furnishing first house

catoutthebag

I'll be moving soon and will be spending several thousand furnish (white goods, tv, vacuum, bed, wardrobes, sofa etc)

I am budgeting 200 each for Dyson vac and white goods. 400 tv, around same for good quality bed/mattress/wardrobes.

My questions

1) should I spend money on spare bedroom equivalents to 'get it out the way' (especially as I may have to give serious consideration to a lodger)...or hang fire a few months after and see?

2) sofas seem the big money eaters. Not sure I'd risk ebay ones and I like better quality like dwell, habitat etc and ikea seems dear too...any other tips?

3) any good ways to get discount on such large outgoings? I know cash back sites, discount codes and I get cash back on my nationwide cc...anything else? I hear of an ikea discount card...I guess I apply for this beforehand?

Thank you

arbrighton

You can spend far less than then on a vacuum, it's hype.

If you need to financially consider a lodger, then perhaps you need to be budgeting differently.

Try Nabru for sofas?

catoutthebag

I'm an allergy sufferers

What's the cheaper version of Dyson which Is proven to be as effective ??

arbrighton

I'm an allergy sufferer too and our old panasonic whatever it is that we bought for about £15 from OH's vendor in first house does just fine, as long as you keep on top of it.

But we've done away with carpets downstairs too, although that's as much about having a dog now

Mojisola

catoutthebag wrote: »

What's the cheaper version of Dyson which Is proven to be as effective ??

Have a look at Henry hoovers.

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Dysons might be expensive, but they last, and come with a 5 year warranty. Ours broke after 4 years and they sent a replacement part that would normally cost £80 without charging.

I've had cheap vacs in the past and they broke pretty quickly.

Personally - i'd be buying stuff from Costco if i had my chance again - they'll replace most things if they break - with no time limits.

andrewf75

Dysons are rubbish from what I hear, everyone I know who has had one says they fell apart after a couple of years. When we moved house last year there were two broken Dysons in the garage. I've used one once and it was awful.

Either get a cheap one or get a good one, don't get an expensive crap one!

Ebay and gumtree etc is great for picking furniture up second hand. Its not really a risk, people will tell you exactly the condition its in.

ic

I've a dyson that's been going strong for about seven years now - even survived me using it clean up soot after ripping down a ceiling! (though I did have to replace the filters and give it a thorough clean!)

arbrighton

ringo_24601 wrote: »

Dysons might be expensive, but they last, and come with a 5 year warranty. Ours broke after 4 years and they sent a replacement part that would normally cost £80 without charging.

I've had cheap vacs in the past and they broke pretty quickly.

Personally - i'd be buying stuff from Costco if i had my chance again - they'll replace most things if they break - with no time limits.

This panasonic wasn't new when OH got it with the house, he completed in Oct 06. Still works perfectly well. HAsn't had any parts except for bags and when we blocked the house, we could fix that ourselves

rach_k

I would only get the essentials at first. Live in the house for a little while and see what you actually need/want and how you use the rooms. If you can borrow furniture from friends or family (old sofa, unused dining table etc) or use Freecycle or get very cheap from Gumtree/Facebook that might help. You might find particular warm or cool spots in the house that would make you want to put or avoid furniture in that place but if you buy without knowing that, what you buy might not fit where you end up wanting it. I am very indecisive so I'm sure it doesn't take most people this long but it's three years since we moved into our house and I'm only just buying our 'forever-or-as-long-as-I-can-make-it-last' furniture now!

One of our sofas actually came from Tesco and I'm very impressed with it. It was about a quarter of the price of a similar sofa we got from one of the big chain stores and is, so far, lasting just as well as the other one.

catoutthebag

This has turned into a 'Dyson thread' when I was not asking about them!?