Alternatives to Sharps Bedrooms...

[Stephen H]

Just had a Sharps rep round to measure up an alcove that is just 2.4m
high by 1.8m wide and around 40cm deep

we asked for a quote for just the front frame, a false floor, two sets
of double doors, one top shelf and a single clothes rail underneath the
top shelf and absolutely nothing else, no lights or anything.

We were asked if we wanted the inside lined or left as bare painted
plasterboard. We said bare painted plasterboard was fine which is whats
there originally.

The sales rep measures up the whole room, including the window
positions, door positions, socket and light switch positions etc, which
had nothing to do with the alcove that we wanted the wardrobe for.

After a lot of pencil scratching on a graph paper pad,

He quoted..... *drum roll*

10 grand...

We then hand over the 3 special offer vouchers vouchers that we had from
the Sharps shop.

Price then drops to £3,500(!).

Needless to say we declined on the spot. While I appreciate its all made
to measure, £3,500 is steep. We were expecting around £1,000.

Now what other alternative firms are there to Sharps or are the any
places where they will do a supply only made to measure bedroom
furniture that I can assemble and install myself?

Stephen.

[Owain]

On Apr 5, 8:16 pm, Stephen H wrote:
> we asked for a quote for just the front frame, a false floor, two sets
> of double doors, one top shelf and a single clothes rail underneath the
> top shelf and absolutely nothing else, no lights or anything.

Sounds like a standard job for any competent joiner.

You're not in the Medway area are you? ;-)

Owain

[dennis@home]

"Stephen H" <ilov...@pleasespamme.com> wrote in message
news:ucmfr.88971$bA2....@fx20.am4...

Its not difficult to buy a couple of doors from <spit> B&Q and make a frame
to fit them.
I estimate maybe £150 if you go OTT.

[John Rumm]

There are plenty of places online that do doors and panels in made to
measure sizes to order... the rest is just a few battens and a bit of
frame work!

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Cheers,

John.

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[Gazz]

> The sales rep measures up the whole room, including the window positions,
> door positions, socket and light switch positions etc, which had nothing
> to do with the alcove that we wanted the wardrobe for.
>
> After a lot of pencil scratching on a graph paper pad,
>
> He quoted..... *drum roll*
>
> 10 grand...

Fuckinell, i bet he charges extra if you want him to use lube whilst he's
arse raping you too.

Have a look in the friday/evening local papers, there should be a few
joiners advertising that kind of thing, or ask friends if they have had
anything similar done and who by.

2 years ago my parents had an over bed wardrobe thing made for them by a
local joiner, about 7 meters long, full height wardrobe with 4 drawers in
the bottom, bedside table thing (3 drawers), over bed cupboards, bedside
table (3 drawers), 2 more full height wardrobes with drawers in the bottom
hidden by the doors when closed), all fully lined at the back and sides,
nice detailing and all made to compliment the room,

And they paid about 2k, they got him back 6 months ago to build their
wardrobes in the dressing room to match the style of the over bed ones,
about 3 meters long this time, sliding doors, lots of drawers and shelves
and shit like that, lights in the wardrobes on door operated switches etc,
1200 quid,

[Phil L]

He quoted 10K for a job that would take one man one day and use less than a
hundred quid's worth of materials?

Have you been in touch with trading standards yet?

Ring someone competent out of your local rag and expect to pocket the other
9.5K+ and put it to better use.