How to Find Top Quality Carpets for Your Home: Avoid Having the Wool Pulled Over Your Eyes

There’s nothing quite as snug and cosy as having nicely fitted carpets with a stylish and classy design in your home. By the same token, there are lots of carpets that are sold every day that are not durable enough, show dirt easily, is difficult to maintain/clean, and are quite simply overpriced for what they offer. So, it’s important to stay alert and try to not to waste your money when looking to buy carpets.

And there is a wide range of different designs and types of carpets on sale online and in stores today including Velvet, Loop, Saxony, Cut and Loop, Berber, Twist, Tufted, and Woven carpets to name just a few.

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Carpets on sale also come in a range of different materials depending on how the room they are put in will be used, with some carpet materials being sturdier and more durable than others. Some examples of materials commonly used for carpets on offer on the market today include polyester, polypropylene, nylon, and wool.     

There are also different levels of quality when it comes to buying carpets, and this means prices can vary greatly. The cost for standard carpets per square metre will be considerably less than a bespoke fitted carpet. This is because bespoke carpets are especially designed and made fulfil the customer’s personal requests.

Here we have come up with some vital considerations you should make to ensure that you are able to buy a top-quality carpet at a reasonable and fair price, avoiding going out and overpaying for a poor a quality one that you will leave you disappointed.

Cost Considerations When Buying a Carpet: How to Know If You’re Getting Good Value for Money

Cost will always be something that is at the forefront of your mind when buying a new carpet for your home. The best metric to check the cost-value of a carpet you are thinking of buying is by looking at its price per square metre. The main three factors that influence the cost of a carpet are the brand the material that it’s made of, and the size of the carpet you are ordering to fit the room in your house.

The Cost of Having a Carpet Fitted in Your Home

When buying a carpet, it is crucial to not let it slip your mind that you must also pay to have the carpet fitted, unless you are a DIY expert,  in which case you should be able to  fit the carpet yourself. More standard basic carpets tend to cost around £13-14 per square metre to fit, whereas fitting fancy top quality carpets can cost as much as £50 per square metre.

So, when budgeting for how much you are willing to go out and spend on a carpet, you must keep in mind the cost of buying the carpet itself and then having it fitted properly too.    

Why Buying Premium Quality and Bespoke Carpets Can Be a Totally Worthwhile Investment That You Won’t Regret

From time to time, you may feel that paying that little bit extra for assured quality is a worthwhile way to go about purchasing things for your home. If you know that you will take good care and maintain a carpet well over a long period of time, why not invest in a premium quality carpet and treat yourself?

Bespoke carpets have the benefit of coming tailored to your own various wishes and preferences. You can go online, ring the store by telephone, or go into the shop in person to communicate with an individual working for the carpet retailer to discuss your preferences in further detail. Companies offering bespoke carpet packages often also offer carpet installation services and can send someone to fit your carpet to the room’s requirements as well. Not only can you buy bespoke carpets which are designed and fitted with immaculate precision, you can also get your hands on a carpet with a unique pattern especially commissioned and made for you. So, pick out a pattern that you like, and that you feel will really suit the room that the carpet will be going into well.

So, many customers find that luxury carpets, like those offered by Designer Carpet, are very often worth the extra fuss and that little extra cost for the opportunity to have a much better-quality carpet in your home that may last for many years to come. When buying a carpet, it’s always important to make sure you have house insurance, and other important product/service assurances such as a guarantee, a warranty, customer receipts and so on. If shortly after having the carpet fitted you notice that there’s damage that has been caused to the carpet that occurred during its installation, be sure to go and contact the company that fitted the carpet right away and inform them of the issue.

Red Flags That May Warn You That a Company is Selling Carpets That Will Be a Waste of Your Money

Despite there being many reliable trusted carpet manufacturers, fitters, and vendors out there on the market, there’s also always plenty of companies that are only too willing to take your money off you and offer you very little in return. In the online world today, there’s plenty of scammers selling a wide range of products and services that will only burn your pockets.

So, make sure that you take time to read through websites with a fine-tooth comb, and look out for obvious things which stand out and do not make the company selling the carpets appear as a legitimate and trustworthy business. Some examples of things that you should keep a look out for include things such as typos, there being no customer support telephone contact number, email, or address you can reach them on, pictures of poor-quality carpets the company has previously fitted that provides you with an example of their shoddy work. In addition, a large and consistent amount of poor customer reviews is also a major indicator that perhaps it is better to decide to go to a different company to buy your carpet from.

The Importance of Maintaining Carpets After You Have Bought Them and Had Them Fitted in Your Home

It’s all very well going out and buying lovely expensive manufactured carpets and having them fitted in your cosy home, but of course when it comes to maintaining them it’s very much up to you and your family members (yes, that includes pets too) to ensure that they are respected and remain well maintained throughout the years.

You can go and buy yourself an anti-allergy vacuum carpet cleaner to keep your carpets as clean as possible, these tend to cost a couple hundreds of pounds to buy new and they can vary a bit in price. However, you may instead decide that a more effective way of keeping your carpets continually clean and ensuring your home is always ready and prepared for visitors is having your carpets cleaned by a company professionally. The cost of having carpets cleaned professionally tends to vary from company to company quite a bit. Just do some research beforehand to make sure that the cleaning company are the real deal, come well recommended by their previous customers, and ensure you know that they will arrive at your home will all of the necessary essential cleaning equipment to carry out the job as best as possible. 

Sam Jones
Sam Jones
My name's Sam and I'm a writer for Seen in the City. I am a digital nomad that travels the world and enjoy writing while on my travels. Some of my favourite past times are go-karting, visiting breweries and scuba diving!

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