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.

Hired a aerator to fix both lawns Hired a aerator to fix both lawns, paid deposit and fees. Arranged to have delivered on Monday morning and took the day off work to get the job done. It arrived almost in the afternoon, went to go and use it and no tines fitted. Impossible to get hold of someone to sort out, when they finally answered the phone was told it came from Exeter branch not the Wellington one I hired it from, and they unfortunately don’t know where the bits are to make the machine work. Also said they would call me back within twenty minutes with an update, still nothing.

Potentially a scam business I think this business might even be based on scamming. How can you take hire fees and deposits for equipment they know they don’t have? Weeks later we have still not been repaid, and despite unconvincing excuses and promises I suspect I’ll be taking them to court. Don’t touch with a barge pole!

Hirebase Gateshead cracking customer service Hirebase Gateshead Cracking friendly service May 2021 as a non tradesman can be very off putting going into a builders merchant Trevor was magic and helpful Really spot on customer service

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.