[Matt Lindus]

We get loads of them. We advertise any 3pcs suite service cleaned for £8.99, when we turn up we do two test patches, one good one crap. Explain that the crap bit is the £8.99 service clean and the good bit is the proper clean. We then go on to charge them £600. 


Matt

[clinton]

Yes too right there are many 7k suites around.As  jim for the royal family says my a...e

[Neil Williams]

10 years in the game and I've only ever done one suite that was £7k worth, and that was an analine suite that needed re-colouring.
Believe me you know when you're dealing with something that costs £7k because your heart rate stays well above normal during the job
(It's one thing screwing up a £500 settee, it's something else when you get into the thousands)

[Linds Russell]

Agreed. Recently I've cleaned a £6k sofa and a £5k sofa but thats as big as I've dealt with. I think they trebled it to £7k as most decent quality suites I do seem to cost £2500.

[Mike Halliday]

The average cost of a brand new 3 piece suite in the UK is £7000 - bearing in mind that is from the top of the range in mansions to the cheaper ranges. This price is from the Association of Master Upholsterers & Soft Furnishers who do not include DFS in their prices as they do not see them as credible manufacturers of quality upholstery. That tells a story in itself.

(Data obtained on an Alltec discovery day).

this is a perfect example of the clever manipulation of statistic, i bet the average price that their members charge is £7k, but who are their members? not the high street retailers who sell 95% of all suite we see.

[robert meldrum]

The AMUSF is just another association like NCCA, etc. The membership is mainly RE UPHOLSTERERS and RENOVATORS of furniture, with a few retailers.

Perhaps DFS regarded membership a waste of time and money, in much the same way as most c/c's look at membership of the NCCA.

DFS have a massive share of the market and many buyers will get their suites cleaned just as owners of furniture from M & S, or REIDS, etc, will.

The real rubbish  comes from IKEA............

[wynne jones]

They probably cleaned some antique piece once worth £2.1 million. Sort of skews the average.