Wednesday 16 February 2011

INTERNET SEARCH WARNING

HERITAGE - WHAT'S IN A NAME?

When I started The Heritage Window Company all those years ago the name was carefully chosen in order to distance us from stereotype window companies and the stigma often associated with them.  We specialise in replacement windows with slim line metal frames and have steadily built a solid and trusted company with service levels second to none.

Nowadays, virtually all trades use the word "Heritage" with gay abandon, but none more so than the window industry and the trade suppliers who advertise Heritage windows at unbeatable prices.  Our Products are branded BenendenTM , but with the success of Internet advertising one can also find Heritage windows offered by other trade suppliers.  For the discerning client preferring a bespoke service this can be most unfortunate.  We hear of many dissatisfied homeowners who searched for The Heritage Window Company, but reached a trade supplier offering Heritage Windows.  Their direct from the factory prices seem attractive and indeed the products are adequate, but then the problems can begin.  The trade supplier passes the enquiry to a "local window company" and from there it can be disastrous with pushy, commission only sales people, sub-contract fitters on a price and non-existent after sales.

The Heritage Window Company does charge a premium for an all round quality service, so please take care when searching the Internet.  If it is The Heritage Window Company you are seeking, our brand name is BenendenTM  not Heritage.

Geoffrey Dolan
Chairman
The Heritage Window Company Ltd

Thursday 27 January 2011

Customer Feedback received - January 2011

Our Salesmen:
  • "He promoted the Company and its products without doing the "hard sell" and listened to our requirements."    (C D, Beconsfield, Buckinghamshire)
  • "(He) was fantastic.  Great communicator, very customer focused."
  • "Very helpful.  Invested a lot of time in discussing with us the various options.  Showed a sensitivity to the style of the house; on our 'wavelength'".
  • "Conscientious, responded promptly to questions re quotation."
  • "Very knowledgeable, not at all pushy, honest."
  • "Very helpful - not pushy - no hard sell."
Our Surveyors:
  • "Absolutely first rate.  Really good knowledge of the original Crittal and Hope windows, followed by very helpful advice about routing out the frames."   (S A, Dorking, Surrey)
  • "Very professional and helpful." 
Our Installers:
  • "(They) were a pleasure to have working here.  They worked as an effective and well organised team."   (M S, London W14)
  • "First class professionals."
  • "Faultless all round."
  • "Very pleasant - so grateful not to have to put up with loud radios!"
  • "Exceptionally careful to cause as little damage as poss."
  • "Excellent.  (He) was a credit to the HWC."
Overall:
  • "We have been very impressed with the product and the service we have been given.  We recommended you to our neighbour, and having seen our windows, they have placed an order with you for their whole house."   (D W, Sevenoaks, Kent) 
  • "Very pleased with product and service."
  • "Job done to an excellent standard."
  • "Excellent.  Good product, quality pre-sales service.  Very good advice from surveyor.  Very competitive pricing.  Effective & friendly fitting team.  All in all, simply excellent.  We're extremely pleased with the results which look superb."   
  • "Very satisfactory and highly recommended."
  • "Most impressive - 'Nice business to do business with'."