Harveys Furniture is my favourite furniture store in the Peel Centre, it had much better service…read moreand selection than DFS nearby, it is a rather large store although slightly smaller than nearby DFS, with Bensons for Beds occupying the upper level of this store with a lift between the two making it fully accessible. I came here with a new sofa in mind, I had a very specific idea of what I wanted in a new sofa which was: - A two-seater yet not too large as it had to fit in my small living room - Comfortable yet I didn't care for more premium features such as reclining - Armrests which were spacious yet not too high (to act as a mini table if you will to rest my laptop) I'm pleased to say I was able to find a sofa to match my specifications, unlike at DFS nearby and the staff member seemed really helpful, one thing I liked was she didn't care about her commission, she cared about getting me the right sofa and delivering good service: she had no problem taking me to the clearance range first and helped explained about the product and how it was firm due to only coming in a few days ago where it was returned by a customer who changed her mind. I did have to wait a little while for her to confirm everything and communicate with the delivery driver as I did live over 15 miles away, I only came to this store as it is the easiest for me to get to via public transport, with it only being around 3/4 of a mile from Stockport Railway Station which is around 7-18 minutes on the train from Manchester, with the quicker services being with Avanti West Coast and CrossCountry. I was told that as it was a clearance item I couldn't pay on finance but that was fine as I had no intention of doing that anyway, the only slightly frustrating thing for me was the high delivery charge compared to other sofa places, but I was willing to pay it as £69 is only a little bit more than the £30-£40 average charge and considering I do live a little further out, and this was a bespoke product (there was only one) I liked which already had a good reduction in price at £479 and they could even deliver it the same day within a couple of hours, I was pleased with that. Harvey's also had genuinely lovely people as the staff, as my original server had too many customers at once, someone else who was free took over and they actually tried to persuade each other to take the commission on my order, I've never seen staff fight over why the other worker should get the bonus before, it wasn't an aggressive fight, it was just a friendly chat between friends more than anything, and if Harvey's are listening they both deserved it for excellent service! I would have liked to see a better selection of other items such as tables, however, and more of a variety of colours on their clearance range would have also been more exciting, but still, a rather good furniture shop where I finally found my sofa! 4*

Popped in here after going pre -christmas shopping with a…read moregood friend and headed striaght for the cafe department. We ordered our usual latte and cup cakes. Latte was standard nothing special, my cup cake was a little on the stale side but my friends was fine. Bottled water was on the expensive side as they charged £3.65 for a standard hand held bottle Overall i think i will stick to my usual starbucks or marks and spencer next time i fancy a hot drink.

As part of my constant slip into middle age and beyond (shout out to Michael B for letting me know…read morethis was happening...) I have been spending far too much time hanging out at at retail parks (and not getting ready to boyrace I can tell you...) On this occasion we were after some storage boxes we'd seen online and wanted to see what they'd look like in the flesh - basically not what we were after at all and just generally looked a bit cheap and shabbily made. If the truth be known, this was kind of my impression of the whole place after looking through multi-departments. Basically everything looks like it's wipe down, faux materials are used and although you can see they're trying to make things look like they're authentic and individual - it all just looks very mass produced. Sorry but that's just the way I see it! Another big shout out to their range of fox cushions though, but I'll be sticking to Pinterest and Etsy to find inspiration for our new home furnishings that are small batch.

Rang them on Wednesday, they came and collected the doors on Thursday and then delivered them back…read moreall stripped and lovely on Friday! Wonderful service. Keep meaning to actually go and visit the place to look at their reclaimed front doors.

From the owner: Strippadoor are family business established more than 30 years ago and offer a vast stock of doors…read moreand fireplaces from the Victorian and Edwardian era. From original fittings we adapt, make, refurbish and renew to produce a fantastic range of stained glass doors and period fireplaces.

Matalan in Stockport is hidden away behind the Peel Centre. You can get to it by either going down…read morethe side of Argos on the Peel Centre, or by walking down the side of Asda towards Newbridge Lane and turning left at the mini roundabout. It is a massive store with hundreds of lines of clothing for men, women and children. They also stock a good range of homewares and, bizzarely, a fancy dress/Birthdays section. The clothing is good quality and quite cheap, and they stock a good range of sizes. The staff are usually pleasant even thought they are always busy and there is always a queue at the checkout. The little coffee shop at the back is a nice place to stop for a quick hot drink, and the coffee is good.

Matalan is a great place to look for bargains, particularly is the homeware department. I've…read moreconstantly been impressed by the good prices for their bedding and home accessories, and their ranges are attractive and of a good quality. The clothing is of a relatively good quality and price. The Stockport store is well laid out, it just sometimes gets busy at the weekend and there are not always enough tills being manned. Apart from that it is well worth a visit.

I love Golden Days Garden Centre, I love sitting in the cafe and wandering around the plants…read more I always pick up a good book and nice smelling candles along with my bird food

Visited this weekend purely for the purposes of buying a Christmas tree and it did the job…read moreperfectly. There were loads to choose from and we even got a complimentary mince pie and glass of gluhwein. Not exactly cheap, but there were lots of lovely decorations in the shop and also there was a greyhound pulling a small sleigh outside. What more can you ask for, really?