

6 August 2023
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Reply from GPH Builders Merchants Ltd

Good. We've been working to make sure we're as competative as possible.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Order arrived quickly

Order arrived quickly. Some of the wood has cracks through them so hopefully it doesn’t cause a issue.

3 August 2023
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Reply from GPH Builders Merchants Ltd

Sorry the Wood had some flaws. Let us know if there's an issue and we can help.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

plasterboard

Material arrived damaged and had to be replaced

31 July 2023
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Reply from GPH Builders Merchants Ltd

Sorry about that Ronald, i'm glad we were able to replace that for you.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Website good. Communication lacking and sadly, no order delivered yet.

Order Arrived 9.8.23, 4 working days after originally informed. Received a call on 8.8.23 to tell me it would be delivered between 8-9am on the Wed. Arrived just before 11am. Delivery driver was an agency driver but really friendly and was appreciative of help to unload the items. All the timber was fine. Upgrading to 3 stars.

Surprised to be asked for a review when the order hasn’t been fulfilled as at 8.8.23.

Pros- slick online ordering system, wide range of items, the friendly lady Morag (I think) on the phones and a local company. (Used around 10 years ago and was impressed so returned for similar requirements).

Cons- I don’t have my order and the main point, poor communication.

Ordered online on the Monday. Thought the website was great. Prices good when compared with similar local and National businesses. Idea of having delivery within 3-5 business days was great. Email to confirm delivery on the Friday. Phone call early afternoon on the Friday from Transport Manager to say my items hadn’t arrived. If they arrived then they would go out for the afternoon delivery. If they came in after the delivery lorry went out then there were two local members of the team who would deliver them personally. Suggestion of ‘above and beyond’ was appreciated. Worst case was delivery on Monday. Heard nothing on Monday so called late afternoon and spoke to the really helpful and friendly Morag. She got the Transport Manager to call me back just before 4pm. Items not in (can only assume I wasn’t going to be told this given the time of day) and wont be delivered to branch until Tuesday. No longer any offers of people delivering on their way home, just told in a very matter of fact fashion that it will now be Wednesday when I will receive the items.

My order isn’t big and I don’t work in a trade. Order was £200-300 and I paid £30 for delivery. I don’t know how deliveries are organised/prioritised.

I’m disappointed with the lack of communication and manner of communication on the Monday. I could have been warned on Thursday that the items were not in stock and that would have given me the chance to source elsewhere or decide to wait. I also should have been told on the Monday that the delivery wouldn’t happen that day too. The style of communication on the phone was very matter of fact which I guess is ok but you are looking for someone to suggest your business is in some way appreciated and that they too are disappointed they’ve been let down by ‘Jones’ and they recognise the frustration of twice being prepared to get on with a job only to find you have to rearrange tool hire and effectively have had your time wasted. Wee bit of customer care missing there for me. I recognise the availability issue is not with GPH- that is out with their control as from this national supplier ‘Jones’ but the customer experience is with GPH. I would likely give another supplier a try the next time I need similar - I may still have to this time round if I want to get this job completed whilst I have time off work. Fingers crossed it comes through as Wednesday is the last chance. Can update review thereafter to reflect completion of order and quality of goods as keen to be fair. Thanks.

30 July 2023
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Reply from GPH Builders Merchants Ltd

Thanks for updating your review. I'm glad we could resolve the issue. Your in-depth review helped us revisit some internal process around communication and expectations. Hopefully you're next experience with us will be as seemless as we hope it always should be. Thanks for taking the time to share.

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