to think that £300 is a lot for a carpet?

[Objection]

OH bought a carpet today for the front bedroom. We've just bought our first house and are renovating room by room as we live there.
I'm not a carpet expert AT ALL so have no idea if this was a good deal.
The room will be our main bedroom so our budget is slightly higher over that of the study and spare room.
It is 4m x 4m.
The carpet is very strong loopy weavey thing (technical terms) and is 100% pure wool.
It was a remenant, was knocked down with haggling and includes fitting and premium underlay.
Have we just been fleeced?

Sounds ok to me

No, not for 100% wool.

That is under £19 per square metre - which considering you have underlay and fitting included is a good deal.

If you've just bought your first place then there is no reason why you should know how much things cost, but if you reckon on everything being more expensive than you think it will then you won't go far wrong

Not at all. stairs, hall and 3 bedrooms cost us £1500 5 years ago.

That sounds ok to me

Not at all. stairs, hall and 3 bedrooms cost us £1500 5 years ago.

16 square metres fitted for £300 sounds fine. It really depends on the quality of the carpet though. If it's cheap stuff he got fleeced, if it's pricey stuff he got a great deal.

Sounds good to me.

Our carpet cost just over £600 (including fitting, underlay etc) for 2 rooms and hallway but its not 100% wool.

OMG that is really cheap OP. Had it not been a remnant it would have been much more.
We have a large house and the last wool carpet we bought was £700.
It will certainly last and they clean up lovely. (with luke warm water, not hot)

For 100% wool, underlay and fitting you've got a bargain

That's good news. its a remenant and was in a separate warehouse bit from the shop. It felt really high quality (much better than the previous one from a different shop apparently)

Including fitting and underlay that sounds like a bargain to me!

Thank god for that. I have no idea how much carpet costs but was worried that we'd been ripped off. Though I now feel very for carpetting the rest of the upstairs!

Bargain! Our bedroom and stairs (loft room) cost £750 including underlay and fitting for 100% wool. It was the best price in our town.

Bargain dd's bedroom cost that and hers is only a box room

I would say you've got a bargain there

That's a great price. Your OH is obviously a good bargain hunter.

Good for him - that's a bargain!

Bloody hell that's fab for pure wool with fitting etc. you CAN definitely get carpet cheaper but it's a lot poorer quality, like others say that's a bargain you've got there.

Bargain, especially if you've got decent underlay too - the fitters who did our upstairs bedrooms (3, for £1600!) said good quality underlay is what makes the biggest difference.