Furniture in Egypt

[queenie40something]

Hi Iain - I have moved some of our posts into this thread.

Yes 5 times and enjoyed every single one of them LOL.

To give you an idea he quoted me £800 for bedroom which was double bed, mattress, headboard, 2 bedside cabinets, dressing table and mirror, and fitted wardrobes, kitchen £60 sq m, £300 sofabed, £45 dining table and I think £25 each chair. Sun loungers £20/25 each. All these are made by the carpenters and their work was very very good. They will replicate anything from a magazine pic or website. Air cons were about £300 each and water heater from memory was £90. You can get a TV for around £300, fridge for about £130 so that will give you an idea on how much you would save.

[iain]

That's interesting just getting out my calulator. Do the aircon people come and fit? Guess they do.

Iain

[queenie40something]

Hi Iain yes they will supply and fit everything from the kitchen to waterheater and aircon. The chap I met basically said whatever I wanted he would make or get for me. This would make life easier as you would only have to deal with one person for everything.
I think the aircons for ground floor is cheaper than anything above as I belive more work is involved??
The chap would also be able to get blinds and curtains made as well as cushions, lighting etc.
This is what I will probably do. Spend a day with him talking through everything and then leaving him to it. We are flying out in Oct so I want to get the ball rolling so he will be able to have everything made and start fitting when we arrive. He also will not make anything until he has personally been to see the apartment and measured up everything for a perfect fit.

[queenie40something]

I have roughly calulated that I can furnish for quite a high standard for around £3500. Which is alot cheaper than the furniture package. Even if it goes up to £5000 I know it will be much better quality and I get what I want and not what I am given.

Also have you noticed that the furniture pack sofa in the lounge now looks filthy and shabby??

[realestatemart]

Originally Posted by queenie40something

I have roughly calulated that I can furnish for quite a high standard for around £3500. Which is alot cheaper than the furniture package. Even if it goes up to £5000 I know it will be much better quality and I get what I want and not what I am given.

Also have you noticed that the furniture pack sofa in the lounge now looks filthy and shabby??

Most of times developer package is more than when you do it yourself but if you like to avoid the hassle you go with developer package

[queenie40something]

Originally Posted by realestatemart

Most of times developer package is more than when you do it yourself but if you like to avoid the hassle you go with developer package

Hi George but in alot of cases there is no hassle really and buyers can source everything from one person for the fraction of the cost??? It is a case of knowing where to go and my advise is to not to get the over priced packages via developer / agent as you will get much better quality / cheaper sourcing your selves. Please save yourselves an arm and a leg and shop around.

[realestatemart]

Originally Posted by queenie40something

Hi George but in alot of cases there is no hassle really and buyers can source everything from one person for the fraction of the cost??? It is a case of knowing where to go and my advise is to not to get the over priced packages via developer / agent as you will get much better quality / cheaper sourcing your selves. Please save yourselves an arm and a leg and shop around.

that's true queenie just sometimes it takes time, quality is not what you wished, so if you buy ready furniture this is the best way to do it and should have someone who have the city experience who is good and who is bad, the hassle i meant is going around and spend some days buying, some people prefere to have the flat reaady to live in
sometimes i wish to be the one who do building finishing, furnishing, every thing that i can control everything and deliver what is promised to my client but this is impossible that 1 person do every thing

[ScottyMac]

Originally Posted by queenie40something

Hi Iain yes they will supply and fit everything from the kitchen to waterheater and aircon. The chap I met basically said whatever I wanted he would make or get for me. This would make life easier as you would only have to deal with one person for everything.
I think the aircons for ground floor is cheaper than anything above as I belive more work is involved??
The chap would also be able to get blinds and curtains made as well as cushions, lighting etc.
This is what I will probably do. Spend a day with him talking through everything and then leaving him to it. We are flying out in Oct so I want to get the ball rolling so he will be able to have everything made and start fitting when we arrive. He also will not make anything until he has personally been to see the apartment and measured up everything for a perfect fit.

Hi Alison,

You seem to be a lot more organised with all this than me. Its my first time doing anything like this so i feel im in a bit over my head at the moment. I am flying over at the end of the month and my plan was to get hold of a carpenter and ask him to make most of the furniture and I was going to buy all electronics and stuff from stores over there. Then I was going to fly back over again after the carpenter was finnished and fit all the furniture and stuff. But it sounds like your getting your carpenter to make the furniture ready for when you arrive that sounds like a much better idea to me. Is this the same guy you have used in the past? Im only there for a week and would like to get as much done as possible and if stuff could be made for me for when i get there that would be great.... Especially a bed

[queenie40something]

Hi Scotty - I have not had anything made yet but have been to see a carpenter who has a workshop in Rowaysat. His merry band of workers were hard at it and the impression I got was that they took pride in their work. The quality of the furniture I saw them making was very good. There were pieces that were finished that looked really good - solid wood. At Rowaysat there are loads of different workshops and you can literally get anything there. You can wander around and look in all the workshops / shops. The one I met said it would take about a month to make all the furniture for a one bed. That is why I want to go over soon and spend the day with him planning and ordering and then arrange for it all to be fitted on my next trip in October. This trip we will then use to put the finishing touches such as pots, pans, cutlery etc.
I will arrange for him to pick my keys up from the agent just prior to us flying out in October. He can then arrange to deliver the furniture and fit the wardrobes and kitchen just prior to our arrival. Any problems we can then sort out with him as soon as we arrive.
I have found out that the tiles and shower units are as cheap as chips and that there is a showroom just by Delta Sharm where you place your order and their workshop is at Rowaysat.

[ScottyMac]

Where is Rowaysat? Will they deliver everything to Hurghada? Also what do you do about payment do you give him a percent deposit?

Thanks for your help.

Originally Posted by queenie40something

Hi Scotty - I have not had anything made yet but have been to see a carpenter who has a workshop in Rowaysat. His merry band of workers were hard at it and the impression I got was that they took pride in their work. The quality of the furniture I saw them making was very good. There were pieces that were finished that looked really good - solid wood. At Rowaysat there are loads of different workshops and you can literally get anything there. You can wander around and look in all the workshops / shops. The one I met said it would take about a month to make all the furniture for a one bed. That is why I want to go over soon and spend the day with him planning and ordering and then arrange for it all to be fitted on my next trip in October. This trip we will then use to put the finishing touches such as pots, pans, cutlery etc.
I will arrange for him to pick my keys up from the agent just prior to us flying out in October. He can then arrange to deliver the furniture and fit the wardrobes and kitchen just prior to our arrival. Any problems we can then sort out with him as soon as we arrive.
I have found out that the tiles and shower units are as cheap as chips and that there is a showroom just by Delta Sharm where you place your order and their workshop is at Rowaysat.