Hi everyone,
Just to let all know that we have now completed the furnishing of our 3 bed apartment. I have to say that the quality of service, fitting times and above all, the high speed communication from our furnishers has been unbelievably fantastic. As for cost, there have been several offers that we were told that we could not refuse!!!!! Thankfully, we did refuse them and shopped around. We ended up with George Sarby from furnitureinredsea.com We spent a couple of days with George and his partner Mohammed, nothing was too much trouble fro them. The took us to see 7 other jobs that they had done. I am in the home improvement business and know what to look for.......I cannot fault these guys on little bit. They took us to choose our appliances in Hurghada, whilst I was dealing with the shop owner, George was speaking to him in arabic. My immediate thoughts were that he was trying to get the shop owner to add to the prices to give him a cut. We had a trusted Egyptian friend with us who interpreted.......I could not have been more wrong........George and Mohammed were doing battle on my behalf and we ended up kitting out the whole kitchen ( with top brand u.k. spec appliances) for less than £1500.!!!!!! All well and good when you have to pay for them than leave the country!! Nevertheless, George delivered and installed the lot on time without a hitch. It is a daunting prospect to hand over your money to a stranger on a promise when you live 3000 miles away........he could have done a runner............in fact, George and Mohammed are two of the most reliable, honest, decent guys you could wish to deal with. They may get to read this post so I will not say what they charged us. What I will say though is that they are 100% BRILLIANT.
Jon.