DirectDoors.com Reviews 1,242

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2.9

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Most reviewers were somewhat happy with their experience overall. Many customers are pleased with the quality of the products, finding them to be as described and of good value. Reviewers often highlight the ease of ordering online and appreciate the quick and efficient delivery service. The staff are frequently mentioned for being helpful and knowledgeable, contributing to a positive overall buying experience for many. However, some people were dissatisfied with the product quality, citing issues like damage, rust, and poor craftsmanship, with some even reporting that products did not last as expected. Delivery service is also a point of concern for some, with experiences ranging from delayed or incorrect deliveries to damaged items upon arrival. There are also mentions of difficulties with returns and customer service when issues arise, particularly regarding the company's policy on checking items within a short timeframe.

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Carpenter was very impressed with the door, which is a solid core, so happy with that. the delivery of the door itself was pain-free. Unfortunately, the delivery company they use to deliver the door f... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Awful doors very very poor quality (I am a joiner so I know what im talking about) took several photos of the door with multiple cracks and damage and was refused a refund. Thats the type of people yo... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

As I can’t respond to your reply I thought best to leave another review. Thanks for your reply and that you have basically confirmed why people shouldn’t buy from you (most contractors may have... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

the rustic rails that we got for our sliding doors were covered in rust when they arrrived and are extremely stiff to operate Direct Doors have so far been unwilling to replace them even though t... See more

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Company details

  1. Door shop

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Direct Doors offer all types of door ordered online. Interior Doors, Exterior Doors, Hardwood Interior Doors, Hardwood Exterior Doors, Bespoke exterior doors, Mahogany Interior Doors,Mahogany Exterior Doors, American Oak Interior Doors, Capital Range Exterior Doors, Capital Range Interior Doors, Interior Door Handles, Exterior Door handles, Interior Pine Doors, Exterior Door fittings, PVC Exterior Doors, Hinges, Fire Doors are all available to order online


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2.9

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Quick and nice quality

Customer service replied quickly to a query about delivery dates, and the doors arrived faster than expected. They have already been fitted and look great. A free pair-maker came with it as well

13 April 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

First class service!

Direct doors provided us with the exact internal doors we were looking for (1930s style). Efficient and speedy service - thank you!

5 April 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Website is clear & easy to use.

Website is clear & easy to use.

Customer service is excellent.

Caitlyn was a great help in advising on additional handles to existing doors, so all matched.

Delivery (for me) was earlier than advertised, with 4 days advance notice, a real bonus.

4 April 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Good quality. Poor Customer Service

The quality of the doors were good, however we had to return a couple of doors, as they were surplus.
We paid £78 for the return. Between Direct Doors and the manufacturers they managed to lose the pocket system in transportation, which resulted in half a refund, after 7 weeks.
Two weeks prior Direct Doors confirmed that the doors were sealed and in re saleable condition, this was also confirmed by the manufacturer.

13 March 2022
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Reply from DirectDoors.com

Hi Taran,

Firstly, thank you for taking the time to leave your review.

As per our returns policy, any return is subject to an uplift charge, which results in the £78 or the goods can be returned to us by your own means. We were notified of the return 15.01 but only for the two doors which my colleague Claira then arranged a collection for. The doors were uplifted 02.02.2022 and the refund process can then take up to 14 working days from the collection date.

The refund was processed for the two doors only which were returned; however, we were not aware of any pocket systems coming back to us until this amount was queried. Due to the pocket systems being returned incorrectly to the wrong warehouse, we had to conduct a full hub search before any further refund was processed. We can only process a refund for goods which have been returned.

Should there be anything further I can assist you with, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kind regards,
Emma
Assistant Manager
www.DirectDoors.com
Tel. 01968 671 681

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The quality of my doors is first class

The quality of my doors is first class; I consider them good value for money; delivery was efficient and on time. In all respects I am a satisfied customer, and if you prioritise quality over price (if not, there's probably a B&Q down the road), I recommend the firm without hesitation.

9 March 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

In reply to Emma from direct doors

In reply to Emma from direct doors I think she is missing the point. When you go on this website if you search doors under £170 nothing comes up in the search, when you look at doors and click on doors at £333 and click 2 it then gives the total and then option of buying frame etc. When asking to exchange doors at no time are you told that if you return doors you only get half the value. You are told to pay £75 for collection then to order new doors and then a refund it’s not clear and quite frankly daylight robbery as I said before shame on you

3 March 2022
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Reply from DirectDoors.com

Hi Christine,

We offer two options for returning goods, which is stated in the initial returns email.

“Returns must be noted to us within 48 hours of delivery and can be sent back by your own means. In some instances, we can offer a courier to collect this, however a charge will apply, and we cannot accept any liability for any damages.”

We are happy for customers to return the goods by their own means, but you confirmed in your response you would like the doors collected by the courier.

Should you wish to discuss this further, you can contact me in the details below.

Kind regards,
Emma
Assistant Manager
www.DirectDoors.com
Tel. 01968 671 681

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Barn Door Order and Delivery

Efficient order processing, good communication. Prompt delivery, only minor gripe is the door delivery was delayed, so an update for that would have been good, given the focus on accepting a delivery time slot. But a quick call resolved concern about delivery swiftly. Would recommend.

4 February 2022
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Post sales customer service is poor.

When they are good, they are good.

When they are bad, they are really bad.
Delivered a faulty track for a folding door.

More than a month has gone by and still no replacement. No refund or solution presented. All blame on the manufacturer and no accountability from them as a reseller.

Initial denials it was bent delayed the whole process until I had to take pictures of it against a level.

Sadly the negatives and time wasted out weigh the positives. I would probably avoid them as a recommendation.

7 January 2022
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Reply from DirectDoors.com

Hello,

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review.

Firstly, let me clarify us asking for images, this is a standard procedure when a customer complains of a damage that is out with the 48 hours that you have to inspect the goods after delivery, I understand that this can seem like a lot of going back and forward but we would never ask to do this if it was within the allocated period.

I believe from looking at the notes on our system that it was just the track that you stated as faulty and we arranged to have a new track sent out, but it seems the replacement track was sent out but never reached you, the end user and for that we can only apologise.

From speaking to Caitlyn who has been dealing with this she has confirmed that a full uplift and credit has been arranged with yourself and I believe a new sale was place by you yesterday.

Finally, it does not look like we have followed the initial replacement track through, and I agree we should have been onto you sooner to inform that the replacement track seemed to be missing in transit and for that we can only apologise.

Please feel free to contact myself should you wish to discuss any further.

Kind regards,
Emma
Assistant Manager
www.DirectDoors.com
Tel. 01968 671 681

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Inferior product

Inferior product, dreadful service.
Having spent over £2.5k on these doors I was expecting a better product and certainly better service. The solution is poor because whilst they supply and manufacture the track, they source the doors from 3rd parties, in this case, LPD. This means the product is not designed very well, for example, the area where the bolts fit the door should be precision milled by a machine, instead, you have to route the doors by hand to fit the bolts which my joiner and I thought was crazy. When I tried to return the product, I was told I couldn't return the track as it was a bespoke product. This is despite me choosing a standard size from the website. I was able to return the doors at a discounted price, plus £103 to return just the doors. The track is NOT bespoke and they buy and supply the doors using LPD so I am unsure why I couldn't get a full refund.

I paid about £500-£1000 above the average price of similar products as I liked the design. Having paid a premium I expected to receive good service, but that sadly has not been the case.

My advice is don't buy from a company that does not supply the products themselves, as they are not in control of either the production of the goods or the returns process.

16 December 2021
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Reply from DirectDoors.com

Hello,

Firstly, thank you for your review but I feel we need to respond to some of things stated in your review.

As you know, it was me that was dealing with you and your joiner and after speaking to your joiner it became apparent that he assumed that there would be cut outs for the flush bolts as he stated, he had just fitted a similar set recently which had cut outs. As I explained to him, this is not possible due to the fact that we have no way of knowing whether the customer is wanting to use additional bolts, their own bolts or different size of bolts.

With regards to returning the products it is clear when you ordered that you must tick a specific box and if you do not tick the specific box, it will not take you any further. This is to confirm it is a bespoke product. You state that you chose a standard size but there is 6 different frame sizes and frame breadths and is clearly explained that these are all cut to your size hence having to tick the bespoke box.

I was trying to help you and even quoted for us to get the doors uplifted and refunded but you did not seem to want this option.

Finally, I am sorry that you feel that we have not given you a good service, but we sell over 400 of these types of folding doors every month without any issues and our website clearly shows and explains all the details.

Kind regards,
Emma
Assistant Manager

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Beware - Faulty door, no accountablility refused to inspect

We ordered a very expensive door for our newly renovated house. The door was delivered a short time before our carpenter fitted the door. When fitting he found the door to be faulty and bent out of shape. We contacted the company and was told by Emma, without any time to investigate or customer service to try and bring some solution in place, it was not their fault and it was our fault and nothing will be done. We spoke to the customer service manager who had already prepared his speech. We asked him to come and view the faulty door but he was not interested. Simply NO and no attempt to try and resolve the issue or to support an unhappy customer. We have paid in good faith for goods and the goods are faulty, We made the mistake of putting our faith in ordering online, we will now only order after inspecting the product ourselves. Very poor communication from Emma who spoke with no compassion. Standard replies to feedback on here, 'Thank you for taking the time to feedback' is about as patronising as we were spoken to today. Our door is distored by 4mm which as a sliding door doesnt work as it catches on the door frames . Emma then quoted British standards which says unless it is 6.35mm its not deemed distored and thats the end of that story!

3 December 2021
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Reply from DirectDoors.com

Hello,

Firstly, we do appreciate all our customers taking the time to leave a review.

I have to disagree with your comments that “no time was taken to investigate.” After the completed Customer Service Form was returned by yourself, including the further images and additional information, we discovered the unfinished door was improperly stored and was not treated in anyway. It was also stated that the bow was noticed when it was originally hung, re-assessed but still deemed acceptable to fit.

As we are an online supply company, we do not have anyone who comes out to inspect the goods, which was discussed with my manager when he called you to discuss the matter. I do sympathise with the predicament you are in but due to the nature of timber, the guidelines must always be adhered to and on this occasion they were not.

Kind regards,
Emma
Assistant Manager
www.DirectDoors.com
Tel. 01968 671 681

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

All good till checkout on website

All good till checkout on website, then ‘free delivery’ suddenly changes to charged, despite showing all the way through transaction as free. Quite sneaky. Took my business elsewhere.

30 November 2021
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Reply from DirectDoors.com

Hi Matthew,

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review.

Any ‘Free Delivery’ applies to the doors only, but any other items will be subject to a charge which we state on each product page prior to check out.

Should you wish to discuss this further, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Emma
Assistant Manager
01968 671681

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

BE AWARE OF HUGE DELIVERY DELAYS AND DAMAGES TO THE ORDER

I placed my order on the 19th of August, paid £657!!! with a delivery due to 7th of October. While they advertise "delivery as usual" , "NO WASTING of YOUR TIME" "NO RISK", I received two emails regarding delivery delays. The sliding door has been sent out damaged - they tried to deliver today on the 30th of November!!!!
I had to refused the delivery as the door was damaged all around the corners, it looked dreadful. I wish I could provide photos here, but I'll shortly update my review trough Google. I've asked if I can pick up whatever they have on stock by myself so I don't have to waste more time but my request - of course - has been rejected. All response was to be prioritised the delivery of the replacement door... not sure what they meant by that.. I might receive the item middle next YEAR???? I feel Iike I am risking my money with this company. So much for "NOT WASTING TIME" " NO RISK"

30 November 2021
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Reply from DirectDoors.com

Hi Nikoletta,

Firstly, thank you for taking the time to leave your review. I can only apologise for the further delays to your Pre-order original date. The dates shown are only estimated and unfortunately, the uncertainty of shipments is something completely beyond our control.

However, it is disappointing that after the time you waited, the door finally arrived but it was damaged.

As we have discussed over email, a new door has been requested for an urgent dispatch by the courier so as not to cause any further inconvenience.

Should you wish to contact me to discuss further, please do so using the number below or on the back of the email chain we currently have.

Emma
Assistant Manager
01968 671681

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