EYG Home Improvements
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AVOID THIS COMPANY We asked the EYG salesman for a maintenance free front upper and lower bay windows in March 2024. We live in a conservation area so planning permission had to be applied for, we were concerned about this as several houses in this area had been refused planning permission, the salesman responded with “it may take some time, but we can do it, maybe back end of this year or early next year 25.” We then asked him if planning permission was refused would we get our £1100 deposit back, his reply was “YES but they would deduct the planning permission application cost i.e £200”. So we signed their contract under the impression that our £1100 would be refunded if planning permission was denied After this initial consultation, on no occasion did EYG contact me, the few times I needed info, I had to contact them. They initially sent a surveyor round, who pushed a lump of metal into parts of the window, damaging the frame, who then informed me that the upper part of the windows could not be done and we would have to paint it ourselves, this was not in the initial contract that we signed. Then a few weeks later a second survey was performed, as they never got it right the first time. Several months passed when a third survey was done, as the initial surveyer had left the company, the third surveyor said that the sills could not be replaced and we would have to also paint them ourselves. That's not what we signed up for, nor was it in the contract. A few more months passed and I happened to check on the council planning lists on the internet, only to find that they changed the plans for the actual window frames taking 4 inches off each window, once again no consultation and certainly not acceptable, at that point I phoned EYG and spoke to their sales manager for the first time, and the plans were once again changed, this shows the incapability of EYG’s surveyers. Finally the planning permission was refused by the council. I phoned EYG as they haven't officially told me that planning permission was refused and still haven’t several weeks later, and speaking once again to the sales manager who I phoned, who initiallly offered me only £500 refund, but later after speaking to him a second time, he informed me that the fee for obtaining planning permission was over a thousand pounds, and that he told me this earlier on in the year because its on his records, It may on his records but the first form of communication was when I initially phoned him, so this is untrue, surely this is a case of their surveyors being incapable of doing their work correctly, and charging for incorrect plans and also being misled by their sales staff. The sales manager couldn’t resolve the problem and told me one of the directors will contact me. Im still waiting I’ve emailed them on several occasions with no response 09/05/23 and also on the 13/05/25 . One the 29/05/25 I phoned them again but with resolution and waiting for the directors call. I also emailed the director with no reply. UPDATE: 1st contact, that I've received a letter dated June 5th from the director, basically telling me that they had the right to charge what they want. After replying on the 6th june via e-mail and a letter in the post, asking how much they were prepared to refund me and for a complete breakdown of their charges, it s now 13 june and as yet no response. Update 2: 2nd contact via letter on Sat 14 June stating that we were told it would cost £1025.00 . They aplied for planning permission three times and failed, and on no account were we informed. PLEASE AVOID THIS COMPANY