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Where to buy wooden play house?

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  • 22-06-2014 10:08pm
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    G1032
    Registered Users Posts: 7,047 ✭✭✭


    Hi
    We're looking at buying a wooden playhouse for our daughter in the next few days.
    Keep getting drawn back to this site... http://www.waltongardenproducts.ie/playhouses-and-outdoor-toys/playhouses

    Has anyone bought from here before? We've just read a few reviews a few minutes ago some of which were none too complimentary. Others were fine. The reviews fell into two categories - Excellent, brilliant etc. or absolutely terrible. No real in between.....

    Where in Ireland can we buy a wooden playhouse?? Budget is about €600. We just have concerns about buying from the UK after reading some poor reviews from that site. Would prefer to buy local (Ireland at least)


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    2013Lara
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    We got ours from B&Q, it's so pretty :) I painted it pink and purple, kids love it.


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    2013Lara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 456 ✭✭2013Lara


    We got ours from B&Q, it's so pretty :) I painted it pink and purple, kids love it.


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    2013Lara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 456 ✭✭2013Lara


    We got ours from B&Q, it's so pretty :) I painted it pink and purple, kids love it.


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    huskerdu
    Registered Users Posts: 1,931 ✭✭✭huskerdu


    I bought a wooden playhouse from Waltons. It was great quality - still is 7 years later.

    It was a lot of work to put it together. If you are going to buy flatpack, it will take 2 people an entire weekend to do it.

    My advice : buy an automatic screwdriver, and take a valium ( especially if its your spouse, you are doing it with).


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    G1032
    Registered Users Posts: 7,047 ✭✭✭G1032


    Cheers. I'll have a look at B&Q now also.

    The houses from Waltons do look very good. Glad to hear of your good review but as per OP there have been an awful lot of terrible ones. What to do...???


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    moonshadow
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    Google waters garden sheds look in playhouse section


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    iguana
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    huskerdu wrote: »
    I bought a wooden playhouse from Waltons. It was great quality - still is 7 years later.

    It was a lot of work to put it together. If you are going to buy flatpack, it will take 2 people an entire weekend to do it.

    My advice : buy an automatic screwdriver, and take a valium ( especially if its your spouse, you are doing it with).

    If it's so much work to put together wouldn't it make sense to just build one yourself? They are unbelievably expensive when the raw materials aren't, if much of the labour is done by yourself, what are you paying for?


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    huskerdu
    Registered Users Posts: 1,931 ✭✭✭huskerdu


    iguana wrote: »
    If it's so much work to put together wouldn't it make sense to just build one yourself? They are unbelievably expensive when the raw materials aren't, if much of the labour is done by yourself, what are you paying for?

    All the pieces are cut exactly the right size and shape and some pieces are already semi-assembled. A lot of the holes are pre-drilled.

    I accept that if you have the tools, the time and the carpentry experience to make it from scratch, then it would be cheaper to do that.

    However, it would be lots more work.

    I have neither the tools or the carpentry skills, so was happy to pay.


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    zef
    Closed Accounts Posts: 947 ✭✭✭zef


    Lots of unemployment carpenters about I'm sure, just a thought.


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    noah45
    Registered Users Posts: 425 ✭✭noah45


    These are fab based in Athlone

    https://www.facebook.com/handmadedollshouses.niamhboyd?fref=ts


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