Comments on: Dropped $3300 on New Items for Our Rental Home

By: wrought iron furniture

wrought iron furniture — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:35:21 +0000

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By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:42:00 +0000

taloola — By definition frugal means, “Avoiding unnecessary expenditure either of money or of anything else which is to be used or consumed.” In the case of furniture for a rental home I would argue that these expenditures are necessary to consistently book quality renters over and over each season. So yes, the expenditure is frugal.

By: taloola

taloola — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:51:00 +0000

frugal????

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:34:00 +0000

@sense -- We're also big IKEA fans. In fact, over the years we've dragged an IKEA three-seat-sofa, a dresser and a nightstand all the way down from Maryland.

The loveseats we purchased yesterday were actually cheaper than the loveseats we found at IKEA and much prettier!

$2000 seemed rather insane for a kitchen table, which is the reason we didn't buy one, but it seems that is the going rate for a table of the size and quality we are looking for. I actually looked through IKEA but they don't sell a table that matches the dimensions we need. The space in our house is quite unusual and we need an oval table of very specific dimensions.

After plunking down so much money, I certainly wish we didn't have to rent! It is a shame to spend so much money on items that might be damaged by our guests!

By: Sense

Sense — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 08:19:00 +0000

Wow! i hope you get to enjoy your rental home as well as the renters…such a shame to spend all that on someone else. 🙂

$2K for a dining table? i have never bought ‘real’ furniture (hellooooo, IKEA!), but is that normal?? that seems really high to me…