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Buying our first house - few questions!!

emma_lewis84
emma_lewis84 Posts: 112 Forumite
in House buying, renting & selling
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Hi all - me and boyf are buying our first house - but the list of things we need seems endless!!

Washing machiene - any advice on best/cheapest?
Getting fridge/freezer hand-me-down!!
New Over/Hob/Extractor Fan - don't even know where to start on this one?!
Carpet - quoted £600 from Carpetrite for hall and stairs carpet...

We've been quoted £1800 from B&Q for a new kitchen (inc hob) is this good, bad or indifferent?!

Also, when do we need to hand over our 10% deposit?? The searches are underway, survey has been done (we only got a basic one) any idea how long it will take from now?!?

Any advice (even in terms of packing etc!!) would be very much appreciated!! xx
Positive vibes:
Spending less than £100 on food shopping in May.
organising cheap/free days out with friends
Negative vibes:
Being £1100 in my overdraft :o

Comments

  • Phirefly
    Phirefly Posts: 1,605 Forumite
    EBAY EBAY EBAY

    If you're savvy (and you're on here so you must be) you can get some brilliant deals on ebay. We got a 6 month old top spec whirlpool fridge worth £250 on ebay for £45. That was over 2 years ago and its still working a treat. You'll find similar deals on washing machines etc, just do your research, observe the auctions for a while then go for it.

    DO NOT USE CARPET RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    I cannot stress this enough. They're over priced, crap quality and use cowboy fitters.

    Shop around your small local independent carpet shops, we found a gem near us, fantastic quality, friendly guy, its his own business and he does all the fitting himself so its in his interests to do a good job. You'll be AMAZED how much you'll save compared to huge carpet barns if you shop around a drive a good bargain. We got a really good quality carpet with cloud9 and fitted for about £200 less than quoted at Carpet Wrong.

    Good luck :)
  • BASFORDLAD
    BASFORDLAD Posts: 2,418 Forumite
    yep carpet right are truely awful
    For everthing else there's mastercard.
    For clampers there's Barclaycard.
  • chugalug
    chugalug Posts: 969 Forumite
    Don't forget your local freecycle group - I've picked up several items for free! Also, as someone else has said - Ebay. I bought my kitchen on there - absolute bargain. You just have to be patient sometimes and wait for the right thing to come up. HTH and good luck in your new home.
    ~A mind is a terrible thing to waste on housework~
  • emma_lewis84
    emma_lewis84 Posts: 112 Forumite
    Kitchens from ebay?!? How?!
    Positive vibes:
    Spending less than £100 on food shopping in May.
    organising cheap/free days out with friends
    Negative vibes:
    Being £1100 in my overdraft :o
  • emma_lewis84
    emma_lewis84 Posts: 112 Forumite
    Any one ever used the comet clearance site?? http://www.clearance-comet.co.uk/ I'm not sure how reliable it is and thinking of using it so any feedback would be appreciated!!
    Positive vibes:
    Spending less than £100 on food shopping in May.
    organising cheap/free days out with friends
    Negative vibes:
    Being £1100 in my overdraft :o
  • advent1122
    advent1122 Posts: 1,403 Forumite
    emma_lewis84 wrote: »
    Kitchens from ebay?!? How?!

    Find one you like - bid on it - win it - collect it.
  • Running_Horse
    Running_Horse Posts: 11,809 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Do not buy the cheapest washing machine from Argos; it will have a smaller drum and 2 hour long wash cycle. It's one of the few items I would consider renting until you have more money.
    Been away for a while.
  • Sugarplumfairy_2
    Sugarplumfairy_2 Posts: 2,861 Forumite
    emma_lewis84 wrote: »
    Any one ever used the comet clearance site?? http://www.clearance-comet.co.uk/ I'm not sure how reliable it is and thinking of using it so any feedback would be appreciated!!

    I bought a tv from the clearance shop about 7 years ago and it went on the bung 3 days later. Phoned them up and they said it was no problem and to bring it back. Got another one and they also threw in 1 years free warranty for the inconvenience.
    Good manners cost nothing -
    Bad manners cost friends !
    Murphys No More Pies member #213
  • golfnutt
    golfnutt Posts: 53 Forumite
    The deposit needs to be paid at exchange of contracts.
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