What would you expect to pay for this?

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Solid oak extending table with 4 chairs. Original price £1500, only used 6 months and has been wrapped in storage since. Immaculate condition with no marks/wear and tear.

What would you deem a reasonable price for it secondhand?

Looks similar to this picture but plain grey chairs in the same style

You'll be lucky to get £300, I brought a solid oak extending table almost brand new for £50, ex furniture land oak chairs which retail at £225 per pair I got 6 for £125

It's brand new yet you've used it for 6 months..?

For £100 I may as well throw it away (and he'd be turning in his grave if he knew I sold it for that much).

You'd rather throw it away then someone else use it? Why, OP? Do you think your dad would be happier if they were in landfill rather than being used by someone else?

When I read the OP I thought you'd probably be hoping for about £800. I would have guessed that you could sell it for about £350-£400.

I'm really surprised how many people are saying it is dated and not fashionable any more. It looks really nice to me and I thought that was quite a current style. I must have old fashioned tastes then!

Op, one almost exactly like this went for free on my local FB group this past week. Sorry, I know it's heartsore to sell it for almost nothing but second hand almost always goes for not near the original price.

For the record I don't thinks it's old fashioned and probably so much better quality than cheap modern dining tables, sadly good quality dining sets like this don't make much secondhand

In a large majority of cases as soon as an item leaves the original retailers hands it depreciates massively. On fb market place £300 max. You may have better luck elsewhere (it’s been a while since I bought/ sold furniture so even this may not be true) but the likes of gumtree or pre loved I think you’d still be lucky to get half.

It's been a very long time since I saw a similar type of dining room set in any of my friends or relatives houses to be honest.

OP - don't throw it away give it to charity.

Auction houses are awash with cumbersome wooden tables and chairs that people can't fit in their houses.

Paying for storage seems like a complicated solution. How long are you going to live in the new house?

If you are determined to keep it could you use some of the chairs in your new house? Then take the legs off and store it in the garage.

We bought similar a little while back, except it seats 8-10 so came with more seats. We paid £320 and it really was immaculate. Based on that I’d say you’d likely get £150-200, maybe slightly more if someone was already looking to buy it new.

I'm probably very behind the times. I had no idea that style wasn't fashionable now.

If you really don't want it then donate to a charity who will give it to someone really in need.

@DenholmElliot1 Would you mind linking to what you would consider to be a modern dining set?

Also, bear in mind new buyers will be giving up any warranty/protection, so why would they pay £900 for it.

They sell for most just before Christmas

I'm so glad you asked that, that's what I wanted to know 😂

I'm really surprised how many people are saying it is dated and not fashionable any more. It looks really nice to me and I thought that was quite a current style.

Perhaps it's 'back' as I'm no expert but I had chairs like that before my dd was born and she's nineteen next month.

Rather than throwing it away and wasting your dad's money donate it to a women's refuge. They always need furniture for when they rehome clients and that would be a lovely way to honour your dad. That's what I would do in your position.

Me too! I am buying a new dining table and chairs soon because I'm moving to a new house. I'll end up buying what I like, but I'm interested to know if what I like will just look very old fashioned to others.

Local auction house: under £100, possibly quite a long way under (£20-£30)

DH sometimes buys dining tables to repurpose the wood: side tables, bedside tables etc. He turned an old family dining table (DGF made it) into coffee table etc for DD. DM was glad to see it repurposed and given a new lease of life.

Do you know anyone who could do that for you if it has sentimental value?

It's probably not "back" as a few people have commented on how it is dated. It's more likely that I am clueless about modern styles of furniture 😂

Second hand furniture is only worth what someone will pay for it, it has no intrinsic value. Most people want new furniture or antiques, this is neither. Most people also want to buy the exact dimensions which suit their house, this is unlikely to find a buyer who wants exactly this dimension.

My guess is if you’re lucky, you’d get £200-500 in South-East England, £100 in Scotland/Wales, etc. But honestly you’re unlikely to find a buyer at all.

I feel your pain, I just gave away for free a beautiful gleaming solid oak cabinet that was in ‘as new’ condition. Cost £1200 a few years back. I counted myself lucky to find someone willing to collect it without charging me. (A posh lady took it to put in her airbnb.)

We sold a solid oak table plus 8 chairs which were also solid oak. We could also extend it with 2 leaves which were separate but slotted into the ends. We did have it a good number of years but it wasn't used much so still in very good condition. We only got around £400 for it.

Maybe Denholm has one of these

£250.