Independent Water Networks Reviews 

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TrustScore 3 out of 5

2.9

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Honestly this company takes the piss!! Considering legally supposed to keep their prices LOWER or at least MATCH regional prices! Just had no water for over 12 hours and then send an email saying thei... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We had Steve Caress a, a field technician call on us today after requesting for someone from IWNL to come and take our water meter reading for us. What a wonderful gentleman, the service we received... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

My bills were £15 a month and suddenly shot up to £53, I thought this seemed high but first time living alone so guessed it was normal, they they went up to £68 so I called was asked to take a picture... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

When our entire housing estate in Corby lost water. we were lucky enough to have Bradley looking after us. Bradley arrived and immediately set to work. He checked in on residents, made sure... See more

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TrustScore 3 out of 5

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Company fine but trying to pay is a nightmare

The company themselves are fine but the damn website just times out over and over. For the last few months it's been a nightmare trying to get my bill paid. I get the email, click pay now and.... Time out. Everything I try, logging in via the website, email links... Just fails every time. What should be a twenty second job takes me ages of messing around. Anyone else having this or just me?!!!

7 April 2022
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Reply from Independent Water Networks

Hi Kate,

Thank you for taking the time to leave us this review, I'm glad you find us helpful.

I'm sorry to hear that you're having issues, making payments online. If you could give us a call, we can look into this further for you.

Thanks,

Jessica

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Best Customer Service!!!

We had an issue as our payments and estimated readings were incorrect this was then discovered because we had the wrong meter serial number assigned to our house. All issues resolved!

I would like to say a massive thank you to Gabrielle, who was fantastic from start to finish and a credit to the team.
Please pass this onto one of the senior managers as Gabrielle deserves to be rewarded for the amazing customer service.

Thank you once again for resolving all the issues and correcting our DD amount and the credit refund.

You are a star!!

15 March 2022
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Reply from Independent Water Networks

Good evening Kayley,

What a lovely review to read and be able to pass back on to Gabby!

Have a great weekend,

Jessica

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Mixed thoughts

The company is slightly pricey compared to others but being on a new estate I'm kinda tied into them.
Had my DD increased ~28% in a month so called them to check. I cannot fault the gent on the phone, Lewis, who helped a lot.
After some math's, checking of the meter, turning stop cocks on-off, and running round the house playing with taps we confirms the problem wasn't internal i.e. a leak or similar.
They claimed I had used 3000L of water over the last 10d! I mean I do wash regular but 3000L, c'mon! The next plan is to read meter each day to compare with what I have used.
Looks like fewer toilet flushes, shorted showers, and 1 bowl of water to wash dishes in ;-)
Anyway, overall positive but feel they could lower their prices

15 May 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
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Hi Barry,

Thank you very much for taking the time to give us this feedback, we hope you have a lovely day.

Thank you
Martin

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

If there was a sixth star, I’d have given it

Usually when I spend 28 minutes on the phone to someone, it’s either my Dad needing help with the computer or a customer service department who are less-than-helpful.

The same can’t be said about my experience on the phone to Aggie just now. According to a slew of IWNL emails, my account had been closed, so I phoned up to get things resolved. There was no wait time whatsoever (refreshing) and I was connected to Aggie, who took my details after I explained the issue.

Aggie was properly on the ball with things and found the problem quickly, before looking for a way to resolve it. It turns out my housing developer has already created an account in my name and I was being billed for the water they’d used before I moved in. Charming! Aggie redirected that bill to them and left me with the three days of £0.086 standing charge to pay. A whole 26 pence, which was ultimately written off when the payment system didn’t like my card - lucky me!

It didn’t feel like a 28 minute phone call, which goes to show how good Aggie’s customer service was. In fact, I quite enjoyed it. We both had a laugh at the situation and it improved my day.

If I was Aggie’s boss, I’d be promoting her as quickly as possible; or giving her star of the week at the very least!

Thank you, Aggie. I hope your boss agreed to write off that 26p!

26 January 2021
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Reply from Independent Water Networks

Hi Stephen,

I would like to thank you for my fantastic review – it literally made my day! It was a pleasure to talk to you and it is really lovely to be appreciated.

Thank you
Aggie

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Poor communication and note keeping

We moved into a new built house where IWNL are the water provider. Unfortunately, the water meter was leaking, which was raised to us by the housing developer. After lengthy back and forth between IWNL and the developer we finally had an IWNL engineer scheduled to fix the issue. Despite raising my concerns that coming water bills won't be reflective of our water usage due to the leak at the time, 6 months on we have received a water bill that you would expect to run a water park rather than a 2 bedroom semi-detached. IWNL have been unable to retrieve any of our exchanges from that time, which has left me having to explain the entire case history again. IWNL now still claim that the amount to pay is justified despite the fact that the water usage is clearly unrealistic and obviously due to the leakage.

12 December 2020
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Ceri was super helpful and got my…

Ceri was super helpful and got my account set up very quickly with no issues. She also helped me out with a few follow up emails, where I got respones very quickly again. Thanks!

19 November 2020
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Reply from Independent Water Networks

Hi Mr Sowerby,

Thank you for the lovely feedback and we're glad Ceri was able to help you with your query.

Thanks again

Martin

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Amazing service.

Amazing service.
Quick response time.

6 July 2020
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Reply from Independent Water Networks

Thank you very much for taking the time to leave us some feedback, we hope you have a fantastic day.

Martin

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent

Excellent service

1 July 2020
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Reply from Independent Water Networks

Thank you very much for taking the time to provide us with this feedback and we're delighted that you're happy with the service.

Martin

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great customer service

Great customer service, helping me efficiently with my request. Thank you.

1 May 2020
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Reply from Independent Water Networks

Thank you very much for taking the time to provide us with this feedback and we're thrilled that you're happy with the customer service.

Martin

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The agent on the phone was extremely…

The agent on the phone was extremely polite and professional. Even though she said she is new to the team she definitely provided the information I needed. Very impressed how quick and painless it was.

1 May 2020
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Reply from Independent Water Networks

Thank you for taking the time to leave your feedback and we're delighted that you're happy with the service.

Martin

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Worst company ever they are taking…

Worst company ever they are taking advantage of covid-19 which is appalling they charged me for march over 300% which is very bad i wouldn’t recommend to use this company

20 April 2020
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Reply from Independent Water Networks

Hi Amiin gl,

I'm sorry you've been experience such issues.

Can I suggest contacting our customer service team to understand why the charges seem to have increased?

Thanks

Dex

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent customer service

Excellent customer service. Very professional and helpful.

10 March 2020
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Reply from Independent Water Networks

Hi Mr Mustata,

Thanks for this lovely review! It's really great to hear.

I hope you have a lovely evening.

Thanks,

Jess

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great Customer Service !

Great Customer Service !

Heather was absolutely amazing ! She was very informative and patient with me and I enjoyed going through my payment process with her. Thanks Heather !

10 March 2020
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Reply from Independent Water Networks

Hi Miss Ichaba,

Thank you for leaving us this review!

It's really great to hear and I'll make sure to feed this back.

Thanks,

Jess

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great customer service

Great customer service, really helpful staff

9 March 2020
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Reply from Independent Water Networks

Hi,

Thanks for taking the time to review us.

I'm really glad you found our staff helpful

I hope you continue to enjoy being an IWNL customer.

Many thanks

Rhys

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

This is my first time as a IWN customer…

This is my first time as a IWN customer and I have to say the service I recieved on the phone was excellent. The lady was very pleasant and very clear with the company T&C's. I look forward to seeing if the rest of my customer service continues in the same manner.

6 March 2020
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Reply from Independent Water Networks

Hi Alex,

Thanks for taking the time to leave us this review! We really do pride ourselves with our team!

Have a great weekend!

Thanks,

Jess

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