Carpet price
We get an initial estimate for carpet from John Lewis. Very high.
If you want a long-lasting good quality carpet, and have the budget, I would go for John Lewis.
However, if the tenants won't know, won't appreciate it, won't look after it, and you have to replace it because it is damaged or you need new carpet to compete with other new build properties in the area, go for a cheaper chain such as Tapi carpets, or a little local family-run business if you get a recommendation.
We get a lower estimate from elsewhere.
Fitting Price
After we pay for the carpet, not at the same time, we get a second bill for fitting. Now too late to change the order.
Furniture Shifting Price
We pay extra for the company to shift furniture.
They turn up and complain they were told there wasn't much furniture but there is a lot.
The company says I must pay the carpet fitters and the carpet company will repay the difference.
Contact With Sub-contractors
Because of data protection, nowadays you can't in the UK get the mobile of the carpet fitter or the inventory checker, because of data protection.
I think the company should give every person acting on their behalf a pay as you go system or pager.
Dust
I was not warned about dust. When the old carpet is pulled up, dust goes everywhere. All over the new paint. All over the bedding and curtains. Over small items such as table lamps.
I rush around moving things out.
I open the sliding doors and windows.
The movers have their own vacuum cleaner, which is good. But they only do the floor, not the furniture covered by dust.
They leave with the bedroom furniture in the en suite bathroom, as I discover later.
I ask for the spare carpet to be left. One small piece covers the inside of a wardrobe.
The spare piece is too heavy for me to lift. It could be used to carpet another small room.
The new carpet prevents the front door opening and shutting. They say I now have to have the bottom cut off the door. I don't think I am allowed to do that, in case it damages the appearance of the communal area. I would rather wait for the carpet to settle, or try to adjust the door hinges if their is a slight gap at the top.
A wood-look synthetic flooring would have been cheaper and not obstructed the door. However, the lease will not allow floors of wood, granite etc to minimise noise to adjacent flats or those above and below.
But the imitation wood also has problems. See next post.
However, look on the bright side. The new carpet looks terrific. The spare piece solves the problem of the wardrobe elsewhere.
(Photos will be added later.)
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Please share links to your favourite posts.
We get an initial estimate for carpet from John Lewis. Very high.
If you want a long-lasting good quality carpet, and have the budget, I would go for John Lewis.
However, if the tenants won't know, won't appreciate it, won't look after it, and you have to replace it because it is damaged or you need new carpet to compete with other new build properties in the area, go for a cheaper chain such as Tapi carpets, or a little local family-run business if you get a recommendation.
We get a lower estimate from elsewhere.
Fitting Price
After we pay for the carpet, not at the same time, we get a second bill for fitting. Now too late to change the order.
Furniture Shifting Price
We pay extra for the company to shift furniture.
They turn up and complain they were told there wasn't much furniture but there is a lot.
The company says I must pay the carpet fitters and the carpet company will repay the difference.
Contact With Sub-contractors
Because of data protection, nowadays you can't in the UK get the mobile of the carpet fitter or the inventory checker, because of data protection.
I think the company should give every person acting on their behalf a pay as you go system or pager.
Dust
I was not warned about dust. When the old carpet is pulled up, dust goes everywhere. All over the new paint. All over the bedding and curtains. Over small items such as table lamps.
I rush around moving things out.
I open the sliding doors and windows.
The movers have their own vacuum cleaner, which is good. But they only do the floor, not the furniture covered by dust.
They leave with the bedroom furniture in the en suite bathroom, as I discover later.
I ask for the spare carpet to be left. One small piece covers the inside of a wardrobe.
The spare piece is too heavy for me to lift. It could be used to carpet another small room.
The new carpet prevents the front door opening and shutting. They say I now have to have the bottom cut off the door. I don't think I am allowed to do that, in case it damages the appearance of the communal area. I would rather wait for the carpet to settle, or try to adjust the door hinges if their is a slight gap at the top.
A wood-look synthetic flooring would have been cheaper and not obstructed the door. However, the lease will not allow floors of wood, granite etc to minimise noise to adjacent flats or those above and below.
But the imitation wood also has problems. See next post.
However, look on the bright side. The new carpet looks terrific. The spare piece solves the problem of the wardrobe elsewhere.
(Photos will be added later.)
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Please share links to your favourite posts.
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