New house and need alot of carpet about 1500 m2

ilovefreebies_2 · 14 April 2005 at 9:04PM

I've checked this website and now know to gt the carpet grippers from screwfix

Any ideas on the carpet and underlay?

knuckledragger · 14 April 2005 at 10:19PM

What area are you in (roughly)?

fairenoughclough · 15 April 2005 at 12:48AM

1500m2 are you sure ?

That's 75 average sized rooms @ 5 x 4 metres = 20 sq metres.

Are you Prince Charles' Equerry ?

ilovefreebies_2 · 15 April 2005 at 9:44AM

Oops - Your right! Its about 1500 sq foot!

bunking_off · 15 April 2005 at 12:50PM

Go to an out of town retail park which has a few different carpet stores - many have Allied & Carpetright next door to one another.

Go in with the dimensions, choose what carpets you want and offer them the opportunity to "do you a deal" on the whole house. Take the quote from one shop to the other and just watch the £££s drop off.

I carpeted a new build like this - 1800 sq ft - ended up with cheapie underlay thrown in for the less used rooms (obviously need better quality for the heavier traffic rooms) and gripper rods for free...obviously on top of a discount plus the usual 50% off deals.

You can probably get a better deal via roll-ends, but it depends whether you're willing to settle for whatever's available.

Jacster_2 · 17 April 2005 at 3:56PM

I recently floored a new build house. I got my underlay and gripper strip from the wholesaler (a local guy who supplies all the carpet stores in my area) and bought a mid-range carpet from a local independent shop where they did free fitting for anything above £8 a yard. I checked in advance they would work with underlay and gripper I supplied and they did.

I saved over £800 from first quotes (CarpetRight), and got a better quality carpet with top of the range underlay!

If you don't know who the local wholesaler is, go into your local carpet shops and have a look at invoices lying around on their desks/till points, or check yellow pages.

Good luck.

patchwork_cat · 17 April 2005 at 9:36PM

If it is a new build don't forget your VAT can be knocked of if done before move in or completion(not 100% sure which)

ilovefreebies_2 · 18 April 2005 at 11:01AM

Thanks very much for the above advice

bunking_off · 19 April 2005 at 4:30PM

patchwork_cat wrote:

If it is a new build don't forget your VAT can be knocked of if done before move in or completion(not 100% sure which)

...it's completion of the build, although I think legal completion is a good proxy for that. Though I'd suggest HM Customs & Excise might take a dim view on this one - that VAT exemption is supposed to only cover the physical build of the property, and carpets are not legally considered to be part of that. This said, if you can find a friendly carpet dealer who'll buy the argument and take the risk with C&E (it's their risk rather than your's I believe), then go for it...

ilovefreebies_2 · 21 April 2005 at 11:28AM

I live up in Newcastle hence I'll need a few extra to 'Place around the top of my garden fence!(Is this illegal)' Thanks for the offer though!

CA · 9 June 2005 at 3:58PM

bunking_off wrote:

...it's completion of the build, although I think legal completion is a good proxy for that. Though I'd suggest HM Customs & Excise might take a dim view on this one - that VAT exemption is supposed to only cover the physical build of the property, and carpets are not legally considered to be part of that. This said, if you can find a friendly carpet dealer who'll buy the argument and take the risk with C&E (it's their risk rather than your's I believe), then go for it...

Cartpets are not covered but hardwood floors are, along with fireplaces, and, I think, integrated kitchen appliances.

New house and need alot of carpet about 1500 m2

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