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Arawn
I was in a similar position last year after moving into a new place. The previous tenant neglected their cat and the heat brought fleas out of the carpet in force (unfortunately onto our cat and us).
I did all the over the counter stuff, spent about the same as you, did the flea catchers and everything and it was doing nothing. I went with a local pest-control in the end who did the whole house for £90. He sprayed all the floors and we had to leave whatever powder it left down for a fortnight before we could clean/hoover, but it pretty much killed every single bug that had the misfortune to be in the house at the time. Utterly scorched-earth, and no problems since. He said to me that a lot of the over the counter ones act mostly as irritants to fleas rather than killing them, and they tend to develop a resistance after continued use anyway, so cutting straight to the professional stuff you need to be licensed to use is the way to go.
As for the cat; we brushed her and used a combination of one-spot fur treatment and anti-flea tablets (I can't remember the brand, sorry), and that certainly seemed to do the trick especially after the visit from the pest-control.
Also: obligatory cat picture.