Buying a house (and renting)

PostRe: Buying a house (and renting) by **Moggy** » Wed Jul 28, 2021 2:40 pm

Victor Mildew wrote:I assume im invited to the hosue warming party?

You're welcome to go to that ho Sue if you want. :dread:

The dirty bitch :datass:

PostRe: Buying a house (and renting) by **Qikz** » Sun Aug 01, 2021 7:24 pm

I've lived here now for 2 and a half years and FINALLY I've started looking at buying new furniture. It's kind of exciting, but god damn is it expensive even if you go full Ikea.

I need/want a new desk, tv cabinet, shelving unit so I can actually get my figures out to display and realistically I do need to get a wardrobe as well.

There's no Ikea nearby so I'm planning on ordering online, only issue is they charge 40GBP delivery, so I somewhat feel I have to buy it all at once to save myself having to pay that fee more than once.

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While you're spending £40 on delivery,splash another £40 on getting someone to assemble it. Doing one piece is fine but once you've done 5 you just kinda hate yourself. Also with things like wardrobes they'll look fine then you realise that screw that wouldn't go in and you kinda figured would be fine is actually crucial and now the door doesn't close. Save yourself the stress.

Also, try jysk which does IKEA style stuff at a range of prices and has some good stuff, we got loads there when we moved in. Facebook market place is a goldmine too, though you might need a man and van effort to get some stuff, but when you consider that cost against a second hand but quality item it'll still work out cheaper than IKEA. Ive seen/got some brilliant stuff off that and Gumtree.

You could also try the clearance sections of the high end stores. I got a dining bench from West Elm that was £440 for about £70. Still feels like an investment piece. If you shop in-store you can get ex-display stuff on the cheap, Next and Dwell are great for this.

PostRe: Buying a house (and renting) by **Bunni** » Mon Aug 02, 2021 7:25 am

Also electric screwdriver For the love of Christ beg borrow or steal an electric screwdriver. Holy cow the difference in time and stress just firing screw in no strawberry floating bother.

Bunni wrote:While you're spending £40 on delivery,splash another £40 on getting someone to assemble it. Doing one piece is fine but once you've done 5 you just kinda hate yourself. Also with things like wardrobes they'll look fine then you realise that screw that wouldn't go in and you kinda figured would be fine is actually crucial and now the door doesn't close. Save yourself the stress.

Also, try jysk which does IKEA style stuff at a range of prices and has some good stuff, we got loads there when we moved in. Facebook market place is a goldmine too, though you might need a man and van effort to get some stuff, but when you consider that cost against a second hand but quality item it'll still work out cheaper than IKEA. Ive seen/got some brilliant stuff off that and Gumtree.

You could also try the clearance sections of the high end stores. I got a dining bench from West Elm that was £440 for about £70. Still feels like an investment piece. If you shop in-store you can get ex-display stuff on the cheap, Next and Dwell are great for this.

This is good advice. I don't know why but everyone just seems to default to ikea, and unless you plump for the expensive stuff, it's mostly shite.

If you only have to pay £40 for someone to assemble all 4-5 pieces then I would agree with Bunni. Especially if you'll be putting it up on your own – it is surprisingly easy to get things wrong here and there until you've got quite a bit of experience with it and on your own as a noob it'll take literally hours and hours.

PostRe: Buying a house (and renting) by **Jenuall** » Mon Aug 02, 2021 9:53 am

I've built loads of IKEA gooseberry fool myself and have never had any problems with it - either in terms of difficulty of assembly or anything going wrong, it's really straight forward and once you've done one or two things you get a feel for the way they construct stuff so can do most of it blind any way.

I definitely don't think it's worth spending extra to get someone else to build it!

That said I would also echo the advice to look at other options as well as IKEA, there's a lot more to furniture than just one store!

PostRe: Buying a house (and renting) by **Tomous** » Mon Aug 02, 2021 10:01 am

It's just time really. They're usually easy enough, but once you have a few different units to put together the time starts stacking up. Also, as soon as you go past shelving units and introduce drawers, it takes so much longer.

I definitely wouldn't pay £40 per piece of furniture though. I'd just stagger the pieces across multiple evenings/weekends.

I'll put your furniture together for £40 a pop :lol:

PostRe: Buying a house (and renting) by **Qikz** » Mon Aug 02, 2021 10:14 am

Jenuall wrote:I've built loads of IKEA gooseberry fool myself and have never had any problems with it - either in terms of difficulty of assembly or anything going wrong, it's really straight forward and once you've done one or two things you get a feel for the way they construct stuff so can do most of it blind any way.

I definitely don't think it's worth spending extra to get someone else to build it!

That said I would also echo the advice to look at other options as well as IKEA, there's a lot more to furniture than just one store!

What other furniture stores are there that are affordable?

PostRe: Buying a house (and renting) by **Tomous** » Mon Aug 02, 2021 10:17 am

Qikz wrote:
Jenuall wrote:I've built loads of IKEA gooseberry fool myself and have never had any problems with it - either in terms of difficulty of assembly or anything going wrong, it's really straight forward and once you've done one or two things you get a feel for the way they construct stuff so can do most of it blind any way.

I definitely don't think it's worth spending extra to get someone else to build it!

That said I would also echo the advice to look at other options as well as IKEA, there's a lot more to furniture than just one store!

What other furniture stores are there that are affordable?

https://www.finder.com/uk/shops-like-ikea

A range here from cheaper to more expensive, online/instore

PostRe: Buying a house (and renting) by **Jenuall** » Mon Aug 02, 2021 10:30 am

Dunelm is a good shout for an alternative option - their range is not as extensive but it's got most things covered.

I'm probably a bit perverse in that I genuinely enjoy DIY jobs and I'd stretch that to include stuff like putting flat pack furniture together - it's a satisfying process and you get something tangible at the end of it!

PostRe: Buying a house (and renting) by **Tomous** » Mon Aug 02, 2021 10:31 am

I definitely count putting together flat pack furniture as a DIY job :slol:

Jenuall wrote:Dunelm is a good shout for an alternative option - their range is not as extensive but it's got most things covered.

I'm probably a bit perverse in that I genuinely enjoy DIY jobs and I'd stretch that to include stuff like putting flat pack furniture together - it's a satisfying process and you get something tangible at the end of it!

I also enjoy putting furniture together. It does get tedious if it's a big unit with loads of parts, but it's good when you're finished (thatsbait.gif).

We were supposed to be getting a new freestanding unit delivered yesterday, which I was looking forward to but it got delayed

There are some times third party resellers for ex stock IKEA stuff that's basically the same with the old name for it on ebay or amazon marketplace that won't charge £40 delivery.

My new desk is an ikea one, and as it's got motors and stuff, I was very much looking forward to getting my £40 worth when it arrived. The instructions from them said to clear passage the room it was to be put in, so I spent ages moving my guitars and stuff out of the room so they had lots of room.

They arrived, and when I said the room was upstairs, I got a grunt of "yeah we don't do that maaaate" and they just dumped all the bits on the doorstep.

£40 :simper:

PostRe: Buying a house (and renting) by **Tomous** » Mon Aug 02, 2021 12:28 pm

Ad's new desk:

Tomous wrote:Ad's new desk:

I work in a big office with my wife.

PostRe: Buying a house (and renting) by **Qikz** » Mon Aug 02, 2021 12:46 pm

Victor Mildew wrote:My new desk is an ikea one, and as it's got motors and stuff, I was very much looking forward to getting my £40 worth when it arrived. The instructions from them said to clear passage the room it was to be put in, so I spent ages moving my guitars and stuff out of the room so they had lots of room.

They arrived, and when I said the room was upstairs, I got a grunt of "yeah we don't do that maaaate" and they just dumped all the bits on the doorstep.

£40

My flat is up a flight of stairs, not confident they'll deliver it to my front door then. :lol:

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