Where to buy cheap furniture for a newly bought flat

consumer23

Dear Forum,

I will be buying a new flat shortly, and it will be like most properties that are bought, i.e. unfurnished, barring a few items that the seller may leave behind.

I was just wanting to find out what the best, most affordable way is of furnishing a property without breaking the bank. I'm not looking to find items on freecycle or freegle as this can end up more time consuming and expensive than its worth - driving from place to place to pick up items (in my case having to hire a car first before doing this).

John Lewis is obviously a well known reliable & favourite retailer, but a little on the expensive side.

Thanks,
Peter

ReadingTim

Ikea? Argos?

Continental

An auction house. They can usually arrange for large furniture items to be delivered too.

The British Heart Foundation also sells new and gently used furniture (my daughter bought a brand new dining table and chairs from them). They also deliver.

Caraway90

We got lots of bits from Ikea :j

LilElvis

Ikea - their items are robust, easy to put together and they have a cheap delivery service. If you have access to a vehicle then their website gives you the package dimensions as well as the constructed size. I've managed to get some fairly large pieces home sticking out of the convertible roof on my Smart car.

lincroft1710

Auction house, charity shop, FB selling page, Nextdoor, even friends, work colleagues and relatives (I bought my first 3 piece suite from someone I worked with for £5, 40 yrs ago).

allypally26

Ikea do interest free credit too. I spent around £1200 last year with included two beds, dinning table with chairs, bedside tables, dressing table, bookcase, two foot stalls and a tv stand. I got most in Hemnes range as I already had drawers in that range but it could of been cheaper. If you spend over £600 you can get interest free credit between 6-24 months.

You do have to do it in store but you can pick out all the bits after looking at them first which is handy and they deliver.

As long as you can be patient and realise it will take a bit of time to put together then it’s pretty easy.

D_M_E

Another source to consider is Freecycle in your area.

sal_III

Ikea is the go-to sensible price brand and you can see and touch the items in store in addition to getting inspiration/ideas.

Argos has a lot of stuff too, often with good discounts for "bundles" like bed+mattress, downside is you generally can't see/touch the product in advance.

Wayfair has load of stuff from dirt cheap to ridiculously expensive.

Edit: Also as someone else already mentioned, it's a good idea to share you are looking for furniture with family/colleagues. Quite often they are looking for an excuse to upgrade some of their stuff and/or de-clutter the garage. So you can get some "hand me downs" on the cheap/free.

bigisi

D_M_E wrote: »

Another source to consider is Freecycle in your area.

If you'd actually read the OP you'd see the poster doesn't want to do this.

JoJo1978

Amazon, Wayfair, IKEA, George, Argos

AO for white goods

British Heart Foundation Furniture and Electrical
Facebook Marketplace

Have fun! Don't rush to get everything though, just the essentials. Live in the space a bit to work out what will work.