Hillarys Blinds?

[jetskidia]

Has anyone ever used them?

What do you reckon?

Are there any other similar companies doing the same thing
you could recommend?

Thanks

[BigBen]

We got the blinds for our kitchen and breakfast room from them and could not fault the service, in particular when a few of the plastic clips broke they sent out a number of free replacements straight away.

You can also haggle with them for a better price

Ben

[Stu R]

Ours came from them, no complaints.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

had good dealings with economine http://www.greatcurtains.co.uk/

[Big E 118]

I used them to kit out my previous flat. We had wooden slat venetian blinds in bedrooms, metal slat in living/dining room and metal slat ones fitted to the patio doors. All seemed decent quality as fitting was well done.

As above I couldn't fault the service and price seemed pretty competitive.

[jimmyjam]

I found Hilarys quite expensive. Got same quality wood shutter blinds from Shutterly Fabulous in Brighton. They were happy to come to London so may go elsewhere

[mcflurry]

We used them in our "old" house. The price was broadly in line, and their service fixing an issue 18 months later was good too.

[Broomsticklady]

They are 1 man band franchises so each is as good as its owner I'm afraid. Product Ok, but initial fitting poor, and we had to shout a lot at Hilary's HO to get the next door franchisee out to redo them.

I'd not use them again - but probably not fair as our experience down to one individual

[tr7v8]

We have the wooden slatted ones and some placcy verticals. The first guy just completely ignored us then it got escalated & sorted. Good product, the cat breaks the clips on the verticals & they've just sent a bag of bits out to fix 'em for free. We were very agressive when negotiating price & got around 25% off the initial price!

[grumpyscot]

Hillary's were slated on Watchdog - very bad fitting, didn't patch up bits of the walls they knocked off etc.

We got ours from http://www.blinds-2go.co.uk/ Very fast delivery - first class product - and a lot cheaper than Hillary's.

[SeeFive]

...Or try these guys.

We just got made to measure vertical blinds for the study and patio door plus my kids new apartment is getting a mix of roller and verticals.

We got free samples sent first for half a dozen different fabrics so we could see the quality. Very easy to fit (20-30 mins a window depending on the number of vanes to assemble) and have a sister company for roller blinds too.

http://www.vertical-blinds-direct.co.uk/

[anonymous-user]

We used Hillarys and found them very good, you do need to haggle quite hard on the price though.

[SGirl]

Hillarys installed our Roman blinds in the dining room and some Venetian blinds in my office. No complaints, they did a good job on them.

[JulianHJ]

We got them in for a quote on two modestly-sized windows and four Velux skylights. The chap couldn't quote for the Velux, as a 'special team' was needed for those. The two windows came in at £240, which was double the quote from the local competition. He knocked about £50 off when we didn't seem keen, and we said we'd think about it. A week later a telesales rep called to see if we wanted them. I explained they were way more expensive than the alternative and he offered to price-match. I said that would be good, and was still interested in getting the Velux blinds at the same time. He said he'd contact the right team and book an appointment. I never heard from them again...

[furtive]

I've used this company a few times and have been very happy with the service, price and quality of the stuff I've bought:

http://www.web-blinds.com

They are Hillary's eCommerce company, so you get the same stuff as Hillary's but much cheaper

[jetskidia]

Main reason I was thinking of using Hillarys was due to them doing the fitting

[mk1fan]

Where in the Country are you?

I can recommend two 'independants' who'll measure and fit for a very good price. South London / Southern Counties area.

[jetskidia]

Andover

[mk1fan]

I can check for you.

[jetskidia]

mk1fan said:

I can check for you.

Thanks