Making an offer for furniture

[TwoScottieDogs]

We are in the process of buying a holiday apartment (in the UK) and we're considering making an offer for the furniture. However we've got no idea how much to offer! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. The furniture includes:

1 dining table & 4 chairs

1 leather sofa

1 fabric sofa bed

1 coffee table

1 TV and unit

1 washing machine

1 double bed

2 bedside tables

1 chest of drawers

1 wardrobe.

The furniture appears to be in good condition, but it doesn't look 'expensive'.

ask them how much they’d want for it ?

I'd look up the cost to buy new from the best of IKEA / cheapest of John Lewis and then offer about 50% of that sum.

I would open with £1000.
It might be more effort for the vendors to remove and resell it

Thanks for the replies and apologies for not replying sooner but the app on my phone won't let me!

I'm waiting for the estate agent to speak to the vendor to ask how much they would want. I've also priced it up to around £3200 if it was new (so a 50% offer would be £1600). I'll see what the vendor comes back with...

I think 50% of new price is generous unless it was bought in the last few months. I
Would offer a bit less.

We are downsizing and getting rid of a range of furniture, a bit less than what is involved here; if our buyer offered £500 I'd bite their hand off so that I didn't have the hassle of selling/donating it.

50% of the cost of new sounds extremely generous. I'd go with 25% max.

Max £1000 unless it's nice holiday quality furniture

My first thought was also Ikea x 50% - but on balance used furniture is worth the square root of nothing and you have to pay to get it taken away.

Whatever you offer, if they have a use for it they will probably refuse (since their cost to replace will be the new cost of £3,200) and if they don't have a use they might accept almost anything.

So I guess the £500 suggested above is probably a good starting point. It should certainly be enough to be able to start a negotiation.

Thanks for your help folks. I decided to go in at £800 (1/4 of the cost when new). The offer was accepted. Maybe I should have gone in lower, but I'm still pleased with the deal. 😁