is a coloured bathroom suite worth anything???

originalgirl

hello,
i was wondering if anyone knows about coloured bathroom suites and if they are worth trying to sell? if so where would be best.
thank you for your time.
Amy x:)

phill99

I did a boot sale recently and the guy next to me had a complete second hand white suite and he struggled to get £40 for the whole thing.

Coloured suites have a value if someone has damaged part of their suite and wants a replacement loo or sink etc. Then its a case of marrying up the right purchaser at the right time. On ebay there are a few coloured suites but not making big money - £50 or so. Depends how desperate you are for £50 and whether you can store it etc.

Auntie-Dolly

I just had a quick look on ebay & no-one seems to want them unfortunately.

bungle4by4

if its a tin bath maybe the local scrappy?

chuck it in the garage, in 20 years it might be 'chic'

ormus

as above. colored suites are worthless.
even a white suite isnt worth a lot.
you can buy a new white one for 199 quid.

keystone

janeyfastcarr

We had 16 year old grey suite, put it in the local paper and sold it for £40, we had 4 calls for it. The people who bought it turned up in 2 brand new cars! I would have thought they could have afforded a new one!!!

Ben84

janeyfastcarr wrote: »

We had 16 year old grey suite, put it in the local paper and sold it for £40, we had 4 calls for it. The people who bought it turned up in 2 brand new cars! I would have thought they could have afforded a new one!!!

Maybe being careful with money is how they afford the new car, or maybe they like to reuse things for environmental reasons? Who knows, but you got £40, paid nothing for disposal and had it collected from your house, so that's great

As for the OP's bathroom fixtures, she hasn't told us if they're avocado or not. I like interesting colour fixtures, so grey, red, brown, blue, that's all good, but not green. The 1970s killed green bathrooms.

skylight

It also depends on whether its an original Art Deco era coloured suite or a 1980's one........ Anything that is post-war isn't worth much at all and even collectors pieces it can be difficult to find buyers.

originalgirl

hi,
thanks for all the replys.
the colour of the suite is peach, the make of it is armitage shanks. if that makes a difference.

Ben84

originalgirl wrote: »

hi,
thanks for all the replys.
the colour of the suite is peach, the make of it is armitage shanks. if that makes a difference.

I don't believe second hand bathroom fixtures commonly fetch high prices. Which is surprising really as good quality ones can be expensive to buy new.

However, you might as well try selling it, even if it's for a token amount as it would significantly reduce your disposal costs. You might be able to avoid a costly skip hire by selling the fixtures, making the actual return to you worth significantly more.