Is it possible to furnish a house with 2k?

If you're on a real tight budget I would steer clear of IKEA for anything other than small stuff - I found them to be quite expensive if you want decent stuff... especially in this sort of price bracket...
 
[FnG]magnolia;18216042 said:
Your place will look like a bedsit but it's possible I suppose.
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Hardly, you can get a lot of top notch stuff second hand.

Only thing I'd say get new is a matress, for obvious reasons.
 
Easy, as people have said, local papers, Ebay, Gumtree, supermarket and shop windows (cards) and local auctions.

I furnished a 2 bed room house for under a grand including washing machine, tv, stereo, sofas, dining table and chairs, beds (bought a new mattress)

I got a 4 seater and 3 seater huge soft sofa brand new at a local auction for £300 as nobody wanted the purple one :eek:

Washing machine, tv, stereo, iron, kettle was from the same place and came in at another £300.

The other £400 was spent finding local bargains for sale especially big stuff on Ebay which is collection only.

Even now, I check on Ebay for bargains like that. That's how I managed to get a mint full set of Wharfdale diamond speakers including subwoofer for £35.

Furtinure is especially cheap and devalues as soon as you buy it from a shop. Take the Alva computer deak/cupboard. Ikea sell them for £220 but you can find many mint ones sold locally for under £50.

We have recently been looking for a couple of leather sofas on Ebay for my "boys toys" room and there are many to choose from under £100. Some of these were near £1000 when new.
 
Excluding kitchen and electronics, easily. Ebay is great for such things as long as you can collect.

Don't forget to tell all family and redundancy you'll probably get 50% that way.
 
As someone who's recently kitted out the house, you'll be suprised how much you need.

Aside from the obvious bed, chair and fridge you may need basic items like bog roll holders or bedside cabinets and then the price will creep up.

Could be done if bought second or third hand, won't be amazing though :(
 
If it's just you moving out by yourself, or with just one other person then 2k should be more than enough, you probably won't have enough to furnish the third bedroom but that might not be a problem if it's not really going to get used. You can just add to it as you go on.
 
A couple of years back in our final year of uni myself and 4 other students rented an unfurnished 5 bed detached house in a residential cul-de-sac. Amongst the hall of of free stuff i managed to acquire included a £2000 double bed.

So, yes, it is possible :)
 
Concentrate most of your funds on your bed/sofa. A decent mattress/bed will cost hundreds, and sofa too. Leaving you the rest for the rest. If you pick carefully, you can do it, things like coffee table can be cheap, bedside table can be like £20 if flatpack.


Bed
Mattress
Sofa
Dinning table & chairs
Coffee table
Wardrobe
Tv cabinet
Pots & pans
Plates & bowls
Knifed & forks & spoons
Sharp knife

Don't forget the little things

Hangers
Toilet brush
Cleaning stuff for the house

Do you need

Microwave
Vacuum cleaner
oven
Tv
Dvd player hone cinema?

Get an IKEA catalogue, load up excel and do some quick list and just juggle the numbers.
 
Yeah it's possible, especially if you shop around and are able to rent a van and pick things up - you can save a lot this way. We got our sofas on ebay, had to go collect them -but for £75 for a sofa set that would otherwise have cost hundreds isn't bad at all.
 
We furnished our first house with stuff we had gathered over the years and "borrowing" stuff from parents and friends. I think the first thing we bought was a Sofa in the Jan sales, but otherwise it all just came gradually over the years. Nobody expects you to have a fully sorted house instantly. Accpet that some rooms will be completely bare while you build up funds. Our lounge just used to consist of a table, two old arm chairs and a TV to begin with.
 
Well it all depends on the area of the house we are talking about here.
£5 note dimensions = 135mm x 70mm
£5 note area = 95.5 sq cm.
400 £5 notes in £2000.
£2000 = 37800 sq cm.
So if you have a flat that has wall, ceiling and floor area = roughly 37 sq m, then £2000 should be fine.
If however you can get hold of the £1 notes that are now no longer printed, and are no longer legal tender (perfect for wallpaper, flooring etc) then you are looking at much nearer 200 sq m. A 60 sq m apartment should be fine to cover in those.
 
Greebo said:
Easy, as people have said, local papers, Ebay, Gumtree, supermarket and shop windows (cards) and local auctions.

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How do you find out about local auctions? I'm in a similar situation to the OP, and it sounds potentially like a good idea. Also would I be right in thinking if you win it, you typically have to take it away on the day?
 
Yes you can.

Chest of drawers, bed, wardrobe, and desk all for £100 from Argos a few years ago. Sounds cheap and nasty but it's a real pine set that has held together through four house moves. Cheap because it's untreated pine, but there's nothing to stop me sanding/varnishing later on.

Beanbags instead of Sofa/Chairs if you fancy being a little different.
 
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