Homebox  Reviews 

Homebox has refused to pay my water bills, and after multiple attempts to contact them via WhatsApp, Phone, and Email, they continue to either refuse to respond, send generic responses, or push the useless AI chatbot on me.

I am being chased by Leep Utilities, who have not received payment from Homebox. This is unacceptable.

EDIT: 3 months later, after cancelling via non-renewal, they are now attempting to charge me £320 for no reason other than a “Billing better service”. No contact has been made to rectify or explain this charge which has blatantly been attempted in bad faith.

Matt provided impeccable service, explaining step by step how our journey with Team Homebox will unfold.

Really getting on my nerves. I told the first person I spoke to that I would rather set my own bills up separately. Have had constant phone calls everyday since. Blocked one number and another would call. Leaving voicemails to call back constantly. Very annoying considering I told them I am not interested.

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This has been one of the most infuriating experiences I’ve ever had with a company. Hombox is blatantly overcharging, adding random fees with absolutely no explanation, and there is zero transparency about where these charges are coming from. It feels completely dishonest.

Trying to contact them is a joke. Emails go unanswered, calls don’t get through, and any so called “support” channels might as well not exist. It genuinely feels like they’re avoiding customers on purpose so they don’t have to deal with complaints.

And cancelling? Forget it. I’ve tried multiple times to close my account, followed every step they claim you’re supposed to take, and yet my account is still active and they continue to take money. No confirmation, no response just ongoing charges.

At this point, it feels like a complete scam. A company that takes your money, ignores you, and refuses to let you leave. Avoid Hombox at all costs.

Stay away from this company—they have been extremely unreliable and caused us significant financial stress.

They made us believe our building required tenants to use their service to set up utility accounts, which we later found was misleading. We joined in February 2025 and remained with them for a year, during which we experienced constant issues.

The first major problem arose when we received a bill from British Gas for around £1,000. Despite paying Homebox approximately £130 per month (which is similar to what we now pay directly), they had been underpaying the supplier. After months of trying to resolve this—with little to no response—we were forced to pay the outstanding balance ourselves and cancel their service.

Two months after leaving, we then received a £400 bill from Severn Trent. When we contacted them, they confirmed that no payments had been made on our account, despite us paying Homebox £32 per month for water over the past year.

Their customer service is also extremely poor. Emails take weeks to receive a response, if they are answered at all, and their phone support is very limited, with lines only open for a short window between 10am and 3pm, making it difficult to get any timely assistance.

We are now facing yet another stressful situation and may have to pay for a full year of water usage again, even though we have already paid Homebox.

Overall, this company has been disorganised, unresponsive, and has failed to pass on payments we made in good faith. I strongly advise others to avoid using their services.

Very clear communication, and extremely helpful

Brittney has been amazing, I explained the problem and/or issue and within a matter of minutes it was sorted, since moving into our home and getting set up with Homebox they have always sorted out my problem quickly, very helpful.

Brittany, was very helpful when my contract ended.

Matt was great and helped with setting up everything and being clear about all the bills. Very friendly :)

I had a great experience, so professional and friendly, usually setting up all utilities is time consuming but with my phone call with Holly i had a very quick and professional experience and made all the settings so easy

Honestly I have had the worse experience with them. They set up my account and didn’t let me know that it wasn’t active. I got sent a last bill for 800£ , I have now been sent to debit collectors for something they said they sorted 4months ago. Now I can’t even get hold of someone from the company. I get a what’s app AI generated response saying someone will get back to you and still nothing . I emailed the person who signed me up and had no response

Sometimes receive random cost changes without notice or explanation. When seeking out customer service here, it’s always awful. Have to message/ call a robot which never fixes a problem completely. We went with them to make our student house share easier and it just made everything worse.

Lee was very helpful and explained everything in detail. He was very professional and showed great patience answering all queries.

Based on my experience, Homebox needs to improve both accuracy and communication. In my case, my tenancy start date and address were recorded incorrectly despite me uploading the correct documents, which caused unnecessary delays.

Customer support also needs attention. It was very difficult to speak to someone directly, and responses through automated systems and WhatsApp were slow when the situation required urgency.

Because of these delays, I ended up arranging all my services myself within a day, which defeats the purpose of using Homebox in the first place.

Homebox should ensure that customer details are checked properly, provide quicker access to real support, and deliver on setting up services within the expected timeframe.

To be fair, they did cancel my agreement without any hidden costs, which was appreciated. However, improving the above areas would make the service far more reliable and trustworthy.

Good customer service, everything was well explained and enhanced my understanding of the system. Well appreciated.

I have been using your service since April 2025 to help manage my electricity and water payments.
The first issue is this:
Since the payments for April and May were made together, the total electricity cost for those two months was around £150. However, starting from June, I noticed that the bill for June alone was already about £150. This seemed unreasonable to me, especially as I have been uploading my electricity and water meter readings every month.
Therefore, I began emailing your team in August to ask why the charges had suddenly increased from June onwards. Despite sending several emails every month, I did not receive any response until December, when a colleague named Karl finally contacted me. He informed me that I was apparently on an “unlimited usage” electricity plan. I am certain that I never selected this plan—otherwise, there would have been no need for me to upload meter readings at all.
From August to December, if someone from your team had replied earlier, I could have changed my plan back to normal and avoided paying unnecessary extra charges. Karl also reviewed my account and confirmed that, based on my meter readings, your company had overcharged me by more than £700. However, I still have no confirmation whether this amount will be refunded.
The second issue is this:
In December, I received a letter from another electricity company stating that I still owed £60 for electricity usage between April and June. But I had already authorized your company to handle all my payments, so I don’t understand why another company is asking me to pay again. I have contacted you several times about this matter, and after waiting until February 10th, your company told me to arrange a one-off bank payment to cover this £60.
I truly don’t understand why I am being asked to pay. I have been paying your company every month since April. If that’s the case, where has my money gone? I am still waiting for Karl to call me and explain.
I understand that the £15 monthly service fee is not a large amount, but since I have paid for the service, I expect proper support and communication. Unfortunately, the lack of follow-up and response from your team has caused me months of frustration. I consider this a serious service failure, and I intend to file a formal complaint with your company.
After such an experience, I really cannot see why I should continue paying for your service.

Matt was Very Helpful, and has helped to get the process moving in a timely manner.

I am incredible disappointed with the customer service team at home box. So many things have gone wrong with my account. During my time with homebox I was being charged Gas when my house was fully electric. I had told homebox this from the beginning but it wasn’t picked up apparently when British Gas took over even though homebox knew. I was them charged a year of gas money. I raised this with homebox when closing my account when there was tons of extra charges. I was told not to pay them and that I was owed a refund by British Gas and that homebox would sort this. That was the middle of February. I have chased by email, their AI phone and by WhatsApp. No response yet. British Gas have now passed on my debt to a debt collector and are now chasing me. Even thought I was told not to pay it and was due a refund. The impact this has had on my mental health is massive. Chasing this for months with no response has caused me so much stress their customer services is awful. It’s completely unfair that I’ve had to go through to sort something that should have been sorted months ago! Or should never have happened in the first place. I’ve sent so many messages and emails, this seems to be the only way I get a response. I would avoid at all costs. Things go wrong and knowone is there to support and help. If I need to get a small claims lawyer to sort this i will.