Recommended bathroom suite merchant??

[Hillydevon]

Just wanted to avail myself of the wisdom of (knowledgable) crowds before deciding where to purchase some new bathroom gear. I had made note to self a while ago about joyou, whose parent co. was Grohe so they seemed worth a look. But they seem to have ceased trading so back to square one. Any thoughts/suggestions? 

 

[TerryE]

See I love Megabad. Though thanks to the Leavers winning we all have to pay an extra 15+% premium

[Gone West]

I bought all our bathroom stuff for three rooms from Bathstore. They had everything we wanted, we liked the designs and buying in bulk we got a good discount on top of the sale price.

[Mikey_1980]

We brought everything from our local independant bathroom shop and I am glad that we did they were absolutely brilliant, they helped us with all the designs and made us realise why the ones that we had dreamt up wouldn't work, they matched the lowest internet prices without us forcing for a discount, stored it all for us and have been brilliant with faults or us loosing bits (fast flow shower wastes) replacing them free of charge and delivering all the bulky items as and when we needed them.

[Barney12]

6 hours ago, PeterStarck said:

I bought all our bathroom stuff for three rooms from Bathstore. They had everything we wanted, we liked the designs and buying in bulk we got a good discount on top of the sale price.

I've had a very similar experience.The last two properties we did were all Bathstore. good design, good quality and good discounts.

Its worth remembering though that they are a franchise so desire to discount will vary by owner.

[Hillydevon]

Thanks, guys... Much food for thought! 

[Temp]

Just a tip.. If you decide to mix and match beware that there are an infinite number of shades of white. They all look white in the show room but when you get a bath from one place next to a basin or pan from another the difference can be obvious.

[Hillydevon]

Noted! 

[iSelfBuild]

bahsupermarket.com - fantastic service and great prices!

[Hillydevon]

There's a new one on me - added to the list, cheers! 

[Wrekin1]

On 09/07/2016 at 13:50, iSelfBuild said:

bahsupermarket.com - fantastic service and great prices!

 

Just tried checking this and it seems they have ceased trading?

[Onoff]

On 09/07/2016 at 13:50, iSelfBuild said:

bahsupermarket.com - fantastic service and great prices!

I've bought sheep from there I think.....

[jamiehamy]

On 07/07/2016 at 21:41, TerryE said:

See I love Megabad. Though thanks to the Leavers winning we all have to pay an extra 15+% premium

I will correct you there - the markets drove the value of Sterling down.  We shouldn't really perpetuate something that blames people incorrectly. 

 

 

[RandAbuild]

Sorry to take this off topic, but just a correction - the markets have been influenced by the uncertainties caused by Brexit, so Terry is right.

[jack]

Please all, let's not take this useful thread any further off topic.  The markets and exchange rates are what they are, and there's nothing to be gained from rehashing the hows and whys of Brexit.

 

Thanks 

[TerryE]

Yup let's avoid the pithole.  I deliberately bought all of our bathroom and shower room fittings from Megabad before the 23 June at 1.31 € / £, IIRC (even though I wasn't anticipating installing them for another 6 months) for my own reasons.  Since then for whatever reason the rate has bounced around between 1.10 - 1.18 €.  None of the credit forecasts anticipate the £ strengthening in the foreseeable future.

 

@jack, I agree that the reasons for this drop in the £ might be controversial amongst some of our members, but the fact remains that importing goods from abroad it now a lot more expensive, and this fact is relevant to this thread.

[jack]

3 minutes ago, TerryE said:

 ... but the fact remains that importing goods from abroad it now a lot more expensive, and this fact is relevant to this thread.

 

I never said otherwise.

 

If you want to discuss historical exchange rates and what rates you happened to get several months ago, have at it, but I personally feel that information is of pretty limited use to people looking for bathroom suppliers today.

 

My main focus was avoiding off-topic political discussions from derailing a useful thread.

[Onoff]

I got a good deal on a stainless steel radiator from these people:

 

http://www.britishbathroomcompany.co.uk

 

Cheapest I could find, free delivery and when it was going to be a day late a REAL person contacted me with an apology. So on that basis when I want something else they'll be a first port of call.

[jack]

5 minutes ago, Onoff said:

 and when it was going to be a day late a REAL person contacted me with an apology. 

 

It really doesn't take much, does it?  We all understand that stuff happens.  It's how suppliers (and tradespeople, etc) respond that determines the impact of that stuff.

[Onoff]

7 minutes ago, jack said:

 

It really doesn't take much, does it?  We all understand that stuff happens.  It's how suppliers (and tradespeople, etc) respond that determines the impact of that stuff.

 

They were snowed in apparently. 

[Onoff]

20% off ends tonight:

 

https://victoriaplum.com/?_$ja=tsid:65394|cgn:Quality suites 0512_Consumer_December_Quality suites_0_0 (1)|kw:Header&utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Quality suites 0512_Consumer_December_Quality suites_0_0 (1)&utm_content=&emailid=27228060&linkname=Header

[joe90]

Spooky, was just looking at that site earlier.

[joe90]

Just to confuse the issue I also found "https://www.victorianplumbing.co.uk/. Not the same company but seems cheaper for some things.

[Onoff]

20 minutes ago, joe90 said:

Just to confuse the issue I also found "https://www.victorianplumbing.co.uk/. Not the same company but seems cheaper for some things.

 

Clearly some bad blood there:

 

https://www.asa.org.uk/Rulings/Adjudications/2015/12/Victorian-Plumbing-Ltd/SHP_ADJ_309130.aspx#.WEXlqcunxAg

[Onoff]

Plumbworld vouchers:

 

http://www.plumbworld.co.uk/plumbworld-sign-up-vouchers