M.J. Harris Domestic Repairs Reviews 2,011

TrustScore 4 out of 5

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Reviewers had a great experience with this company. People appreciate the efficient service provided, from the initial contact to the completion of the job. Consumers highlight the professionalism and knowledge of the staff, who are often described as helpful and courteous. Many reviewers were pleased with the speed of the response, with some mentioning same-day appointments and quick resolutions to their plumbing issues. However, opinions on other aspects such as the booking process, facilities, price, and staff vary considerably among reviewers.

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
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I paid £40 plus for the call out fee which was around 10am, at 4pm I got a call saying the plumber would only be able to attend the following day. The plumber came through first thing (8:30), informed... See more

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
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It's an expensive service, calling out emergency plumbers, but MJ Harris were quick to respond and had someone here within an hour of me contacting them. Matt the plumber was helpful and managed to ca... See more

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
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Really quick response, very upfront with regard to the initial call out fee which was a lot more reasonable than other firms local to me. Kept me updated and the plumber arrived exactly when arranged.... See more

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
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Speedy response to telephone request for plumbing repair. Call out attendance was but a few hours. After inspection of the plumbing leak, a quote was provided and agreed. Plumber went away for just 45... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We had water spilling out from under our block paved driveway this morning, by 11 oclock I'd had a call saying they would be there within 30 minutes. By midday the blocked drain was resolved. Everyone... See more

Rated 3 out of 5 stars
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From the first phone call to turning up with the new part can't fault it. But having a new unit fitted was a rushed job poor workmanship poor quality work. It took me 2 hrs after cleaning up stopping... See more

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars
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Failed Part replaced same day but system not checked before engineer left. Told us to leave for 2 hours but when we started system still not working properly. Office then closed for weekend and bank h... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars
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I had a drain blockage so Phoned at around 9:30 blockage had been cleared by 13:00 Their engineer came and within 10 minutes he’d cleared the blockage, then cleaned the drain and put a camera down... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars
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First call - a delightful, friendly lady on the phone who was extremely helpful in getting me an appointment as quickly as possible. The engineer was very cleanly dressed and presented with a polite... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
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I am new to the area so called a few drainage companies M J Harris stood out from the start, I had to wait in a phone queue, but that shows how popular they are, they gave me a rough price, and an app... See more

Rated 3 out of 5 stars
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Far too many promises of 'will be there tomorrow afternoon' Then cancelled, not the operators fault but could be the system. The man (I think his name is Brian) when he did eventually arrive? No c... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I contacted M J Harris about some small plumbing jobs. They were very helpful and arranged for a visit on Monday after calling on Friday afternoon was very good. As promised Jordan called to give a ti... See more

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Pros: Prompt response. Courteous. Cons: Very expensive £210/hour. Plumber 1 was not properly briefed by the call handler and was unable to do anything when he arrived. Plumber 2 came the... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
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Efficient telephone response when making booking. Engineer took time to listen to the problem and explain what might need doing. Had to get parts but returned to complete the repair and showed me the... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
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Have used 3 times now (first time they came out a few years ago on Boxing Day within about 40 minutes to deal with an emergency). This time they unclogged a blocked sewage pipe, and diagnosed a broken... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
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First point of contact - Lady organising visit was very professional and knowledgeable to what type of help we would need with regards to blocked toilet and faulty washing machine. Great customer serv... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
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Initial call dealt with efficiently by the office, date to check out the job and then complete the job agreed in a suitable time frame. Plumber kept us informed of arrival, assessed the job, discussed... See more

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars
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I had to specifically request that the toilet flush system allowed more water into the tank to enable efficient flushing. Why? The plumber clearly couldn’t be bothered. Then the seat in my cloakroom t... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
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The plumber that undertook the work was very helpful and professional, phoning before arrival to agree a time. Then, he explained the issue, the cost and fitted the new tap to fix the problem. He left... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent work by Taulant. Arrived on time, very courteous and really tidy worker. Kept us informed every step of the way. Only minor complaint is that it is expensive, but understandable. E.g. Taula... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Straight forward company to deal with, easy and pleasant experience. Tommy fixed the blockage problem within 10 minutes and provided advice on how to avoid in future. Would definitely use MJ Harris ag... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
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All very efficient from my first contact and until the bill was paid. Nathan was most pleasant and did a thorough inspection that was helpful explaining why the drains may have been smelling. The cos... See more

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
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Jessica and the team do there best in the shortest amount of time, please use this company as their customer service is flourless. It as a family run business they helped me out in a very difficult si... See more

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
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Nathan was excellent at fixing the problem - very polite to deal with. Admin staff were very efficient and helpful too. Only reason for giving 4 rather than 5 stars was the cost. £199.50 (excluding... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very pleased with the recent removal and fitting of a bath and the following week the complete replacement of the shower.Such a difference...plumber was on time,rang ahead of his arrival,worked so har... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
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The drainage engineer who came to our house was really pleasant. He was informative and patient with the job in hand, working until the drain was fully cleared. He managed to solve the problem (I beli... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
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Great from first contact, a very pleasant young lady taking particulars and arranging a time and date, which was next day. Engineer Actually arrived same day to look at the problem. Repair was co... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
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Most useful heating engineer I have ever had. Explained clearly what needed to be done to fix my hot water problem. Even fixed a radiator which others couldn't. Highly recommended.

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
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The response was very prompt and the drain cleared efficiently - the service was very pleasant and friendly. However the bill was very expensive and I was disappointed to find that this was meant to... See more

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

If you are desperate they respond very quickly and are very friendly both office and engineer. However after paying £250 for drains, it did not work. Called back again once Severn Trent and myself ha... See more

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
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Very expensive job. I paid deposit of £40+ thought I may need to pay prob £60 more, just for removal of a radiator. It took half an hour and cost me £160 on top of the £40+ Can't recommend as I bel... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
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Prompt call out, clear and precise information given relating to the work involved and the fixed cost I would pay. Work completed very quickly and satisfactorily. No mess left after. Highly recommende... See more

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
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We managed to get a call out very quickly, although our problem with shower was not urgent. The problem was fixed quickly and efficiently by Theo. There were just a few hick ups with appointments b... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

99.8 % of calls answered in 8 rings. Tick in the box Fast Response. They attended within 20 minutes O.A.P Discount. Another Tick in the box Professional. Knew the answers, got on with the job.... See more

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Not a fan of the M J Harris business model. If you search online for a local engineer, their website comes up, representing itself as a local business (in our case 'Wells and the surrounding are... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
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Same day appointment made quickly and efficiently. Plumber phoned to let me know what time he would arrive. Problem identified and fixed within an hour. Good price and even discount for OAP’s.

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
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Turned up, eventually, did the job perfectly well and went away again. Still waiting for the promised quote for works identified as needing to be done during the camera down the drains survey

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
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Booked at noon on a Friday, they said someone will be out that day, 4pm arrived, plumber can't make it. We agreed that I'd call first thing Monday, to either cancel and get a refund of my £41 call out... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
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He knew what he was doing, literally on hands and knees cleaning out the drains in the rain surrounded by an artificial pond getting wet. Professional, polite and hard working , what more fo you need.... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
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Very swift response to emergency call - half an hour !!! Brian was very pleasant and efficient, tackling an awkward job very well. Expensive, but in the circumstances - well worth paying for this ti... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
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Very swift, reassuring response to my call about blocked kitchen drain. The plumber arrived promptly, identified the problem and thoroughly cleared the blockage. Both the telephone operator and the pl... See more

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
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I was able to get a plumber the next day after calling. I could have had a plumber the same day but I was not available. Note there is a call out charge of £42, even for non-emergency calls. The plumb... See more

Rated 2 out of 5 stars
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Andrew, the plumber who came out to us, did a fantastic job. He was professional and knew what he was doing. The only problem was the £210 an hour charge. I was not made aware of this when I phoned th... See more

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars
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We were promised that the repair man would arrive on two successive days, but he did not. The second time i was told he "was on his way" which was untruthful. i had to call on the third day for him... See more

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Very expensive service for a simple waste pipe job. I would urge other customers to try and get other quotes to check affordability. Unfortunately, we are new to Bath and just went with it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars
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Our drains were unblocked promptly and efficiently by the M.J.Harris employee in Warminster. He was extremely helpful and shared useful advice.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I had a blocked drain and the young man was great. Arrived promptly and sorted it out. Thank you so much, great service.

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Company details

  1. Heating Contractor
  2. Drainage Service
  3. Electrical Installation Service
  4. Gas Engineer
  5. Plumber
  6. Property Maintenance

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Family-run plumbing, heating, electrical and drainage company. We employ our own full-time qualified engineers who live and operate locally. We pride ourselves on delivering a local and reliable service, guaranteeing all of our work, with our small office team who are on hand to support our customers and operations.


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TrustScore 4 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

***AVOID...SCAMS THE ELDERLY!!***

***AVOID...SCAMS THE ELDERLY!!***
Came to unblock my 80 year old mums toilet. Took him one plunge with plunger and was there 15 minutes. Charged her £240!! Disgusting!!

October 8, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Blocked drain

I had a blocked drain and the young man was great. Arrived promptly and sorted it out. Thank you so much, great service.

September 30, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Four promised visits arranged - none fulfilled

We arranged for an engineer to visit us on 19 September to give our central heating/hot water boiler its annual service. We waited in all day but nobody turned up, despite promises on the phone that somebody would. Visit then re-arranged for 22, and again no one turned up. Visit rearranged for 26 with the same result. Today for the fourth time we were promised a visit but it was again cancelled. In the past M J Harris has proved reliable, but this year has been a disaster, wasting a huge amount of time and many useless phone calls. I will not use them again.

September 29, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Never again. - £950 for 1.5 hours

Never again.

I was given a quote of £1250 for a "full days work", to rectify a problem with waste building up regularly in the corner of our sewer trap. As this figure was similar to one given a couple of years ago by another company for a different drainage job, I reluctantly accepted that this was a kind of going-rate, and therefore it would be a very expensive job.

Today, on seeing the layout of the work, one of the workman seemed to think it could possibly be done in half a day / lunchtime, and explained their intended solution, which wouldn`t involve digging back to the downpipe. I was a bit more enthusiastic, thinking that I hopefully should have a half-day rate.

They arrived at 8.15am, and started not long after.

The work was done by 9.45am, and hour and a half. I was thinking that i`d have my fingers burnt if I had to pay for a half day, which would have been £625, but I did agree for the job to go ahead.

It wasn`t £625, but £950!!! That`s approx £633 for an hour, or if you like £10.55 per minute. Admittedly there was some cementing and five plastic connecting joints, and the work seems to have solved the problem.

Now hopefully the work done by the men will solve the problem long term, and so far so good. They were polite, tidied up, etc, and the star rating doesn`t reflect their workmanship. But the final figure given by their office was ridiculous.

The small print on the M.J.Harris Ts & Cs doesn`t show they agree to a half day rate if a full day isn`t required, but surely 90 mins work billed at £950 is pure greed.

I always pay my bills, and I did, but I was seriously caught out. I asked to have the Invoice emailed, but he said I couldn`t. I asked to pay by BACS, but no it had to be by card, there and then.

The Receipt did not have the address of the property where the work was carried out, the name of the person signing off the work, nor even a job reference number.

A request for reimbursement of the overpayment has been ignored.

Make up your own mind. Carefully.

September 15, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

DO NOT USE .Wrong diagnosis of problem by company in administration.

The plumber sent out by the company said the problem with the hot water system was a faulty pump in the boiler and would call with a quote the next day. On viewing the reviews and ascertaining that the company was in administration I rang and cancelled any further work. A local plumber came out and said the pump was working perfectly and found the problem to be a tap letting air into the system. I was therefore saved a bill of approximately £300 to fix a problem that didn't exist

August 21, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

AVOID !!!!!

Came to fix a leaking pipe charging extortionate £450 for an OAP for 2 hours work, no invoice breakdown provided despite asking for one twice. Did they apply OAP discount as advertised?...doubtful. Caused significant damage to ceiling and flooring and broke the boiler for a 90 year old gentleman leaving him without hot water and heating. It required us contacting company to alert to boiler problem. The guy who did the work made a terrible hash of hole in ceiling. I think I could have done better! They did come back to fix bolier but I question the safety of this as have no trust or faith in this company. So now feel the need to arrange for a boiler engineer to come to check along with repairs to the ceiling - all adding to original extortionate pricing. Apparently they work from home, no office..is this legal? I note on other negative comments that they went into liquidation on 4th July therefore, how are they still operating? Also note other comments of extortionate pricing, including another older adult which is shameful behaviour. They promised to send me the invoice today after we again complained, again not received. Will be contacting Oftec to report. Found them in local trades magazine, trying to contact them to have them removed from it. Avoid at all cost.

August 12, 2025
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

The cost

The cost. £420 labour, he was here for 1.5 hours! Assumed when quoted the price that is would be a longer job.

August 18, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

BEWARE

If you have booked these people to carry out work please be advised that they have gone into administration on 4th July (although they seem to be continuing to trade under another variation of the same name). We chose them because they were very helpful before (see earlier review). Don’t think that having paid the assessment / call out fee and the agreement to undertake the work will mean you are safe you are not. My daughter booked these people on 23rd June and they went into liquidation on 4th July - can’t imagine they didn’t see that coming!!
In addition no one notified her of this and she only found out when they didn’t turn up. She called them and they informed her that they had no record of all the previous bookings (? Why) but that they were fully booked and would not be able to help until later in the week- this would be for another assessment of the work only with an additional fee. So it would seem that they have plenty of business but no commitment to their previous bookings. In preparation she has removed the old kitchen and exposed the existing pipe work as advised by the plumber who came to assess, she also has an electrician and plasterer booked ( luckily not through M J Harris) and taken holiday to be available while the work was carried out. Excellent consideration for your existing customers M J Harris!

August 18, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Avoid

National company pretending to be local. Prices quoted are about 3 x average. Rude. Avoid.

August 6, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Beware

This is a national company pretending to be a local service. Whilst I do not doubt their engineers' abilities their charges are extortionate. I was quoted £420 +VAT for a straightforward boiler service (normally £90). Beware folks

March 17, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Poor communication

Phoned at 8am for a simple leak repair. Promised someone would be with us before the end of the day. We called to check at 5pm and they were now unable to make it. If you can't do the job just say so.

August 5, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Abusive staff

They didn’t turn up on the day they said they were coming. Late that afternoon I got a call saying they would come the next day. I asked if they could provide a time and she said she would call me back. She didn’t. The following day I get a call from the engineer saying he would be with me that afternoon, to which I politely declined. The office then called me back and asked me why I declined and so I explained the aforementioned and the gentleman on the other end of the phone proceeded to become very abusive using foul language and then hung up.

August 5, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Just Easy

We had water spilling out from under our block paved driveway this morning, by 11 oclock I'd had a call saying they would be there within 30 minutes. By midday the blocked drain was resolved. Everyone I interacted with was really friendly. Recommendations given but no hard sales. Just really easy to deal with.

August 4, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Avoid at all costs.

Had blocked and leaking waste pipe. Charged £42 call out fee and £210 to flush pipe. Did not fix problem. Told would need plumber to come and assess and this would be another £42 call out fee. Very sharp practices and very rude man on phone.

July 23, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
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Main Drain blockage

I had a drain blockage so Phoned at around 9:30 blockage had been cleared by 13:00
Their engineer came and within 10 minutes he’d cleared the blockage, then cleaned the drain and put a camera down to see if anything else was needed. Very professional I would definitely use M J Harris again

June 23, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Contacted to resolve a flushing issue…

Contacted to resolve a flushing issue with the toilet.93 year old told toilet installed wrongly, would need to be removed at £210 ph .to access the cistern. 2 hours work .Such made up rubbish to scaremonger a vulnerable individual in parting with monies.I am no plumber but - the cistern top is removable - can see all internal parts.
It would seem the components on the back of the flush buttons had come apart- £42 paid for 15 min job to reassemble the mechanism - which only works partly- so not resolved and parts are missing - 2 x springs that we know were in situ.
Told plumber too expensive to carry out works advised ( not necessary to fix the flush).On his return to the office must have conveyed our opinion- contacted by office suggesting they could discuss a reduction.
STAY WELL CLEAR - unethical working practices in excessive and unnecessary quotes ! Job not completely resolved.

July 2025 -Follow up - I purchased a spare flush button with parts attached on rear.Cost £9.99 via Amazon and I fitted.Works perfectly .

June 23, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
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Highly Recommended

Prompt efficient service despite first appt being cancelled due to illness.
Engineer informative regarding the appliance, very pleasant man.

June 25, 2025
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Reply from M.J. Harris Domestic Repairs

Dear Customer

Thank you for sharing your experience.

We are delighted to hear that you were happy with the service you received and our engineer was informative regarding the appliance. We will be sure to pass on your feedback.

Please don't hesitate to contact us again should you require our services. We will also apply a returning customer discount for you.

Kind regards
M.J. Harris Repairs Ltd

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