Pay weekly carpets

[OceanTurtle]

Has anyone used pay weekly carpets? Are they any good? Thanks

Well I can’t afford upfront so will need to be this.

It sort of reminds me of bright house and extortionate interest rates. How desperate are you? You could probably pick up cheap/ free off cuts / used carpets or rugs.

What do you mean by this? Is it a chain or a local firm?

Where I am there's lots of independents that sell carpets that often do credit and it's like everything. You need to rationally assess the total price charged of both the carpet and the credit, to see if it's affordable and reasonable for the product supplied. Also watch for extras. There might be a headline price of 'carpets for £25 a week' or whatever but what does that include and for how long. £25 a week doesn't sound like much but over 2 years it's over £2.5k, and there might be extra charges for fitting or anything except the cheapest quality.

Have you shopped around? A lot of the independents in secondary locations like old churches sell room sized offcuts that might work out much cheaper than getting it done on credit from a chain.

How's your credit rating OP?

It is a company

Not great.

wondering if anyone has actually used them? Any reviews thanks

Do you need carpets now? It’s better to save up for them and get them when you can afford it. I wouldn’t get into debt for carpets.

Yes saving up would take too long

What the interest on it, and how much will the carpet be?

I've just had a look. The carpets are really hard to get a price. But they do sofas too.

I found a sofa you can buy outright for £1429. On the weekly payment it will cost you £2192 in total. That's absolutely obscene interest.

As a suggestion, just move away from wall to wall carpets. Take the old carpets up as neatly as possible using a carpet knife, and look around for rugs in second hand shops or on sale at the moment. Let the floorboards air out, and keep sweeping or vacuuming. Look for floor polish and use it with lots of ventilation to the rooms.

For stairs, just remove the carpets and leave bare or get a long carpet and nail them in with a nail gun (you can hire one at Wickes or local hardware stores).

Save yourself the costs and debt due to wall to wall carpet.

Site says 0% but the cynic in me thinks there is a catch somewhere. Easipay Carpets is the site. I can't see any charges listed but someone wants paying for loaning money I would think

I won’t be able to do that.

This is all very well unless you live in a modern house where you’re unlikely to have nice floorboards you can polish. You’ll have hardboard.

Yes that’s the case here.

Have you looked at remnants? Lots of carpet places do them.

No I have no one to fit them and don’t want to look on Facebook too many messers

You can ask for fitter recommendations from the carpet company.

They will be very expensive.

Idealistic and unrealistic. I take it you've never struggled.

I used them about 6 years ago. Was expensive but the only way I could afford to do it. Also had to pay the fitter up front which wasn’t included in the total price. I get mine cleaned regularly and have had a few different carpet cleaners comment that it’s good quality. I wouldn’t use them again as I have carpeted the bedrooms much cheaper with roll ends from a local company and my friends handyman dad fitted them for a few quid.

I just wouldn’t buy them if I didn’t have the money, we make do with what we’ve got or not got until we save up.

I’m not asking what people would do I’m asking for reviews of anyone that’s used them so I know it’s trustworthy