Habitat has gone into administration

[MarioandLuigi]

here

MN killed it with the scorn over wooden letters :o

[CogitoErgoSometimes]

End of an era. Think IKEA probably killed it rather than MN, though :)

[Mammonite]

Nooooooo

I love Habitat. Haven't bought anything there for years though. Same as quite a lot of us by the sound of it.

[thisisyesterday]

omg nooooo!"!!!!

i will never get my rhodes unit! waaaaaaaaaaah

[Panzee]

Aw. I wanted to get a sofa to match my sofa bed.

[GwendolineMaryLacey]

Or my Tzaria dinner service :(

[fuzzywuzzy]

Nooooooooooo

[SpringHeeledJack]

[smartyparts]

I can't tell my sister - her entire house is a Habitat homage

[pointydog]

Always thought it was over-rated.

[TheCrackFox]

We just ordered a coffee table on Monday from them - guessing we won't be seeing that anytime soon.

[BitOfFun]

Oh bugger, Crackfox- will you get your money back?

[SpringHeeledJack]

there's a time and a place for that sort of thing, and this ain't it

[stern]

[pointydog]

It gave up the marketing ghost in the 90s though, didn't it. It was a shadow of something very 1980s. Not in terms of products, just image.

[going]

I loved looking but rarely bought anything. Won't feel the same if it's owned by the same people as Argos and Homebase!

[QueeferSutherland]

I really loved Habitat.

I love the pieces I have from there. They still make me smile when I use them.

I stopped shopping there when the Southampton store closed though.

[trixymalixy]

Tzaria is long gone gwendoline, they stopped making it years ago. I have a search set up on eBay to try and find bits.

Thecrackfox, they are going to honour existing orders and try and sell it as a going concern.

I'm gutted, it's my favourite shop

[trixymalixy]

I need another chest of drawers to match my bedroom furniture. Hope I can get it!

[hester]

Now, that is a shame.

[Ryoko]

It's a sign of the times, the condems are squeezing all the disposible income out of peoples pockets, Moben Kitchens and Dolphine Bathrooms have fallen as well.

Roll on the double dip, the "I told you so" and anarchy on the streets.

[edam]

oh, that is a bit sad. When I was little I used to love looking in the catalogue and imagining I lived in all the different interiors.

Ryoko's probably right. Apart from the anarchy bit - we don't seem to be terribly good at that any more.

[kerstina]

Am really sad about this. I love habitat and we were going to buy another sofa to replace the old cordroy sofa we bought from there about 12 years ago. Ikea does not compare.

[c0rn551Lk]

I have never bought anything from Habitat despite it being just down the road. It is ££££ and incredibly poncy.

[trixymalixy]

I don't think the prices were that bad considering quailty. The bedroom furniture we bought from there was solid wood and proper dove tailed joints.

[CogitoErgoSometimes]

@Ryoko.... Moben Kitchens and Dolphin Bathrooms were grossly overpriced - that's why they're failing. By contrast, placed like B&Q and IKEA have upped their game and are doing a brisk trade in more reasonably priced kitchens and bathrooms. Even when money's tight, the businesses that adapt to the market will continue to thrive.

[Decorhate]

Have just seen this. I love my Habitat sofa bought many years ago. But the nearest branch to me is always very quiet, not surprised this has happened tbh...