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Monday, November 10, 2008
dwinder72
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Hi all,
I just want to let you all know how I managed to get my place filled with the exact furniture I wanted.
As most of you all know by now a lot of the furniture places in Spain which sell furniture packages are either unreliable, overly expensive and or both.
I spent a week or so in August when I came over trudging around various furniture places (you know the drill, half the problem is knowing where everything is)
After al of the legwork I thought it would make more sense to buy EXACTLY what I wanted here in the UK (afterall you can make use of all the sales, plus you know hte best shops to go to), and then hire a van with my brother and drive it all down. This though didnt exactly fill me with excitement as I can think of better things to do. So I set about pricing up removal charges to Condado from various firms.
Of course this is where I hit a snag as the quotes offered were ridiculous, ranging from £2200 up to £4000 !!
Then by chance I found a guy called Allan, who offered to do the job for £650 with guaranteed delivery times.
Sounds too good to be true doesnt it?
Anyway it turns out that some of the people I work with know this guy and vouched for him so I thought I'd give him a try.
So I bought EVERYTHING i needed over here, making sure I got the best deal possible on all items. Then gave Allan a call and aranged for him to pick up the items. The plan being I was going to arrive in Condado last Saturday evening and he would be there on my arrival.
Anyhow the night before I was flying out there I got a text message off him, explaining he's arrived a day early and seeing as how hehas nothing else to do, would I like him to put everything in place? ie put up beds etc....an offer I wasnt going to refuse considering I didnt really fancy the idea of getting stuck into it as soon as I arrived, so I text him back and told him to knock himself out.
Saturday morning arrived and another text from Allan. All of the furniture was up and in place, would I like him to nip to the supermarket and get some basics ready for my arrival?. You arent going to sday no are you??
So we arrived last Saturday evening, drove to Condado and sure enough there was Allan camped out in his van (he has a seperate sleeping section in his van), and true to his word thefridge was stocked with essentials and ALL of the furniture was in place and not one piece of damage to anything. Which considering we shipped out a glass topped dining table and 3 large mirrors I was delighted.
I cannot recommend this guy highly enough. He was a true professional and took care to make sure everything went smoothly.
For any of you who are sick to the back teeth of traipsing around Spain or dealing with furniture pack providers this HAS to be the easiest and most cost effective way of doing it.
All in including delivery it cost us £3500 to furnish our 2 bedroomed apartment, and after seeing others who had gone down the route of ordering from furniture pack providers the quality of our furniture was much better, everything had arrived as expected and it probably cost us 1/3rd of their costs.
To anyone who is interested, and honestly it was such a stress free experience I'd recommend it to everyone.
Heres Allans mobile number 07814961338. He does runs to and from every week. Let him know I recommended him (and no im not on commission), as he really did look after our items and went above and beyond what we paid for.