Speedy Hire Avis 

Fantastic service from start to finish - as a younger woman with no experience in hiring professional equipment, they walked me through everything without any condescension and with only the most positive and kind attitudes throughout. They offered help at every point that I was unsure, and gave advice beyond their required responsibilities. The price was extremely reasonable to the point where it was incredibly cheaper than it would have been to have gone anywhere else. Thank you so much for all your help!

Hired a 230mm trench rammer for a week from the Old Kent Road depot; they sent me a 280mm one. Only been able to do half the work needed as it’s too big for a large portion of the trench. Been ringing the depot for 5 days with no answer,,, customer service have sent several emails to the depot but still nothing. Shocking service, to have paid for a tool that’s not fit for the purpose I need it for as well as no ability to get through to the depot is unacceptable. Avoid at all costs.

Absolute shocker start to finish - i don’t think I’ve ever known such poor service ! SHORT VERSION - Expect multiple problems and hours of your life wasted trying to resolve issues. Booked a petrol pressure washer for delivery on Tuesday 28 July - booking confirmation said ‘Diesel’ - thought it must be my mistake and bought a can of Diesel. ETA was between 0730 and 1700. Called to ask explain i don’t live at the delivery address and was told I’d get a better ETA in the morning. (Literally took over an hour to get through. No update - driver arrived with no notice and dropped of a petrol pressure washer with no cold water feed connector but a non-standard length of hose attached with jubilee clip - impossible to connect hosepipe or get decent pressure. No option but to persevere with reduced pressure. Half way through the job i got an email telling me they had been unable to complete the delivery - next available date 3 August. Numerous attempts to call later (and hours of time) finally got through to explain it had been dropped off and required collection the following day - explained again i needed 20 minutes notice to get to the property - given a 7 day window for collection ! Chap turned up the next morning without any notice - refused to collect it from behind an open gate at the side of house or wait for me to get there (I was 10 minutes away at the time). Then lied to his supervisor on the phone (didn’t realise I could hear him on speaker), telling him the washer was inside the property and inaccessible. Hours later, finally got through to someone on the phone to try and arrange another collection. Told I’d definitely receive notice and the driver would be informed he could collect from behind the gate. Was given a window last night of 0730-1700 and then text message this morning 15 mins before driver arrived at the property - to drop a washer off !!!! Unbelievable !!! To be fair, the chap this morning was spot on, collected the washer and sorted out the paperwork although he had no knowledge of it being there. Still had no response to two emails sent after hours of trying to get through on the phone. This is only half the story - woeful

Dreadful. 6 telephone calls and over one hour to chase a carpet cleaner rental. Attitude in the end was that I should nto have been calling.

Been waiting over a week for them to come and collect their tower. Keep being promised it will be "today", but they never turn up. Unless you have acres of land to store their equipment for weeks on end, then I suggest you go with someone else.

How am I supposed to get my refundable deposit if no one picks up the phone.

Do not hire from this company, customer service beyond poor.
Ordered a carpet cleaner and carpet dryer to clean my carpets, delivered this morning which was great only to find the carpet dryer plug isn’t for normal every day homes meaning I need an adapter which was not offered at purchase. This was as useful as a chocolate teapot I couldn’t use. I went online to check I hadn’t missed anything at purchase point and i hadn’t it wasn’t there at all. Now I am unable to wash my carpets, I explained this to the agent and was told I can still use the cleaner, and that i wouldn’t get a full refund. I explained that I would need to order again both items in order to clean my carpets adding additional expense. I’m not the only person this has happened to and it’s completely unfair
I would like to add that a further call was made to make a formal complaint on Friday 4:30 to be told someone higher up would call me, when asked a times scale was told well it wouldn’t be today. I’ve complained via resolver which just gives auto response
When things go wrong absolutely no help or customer service, but they happy to take your money

Faultless service from the Wrexham branch.
Excellent communication and delivery service.
Equipment in good order, exactly as advertised.

Garbage. The website said a wacker plate I need was available in Leeds. I added it to my basket with a transformer and then the whole website crashed. I then deleted all my site data and it worked again and said my basket was empty. I added it again and paid for it. On my order confirmation was the wacker plate twice and two transformers! It also charged me more than was in the basket! I got my hire confirmation and thought I'd sort it all out at the branch. Turns out, after a 40 minute drive to get there, they didn't have the wacker plate and so the project has been delayed. Obviously, I can't use you guys again because I can't trust you'll actually fulfil an order. Also, the woman that served me at the Leeds branch was very rude and brash.

HAD A LAST-MINUTE EMERGENCY AND NEEDED TWO WAREHOUSE FANS. DAVID AND THE TEAM AT DUNDEE SPEEDY HIRE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN MORE HELPFUL. GREAT SERVICE AND KNOWLEDGE.

Customer service and responsiveness has been outstanding. Staff at the Great Suffolk Street branch have been amazing, we've had a couple of issues and they have gone out of their way to rectify as soon as possible. Really pleased with the service we have received, their support has been vital to us keeping our business operational.

Terrible. Hired 6 x Evap Coolers, confirmed and paid for them 5 days in advance. A day before they were getting delivered I called them to see if I could change the delivery address, I was then told they didn't have my coolers in the depo, and that they wouldn't be able to get any for another week. You shouldn't be able to pay and confirm a hire and then be told the day before that the items don't exist. Also, they didn't notify me, I only found out because I called them up.

The customer service that followed was terrible with little to no updated, I had to constantly chase and beg the to fulfil my order. They managed to get together 4 Evap Coolers that (by luck) came back from another customer. I was then told they didn't have any delivery drivers even thought I had booked a delivery slot a week in advance. In the end I had to pay for my own courier to pick them up. The courier had to wait for 40 minutes at the depo as they were looking for the coolers. All in all expensive for me. I am not trying to arrange the return (which again was agreed at the time of booking) and I'm getting no reply. STAY AWAY

I had a weekend hire (Friday to Monday). Because the opening times are stupid, I returned it bang on 7.30am on Monday morning, nearly two weeks ago. My deposit of £100 hasn't been returned. I have emailed and called twice, both times I was on hold for ages and then the customer service rep both times said they've tried to put me through to Walthamstow depot but no one has picked up or called me back, as the rep promised. £100 is a lot of money to hold back from your customers, it's really unacceptable. Unless someone contacts me tomorrow, I will raise a complaint with my bank. Do not hire from here unless you're able to commit lots of time and effort to getting your deposit back. They state that it will be returned within 3-5 days, but I am now at 10 business days. What annoys me is if I had been even a minute late in returning, they probably would take my money immediately - but they leave their customers waiting for deposit refunds for weeks.

Trent Sinden from Brighton depot

Outstanding guy and a credit to the company. There was a very difficult situation occur and not only did he do all he could but he showed great professionalism and empathy to our business.

Thankyou Trent. 5 stars!

Second bad experience. First bad experience a few weeks ago. Paid for next day delivery woth B&Q turned up 4 days late. By that time I was unable to use the wacker plate because the weather had changed and was heavy rain. Called them to arrange keeping the machine for a few extra days due to now being behind by about a week because I was unable job because they delivered it the week after it was meant to arrive. They argued that id still had the machine for the time I paid and the weather wasnt their fault even though them delivering days late was their fault. Had ti get B&Q to contact them to extend the time. The day of pick up I called them first thing and told them I had a hospital appointment with my son and would be back within 1.5 hours they said they would advise the delivery guy. Which they didnt do the man was banging on my door 30 mins after the call I had to get someone to go to my property to open the door and pass him the machine.
He advised my mother inlaw the depot had failed to contact him and all machines have to be collected on time and at the time stated with "no exceptions" so fair enough. They took the machine not a problem. Just didnt want to have to bother anyone else having to drive to our house to let him in.

We rented the plate again this week in hopes that again it was just a one time bad experience. We get a text first thing saying theyre on their way to drop off the machine. I had hired a labourer for the day to help. They didnt turn up until 4 hours later do half the day gone. So had to pay the labourer to come back for the next day to help. Today they were meant to collect the machine waited in all day due to what happened last time. Theyre a no show. Called the depot was told by the feller around 1.30pm that he had spoken to pick up guys and they would be at mine shortly but I may also have to keep hold of the machine for a few days until its needed back. I mean what? Im not running a tool storage shelter and after all the trouble caused over being asked for an extra 1.5h last time are you messing. So called again after 4pm because they're still a no show. Got told they had all gone home for the day and I would have to store it for them until they can arrange pick up. Advised them I have no place to store it now as my shed is gone and our back garden is off limits and its not being kept in the house due to having a disabled 3 year old who cant walk or get round we'll so can have it blocking his way. So its now in our front garden. I told soeedy hire that and they said that's fine. Absolute joke of a company

I ordered an aircon unit for hire and my order was accepted last week. I have 2 small babies and thought I had secured this so did not look elsewhere. Today was meant to be delivery day and we’ve heard nothing. Rang the branch and they said they have nothing in stock and won’t be getting any. I’m now a lot of money down and facing a heatwave with 2 very small children and no chance to sort out any aircon. The least they could have done is contact us last week to tell us they wouldn’t get any in so I could look elsewhere. Extremely disappointed and finding it very difficult to get hold of customer services for a refund.

The PAV supplied had a defective mechanism for raising and lowering the platform, this made things difficult when accessing the work area.

We have made use of Speedy's services a number of times, specifically when their are no other hire services available. Their perpetual role as 'the last resort' should tell you everything you need to know.

Perhaps the most egregious issue we have experienced is that they are not honest about their stock. On more than one occasion we have booked in a hire delivery, only to be told after the order confirmation that the equipment is not available.

On top of this, the customer service varies wildly between branches - though email correspondence remains consistently bad. While I have had some lovely, helpful conversations with the staff, I have also come across some rude and downright unprofessional behaviour over the phone.

Edit 09/07/26 - I have now requested confirmation of refund twice, both to the representative that informed me of the cancellation, and have been ignored twice. I have sent a request via their website (which the representative told me over the phone "the website isn't great to be honest"), based on that I'm not holding up much hope. I'll begin the charge back process if contact with confirmation of refund is not received today 09/07/26.

Hired an air con unit for the upcoming heatwave, collection from Cambridge branch to avoid the delivery and collection fees. Wasn't made aware that this was a conditional booking on them receiving stock from a supplier.

Received an email today informing me that the item is out of stock and the person would contact sales to issue a complete refund. No further details on when it would likely be issued or received, etc., which is disappointing.

Things happen and if they don't have the stock, they don't have it. I'm annoyed that they took my money on a conditional basis, but I'm furious that I have since checked, and they are still accepting bookings and payment for air con units for the same date they've just cancelled me for. (Showing in stock at every depot listed as close to my address). If you're checking reviews before ordering, call ahead and ask about stock levels as the website is misleading and will trick you into spending your hard earned money only to be cancelled. I would have looked into an alternative, but now I'm here stuck after thinking we were sorted, with a few days to find an alternative.

This is incredibly misleading, and quite frankly shady. Wouldn't touch them again with a 50ft barge pole.

Delivered and collected exactly as requested