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Buy the appliances, taps, handles separately if you're getting a fitted kitchen (eg AO.com, Screwfix) - much cheaper.
Carpetright, Wickes and others often have 50% on carpets and flooring so worth waiting for a sale.
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If you're planning to strip the wooden floors back (which is brilliant and I recommend it - hard work but super rewarding) make sure you get a package that lets you sand right up to the edges. I hired from here, they collected and dropped off, and gave me money back on the sanding belts I didn't use. Recommended.
http://www.floorstoredirect.com/prices_machines.htm
If you can, do it before you move in. It's not the dust so much as the fact that the rooms really need to be empty.
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Find out how old the boiler is. Ours blew up a month after moving in, was an expense we did not need after spending every penny we had
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finally got an offfer accepted on a place.
Needs a bit of work, namely a new kitchen and new floors, then repainted.
Any advice for a first time buyer/house refurbisher?