Originally Posted by B1K3R

Unbelievable, but true. We managed to find long term rent from abroad A bit crazy, I know, but we feel it's worth the risk (done my homework well though). Anyway, this is not the scope of this thread.

So, its unfurnished. That's OK, the container, hopefully will arrive a few days/weeks after so it should not be a big deal, as many of you have experienced.

The first and most important thing....MATTRESSES!

We have found these shops....would you use any of them?

1. Harvey Norman
2. Ikea
3. Fantastic furniture
4. Super Amart
5. The Mattress place in Victoria Point QLD
6. The Mattress factory in Cleveland
7. Beds R Us
8. Sleep City
9. Other??

Ideally, I'll try to organize a delivery for the day we will arrive (or maybe the day after). Some of them actually do deliver for free

As a backup plan, I have a motel booked for a few days

So, what's your say guys? Did you buy any from the above and if so what's your opinion? Never shopped there before, so I have no idea

Cheers!
B!K3R

Originally Posted by sammyg

Personally, i wouldn't buy any mattress without trying out a load first. Not something to be bought without trying imo especially if your wife has back problems. We also found they are expensive here - good ones are 3k+ on discount!!! (king size).

As mentioned before, get an airbed - you'll need it for camping or guests further down the line - and take your time and make the right decision, remeber we spend about 1/3 of our lives asleep

Stu

Originally Posted by fish.01

Time to drag this out again...want to get my moneys worth of posts using it considering the time it took to type

Many of the local stores are Qld based but other states would have equivalents ....click on link to go to store website.

Bedroom Furniture

Discount - Large shops; More than one state

Super AMart
Ikea
Fantastic

Discount - Bedding specialists; More than one state; Some just do ensembles.

Fortywinks
Makin Mattresses
Sleepys
The Sleeping Giant
BedShed
Beds R Us
Captain Snooze

Discount - Local state based chains (Mainly Qld); Most states have plenty of these

Furniture Galore
SleepZone (Apollo)
Dial A Bed
Beds Plus
Eureka Street
Aussie Living
Bali At Home

Mid range

Harvey Norman
Domayne
Freedom
Myer
David Jones
Far Pavilions (Qld)

Higher End - A few examples; These tend to be one off stores in flash inner city suburbs

Inspirations
Dare Gallery

Bedding but not beds:

Adairs
Pillowtalk


Lounge Room Furniture

Discount - Large shops; More than one state

Super AMart
Ikea
Fantastic

Discount - Local state based chains (Mainly Qld); Most states have plenty of these

Furniture Galore
Eureka Street
Aussie Living
Bali At Home

Mid range

Oz Design
Nick Scali
Harvey Norman
Domayne
Freedom
Dare Gallery
Myer
David Jones
Far Pavilions (Qld)

Higher End - A few examples; These tend to be one off stores in flash inner city suburbs

Ambrose
Charcoal Interiors
Inspirations
King Furniture


Appliances

Discount - Large shops; More than one state

Bing Lee
The Good Guys
Betta Electrical
Retravision
KMart
BigW
Harris Scarfe

Mid range and above - Large shops; More than one state

Clive Peeters
Harvey Norman
Myer
David Jones
Clive Anthonys

Largest inventory is usually with Harvey Norman, Clive Peeters, The Good Guys....then usually the superstore versions of Retravision, Betta Electrical, Bing Lee, Clive Anthonys...then dept stores like Myers, David Jones.

Originally Posted by DeadVim

Bugger me that's a hell of a post

Anyway, I'd go Makin Mattresses, purely because the adverts are so naff.

Originally Posted by Scubaemma

Bellissimo........... (God that's a terrible and naff ad)

Originally Posted by DeadVim

She's about as Italian as the Budget Insurance bimbo is French