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TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Appalling website, cannot sign up for Trade Account online, and once done, checkout doesn't work (or wasn't working for any of the 2 days I was trying to place an order online after having spoken... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I visited the Dulux Decorator Centre in Leigh over the weekend to purchase some emulsion and gloss for my new house. Although I found out the machine was down, Andy was extremely helpful in recomm... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Following excellent service recently at the BARNSTAPLE store, I returned today to buy a particular paint type and colour, but Anita whom I saw said,on enquiries to me, that the the finish might not... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Bought paint and filler from Yeovil branch. Filler was literally twice the price of Screwfix for exactly the same product. Absolutely no discount. Probably because my missus went on her own this time.... See more

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Company details

  1. Paint shop
  2. Decoration and Interior Design Store
  3. Hardware Shop
  4. Home improvement shop

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For over 130 years, Dulux Decorator Centre has supported professional painters, decorators, contractors, businesses and DIY customers with quality products, expert advice and industry-leading service. We're the UK's largest decorating merchant network, with over 220 stores nationwide. ● Products: professional paints, wallpaper, decorating tools, brushes, rollers, fillers, abrasives, woodcare and PPE from trusted brands including Dulux Trade, Armstead Trade, Cuprinol, Sikkens, Hammerite, Polycell and Zinsser. ● Expert services: product recommendations, professional colour matching and paint mixing in every store, whether you're a seasoned decorator or starting your first DIY project. ● Ways to shop: online or in store | Click & Collect | delivery nationwide. We value every review and use your feedback to keep improving. From a single room to a large commercial contract, we're here to help you achieve a professional finish.


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Visited Dulux at kings Norton business…

Visited Dulux at kings Norton business park looking for wallpaper.
Me & my husband are OAPs & the customer service was awful.
Told wallpaper books were at back of store & we would have to look through them, they were very heavy & we couldn’t lift them off the selves. Staff just ignored us. Never go there for wallpaper

8 April 2025
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Reply from Dulux Decorator Centre

Hi Mrs Smith, I am sorry to hear this. We would like to resolve this for you, please contact our dedicated team on the following number. Tel 0333 222 7171 or email duluxvirtual@akzonobel.com quoting reference number GB- 3312313 Thanks Helen.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Roy Is very reliable and professional

Roy Is very reliable and professional. He has helped me twice now with an online order and in store order and I am impressed with how helpful he has been

17 March 2025
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Hi Mario, glad to hear we could help!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

KEVIN !!

SHREWSBURY.

KEVIN!! What a bloke!!! Customer service 100%

Sorted my colour match and provided all the equipment I needed.

Teal Tension for the living room and violet white for the kitchen. Also brilliant white for my Titanic themed bedroom.

Very impressed by the service , advice and knowledge from this chap! Give him a raise!! 🤩🤩🤩

Bob in Shrewsbury.

28 February 2025
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Reply from Dulux Decorator Centre

Thanks for the feedback Bob! We will certainly pass this onto Kevin; we are not sure about the raise, we will see what we can do :)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent Customer Service

Shopped In Galasheils Dulux Centre for the First time.Excellent customer Service and product knowledge from Jamie and his staff.Will be back shortly to order more paint from the Dulux Centre Galasheils.

12 February 2025
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Thank you so much for the feedback Ina, we'll be sure to share it with the guys at Galasheils :)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service at Shrewsbury branch

We have used the Shrewsbury one a couple of times now and think the staff there are great . Kevin was very helpful and was happy to spend time answering our questions about which products we needed. Used the Heritage paint for the kitchen - really good product. Will be back.

1 February 2025
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Thank you for the great feedback! I have passed this onto the store.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Widnes store staff are great

Absolutely fantastic service received by the whole team within the Widnes branch. Very knowledgeable and always willing to go the extra mile to help. Would highly recommend to anyone.

31 January 2025
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Thank you for the great feedback. I have passed this onto the store.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Sue was incredibly helpful

At Dulux in Carlisle today, first time I have used this store. I quite frankly had no idea what I wanted expected colours to match to. Sue was so incredible helpful. She helped me match perfectly and find the right finishes and varnish I needed for my project. I was definitely a painful customer and she was so friendly and made me feel completely at ease while she helped me. Will definitely be back for future projects.

18 January 2025
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Thank you so much for the lovely feedback, really great to hear Dulux Carlisle and Sue were so helpful!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Glasgow Kingston branch - Terrible customer service

Glasgow Kingston branch (decorating centre). The customer service was not very good. I have been planning to redecorate my whole house and required a lot of paint but needed help with colours and different qualities, however the service from these guys was terrible. Ended up going to crown paint which was round the corner better service overall. I will not be returning.

12 January 2025
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Reply from Dulux Decorator Centre

I'm so sorry to hear about your experience at the Dulux Decorator Centre, this is not what we expect from our service.

If you could please email us your contact details to duluxvirtual@akzonobel.com so we can get in contact to discuss. Please include the reference 3186267 in the summary line.

Please give us a call on 0333 222 7070 if you have any questions.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Emma at Watford duluxe center has been…

Emma at Watford duluxe center has been super helpful. She has helped immensely in finding the right paint and was super patient

27 December 2024
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Hi there, thank you for your review. We're glad to see you had such a great experience with our store and our staff!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I had a painting emergency that may…

I had a painting emergency that may well have ruined my Christmas, but thanks to the amazing, attentive and knowledgeable staff at Londonderry, we were able to resolve my decorating conundrum. Dulux you now have a customer for life!

10 December 2024
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Aw so happy to hear the staff at Dulux Decorating Centre Londonderry were able to save the day! We'll be sure to pass on the feedback to the team :D

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service

So here goes I'm a novice when it comes to DIY. I am in the process of buying my first forever home with my partner who's worse than me at DIY haha 😅

I attended the Colchester avenue store anxious overwhelmed and not a clue where to start.

I was approached by Lynda who went through everything with me from preparing the walls to finishing. The sheer level off attentive customer service was outstanding and I came away with so many ideas and knowledge of what is needed to make my new house a home. I can't thank you enough for taking the time to go through everything with me and I'll definitely be ordering from you when we get the keys. Exciting times. Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and Happy New year x

27 November 2024
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Reply from Dulux Decorator Centre

Thank you for your feedback Louise, we have passed this over to Lynda and the store team. We are so pleased to hear you've picked up some knowledge and some ideas for your new home. Congratulations, have a lovely Christmas and new year too :) - D

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Went in yesterday and was given the…

Went in yesterday and was given the most amazing and attentive service. The staff member explained everything and helped with everything! I shall be back as this is far better than mainstream retailers

21 November 2024
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Reply from Dulux Decorator Centre

Hi Keith, thank you for your positive feedback! We are so glad that you had an amazing experience at one of our stores! :)

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Unbelievably expensive and not…

Unbelievably expensive and not interested in price matching. Bought 3 x 5l of Dulux trade Matt for £66 each and was told they have competitive prices. Unbelievably exactly the same paint is available at Paintwell for £35 per 5l. Rang the Preston depot where we bought but they were not interested at all and said they had no price matching policy and weren’t interested in sorting something out for me.

12 November 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Worse website in the universe

Generally I love you to bits, but someone should point out that you have the worse website I have ever seen. I just spent 90 minutes trying to place an order. Site constantly freezes, refreshes itself for 5 minutes even if you change quantity of something. It's been like that for as long as remember. You should fire whoever deals with this... On this occasion I wasn't even able to place an order as the payment timed out... Its 2024 !!!

8 November 2024
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Reply from Dulux Decorator Centre

Hi Sebastian, before we get into this, we love you too! It shouldn't take that long to place an order, and certainly not even let you finish your order. We can only apologise for what's gone wrong here. Can you please drop us an email at duluxvirtual@akzonobel.com, quoting the reference number 3106455 in your subject line? Thanks! - D

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I have had a dulux account for years …

I have had a dulux account for years and find I'm locked out of my account I find it hard to pay now. I like to keep up to my payments its very frustrating always have to ask for a link. It would be nice to see my account. Putting me off going into dulux. Currently use Johnstone cash account.

7 November 2024
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Reply from Dulux Decorator Centre

Hi Robert, thanks for taking the time to leave a review. We're sorry to read about your account issues. If you'd like to get in touch with our team on 0330 587 1800, they'd be more than happy to get this resolved for you!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service

I recently dropped in to my local store in Worcester to pick up some paint swatches for a few projects. After a few minutes of bumbling around, a member of staff approached me and offered to help. She explained all about the various ranges and made sure I was armed with all of the paint swatches.

I returned to the store a few days later after we chose a colour plan for our first room. I ordered the pains to be made up and went and got the other things I needed, like ceiling emulsion and gloss. I bought in bulk as I am decorating the whole house over time. I chatted to the young man on the counter who had
Mixed my paint. He told me there was a deal on the Trade emulsion I was buying, so rather than pay £80 for 10 litres, I could buy 2 7.5 litre cans for £30 less. So 50% more paint for a third less. The guy in the store recognised I was working a big project, so also generously applied a project discount to my order. He even helped me take my purchases outside to the car.

Top level customer service, understanding, friendly staff, and great products as keen prices. I recommend the Worcester branch to local folks.

2 November 2024
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Reply from Dulux Decorator Centre

Thank you for your 5 star review. We are glad to hear that you were happy with the service from store. I will pass your comments back to the store for their consideration :)

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Overpriced

Overpriced, when you can buy exactly the same products online for far less money.
After visiting the Great Yarmouth Dulux Decorating Centre, I bought 2.5 litre of polyurethane varnish, and 1 litre of white gloss paint for a princely sum of £86.21 including the v.a.t but when i looked online i found i can buy exactly the same products delivered directly to my door for £53.48 including the v.a.t.
So I will never use the store again, what a ripoff!!

23 October 2024
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Reply from Dulux Decorator Centre

Hi, thank you for your feedback. We are sorry to hear that you have had an issue with one of our products. Please can you send us an email with the barcode and batch information from the tin to duluxvirtual@akzonobel.com and quote the reference number 3082563 in the subject line of the email and we can look into this for you? Thanks

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

My partner and I decided to visit are…

My partner and I decided to visit are local Dulux centre in Loughborough as we had decided to paint the kitchen units. As they are high gloss decided better to get some advice first
We explained to the people in the shop what we wanted to do so they recommended a high grip primer to use first
Went home took the doors off and primed them all we chose colour we wanted so went back to the shop once again explained it to them we had done as recommended and ask what top coat to use they recommended oil based and best way to apply it we were told a particular type so brought 2 packs went home and started to apply top coat left to dry recommend time then apply next coat left for 24 hours as it said on tin picked one door up to fit back on my partner said colour was not same as chart we offered the chart up to door as we moved it the colour chart caught the door and the paint peeled off
Went back to shop was as we done as said I said yes as per instructions on the tins so they phoned technical support they said I should wait at least 2 weeks before it harden off what a joke so I paint doors and cannot use kitchen for 2 weeks absolutely ridiculous no one told me this when I told them what I was doing if they had I wouldn’t have started to do job so I’ve spent over £200 in paint and it’s total use less was not offered a refund or anything shop staff obviously not trained properly will never go there again or recommend anyone to them

15 October 2024
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Reply from Dulux Decorator Centre

I'm sorry to hear about your experience at the store and the peeling and colour issues you had with the Gloss.

This isn't something we expect of our products so we would be happy to investigate it for you. If you could please email us the can barcode, batch code and photos to: duluxvirtual@akzonobel.com

We have created a case for you under reference 3069927 so please include this in the summary line. Please give us a call on 0333 222 7070 if you wish to discuss.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Asked for 10L of mixed paint

Asked for 10L of mixed paint, salesman mixed the paint and handed me 2 x 5L because they didn’t have the base colour in 10L.
When asked at the till isn’t that more expensive way to buy them having 2 pots of paint, he said yes and would not do them at the 10L price.
If the salesman would have said before he mixed them that he didn’t have base colour and that they only had 5Ls pots and that it would be more expensive I would have gone somewhere else or it would have been better to charge me the price of 10 L tub.
Very bad customer service.

23 August 2024
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Reply from Dulux Decorator Centre

I'm sorry to hear about the experience you have had in store, we would be happy to investigate it for you. If you could, please email us on: duluxvirtual@akzonobel.com

We have created a case for you under reference 2984421 so please include this in the summary line. Please give us a call on 0333 222 7070 if you wish to discuss.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Above and beyond service

I have used this shop for many years, they have always been helpful and friendly. Last Saturday I arrived not long before they shut having been diverted on my way. They stayed on mixed my paint and were so nice, really above and beyond helpful.

17 August 2024
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Reply from Dulux Decorator Centre

Thank you so much for the lovely review - really glad to hear the Dulux Centre was so helpful!

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