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How often is too often

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  • TheGardener
    TheGardener Posts: 3,303 Forumite
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    Really bad idea buying made to measure stuff before completion - really, really bad idea...
  • ellie27
    ellie27 Posts: 1,097 Forumite
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    I wouldnt buy anything for new house til you are in.

    Live there for a while and then you get a feel for the space and you can then see where best to put built in wardrobes etc.
  • Grenage
    Grenage Posts: 2,899 Forumite
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    Seriously, just wait. You'd be barking to get bespoke furniture before contacts.
  • divadee
    divadee Posts: 10,609 Forumite
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    We have completed a month ago. We are just ordering fitted wardrobes. Yes it's a pain not having any wardrobes but we borrowed some free standing clothes rails and are using those. At the price they cost do not even consider ordering made to measure anything!! Wait until you are in and order then.
  • caprikid1
    caprikid1 Posts: 2,133 Forumite
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    Also knowing that you have measured up for custom wardrobes, the seller might choose to recover some of the price drop !.
  • pinkteapot
    pinkteapot Posts: 8,040 Forumite
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    A 'measuring up' visit during the purchase process isn't unusual at all so no harm in asking. BUT, I can only echo what the others have said - DON'T buy anything before exchange, because there's such a high risk of the purchase falling through! If you have a gap between exchange and completion, order stuff then. If not, wait until after exchange and completion.

    We ended up with almost two months between exchange and completion (don't ask!) and the only good thing about having that long was that I managed to arrange for five different companies to deliver furniture and other stuff the day after completion - it was like Christmas. :D

    Re wardrobes - while you wait for new ones, hanging rails are about £8 each from Argos. :) And check your local Facebook 'furniture for sale' type groups as you'll get some stuff dirt cheap or even free to tide you over.
  • Person_one
    Person_one Posts: 28,884 Forumite
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    pinkteapot wrote: »

    Re wardrobes - while you wait for new ones, hanging rails are about £8 each from Argos. :) And check your local Facebook 'furniture for sale' type groups as you'll get some stuff dirt cheap or even free to tide you over.

    A tip though, the cheapest clothes rails are a false economy and will just collapse after about a week if you try to hang more than 10 items on them.

    These are a bit more expensive but much much sturdier:
    http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/2379375.htm
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    Having a buyer come round can be a right pain in the butt. You might have to tidy up, delay your evening meal, change your plans, then get caught up at work and dash home to have to nervously bite your lip while somebody whitters on and measures up.

    It's best left until after exchange really, when at least if you walk in on 20 half-full boxes of things being packed they don't feel the pressure for it to be immaculate.

    You'll make better choices/decisions over what you want if you simply wait until you move in.

    When I moved in here I had dreams of built in wardrobes.... 2+ years later I'm still using two £7 clothes rails :)
  • always_sunny
    always_sunny Posts: 8,314 Forumite
    jojo9239 wrote: »
    am I being silly?

    Very. It sounds like you're getting butterfly in your tummy; it's a house; wait for completion and when you have your keys you'll have decades to measure all you want.
    EU expat working in London
  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
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    As with many other things, in Scottish sales, the vagueness of whether or not this is 'cheeky' has been eliminated by codifying the rights of buyer and seller in standard clauses;

    "10 ACCESS

    10.1 The Seller will, after conclusion of the Missives and upon receipt of reasonable notice by the Purchaser, give access to the Purchaser or his agents to the Property at reasonable times for the purposes of inspection, measurement, or the provision of quotations. This right of access however shall not be exercised on more than 2 occasions without the consent of the Seller."
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