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AnnH
  5/4/2017 06:07 EST

Hi,

I have bought a small house near Kaposvar. Does anyone have any advice or recommended contacts for dong renovation work? It is in fairly good shape but needs plastering, painting, some flooring new (small) bathroom and kitchen units etc

Are there any good DIY warehouses?

Really appreciate any advice.

peddington
  5/4/2017 09:23 EST

The two major DIY warehouses are Praktiker and OBI. I think OBI being the more expensive one. There are smaller independent dealers for wood, gutter, cement etc., called "Tuzep" that is worth checking out. If you get ANY work done by someone especially independent contractor BEWARE! Some are very shady and you could spend your summer waiting for them to come back and finish the work they started. NEVER give them the full contract amount ONLY what they proportionately got done! DON'T deal with traveling gypsies because they undoubtedly WILL scam you in some way! Good luck getting ANYBODY for small jobs as many left to work abroad and others like to work larger contracts! DIY is the way to go if you know what you are doing! Good luck hope this helps! Kaposvar is lucky as they have both OBI and Praktiker.

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AnnH
  5/6/2017 11:20 EST

Hi, thanks so much for getting back to me and the advice. Great to hear of 2 DIY stores in Kaposvar. Luckily my husband is fairly handy and Im not averse to a bit of decorating, its more a having time to do it issue and things like plastering, electrics, plumbing that are going to need doing properly.

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