Tenant gets bedded by Landlord
Now I know that not everyone is a great fan of IKEA furniture, mostly thinking it is cheap badly made and seldom lasts.
Depending on the range and how well it is assembled, I would have to disagree with the first paragraph.
However there is one thing that I would not choose to buy from IKEA and that is there beds. Not because they are poorly made, simply because of their size. For rented accommodation I do like to see some form of co – ordination when it comes to furniture especially in the bedroom.
The major problem with IKEA beds is, if you buy an IKEA bed you have to buy the mattress as well, or as you will find if you buy a UK size mattress it won’t fit! You will have a gap all around the side as UK mattresses are marginally smaller, by about 3 inches. A classic example of that is the very popular MALM bed which many landlords purchased, because of it
competitive cost, only to find out that the
One of the firms I used to work for was, a major player in renting property to students, and they would always choose to buy the classic old style box framed beds made out of 50mm x 25mm framing with a stiff cardboard covering over, with a cheap end mattress on the frame itself.
Due to the extra curriculum activities that some students get up to in their bedrooms, these beds just did not last, more than a couple of years, once the framing and cardboard sag, it just simply ruins the mattress spring formation, the mattress sags and the first thing ingoing tenants ask for is a new bed.
My practical long term experience has taught me that the best type of beds to buy for any rented accommodation are the ones with metal frames and wooden slatted base with a reasonable mattress, not forgetting the mattress protector for the following reasons.
- Easier to move around
- Easy to store items underneath
- Metal beds are more sturdy less likely to break or be damaged
- They can be repaired and holes re-drilled if threads strip on fitments
- Slats can often be easily replaced
- Mattresses wear better and last longer on the slats
- Easy to transport and assemble and dispose of if necessary
- Very competitively priced in range of £100- £120
- Brushed chrome finish often compliments all ranges of furniture
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