sofa conundrum 18 March at 2:04PM in In my home (includes DIY) MoneySaving 15 replies 736 views

Bigphil1474

OP, just a thought but have you costed out having your existing sofas re-covered if they are just worn. 

greensalad

I bought a sofa from Next last year and it's by far the best sofa I've ever had. M&S had some good ones too, and I like that with them you can choose the filling for all the sofas in the range.

badger09

Bigphil1474 said:

OP, just a thought but have you costed out having your existing sofas re-covered if they are just worn. 

Good idea but it’s not necessarily a cheaper option. 

We bought 2 (large) 2 seater sofas with fitted covers from Multiyork in 2001. Not cheap, but excellent quality. They didn’t get very heavy use but after 20 years the fabric was showing signs of wear. When we moved, I wanted to replace them but husband thinks they’re very comfortable & honestly, the foam seat pads & feather back cushion pads were as good as new. So we had new fitted covers made in 2021. Cost almost £1500, but we now have 2 new looking sofas which will probably last as long as we do😂

t33

Ideally I'd always repair/rejuvenate but the springs on each sofa are iffy and the cushions innards need replacing and are an unusual shape (not quite oblong) so the supplier could not guarantee how they'd look, also cost very prohibitive.   Only 5 years old so very disappointed they have not lasted better. I'm hoping that a charity will take my current ones so that they do someone a good turn.  So I'm going to try the buy and replace more frequently than I'd like route.  Not ideal.

I shall look at Next though have checked M&S and didn't see anything suitable.  All really depends on what are in store so I can try as I don't buy sight unseen.

ashe - I wouldn't touch FB with a bargepole frankly   Seriously though I'm not on social media and from what I hear it would be the last place I'd look for balanced information for the most part.  Generally get sensible responses here though, hence my query, and that's been useful.  As a contrast I had a TV bought from JL and it took two months of very time consuming wrangling with the customer service before I got a refund (and their technical people had taken it away and declared it not fixable).  Ghastly experience and JL used to have a brilliant after sales reputation ...

So frustrating that buying a very simple couple of items is such a minefield and that seeing/testing instore is very limited (unless you live in London in my experience) and so much nylon fabric and poor structural materials used regardless of price.

Moan over. Thanks. 

ashe

t33 said:

Ideally I'd always repair/rejuvenate but the springs on each sofa are iffy and the cushions innards need replacing and are an unusual shape (not quite oblong) so the supplier could not guarantee how they'd look, also cost very prohibitive.   Only 5 years old so very disappointed they have not lasted better. I'm hoping that a charity will take my current ones so that they do someone a good turn.  So I'm going to try the buy and replace more frequently than I'd like route.  Not ideal.

I shall look at Next though have checked M&S and didn't see anything suitable.  All really depends on what are in store so I can try as I don't buy sight unseen.

ashe - I wouldn't touch FB with a bargepole frankly   Seriously though I'm not on social media and from what I hear it would be the last place I'd look for balanced information for the most part.  Generally get sensible responses here though, hence my query, and that's been useful.  As a contrast I had a TV bought from JL and it took two months of very time consuming wrangling with the customer service before I got a refund (and their technical people had taken it away and declared it not fixable).  Ghastly experience and JL used to have a brilliant after sales reputation ...

So frustrating that buying a very simple couple of items is such a minefield and that seeing/testing instore is very limited (unless you live in London in my experience) and so much nylon fabric and poor structural materials used regardless of price.

Moan over. Thanks. 

Well if you won't go on Facebook, look at their non trustpilot reviews 

https://www.reviews.io/company-reviews/store/www-sofology-co-uk

This place is good for info but I'd want a larger sample size to understand what their quality and service is like.   

There aren't many big chains I would trust for a sofa these days, they're all cheaply built in china.