Hirebase birmingham b9 waste of time. Hirebase birmingham b9 waste of time. First they don't have the machine I want but can hire from third party and than hire to me than the don't let me know when I would be able to collect and no call back had to ring them several times on different days even though they said they will call me within an hour. In summary I would say stay clear of this unprofessional firm as they will waste your time. Ps I did get my machine from elsewhere for nearly half the price they wanted so lesson learnt.

Do not use via web based orders So the online web system looks like it checks stock in your local branch but it doesn’t. Yet they still take your money up front. Issues then arose in trying to find the equipment to supply my order but only after I rang up as I hadn’t received a confirmation email. Chap in store did his best to help me but the company’s poor IT system had let him down from the beginning. In this day and age when so much is done online it really should be better. Will never use again and do not recommend.

Item booked, turned up, no item, had to stand down our labour Phoned up and booked a compactor at Basingstoke. Sent in documentation. Was told by Steve it would all be organised for a Saturday pick up. Arrived no compactors available. Nothing left by Steve. We had labour booked to do our job which we had stand down at great expense. Would give a nil star rating if we could Be warned.

Dehumidifier performance We hired 2 commercial dehumidifiers from the Ipswich branch when our son's bungalow was flooded. We were assured that these would work at temperatures of above 3 degrees. In the 3 days we had them they collected in total less than one bucket full each, The daytime temperatues in the bungalow were 10 to 12 degrees and the night time temperatures above 3 degrees. For this we were charged a full weeks rental of over £150. A total rip-off for 2 buckets of water. Our own domestic dehumidifiers we also used picked up twice the amount of water. On speaking to Hirebase we were told no compensation was possible as the invoice had already been issued. Be very careful when hiring from this company.

Prices advertised deeply misleading The prices advertised are deeply misleading. For the item I hired the additional costs were: delivery, wear charge, fuel charge, damage waiver & admin charge. You also have to pay a deposit. All-in the cost was double that advertised. The item was delivered on time. The item worked as advertised, but the blades were somewhat blunt, so the job took longer and more effort than it might of. It was collected on time, however it took over a week, including at least 4 phone calls and an email to get my deposit back.