Always a prompt, helpful and friendly service with high quality and good value timber on offer
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I received excellent service at Lawsons Romford today. Even though I only needed a bit of plasterboard, Rhyan was incredibly helpful, pleasant, and professional. He really bent over backwards to assis... See more
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I am only an odd jobber so don't spend much in a month/ year. However, whenever I do visit the yard, I am made to feel as though I am your largest customer and nothing is too much trouble. The staff m... See more
Excellent service. Ordered a fence panel late afternoon on Thursday and delivered before 8am Friday. Delivery driver was most polite and helpful, left the panel close to where it was required.
Company details
- #41 of 71 best companies in Timber merchant
- #21 of 43 best companies in Building materials store
- #18 of 30 best companies in Fence Supply Shop
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Lawson and Son Timber Merchant was established in 1921 in North London, becoming Lawsons Whetstone Ltd in 1931. Here at Lawsons, we stock a huge range of premium and high quality fencing supplies, consisting of fence panels, fence posts, gravel boards, closeboard fencing, fencing accessories and much more. Being one of the largest timber and builder's merchant in London and the South East allows us to stock timber fencing in much larger volumes than smaller suppliers, meaning that you benefit from our range of fencing and timber products.
Family Values, Professional Service
Written by the company
- Lawsons is a family-owned company, established in 1921, and we pride ourselves on our customer service - whether you're a tradesman/builder or a novice DIY enthusiast.
Contact info
164 Collier Row Road, Romford, RM5 2BD, Essex, United Kingdom
- 01708 767716
4.1
Great
58 reviews
Replied to 85% of negative reviews
Typically replies within 48 hours
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Prompt service, good value and quality
Always a prompt, helpful and friendly service with high quality and good value timber on offer
17 March 2026
Very good rep Ian stanley
7 March 2026
Reply from Lawsons (Whetstone) Ltd - Romford
Hi - thank you for the review. We are happy you think Ian Stanley is a good representative, but we are sorry you think we only deserve a 1 star rating. Please let us know what we could do to improve the service we offer to you and hope that in the future we can show you the service levels that make most of our customers leave us a 5 star rating.
Best builders merchants ever👍🏽
5 March 2026
Great customer service and competitive…
Great customer service and competitive pricing……
30 January 2026
Rhyan went above and beyond
I received excellent service at Lawsons Romford today. Even though I only needed a bit of plasterboard, Rhyan was incredibly helpful, pleasant, and professional. He really bent over backwards to assist me. A credit to the team!
10 December 2025
Unprompted review
Reply from Lawsons (Whetstone) Ltd - Romford
Thank you for your review. We are always pleased to hear from our customers and hope we are able to help you with all your future projects.
Garden Items
On 15th June 2024, I purchased a range of garden items from the store, including Milliboard decking boards, decking timber frame, screws, and other essential items, to help me build a deck for my DIY project. The staff were extremely helpful and provided excellent guidance throughout the process.
The delivery of my products was smooth and efficient, and I was impressed with the quality of the items I purchased. The Milliboard decking boards, timber frame, and other components were all of very good quality and exactly what I needed for my project.
15 June 2024
Great store
A great store very helpful customer assistants Tracey excellent like and old fashioned diy store much cheaper than so called big stores I remember when b a q started had loads of olds helping not now yard workers allways helpful as well
30 March 2024
Unprompted review
Excellent service
Excellent service. Ordered a fence panel late afternoon on Thursday and delivered before 8am Friday.
Delivery driver was most polite and helpful, left the panel close to where it was required.
26 January 2024
Unprompted review
Very helpful and professional.
5 June 2023
Great service
Great service, friendly staff always at hand. one of my local go to builders merchants.
9 June 2023
Experienced and friendly staff.
30 May 2023
Service from Peter and the all the…
Service from Peter and the all the staff are helpful, informative and knowledgeable about all aspects of building
18 May 2023
Professional service received
Professional service received. The Romford team were very helpful and accommodating. The delivery team too did a fantastic job. Thank you
11 May 2023
Excellent service as always Thankyou
26 April 2023
Very good and friendly staff good on…
Very good and friendly staff good on pricing and delivery
25 April 2023
Best builders merchant ever
Love going there always so friendly they always go that extra mile and as trade always give me good rates would recommend it to everyone and to only use them compared to other similar companies
5 April 2023
Well organised and very nice people
5 April 2023
I'm very happy with the service
17 March 2023
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