best place to buy new sofa??

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Firstly, sorry if this is the wrong place to be posting this but I didn't know where else to put it!
I am moving in about 4 weeks and need to buy a new sofa ready for my new place, I have been told to avoid Argos as apparently they are very bad quality. I have noticed that Homebase are having a 10% weekend next weekend but I think they are the same company??
Where can I get a decent sofa set and how will I know if it's good quality?
You might have guessed this is the first time I've done this so any help is much appreciated, thanks :A

angchris

do a bit of investigation into the independant firms locally to you, they are far more likely to offer you a good deal and give you exactly what you want at half the price.
we looked around for about 2 months in gloucester/chelt etc and 2 x 3 seater fully leather recliners in scs was £3500 and we found the exact same sofas for £1600 at an independant family firm so its worth putting in a bit of legwork.

Stephb1986_2

I don't know where you are based if it's NW then what ever you do don't go to CSL! Trust me!

Also DFS are on their way under too, so I guess that leaves scs and harveys?

Steph xx

WASHER

DFS on their way under? Is that right? I haven't heard anything in the news about them. I have seen a sofa I would like to buy early next year.

alison6692

I am having the same dilema too OP.

I have asked friends and people have reccomended "sofa sofa" who have a showroom in Cardiff but are also having a day in London on Nov 15th (in Hammersmith) -their prices are very good so worth the travel I think.

My friend has argos sofa's and they are lovely - wouldn't know they are argos at all.

I think we are going to check out DFS and if we can't find any good ones we are going to have a look at the sofasofa range.

One other friend reccomended furniture village.

HTH

Stephb1986_2

WASHER wrote: »

DFS on their way under? Is that right? I haven't heard anything in the news about them. I have seen a sofa I would like to buy early next year.

It was in a newspaper about 2 weeks ago, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/dfs-joins-victims-of-furniture-downturn-1179865.html

Googled it for you

I just don't want anyone buying a sofa and getting done over, if anyone is North West and is looking for a sofa let me know I can give you an address and phone number of a place my mum went to after 2 years of hell with CSL (that rhymes lol)

Steph xx

becs

We've just had a sofa and a sofabed delivered from sofasofa and I have to say we're really impressed with them! The quality of course is not going to be comparable with the likes of heals but then they are a 3rd of the price! I would say they are better quality than the 2 m & s sofas we have had and I wouldn't hesitate to buy from them again.

billy858

I've had a sofa from Argos and wouldn't get one from there ever again. I now have two sofas from Next and am really happy with them. They gave great customer service and I am paying for them over 12 months interest free.

ginvzt

We got ours from CSL and I could really recommend them . We even travelled a fair distance to visit their showroom, and were not disappointed at all!!! Nearly 3 years later the sofa is still with us, in the third (!!!) house in the meantime, and looks good, apart from where cat let its claws in... (it is a leather sofa and he did not scratch, so it is just !!!!! marks)

carlamagee

i got my first sofa (which,3 years later are still sitting on) from Argos. Cheap and Cheeerful at the time was required a moving in to an unfurnished rented place. It is a leather 3seater, 2 seater and recline chair = nothing wrong with them, they are grand. My only qualms is that the seat isnt wide enough and back isnt tall enough . Translate that to im just looking to find excuses toget a new sofa!!

Stephb1986_2

Here is our CSL Nightmare http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1178083

They also have an alternative website click on the sofa when you go on
http://tkey.co.uk/csl-sofas-complaints

and another one
http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/csl-sofas-reputation-management-problem.html

I'm just being totally honest I wouldn't want anyone going through the nightmare we have!

Steph xx