Geraldine.
I like you cannot speak highly enough of Silvia. She has furnished 2 apartments for me in Bucharest at what I deemed a very reasonable cost. The kitchens were hand made to measure by Romanian Carpenters as was a lot of the other furniture such as beds, wardropes, tables and shelving. The construction quality was in my opinion of a much higher quality than the stuff bought in the shops and more importantly, more durable for renting. They did an exceptional job on the construction and fitting of it and the mirrored slide robes being made to measure really complimented the bedrooms at a cost I do not belive I could have secured in a week of searching myself.
I also found that there were things I wanted to put into the apartment that Silvia advised against and other things I would not have put into the apartments that she advised to put in.
I initially took her advice on the first apartment and did not put in all that I wanted, nor did I put in which she wanted in order to reduce cost. Within a week she was back to me with a tenant subject to me putting in the washing machine and a few other small things that she had initially advised. She then told me I could either spend another 600 euro and have the apartment rented that day or wait maybe a month and have to possibly drop the price or then add the initially mentioned objects which would have cost me the 600 requested.
Needless to say on the 2nd property I was going to give her a free reign. Instead she brought me a tenant looking a 3 year contract at what we both deemed to be an extortionate rent subject to furnishing to the tenants specification. Admittedly it was not furnished to my taste, but the extra 200 euro per month, increasing by 10% per that she gets for me over 3 years certainly soothes my distaste of the tenants choice.
My advice to anyone is not to try to do what I did and cut to many corners. Get get someone like Silvia who not only knows what they are doing, but also knows the market and can get you tenants. Otherwise cheap will not be enough and you will be asked for further money to do the job right.
Like you Geraldine I cannot speak highly enough of the service Silvia has provided for us. I would have no hesitation in reccomending her to anyone considering furnishing a property in Romania
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Originally Posted by geraldine
Hi there,
I understand all too well the confusion and frustration of trying to get the best value all round, including furniture packs, good quotations for total renovation of apartments, not to mention the frustration of how time consuming all of it is when I do not speak Romanian myself. 1 year ago myself and my partner started buying some property, firstly in Brasov, subsequently 2 off-plan in Bucharest, and now again a renovation apartment in Brasov. We initially purchased through Investment Romania after being messed around by other people. We consulted a number of companies about furniture packs and subsequently decided to stay with Investment Romania for the following reasons. Firstly there attention to detail in dealing with us regarding purchase was second to none. We never had to worry about not speaking the language here or being left on our own to do stuff. Secondly, professionalism tells with this outfit in terms of the time they devoted to our needs as regards what the best way to furnish our apartment in Brasov was within our budget constraints. The apartment is a large 2 bedroomed apartment, and Silvia from Investment Romania took the burden of furnishing from us at a very realistic price, right down to candlesticks that I required. We have 2 studios coming onstream in Bucharest and have already booked Silvia at Investment Romania to handle the furniture pack, and Investment Romania to manage the rentals of same. We are at the moment renovating an office space on Republicii in Brasov, using a construction company owned by Investment Romania, again the work is being done to a superb finish as was the first one they did for us. We will be using Silvia again to choose office furniture suitable for the market here, and Investment Romania to rent and manage same. Overall, I can recommend Silvia at Investment Romania for exceptional quotes for furniture packs, professionalism, and meeting deadlines. My experience with them has been all good. If anyone wishes to ask me more, feel free to mail me. Larger companies have larger overheads, thus the person buying the furniture pack pays for this. Stress free dealings with any company is what the client wants, and again I must say I can highly recommend Silvia and the Investment Romania team, who have 8 years good track record in dealing with all aspects of client based needs.
Geraldine.
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