Building With Bay West Homes

The journey of building a new house...

Tuesday, January 08, 2002

Things are moving along with all the suppliers now - today Ashley and I went to Signature Lighting and paid our bill there, then we went to a bedroom store to order a new bed. We had originally ordered a king-size bed from Sleep Country (a $1999 bed on for $1288) and a nice-looking headboard/foot board ($765), but we decided to do a bit of price shopping just to be on the safe side. I'm glad we did! There's a place on 58th Avenue in Calgary called the Bedroom Store, and while we had a bit of a hard time finding help, once we did the sales manager (Chris) showed us to a Serta PerfectSleeper that was basically identical to the one we ordered from Sleep Country. The difference? The headboard/foot board at the Bedroom Store was nicer, and we had a choice of colour as well. Oh, and the $1800 deal (with GST) that saved us $396 was even better! I had always assumed that Sleep Country would have the best prices in town, but it appears they spend most of their money on radio ads building brand awareness instead of cutting the prices on their mattresses.

One thing we just clued into today was the lack of a vacuum outlook in the basement. We have two on the main floor, and two on the upper floor, but none in the basement. Oddly enough, no one at Bay West mentioned that it might be good idea. I wish I had done all of this before so I would have known! :-) I don't know how hard it is to add one in after the fact, but I guess I'll find out eventually!