Buying a Sofa where to go and how much to spend !

macabethiel · 20-09-2017, 10:51

It sound simple enough our old leather 3 piece suite is 16 years old in November and starting to get a bit tired especially the sofa,we need to replace it.
We bought it from a now closed Farm Warehouse place called Bysum that sold end of line type of stuff and returns we paid a whopping £1495 for it in 2001 but the wife loved the colour, I liked it's hefty weight it seemed well made with good looking leather. The selling patter at the time was that it was a cancelled order from a local high end store but that was probably fiction.

Our suite seems to have lasted 3 or 4 times longer than those of our friends and family. We have no kids but our Chihuahuas jump on the Sofa and it has survived undamaged!

Yesterday we had a look at some Sofas at S.C.S. and the sales guy seemed to know his stuff and was not pushy. When I got home I did some research on the store and the La-Z-Boy product and we will not be buying that brand or from S.C.S. They had an in-store "Williams" product that looked good and had an option to upgrade the leather quality but they appeared not to know where it was manufactured or did not want to say. Online search indicates it's probably from China.

Anyone here got any inside knowledge or recent experience with purchasing a Sofa ?
TBH we are now looking at a substantially more expensive range by Parker Knoll as it is really a last big ticket item for us. Also interested to know if electric recliners are worth the bother. Our original budget was going to be circa £3k for a 3 seater sofa and one chair but we could up if we were sure of good quality.

20-09-2017, 10:51	#1
macabethiel Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Derby Vehicle: Freelander & Jeep GC 3.0 Posts: 4,416	Buying a Sofa where to go and how much to spend ! It sound simple enough our old leather 3 piece suite is 16 years old in November and starting to get a bit tired especially the sofa,we need to replace it. We bought it from a now closed Farm Warehouse place called Bysum that sold end of line type of stuff and returns we paid a whopping £1495 for it in 2001 but the wife loved the colour, I liked it's hefty weight it seemed well made with good looking leather. The selling patter at the time was that it was a cancelled order from a local high end store but that was probably fiction. Our suite seems to have lasted 3 or 4 times longer than those of our friends and family. We have no kids but our Chihuahuas jump on the Sofa and it has survived undamaged! Yesterday we had a look at some Sofas at S.C.S. and the sales guy seemed to know his stuff and was not pushy. When I got home I did some research on the store and the La-Z-Boy product and we will not be buying that brand or from S.C.S. They had an in-store "Williams" product that looked good and had an option to upgrade the leather quality but they appeared not to know where it was manufactured or did not want to say. Online search indicates it's probably from China. Anyone here got any inside knowledge or recent experience with purchasing a Sofa ? TBH we are now looking at a substantially more expensive range by Parker Knoll as it is really a last big ticket item for us. Also interested to know if electric recliners are worth the bother. Our original budget was going to be circa £3k for a 3 seater sofa and one chair but we could up if we were sure of good quality.