Gutting a house

[InGodWeTrust]

Evening, my dh and I are gutting a new property and starting from scratch as it'll be our first proper home garden, land, parking etc.

But because we are starting from scratch I want everything new and pristine. Any ideas for cheap tiling, I don't mind white gloss as they're cheaper and buying patterened ones to break up the design...

Carpets..any ideas?

If you can give me a retailer/website I'd really appreciate it.

(during writing this my dh helpfully said:
"It's mumsnet not fucking homebasenet")

any help much appreciated :)

UGS, Howdens and local independent builders merchant.

Go and open a 'trade' account at each one - DH did not have a problem opening such accounts when we self built our extention 5 years ago.

Saying that, B&Q is sometimes cheaper anyway - you need to shop around if price is really important.

Other stuff e.g cooker, bathroom, flooring - we have always tended to use local independent suppliers for a combination of the good value and excellent service they provide. You can usually negotiate good deals with them e.g. on delivery charges etc.

HTH

HAve a look at WIckes too, when you spend you can collect points which you can redeem there, which is useful if you have lots of materials to buy.

Second Wickes [tiles are lovely] and Victoria Plumb for bathrooms.Don't forget ebay stores as well.

You can used Tesco vouchers to get 4X (soon to be 3X) vlaue in Topps tile vouchers, we did our bathroom tiles this way.

Value even

Ooo I have lots of Tesco vouchers a-coming, perhaps that's a good idea! I've been around Ebay and bought some flooring...and the bathroom from Wickes! Thanks ladies :)