Of course the market for fitted wardrobes and home office furniture is a bit flat right now. A lot of the market for bespoke fitted furniture is housing related and with the sharp downturn in property sales all furniture retailers are seeing reduced demand. That fact added to flat retail spending on big ticket items generally isn’t helping.
However, we have seen some interesting activity at the top end of the market with an order to furnish a grand 16th century manor house that is 20 times our average order vale; 20 fitted bedrooms on one day would be a sizeable contribution to our monthly turnover at any time but doubly welcome in the current market.
We have also ventured into some new market areas for bespoke cabinetry that are not just domestic clients and although commercial fit outs may be a fewer than in the boom years, another single order has proved almost equal to a month’s sales in retail fitted furniture.
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