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Houzz Reviews Summary

The company's reputation is mixed, with notable strengths in product quality and delivery efficiency, as many customers express satisfaction with their purchases and the overall aesthetic appeal of items. However, significant concerns arise regarding customer service, particularly in handling issues related to delivery options, billing disputes, and product defects. Customers frequently report difficulties in reaching support and receiving timely resolutions, leading to frustration. While some patrons appreciate the extensive product selection and smooth purchasing experience, the inconsistency in service responsiveness and problem resolution highlights areas for improvement in their customer service approach.

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276
value
299
shipping
176
returns
163
quality
265
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Virginia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Lauren and Jake were right there helping me with the issues I had with my product. I can honestly say that my matter was handled in the most professional manner and the problems were resolved in a matter of minutes (better than PayPal and PayPal is excellent). Houzz is exceptional!. I highly recommend doing business with them as I plan on doing so in the future. Thank you, Lauren and Jake.

Date of experience: June 5, 2015
Virginia
1 review
7 helpful votes
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We purchased a bathroom vanity that was delivered two weeks late to our vacation home and when we returned a month later we found a cabinet with no basin and no hole for the drain. The "vanity" was from Fox Den Store and custom made so they told us it took a little longer to get the order out and when I asked about the basin I was told I could probably get it it cheaper on Amazon than through the manufacturer. To be clear it was described as a Rustic Bathroom Vanity with Metal, 36x20x32 rustic-bathroom-vanities-and-sink-consoles and as the dictionary describes it: A vanity is a bathroom cabinet that encloses a basin and its water lines and drain, usually furnished with shelves and drawers underneath for storage of toiletries. So to say the least I am not a happy consumer and until I see a basin that looks exactly like the one in the picture I will continue to be Houzz's permanent nightmare.

Date of experience: June 2, 2015
New York
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
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I love Houzz. On an average week I receive calls or e-mails from 6 potential clients who found our firm through www.houzz.com. It is like having an around the clock marketing team showing our work across the country to people who are looking for an architect and are attracted to our style.

The pro version has allowed me to study which photos are trending and therefore which to use in other advertising venues as well as my blog posts and newsletters. It is not an exaggeration to say I would be lost without my Houzz.

Date of experience: June 1, 2015
California
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I ordered a set of bed sheets for my son off of Houzz and was very pleased with the whole experience. Searching for what I wanted couldn't have been easier and the checkout process was quick and efficient. My order shipped on time and arrived in perfect condition. As I was browsing I started coming across many other products I need for my home and will definitely be using Houzz to purchase them in the future.

Date of experience: May 31, 2015
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I purchased a farmhouse sink from Houzz and am very pleased with my shopping experience. They have a photo section that allowed me to see visual examples of what my sink would look like in my kitchen. When I was ready to buy I just went to their shopping section, added it to my cart, and purchased it with a click. The sink arrived on time and in great condition. I will definitely shop for home products on Houzz again!

Date of experience: May 21, 2015
California
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I have purchased several items from this CA based Company and each item has lived up to, or bettered my expectations.
The service, both during and after the sale, was exceptional, with my particular respondent Grant Young reflecting this firms fresh, upbeat marketing approach. Well done guys!

Date of experience: May 19, 2015
Washington
1 review
17 helpful votes
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Regret
April 28, 2015

I am a skilled experienced interior designer in Seattle.
I am now at the end of my year long contract with Houzz during which time I spent 2 thousand dollars.
My experience with this company has been terrible.
First they pressured me into the contract saying there was limited space and I needed to hurry up and sign up or loose my chance in the "zone" I needed to secure jobs.
I signed up and followed all their guidelines including numerous phone calls and emails from their "expert" staff and for NOTHING.
Sure I had leads, some that translated into actual meetings.
However in the end it was always the same story.
People looking for free advice, free ideas and schooling in the discipline of interior design.
People with every intention of doing it themselves once they realize they actually have to pay for this service.
I give Houzz a rating of 0 out of 10

Date of experience: April 28, 2015
California
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Is HOUZZ a Scam Site?
April 14, 2015

In my opinion this is a scam site, only interested in getting your profile information so they can sell it -- You can't do anything without signing in -- not even browse. On my first visit they filled the lower half of my screen with a pop-up asking me to sign up -- no way to get rid of it without signing in. This has the appearance and feel of a scam site -- be careful. Read the reviews -- I will never be back.

Date of experience: April 14, 2015
Maryland
9 reviews
4 helpful votes
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This is a nice site to get ideas and the photography is impressive. However their search bar doesn't work very well. You end up with very general results. Also the purchasing/check out is buggy. Too complicated. I tried to buy and item and couldn't check out. Months later it is still in the shopping cart. Also annoying is that I have to sign into my account when clicking out of an email they sent. Should go right through. Could be excellent if they got the backend right.

Date of experience: February 9, 2015
Texas
1 review
11 helpful votes
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Ordered an item from Houzz. When I saw the estimated delivery date, I should have cancelled the order. It was going to be a month or more. I contacted Houzz by email and they responded they were looking into it. Much later they owned up that it was ordered from a third party and blamed them for the delay. About a week later, I got a call from a representative telling me they cancelled the order because the vendor would not COMMUNICATE with them. They tried to placate me with a 10% discount on a future order. Really, do they think I'm stupid enough to go for two? Still waiting for my credit.

Date of experience: February 6, 2015
Pennsylvania
1 review
15 helpful votes
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I am a roofing contractor based in Minneapolis. Start using houzz.com to promote my work. Houzz.com grows very fast and they claim to have many users. We had hundreds happy customers from Angie's list who have gave us hundreds of positive reviews. When we started to ask people to rate us at houzz.com people nicely agreed, but we started to have many e-mails saying that after they fill out review form, next option will be "You must Have houzz account to save your review". We had e-mail after e-mail coming in from customers, who were saying they wrote review but didn't like to be forced to sign up for their service.
I spent few hours with my account supervisor at Houzz and she was trying to convince me that houzz.com is not forcing anyone, but simply getting their e-mails to confirm that reviews are real.
Well, I have forwarded every e-mail from my customer (they included their reviews but explain why they don't want to post it) and I got answer: there is nothing we can do about it, but we don't force people to sign up... after 2 weeks from my complaint and several new complaints from my customers outside of houzz.com I decided to check it myself, and sure enough: you cannot write a review without signing up for houzz.com.
After reading all bad reviews here, unless I hear from houzz.com I will park my advertising money elsewhere. So far their account managers weren't listening to concerns of businesses or potential users, and I can see it can be booming now, but fading very quickly with policies they have in place unless they start listening to real problems their potential users and current providers...

Date of experience: January 24, 2015
Australia
1 review
10 helpful votes
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I have purchased an item on www.houzz.com successfully and the buy was confirmed. Day after however my buy was canceled. I followed the instruction to contact their customer support and my request was answered with automatic reply that I would be contacted back within 24hours that was 5 days ago and I have left another message since. I find extremely rude cancel order without giving a reason and promise to a customer to contact them and not follow up on it. Unacceptable. I highly encourage anyone NOT TO SHOP with houzz as they are doggy and tell lies. My money hasn't been returned yet either. Criminals!

Date of experience: December 11, 2014
New Jersey
1 review
8 helpful votes
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We hired Cabinets Your Way for our kitchen renovation, based on the great reviews. We wrote a check for over $13,000 for cabinets that were supposed to arrive in two weeks. That was August 30th. No cabinets. No refund. They stole our money! I submitted this information to Houzz since the bad reviews stared popping up on yelp and BBB. Apparently Houzz does not care, and is happy to keep the review 5 stars so more Houstonians can get ripped off. * is the owner and has been scamming Houstonians for years. His cabinetry company was called Houston Cabinetry before and changed the name to Cabinets Your away when all the bad reviews started to pop up. Houzz could care a less for honest reviews and people getting ripped off. Thanks a lot Houzz!

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Date of experience: October 24, 2014
New York
1 review
21 helpful votes
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As an interior designer, I am very disappointed with this company. They don't allow you to take your OWN work down and discourage watermarking. Hey, that's my property. In addition, they were hounding me all hours of the day and night until I begged them to stop. They are not here for the design community. They are feeding off of it. Shame on you HOUZZ!

Date of experience: October 14, 2014
Virginia
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Do not order anything from this company. I specifically ordered a lamp from them because their return policy sounded so easy. It turns out, they just order it from another company, and returning something is a nightmare. You have to contact HOUZZ to get instructions of how and where to return the item. However, they have no phone number on their website, and do not respond to emails. I finally called my credit card company to file a complaint, and they gave me a phone number for HOUZZ. After days of calling and leaving messages, I finally got a live person. When I told him there was no phone number on their website, he said "We don't'? I thought we did." He gave me the address of the company HOUZZ ordered the lamp from, and said I would not get my money back until I sent HOUZZ the tracking number and proved to them that the company had received the lamp. Even after the company received the lamp, it took phone calls and emails from me to finally get my money back. It cost me a lot of money to ship it, insure it, get a tracking number, and pay a restocking fee. Apparently, their return policy is a lie, and they truly do not want to give you your money back. This company is not prepared to be an online seller.

Date of experience: October 7, 2014
Louisiana
3 reviews
24 helpful votes
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I found Houzz to be quite innovative and they certainly have many interesting pictures, however, I got burned by ordering from them.
First, they have No listed phone number to call in the event of an order error. All communication with them must be done through their website.
Second, in communicating through their website and email, I have No response from the last 5 communications I have sent about an order that is late and may be lost. I was hoping for better than this from them.

Date of experience: September 11, 2014
Tennessee
1 review
9 helpful votes
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I am refurnishing an office, recieved confirmation invoice for purchase price over $4000. I contacted them but did not receive a reply for 1 week. On the website they had multiple items of the ones I requested in stock. Finally received email that there were none in stock and would not be available for 2 months. When you go to the website again, it still says in stock. If you do not have it in stock, do not false advertise!

Date of experience: September 10, 2014
RU
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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I didn't buy from them anything, but this web site is one of the best resources to get fantastic ideas for your home. I give 5 stars.

Date of experience: September 8, 2014
Massachusetts
2 reviews
12 helpful votes
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I hired Everything Quality Construction to prep and paint trim on my home and stain cedar shingles. The finished product was horrendous! I asked * the owner to come back and fix his terrible job. He refused. I asked him to review the job with me and show me what he did. No response was made. Stay away from the shoddy work this company does at * unthical business practices!

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Date of experience: August 7, 2014
California
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Only website which is saying that "PMC" Promotion Media Company is a "legitimate" business. When obviously isn't based on all the other complaints on the internet. Which, along with the fact that Houzz.com won't let me leave an ACTUAL review no matter how much I tried- about PMC. Leads me to believe that they have been paid to "clean up" bad companies reputations by stating they are "legitimate", instead of allowing ACTUAL reviews to be posted.

Date of experience: June 25, 2014

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