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Bills, Bills, Bills

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If you are saving for a house or planning on buying soon and are wondering how much extra you will need for contents etc. here's a quick run down of how much myself and Dean spent on the 'basics'. As it was a new house we were lucky that we didn't have any old features to remove, our house also came with a fully fitted kitchen (no floors), fitted bathrooms and fitted wardrobes. I think it's fair to say we didn't go too extravagant with what we bought but also didn't to go too cheap on the important stuff either. Hopefully what we bought will last us for many years to come! Floors We opted to go for laminate floor (cheaper and more durable) in our front room and then carpet for our stairs, landing and into all the bedrooms. This cost us about €2,000 for supply and fit and was done by Carpet Luxury Ltd . We had picked out the floors well in advance and once we got the keys the guys were in straight away to measure the floors, with samples, just to confirm our