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Review from Google Places
Third time we have hired the dry Dock to black our boat. Joe is always very helpful and helps out if needed.
Review from Google Places
I took my boat to be blacked here and was surprised at the 2 day turnaround.
The blacking starting falling off in clumps after about 6 weeks. When I was passing by again I asked Joe to have a look and he agreed that it was substandard and he would do it again for free as a “goodwill gesture”. As it turned out I wasn’t returning via Newbury for a year so I contacting him again requesting a partial refund so that I could get my boat re-blacked elsewhere, he flatly refused and stopped responding to my emails.
Complete waste of money.
Still no response from Joe Bate so I am still very out of pocket for a substandard job.
Review from Google Places
Newbery dry dock company Regarding richard bougard came to my dock demanding money with no pic of his boat and i needed to see them then he wrote to me a letter which i responded to within in 10 days as stipulated in his letter and i had no response when i blacked richards boat he watch be clean his boat down and black it and i changed his rudder bolts for free and he had 2.5l of gloss paint off of me which he never replaced as asked but he has now started slandering me and my company on social media
Review from Google Places
Warning to all narrow boaters!
We got our boat blacked at Greenham Lock Marina in June 2023 by Jo in the Dry Dock.
A year later our boat is red rusty.
Despite having written to Jo in the Dry Dock his attitude regarding this has been very defensive and dismissive.
Having considered legal action this will entail further costs which I could do without at the moment.
Therefore I have decided to warn other boaters of my experience at this Dry Dock in Newbury Berkshire.
I would not encourage you to get your valuable boat blacking done by Jo in the Dry Dock at Greenham Lock Marina, he has a terrible attitude and clearly does not prep the boat adequately prior to putting minimal coats of Ryland blacking on.
You have been warned…
Review from Google Places
Took my boat to Joe to get the blacking done maybe 4 or 5 months ago now. After cruising around and bumping my boat here and there the blacking has held very nicely. Fantastic job thank you Joe 👌. I’ll be back again 👍👍👍
