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boston2london
Joined 2014
Posts: 4

9 years ago

Furniture woes.

9 years ago

We are due to move to London this August (lease will start July 1st). We were hoping to rent a furnished place but found one that we love that's unfurnished.

Our plan is to be in the UK for 1-2 years so I don't want to invest in expensive furniture or ship ours from the states (we won't be renting or selling our place here).

So... do we:
1) rent furniture long term?
2) buy inexpensive stuff? Any recommendations for good websites or stores?
3) does anyone know of someone moving that's looking to sell furniture this summer? Was thinking MAYBE we'd get lucky an take advantage of someone moving back! :)

My goal is to have furniture in place for when we arrive the first week of August with our 3 kids!

Thanks in advance!

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