nabru sofa beds

kjpc83

Hi, just about to move into my first house. Was wondering if anyone had used nabru and could tell me if they are any good? Thanks

chmmy

Ive recently ordered one of these.... coming at start of September. So I'll post back. I'd recommend getting the fabric swatches....when I got them I found they were quite different to how they looked online.

kjpc83

Hi, thanks for the reply. We have some fabric samples was just curious as to how comfortable it would be. How long do they take to deliver?

chmmy

It took nearly 3 weeks. I dont recommend the sofa bed, it's really uncomfortable, and sags in the middle.

The sofa looks nice, simple unfussy shape (Sui), it took us a couple of hours to put together, but it feels quite good to know what's in it and how it's put together. The seats are quite hard, because they are essentially a piece of wood slotted into a deep cushion, but actually I prefer it like that. The faux leather we choose does look like it will stand up to the job. Anyway, better than any Argos sofa experiences we've had, and I guess good for the money ( £279 without the sofa bed bit), plus we could actually fit it in the lift and into our flat which was the original reason for buying from Nabru.

My 6 year old twins are giving it a battering as I type, so it will either sink or swim lol, I dont know yet, but so far so good. Ultimately you get what you pay for, but Im pleased with it, apart from the sofa bed bit.

richardc1983

chimmy, how u finding your sofa?

I have just bought one and heres my review: had it about 2mmonths now:

Yeh its great I really love it! Apart from the cat
hairs lol! My old sofa was light coloured so didnt show up the hairs!

I think I paid in total 600 ish quid for a massive 4 seater sofa with high narrow arms, and 4 big cushions in different materials and colours. Looks lovely. Was a !!!!!! putting it together and took me about 4 hours on my own. It arrives oin a big pallet of a truck, delivery driver was very friendly and helpful.

I went for the "soft seat option" basically means that you get a webbed cutout under the cushion that gives it a more springy step. Initially when I got it, the cushions were very firm and the company told me that these soften up over a few months use. But they never lose their shape, Its great because I dont have to fluff and plump cushions up all the time. Just give it a weekly hoover with the pipe to get rid of cat hairs.

I requested some fabric samples before hand so I could pick my fabric, i went for a hard wearing fabric called MAX in mocha colour.

I also went for the storage trays, but these are the only let down, i was expecting to have drawers that were easily accessible in the base but in reality the trays are only a piece of square wood, cut out with little feet underneat that go inside the bottom of the sofa loose on the floor. So really the storage trays dont serve any purpose as you can still store stuff iunside without them, however they would be on the floor rather than raised off them on a loose piece of wood about 2cms. Getting into the trays you have to lift the seat cushion off, which is rather dififcult as they are so heavy, so I have take to storing things such as blankets in them and stuff I dont use often so as not having to go into it daily. This option could be left out though as you can store things in it without the trays. The trays just give it a floor but are not fixed in anyway to the sofa.

I would highly reccomend these sofas. For the money, they look very proffesional and are certainly much stronger than a normal DFS sofa or the alike due to the structure and how these fit together. They are very solid pieces.

I got a foot stool also because I thought they were very good value and they are because it also comes in as a 2nd seat when needed. This all came into the total of £600 all in!

luckjbblack

Here is a summary of our dealings with Nabru for anyone who is interested in buying one
1. We found their website and was worried about the "flat pack sofa" issue so wanted to go and see them for ourselves.
2. We rang them and was told someone would ring back to confirm their showroom would be open on a Sunday as we were travelling 150 miles to see them and wthin 15 minutes a lady did so off we went the next day.
3. We liked what we saw and along with3 or 4 other people there at the time placed an order for a 4 metre by 3 metre corner set with 4 extra cushions and a footstool for about £1200.00 inc V.A.T
4. We were given a time of about 3-4 weeks for delivery but it arrived 13 days later after a confirming phone call from the couriers.
5. It arrived all shrinkwrapped on a metre square pallet and about 8 foot high and once all un-packed and layed out looked pretty daunting even though i'm a competant D.I.Yer....one big pile of wood , foam, and material etc.....
6. The whole thing took about 4 hours to put together but once you suss out how it goes , it is pretty easy, if not, fool proof.
7.The only problem we had was that Nabru sent 2 right hand arms instead of 1 left / 1 right, oh no , we thought.
8. I called Nabru at 10.00a.m Monday and by 10.00a.m Tuesday a new arm had arrived.
9.The result is we have a massive, very comfy ,well made , well designed corner sofa which is actually more comfortable than the £3000.00 three piece in our lounge. Our conservatory is now our new lounge!
10 We really tried to find fault with Nabru all along but to be honest , we could not. From sale right to the aftercare in replacing the arm next day we have been impressed and so highly recommend them as we feel we have got something we feel would have been a lot more money elsewhere.

richardc1983

They are great aint they! And the cushions keep their shape so your not forever plumping!

Any chance you can up some pictures?

twinmum07

We looked at nabru sofas in 2005 as we couldn't find a decent sofa to get up our atair and didn't fancy taking the windows out of our new house to get to the second floor lounge.
We happened to be in London for a friends birthday so called into their showroom. Loved the sofas and it solved all our sofa problems, with the added bonus of being able to get a corner option.
We jokingly enquired about the chances of getting it in time for Christmas as it was Sat 17th December. The manager/owner said that would be fine as he was going home for Christmas and would just nip 1 1/2 hours further up the road to drop it off for us personally on Christmas Eve! Totally stunned doesn't come close!
Obviously the service is amazing but the quality is great too. Our sofa is now nearly 4 years old and is still as good as new, despite taking a twin portion of baby sick, spilt baby food and mucky toddler hands. We looked at replacing the covers but thought we'd try giving them a wash first and see how that went and they washed brilliantly so no need for new covers. We replaced the cushions in the summer but at only £15 for an enormous cushion why not (our neighbours were ordering a sofa like ours so we added our cushions to our order)

We are now ina position to be ordering another sofa for the playroom, we don't need a modular sofa but due to our previous experience with Nabru we couldn't not order with them!

I am not sure if my link to pics will work but i will give it a try
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww301/twinmumUK/loungeafter1.jpg

kezat

We bought one back in July 09. It is a 4 seated corner sofa, beige MAX cover. Really impressed with quality and it's sturdiness, much better quality than anything similar we looked at on the high street and also cheaper than anything we looked at on high street. Infact my mum is now ordering a sofa and armchair from them as she was also impressed with our sofa.

richardc1983

ive just redecorated and odered a matching set of armchairs to go with my sofa I bought last year! Looks great!

lofielectronic

Was looking at these but several of the review I found online put me off. Sounds like they might be find for a sofa you don't use that often but not for a main room?

Sorry for the delay in replying, missed your reply as the thread had been moved.

We've only had the sofa for a couple of months but seems very comfortable, no less so than our main sofa in the lounge which was about 4 times the price. Having said that I probably wouldn't have bought it for my main lounge (it's not sprung, it's essentially large foam pads with a solid MDF frame - so not sure how well it would stand up over time if it was your main sofa being used every day), but as it's in the loft it only gets used for the home cinema and it's fine for that.

The fabric seems hard-wearing enough, there are loads of different options so we deliberately chose a more hard-wearing one.

Understand your concerns about buying from an internet business that doesn't turn many search results, I would have been concerned as well but we only live about 20 minutes away from their factory/showroom so we went and checked them out in person, sat on the different cushion types etc so that we could make sure we were happy before we bought.

Only other thing to be aware of is that the sofas are self-assembly (which was great for us as far easier to get up into the loft) - it essentially comes as a giant kit on a pallet which is delivered to your front drive, and you take it from there! It was a bit of a pain to put together (took my father-in-law and myself 2-3 hours to do it, and we're both pretty handy when it comes to DIY), would probably take less time if you were doing a sofa rather than a sofabed. But once put together it feels very solid (it's certainly heavy enough to move ) so overall I'm very happy with it.

Hope that helps.

From http://www.avforums.com/forums/av-stands-cabinets-seating-furniture/942399-corner-sofa.html



Company that seems to have gone downhill.
ordered a 2.3m x 2.3m corner sofa.

First delivery day, spoke to the delivery company and was told "will probably be a PM delivery"
3PM sofa turns up on a pallet and shrink wrapped.
Website said as close as possible to the front door.
AFTER making the purchase, you get an email that say's:
HOW THE GOODS COME

Your goods will all be flat packed and shrink wrapped onto a pallet. On the day of delivery the couriers will bring the goods as close as they can to your front door. When they get them there it's simply a matter of breaking the shrink wrap open and carrying the goods in - the largest individual part is always an arm or a sofabed mechanism.

it's now your task of removing the shrink wrap, carrying the sofa parts into your home (mine is on the 4th floor) and then disposing of the pallet yourself!!!

2 cushions of mine were damaged and I can only say that Neil (a director of the company) is not only rude, but also someone who says one thing, then denies what he said.
Also avoid weekend deliveries, as there are no manager's not helpful staff to speak to if your delivery doesn't show up, or is damaged.

Sofa was finally sorted out with a delivery guy trying to repair the damaged sofa at 6pm on a saturday after waiting in all day, and no-one at the office able to give a AM or PM appointment time., so I had given up at 5PM and carried on with my life, only to have him come back at a later date and repair the leg, cushion cover and arrive with another wrong cushion cover, and I agreed to change the cover myself rather than wait in for another repair guy.

MDF construction, creek's a bit, fair comfortable, but as the lady answering the phones at the weekend said "Thats why we are cheaper, we don't carry anything, and sometimes things are damaged"


from http://moblog.net/view/890598/nabru-sofa-review