Review of furniture shops

Been very busy and no time to review on the furniture shops we went so far. Was home quite early last nite (ard 10pm+) but after that bro and sil came over and we chit chatted till 11pm+. Was too tired to gather my thoughts by then coz suddenly remembered need to go for an early offsite meeting in the next morning so need to sleep early.

It was a damn warm day yesterday, while we 1st went to Nan Chiau Pri School near our new home for the Sengkang West Family day. Eh dun ask me go for what, I guess we need to relax abit after being so bz for the past weeks so we decided to drop by. Exchanged our coupons for a free small pack of not nice popcorns and quite hard candy floss (my breakfast actually) and spent $1 for a cup of soya bean milk. Nothing much there seriously but we managed to entertained ourselves by spinning a wheel after answering some questions relating to water saving and won a mini time keeper and a post-it pad, after queuing for almost 15 mins+. We then went to the main "hall" under a sauna-like tentage waiting for lucky draw results. There were quite a no. of prizes but we din win anything. Its not quite fair coz alot of people got lots of coupons (we only had one) and some received more than one prize. Even the organisers' also participated and won... kelong...

We then walked to Compass Point under the scorching sun and took a bus to Paya Lebar to check out one furniture shop - Silver River. Left shortly and took a bus to Tanjong Katong Complex at Paya Lebar to check out other shops which we din manage to the last time as its closing time then. Had dinner at KFC and met a friend there. After walking one round at City Plaza, we took a bus back to AMK to hang ard b4 calling it a day.

Here's the review for the furniture shops we visited so far:

Courts (Tampines, Toa Payoh, Compass Point, AMK)
Prices are quite good now as they are having their 33rd anniversary sale ending 10 May. Other than sofa sets and bedroom sets, the rest more or less nothing attractive coz the designs are too common (like dinning tables, TV consoles). Some items are still quite ex even though they are on sale (like chest drawers), probably made of better wood materials.

Try go for the Tampines branch coz they have practically everything! They even have a cafe like Ikea but not much people...

Able to keep stock for only max. 3 months thus quite infelxible. But cheap la, cannot complain...

Ikea (Tampines)
As everyone knows, things are quite cheap, especially those DIY stuff. Unless you are really on a tight budget, dun bother coz its cheap but need to DIY and wun last. Some feedbacked that those DIY wood stuff will "open" at the end on the touch of water.

Other stuff like toilet rolls holder, towel racks, crockeries etc are quite worth though. Will go there again after our renovation is completed to get those necessities like bowls, cups, storage boxes/ pockets etc.

Check out the hotdog buns at the payment floor and the chicken wings on the entrance floor cafe!

The Furniture Warehouse (Toh Guan - behind IMM)
Nice selection of furnitures, especially their Mondi (Italian) and Zen collections. Prices are quite reasonable and worksmanship good. Due to our very tight budget, might or might not get anything from here afterall.

Nova Furnishing (Paya Lebar)
Hate the sales people! Follows you throughout and offered suggestions when you did not even ask for them! Personally I hate it la, I will ask if I need help but pls dun follow me around, no freedom to browse.

The furnitures are cheap but of poor qualities. The better ones are damn ex and not worth it. We left after walked one around and constantly harrassed by a sales guy.

Style Furniture (Paya Lebar)
Very cramped place but the sales gal was quite friendly. Prices reasonable and they have own made furnitures. Nothing caught our eyes as the place was quite cramped. Might check back again.

Sincere Furniture (Paya Lebar)
Nothing much and things quite ex. Bed frames were damn cheap though but I think will collapse in a year or two. Sales person was helpful but very ah beng.

The Green (Tanjong Katong Complex)
Furnitures were generally of good quality and sales people quite friendly, although they also followed us around. Able to bargain abit and they waived off delivery charge in addition to some discounts. Bought our bed set there and placed deposit for a TV console (cheapest we seen so far and design quite unique). Can change to other stuff if new stock arrives. Able to keep stock up to one year, which is ideal for us as our house renovation not even started.

Aero Furnishing (Parkway Parade & Paya Lebar)
Very expensive stuff and nothing worth the $. The sales people also same kind, followed throughout.

Brighton (Toa Payoh)
Prices are cheap but qualities not good. Everything looked cheapo and place quite cramped too. We were unattended throughout and got freedom to see around.

Defu Furniture (AMK)
Quite a no. of sale items and only shop where the sales people will not really follow you around. Their stuff are generally quite ex compared to outside even though they claimed they are having a sale (opening sale of 50 to 70%).

The kitchen and bathroom stuff are damn ex there, better dun buy there.

TPY 177 Furniture (Toa Payoh)
Alot of catalogs to browse through but the sales people (the bosses in fact) were not very friendly (no smiles). Quality does not match prices so we will skip this as well.

Comfort Furniture (Rochor)
Was looking for altar tables and came across this shop. They have a wide selection and prices cheapest among all. Might get from there coz they have a piece which we find it quite nice and not so traditional.

They also sell tables and chairs which we did not really explore, will check again soon.

Rochor Furniture (cun rem what name) (Rochor)
Quite reasonable priced but nothing caught our eyes. Realised that different sales people quoted different prices for same item (even though the price tag was there) so we left. Maybe depends how you bargain for the stuff.

Lee Furniture (Tanjong Katong Complex)
Place is damn cramped, worst of all! The sales gal also followed us throughout without making a single noise. The stuff are quite ex (comparing the stuff selling elsewhere).

Silver River (Paya Lebar)
It was quite big as it occupies about 5 floors there but the furnitures were quite ex as the prices were exclusive of GST and delivery charges. Even if you purchase more items, you still need to pay for the highest delivery charge. Heard that there will be price increase in June (for materials accounted inclusive of GST) and July (for delivery charge to cater for GST increase). We find that its not cheap at all if they charge like that, somemore the stuff were not cheap in the 1st place.