Furnishing an entire house quickly

[Furbo]

I need to entirely furnish a 3-bed townhouse in the south east before 30 November with reasonable quality furniture. Better than Ikea and it needs ideally to be pre-assembled, unless I hire a handyman for a few days to put it all together.

Wayfair aside, has anyone any suggestions where I can achieve this?

TIA.

[gmaz]

Does it have to be brand new stuff? If not, local charity warehouse furniture place. British Heart Foundation have some decent stuff.

[55palfers]

Local auctions usually a source of good furniture.

[Blib]

gmaz said:

Does it have to be brand new stuff? If not, local charity warehouse furniture place. British Heart Foundation have some decent stuff.

This.

[Slow.Patrol]

We did our with oak furniture land.

Although we also bought stuff off Facebook marketplace which was as good as new

[Furbo]

gmaz said:

Does it have to be brand new stuff? If not, local charity warehouse furniture place. British Heart Foundation have some decent stuff.

Yes it does. My family and I will be living in it. Furthermore, I haven't time to drive down there and start scouring the charity shops.

[Jamescrs]

I think you are going to struggle because sellers of better quality brand new furniture typically manufacture to order and don't have everything sitting around in warehouses.

[PM3]

Furbo said:

gmaz said:

Does it have to be brand new stuff? If not, local charity warehouse furniture place. British Heart Foundation have some decent stuff.

Yes it does. My family and I will be living in it. Furthermore, I haven't time to drive down there and start scouring the charity shops.

Well, get your home office manager to get cracking or sack the lazy serf.

[Furbo]

PM3 said:

Furbo said:

gmaz said:

Does it have to be brand new stuff? If not, local charity warehouse furniture place. British Heart Foundation have some decent stuff.

Yes it does. My family and I will be living in it. Furthermore, I haven't time to drive down there and start scouring the charity shops.

Well, get your home office manager to get cracking or sack the lazy serf.

Are you referring to my wife and if so with which of those job titles?

[Furbo]

Jamescrs said:

I think you are going to struggle because sellers of better quality brand new furniture typically manufacture to order and don't have everything sitting around in warehouses.

This is the issue. The last time I did this I found a sofa at Sofa Workshop that had been made to order and cancelled. I don't think they exist anymore.

Beds I can make do with. There are plenty of shaker style bases ready made and mattresses are simple enough. Worst case scenario, we could but a mattress directly on the floor for a few weeks.

[Regbuser]

Next frequently have display pieces reduced and ready to ship, and so do Loaf

[PM3]

https://basefurnishings.co.uk/

[OutInTheShed]

Wanting 'better than Ikea' in a hurry will be either costly or involve a lot of searching and a fair bit of luck.

My local furniture place is an indy chain, they have an 'outlet' where they often have good stock ready to go, ex-display, cancelled orders etc.
Not always cheap though!

[gotoPzero]

I would get an interior designer to do it for you.

My in laws did this once - she basically managed everything - did the basic design and layout and then supervised the delivery of everything and then bought stuff like bedding from John Lewis and everything was set up. She was basically running round for 2 weeks getting stuff, lamps, pictures, bedding, towels etc etc etc. Just gave her a key and that was it.

Not cheap, but it actually turned out really nice.

[peterperkins]

gmaz said:

Does it have to be brand new stuff? If not, local charity warehouse furniture place. British Heart Foundation have some decent stuff.

This. I furnished my bungalow for under £1k.

Sofa, bed, desk, wardrobe, drawers, tables, chairs, lamps etc etc

[RGG]

Furbo said:

I need to entirely furnish a 3-bed townhouse in the south east before 30 November with reasonable quality furniture. Better than Ikea and it needs ideally to be pre-assembled, unless I hire a handyman for a few days to put it all together.

Wayfair aside, has anyone any suggestions where I can achieve this?

TIA.

if you want a one stop shop this might be an idea -

https://www.loft.co.uk/?_su_rec=bD5DKCv8e3Q0pz1WLS...

[Furbo]

RGG said:

Furbo said:

I need to entirely furnish a 3-bed townhouse in the south east before 30 November with reasonable quality furniture. Better than Ikea and it needs ideally to be pre-assembled, unless I hire a handyman for a few days to put it all together.

Wayfair aside, has anyone any suggestions where I can achieve this?

TIA.

if you want a one stop shop this might be an idea -

https://www.loft.co.uk/?_su_rec=bD5DKCv8e3Q0pz1WLS...

That's the right sort of thing, thank you.

I can well imagine that the sofas have all the comfort of a park bench. But they would do for now.

[C-J]

Long shot - Ercol outlet or similar: https://www.ercol.com/en-gb/our-company/ercol-outl...

[MitchT]

How about finding someone who does "staging" of properties for sale? Maybe they'll have the connections and resources needed to furnish the house quickly and sell you the stuff rather than just put it in there temporarily as would be the case if it was being staged for the sale period?

Someone like this...
https://reads-property.com/staging

[DarkMatter]

You could consider a furniture rental company like "Bradbeers" who may also have an option to buy after the period of rental.