Ha, I spent at least two months working the figs out at £12,000 !
The easy bit is visiting show rooms or what ever, deciding what you would like and getting some quotes.
The girls chose REM, we visited the factory, got the spec we wanted and submitted it to three well known suppliers of equipment ( not sure if I am allowed to name names?) to my amazment when all the qoute came in there was £780 difference between the highest and lowest, that can't be right for exactly the same stuff?
So it was £7,000 for the furniture and £5,000 for the works......where things got out of hand a little was we went to Salon International and bought a Salon Master water boiler (add £900) and one or two other things that maybe we would not of even considered if we had not gone to the show.
Also originally I was going to just paint the existing ceiling and pop a few new tubes in, but decided to have a new ceiling and lighting system (add £2,000)
As it happens the water heater, ceiling and lights were money well spent. As a non hairdresser, I had no idea that to stock the colour cuboard would cost £1,500 - but "it is what it is"
"extra" money just goes on alsorts of things you need, everytime the builder sent me to Screwfix direct it was another £100, or £175 and so it goes on. Thing is once you have started, you have to finish the job. I am not wealthy but did have access to some funding, but even so, there were many evenings when it was best not to talk to me.
The only thing we have bought that I feel robbed by is the mirrors / work stations. They are very nice, but end of the day it is a mirror stuck to a bit of MDF that is laminated. Does that really cost £400 a go ? I did have a moan at REM because the top and bottom are not lamiated, and that little attention to detail, for what ? another 50p, would of kept me off their backs! Also the installation instructions were wrong dimensions....
It has been a huge learning curve and no doubt if we did it again we would make mistakes, but when you are finished all the little irritations don't seem so important anymore.
You drive past, glance left and feel a reassuring "glow"
The easy bit is visiting show rooms or what ever, deciding what you would like and getting some quotes.
The girls chose REM, we visited the factory, got the spec we wanted and submitted it to three well known suppliers of equipment ( not sure if I am allowed to name names?) to my amazment when all the qoute came in there was £780 difference between the highest and lowest, that can't be right for exactly the same stuff?
So it was £7,000 for the furniture and £5,000 for the works......where things got out of hand a little was we went to Salon International and bought a Salon Master water boiler (add £900) and one or two other things that maybe we would not of even considered if we had not gone to the show.
Also originally I was going to just paint the existing ceiling and pop a few new tubes in, but decided to have a new ceiling and lighting system (add £2,000)
As it happens the water heater, ceiling and lights were money well spent. As a non hairdresser, I had no idea that to stock the colour cuboard would cost £1,500 - but "it is what it is"
"extra" money just goes on alsorts of things you need, everytime the builder sent me to Screwfix direct it was another £100, or £175 and so it goes on. Thing is once you have started, you have to finish the job. I am not wealthy but did have access to some funding, but even so, there were many evenings when it was best not to talk to me.
The only thing we have bought that I feel robbed by is the mirrors / work stations. They are very nice, but end of the day it is a mirror stuck to a bit of MDF that is laminated. Does that really cost £400 a go ? I did have a moan at REM because the top and bottom are not lamiated, and that little attention to detail, for what ? another 50p, would of kept me off their backs! Also the installation instructions were wrong dimensions....
It has been a huge learning curve and no doubt if we did it again we would make mistakes, but when you are finished all the little irritations don't seem so important anymore.
You drive past, glance left and feel a reassuring "glow"
