At last. A flooring place that actually know all about…read morefloors. Now you may well laugh, but as someone who has done ALOT of renovations and DIY, I can honestly tell you the vast majority of places quite frankly know fanny all about the product they are selling. Get the customer in, sell them stuff they may or may not need and ship em out ASAP, that usually is the motto of some of the larger home depot style chains. Here at GFS, the guy actually KNOWS about floors, he can work out how much you need to damn near perfect quantity, and will not bullshit you into buying a bunch of crap you don't need. A fantastic, well laid out showroom with plenty of car parking, sections of floor along every wall so you don't have to decide after only looking at a measly strip the width of your finger. Reasonable prices and quick delivery too. Tony is the guy I dealt with and he knows his onions when it comes to wood floors. Don't bother going to the cowboys

I'm not used to decorating homes and recently I have undertaken some redesign and decor of our…read morespare bedroom. I called in here to price curtains and bed linen as they have been about for absolutely ages and have a decent reputation. I wasn't that impressed. The stuff, I felt, was out dated and expensive. The staff weren't very helpful even though I very obviously needed help with measurements, colour schemes and the like. I personally prefer Dunelm Mill but I was in the centre of town and couldn't have been bothered traveling about the place. I don't think I will go in again for anything other than a definite item as I just felt a little overwhelmed at all the stuff but the lack of help.

I'm not really big into curtain / fabric / bed linen shops, since I don't have a requirement to buy…read moreany of these types of goods. However, when my parents were away on holiday last year, I decided I would venture in and purchase a duvet cover set for myself, having been in dire need of one for quite some time. Undoubtedly one of the most important days in a girl's life... I was fortunate enough to be in the shop during sale time, and was even more fortunate to find a blue and white barcode striped duvet cover for half price...£10 ("how do you do it?" is a frequent question asked by my mum). That usual jubilation that suddenly overcomes me the moment I find a bargain eluded me for once. I *had* to phone my mum and dad to ensure that my find was genuine and the bargain was good enough to warrant a purchase. A five minute phonecall later, and we established that this was the case. Phew. A year later, and my blue and white striped duvet cover is still perfectly intact, currently taking pride of place on my bed. Having had such a wonderful experience, when I went back this year to a newly refurbished Spinning Wheel, I was slightly disheartened to find no duvet covers on the bottom floor, despite the fact that this was indicated on the wall. Being in a hurry, I had to go, but I will definitely pop back in for a proper look very soon. And to get lost among all those curtains. Looks like such fun...

We really love the personal service here and the fact that they never rush you and when they are…read moredealing with you they focus on and deal with you - nothing is too much trouble for their friendly staff. This is classic retail; the art of selling goods that don't come back to customers who do. Many local shops will answer the phone when you are dealing with them and it drives me nuts. I was in Mc Parland's hardware a few days ago and I was in a queue. Once it became my turn the phone rang and he took the call, keeping me standing over 5 minutes having already patiently queued (when his till wasn't ringing) so next time I go I'll sit outside in the car and ring in. We've literally pulled apart our downstairs replacing a kitchen, tiling over 75 square metres of flooring, new cookers, new oil boiler, granite worktops, that weigh tons, so we are choosing different paints and Casa B are able to mix our choice of colours exactly as we need them. We also re furnished our outdoors, before we started internal work, with new composite decking/fencing. We took a piece of the composite to Casa B and they pointed an electronic gizmo that instantly and perfectly identified the colour, so we could match paint. They really consistently give us top class service that brings us back and will bring us back again.