Hi everyone.
I'm just purchasing an apartment in the 7th district of Budapest, on the top floor of one of the old buildings.
I won't have a car in Budapest and I wondered if anyone had any experience of furnishing their apartment?
I'm worrying about:
- The lift is very small, so any furniture will have to be walked up 3 flights of stairs and along a thin walkway to the apartment. So if I wanted to buy a washing machine, bed, sofa etc will companies deliver to the actual apartment (and carry it up all the flights of stairs), or will they just deliver to the building entrance and we need to find a way of getting it up ourselves?
- I need to rip out an old kitchen, will the normal dustbin collection people take this away, or do I need to find someone to take it to a refuse place?
- Apart from IKEA, can you recommend any places to buy furniture?
- I will probably want to rub down and repaint some of the doors and windows. Is there a popular DIY store you can recommend? (e.g. like B&Q in the UK)
Thanks for anyones advice on these matters ;-))
Garyx