Furniture Ballpark

[KJ1325]

Trying to get a ballpark on furniture pricing for 1600 sq ft home. $250K range. 3 bedroom, 2 bath. New homes come with Stove and Fridge. We are trying to get an idea of bedroom furniture, living room, etc. Nothing high end. Just general common people stuff.

[retiredguy123]

$12,000 - $14,000

[vintageogauge]

Agree, if you want "new" furniture that won't fall apart the first year you will be in the low teens.

[Chatbrat]

What ever you do-stay away from City Furniture-we never bought anything from them--check out consumer complaints about this company

[Lottoguy]

We came down with only essentials in our SUV. Sold it all up north before we came down here. Your master bedroom and living room will cost the most. One bedroom will be your den/computer room. The other will be for guests staying with you. We paid about $12,000 for everything. You can pick up lots of stuff at estate sales very cheap. A lamp here and end table there adds up to big savings.

[John_W]

We bought living room furniture at Kane's (a popular Florida chain) in Ocala. Within 3 years the furniture was worn out. The material was bonded leather, it's junk and we learned in the future buy real leather or poly or vinyl if you're on a budget. We went to Badcock in Wildwood and bought new living room furniture and it still looks new after 3 years. If you want real leather, then go to Babette's at Brownwood Square.

https://babettesonline.com/new-babettes-location-at-brownwood-paddock-square-in-the-villages

Badcock Home Furniture &more (https://www.badcock.com/)

We bought from Badcock the Hamilton II series, it's vinyl but looks like leather, loveseat below was $700 and two recliners $400 each. It still looks like new. Tom of Villages AV was over helping with the TV, and said our living room looked fantastic. Of course a 75" TV doesn't hurt the looks. This also comes in off white.

https://www.badcock.com/images/thumbs/0017186_hamilton-ii-burgundy-gliding-console-loveseat_1200.jpeg

[baustgen]

Check out the user furniture stores. They are loaded with like new furniture from people going back north. May want new for living room. You can get good used stuff for guest bedrooms and patio. Also picked up some great stuff on TOV classified.

[vintageogauge]

While at Babcock's you can buy a lawn mower, a grill, or a safe along with your furniture.

[KJ1325]

Huge help. Thanks!

[KLBNJ]

Low $12,000 high $16,000. Please consider purchasing from Babette’s Furniture Brownwood Square in The Villages. Good Luck and Welcome

[Mikeodonnell73]

I'm also going to finally got to put furniture in my house after renting it for two year unfurnished. I figure all in will be between $20K and $25K including two tv's.

[dewilson58]

I'm also going to finally got to put furniture in my house after renting it for two year unfurnished. I figure all in will be between $20K and $25K including two tv's.


I agree............I thought the other estimates were a bit low.


I agree with Babettes, but I would go to Leesburg. Much larger store and their sister store is right next door.



Not a Badcock fan.

[Annie66]

We moved to TVs about 4 years ago. We'd gotten rid of most furniture prior to arriving. Brought a kitchen table, chairs, 2 Lazyboy rockers and our bedroom set. We wound up buying virtually all of the remaining items at estate sales, where you could get thing for roughly 50 cents on a dollar; often times for less. We are quite happy with our purchases. We initially signed up with the web site Estate Sales.net which delivers an email to you each morning with all the estates sales within 10 miles of TVs. It contains a multitude of pictures so you could pick and choose which sales you wished to attend. Sure we saw a lot of things we would never buy, but it became sort of a thing to do on non-golfing mornings. We got to see a number of well outfitted homes, so it gave us a large number of ideas on how to furnish our home. This may be an unconventional way to dress out a home, but we enjoyed the adventure.

[dlebuis]

We have bought some furniture from City Furniture and are quite happy with it. They were great to work with too.

[Rsenholzi]

Really depends on where you buy - if you want to go cheaper check out consignment shops like Bargains and treasures, Our mothers attic , furniture barn in Leesburg sells high end like Ethan Allen and most things are brand new still with tags because people rent and decide when they move down they don’t want that furniture and get rid of it.
If you want to go new, you will pay more. I suggest you go to Altamonte Springs or Ocala to furniture row. They have every furniture store you want and you can get a good idea of how much it could cost - you could pay $3,000 for a leather reclining sofa in one of the stores like Babette( usually takes 3 months to get) or $800 for a simple sofa in Kent with custom material( believe it or not my $800 sofa is more comfortable than my $3000 sofa . Then I picked up a 2 seater from Our mother’s attic for $100 new with the tags on it - extremely comfortable and rocks. You can order online from wayfair but most of these have to be put together ( I order things like tables , rugs etc. but they provide someone from Handy to put things together for a small price) Don’t hesitate to check out the cheaper stores like Big Lots . I have a table/chairs for my lanai from there and get compliments every time someone new sees it , paid only $500 for the table /6chairs that are extremely comfortable- they will provide someone to put it together for a small fee.
Check out the Christmas tree shop for small things like tables / lamps / etc . Gotten many things from there at a reasonable price . It’s in Altamonte Springs on furniture row .
As you can see there are a variety of stores you can go to at all price ranges so no one can really give you a price of what it cost - it will really depend on what you can tolerate. New or used, put together or ones you need to put together. I suggest you wait till you get here- buy a mattress at the many stores all over the area so you have something to sleep on and then shop till you drop the first few days and get the main pieces like a sofa, master bedroom set and kitchen/dining room table . You can do everything else at your own pace filling in with what you see later on. Don’t kill yourself with the extras or you won’t be happy with your choices. Carefully pick out the main pieces first otherwise you will be overwhelmed and fried

[Singerlady]

Check out sales on NextDoor or Talk of the Villages, too.

[Debfrommaine]

12k too low...don't forget pictures, window treatments, rugs, lamps, etc...linens...

[Brwne]

If you have time, check the classified ads on this site daily and download the Estatesales.net app for your iPhone. Today, Estatesales.net lists 14 estate sales that will occur in The Villages in the next 7 days. We bought a 2 bedroom package from Babette's + bought furniture from other sources, including City Furniture, for the third bedroom. While that worked well, it did not include nearly enough extra decorations for tables, walls counter tops and the tops of cabinets in the kitchen. It also did not include anything for plates, utensils, pots and pans etc. for the kitchen and nothing for the lanai and garage. Now, to actually answer your question - $25,000, more or less, depending on classifieds and estate sale purchases. PM me for more specific information.

[Dond1959]

Your furniture expense can vary widely depending on the quality of furniture you buy. My recommendation is get very good quality for where you will live, living room and master bedroom. Other areas good but not great. One thing that can increase the costs dramatically is art work for the walls. There are some great artists at the various art shows but prices can be high if you have expensive tastes.

I agree that going to Babette’s in Leesburg is the place to go. With the sister store offering lower prices you can get some good deals. Agree that second hand stores may have some items you can use at lower pricing. Finally, talk to your neighbors. We are in a new build area and one guy near me had to get rid of a beautiful dining room set because it didn’t fit his model. It would of been perfect for our big dining area but he had already given it away to a worker at his home. Best of luck.

[Pommom91]

I was lucky enough to buy my new home furnished. It was not only furnished but decorated as well. Saved me a lot of time and trouble. Babette’s did everything for $15,000.

[Laurawilcox]

Quick question, Mike alluded to adding furniture to his rental. We are looking to acquire an investment property before we move there as well. If you didn’t have furniture I suspect you were targeting yearly tenants. Do you think they prefer the furniture option? Love the options of places to purchase and the quality discussions.

[Alana33]

I like Rooms to Go.
Ordered everything for my house on line, before I moved, set up delivery date. They delivered and set it all up.
Very substantial furniture.
In house now 3 years and everything still looks new. I ordered all the furniture for 3 bd/2 bath. Nice stuff.
Lots of options. Total cost delivered and set was close to $12,000.

[Aw Man]

What ever you do-stay away from City Furniture-we never bought anything from them--check out consumer complaints about this company

We’ve purchased, on several occasions, furniture pieces at City Furniture in Lake Sumter Landing. Our experience has always been good service and quality furniture.
I’ve never understood all the complaints on TOTV about this company, doesn’t seem justified to me based on our experience.

We’ve also purchased a lot of furniture from Babettes and highly recommend them for great service good furniture at a reasonable price.

[J1ceasar]

Thrift shops for the dining room. Get a 50 year old classic design for $300-500 . that would cost 2-5,000 new

[JIMROY]

Furnished 1850 sq feet 3 bedroom fully, top to bottom = $27,000

[John_W]

We’ve purchased, on several occasions, furniture pieces at City Furniture in Lake Sumter Landing. Our experience has always been good service and quality furniture.
I’ve never understood all the complaints on TOTV about this company, doesn’t seem justified to me based on our experience.

We’ve also purchased a lot of furniture from Babettes and highly recommend them for great service good furniture at a reasonable price.

You're one of the lucky ones who slipped through the cracks at City Furniture.

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/forums/villages-florida-general-discussion-73/horrible-experience-city-furniture-171733/

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/forums/villages-florida-general-discussion-73/city-furniture-disappointed-95016/

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/forums/contractors-services-91/city-furniture-day-1-a-195259/

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/forums/villages-florida-general-discussion-73/buyer-beware-city-furniture-122217/

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/forums/villages-florida-general-discussion-73/city-furniture-sales-people-have-bad-attitude-195706/

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/forums/villages-florida-general-discussion-73/city-furniture-149864/

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/forums/contractors-services-91/city-furniture-again-132245/

[Crazyladycruz]

Trying to get a ballpark on furniture pricing for 1600 sq ft home. $250K range. 3 bedroom, 2 bath. New homes come with Stove and Fridge. We are trying to get an idea of bedroom furniture, living room, etc. Nothing high end. Just general common people stuff.

Sadly when I priced what a home would cost furnished, it said up to $3,000 on the cost of a home.
We found hitting the resale and thrift shops offered some great deals. I would give those a look first. Almost Perfect furniture is nice but very pricy.
It was fun to do to! Found everything we needed and fantastic prices. You’d be amazed what people donate to these places. Good Luck!

[retiredguy123]

Sadly when I priced what a home would cost furnished, it said up to $3,000 on the cost of a home.
We found hitting the resale and thrift shops offered some great deals. I would give those a look first. Almost Perfect furniture is nice but very pricy.
It was fun to do to! Found everything we needed and fantastic prices. You’d be amazed what people donate to these places. Good Luck!
I have found that Bargains and Treasures is a good place to buy used furniture. But, Almost Perfect is overpriced.

[jswirs]

IMHO, the best thing to do is buy complete junk, anything, just for now, just to get started. Once you have things to sit on, sleep in, etc., you can then take your time and look for quality, used furniture.

[Brenda.ball]

We purchased our furniture from ROOMS TO GO (MBDR, dining room, living room). All other furniture came from Amazon, Wayfair and Joss and Main. Knicks/pictures we picked up from area consignment shops, Tuesday Morning, Home Goods. Completely furnished and kitchen/dining supplies for under $12,000. I shopped sales, price matching, etc. It took a few months of planning, but I am happy with everything we have.

[Chatbrat]

The proof for furniture is how it holds up, most LR furniture is hardly used, ours is doing great bought it in 2005 From Furniture Land South in NC--unbelievable furniture store, everything else is doing good too

[Nucky]

We brought the good Furniture from N.J. and filled in what we needed with furniture from City Furniture. We had a clear understanding with the Salesperson and The Store Manager that the furniture will be inspected before it comes into our home and if it passes then and only then do we complete the transaction. The first Dining Room Chair off the truck was the wrong color. Way to dark. Truck #1 went back to the store to get the correct chair and the rest of the Furniture checked out just fine. The delivery people were top notch. It is almost 4 years and the Dining Room and Bed Room we bought from them are still perfect.

Two things to be careful of with City. 1) They have two different deliveries available. To your door and left outside or delivery to the spot you want it in and assembled. JUST BEWARE. 2) They sent us a notice that if we didn't use the Credit Card within the next 90 days that they were going to cancel us. Wrong. I cancelled them. Their card is thru Synchrony Bank and the only reason I even took out the card was I got 10% off the order and I think a year at zero interest. Cancel us? Phooey!

The quality of the furniture was fine and some of what the others experienced was definitely true. They are Slick! Manage them before they manage you! I would buy there again if needed. It's not Thomasville Furniture but if you wanna keep your cost down then this is the place.

Babetts in Leesburg is very good all the way around but more expensive.

[Packer Fan]

I have furnished 2 homes similar to what you are talking about. I think a budget of $12000 might be a smidge low, if you want all new I think you are probably closer to $14,000 depending on how many full bedrooms, and how much used furniture you incorporate. I would HIGHLY recommend Showcase Furniture in Mount Dora - Excellent prices on very good furniture, and they will deliver and set up everything on your schedule. They have much more than is on their website, but you can put everything together off their website if you want. They are WAY better than anything I have dealt with in The Villages, thats for sure. I liked them so much the first time, we used them for a second house 2 years later, and we bought the SAME master bedroom set..... All of it looks brand new after 6 years of renters.