The Money Saving Expert has told people how they could be saving hundreds when buying this product
UK homeowners with curtains, or those planning to purchase the home essential, have been issued a 'serious' warning by Martin Lewis .
The Money Saving Expert shared potential solutions for saving hundreds on curtain purchases. In the latest instalment of The Martin Lewis Podcast, he invited retail workers to share their money-saving secrets. A former employee for a fabrics and furnishings company wrote in saying: "I used to work in fabrics and furnishings. My tips for buying curtains is that shops will often say you need to buy curtains two or three times the width of your window."Yes, they do look better with more gather but it's not actually needed, that's about aesthetics, that's great if you've got pots of money but actually one-and-a-half times is enough.
Martin agreed with the retail worker and said: "That could save some serious amounts of money. Curtains are incredibly expensive."Made to measure curtains that are of a high quality can cost up to a whopping £3,000, as Homehow explains on their website: "Depending on the complexity of the job, the average cost of fitting curtains is around £40-£400 per window. This includes the cost of the curtains, the hardware, and the installation.
The site explains how cheaper curtains can be in the £40 ballpark - but higher-quality versions could cost you a serious amount of money. The website added: "Simple nylon curtains will usually cost around £10-£40, whereas the price for professionally fitted custom-designed silk curtains on a large bay window is around £2000-£3000."
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