I read with alarm a notice in the local paper that a furniture shop in Hatch End was closing. 'Not another shop closing!' I thought. (We lost the chocolate shop. Oxfam closed, though it has been taken over by St Luke's.)
I often look in the furniture clearance shop window as I pass. They put something in eye-catching red in the window or near the front. Such as a bar stool, or bean bag chair.
I look at the bar stools and side tables under £100. If only I could persuade my family that we have space for them. I should have been a buyer for a living. I then at the glass tables and matching modern chairs, sets of four or six.
I dashed in to look around, for what might be a last look. I also wanted to see what information I could glean about why and when the shop would be closing.
Furniture Clearance Centre in Hatch End will be closing, probably mid-July, apparently due to a takeover - and makeover. But a similar shop will be re-opening, keeping on the current sales person Saj, because of goodwill and to create continuity for customers.
(I just had to change the world salesman, not to be politically correct, but because the spell checker on the site changed it to salmon!)
So the ownership is changing, but what's the difference for customers? According to Saj, the new management will introduce mid to high end furniture, with a warranty. That which means high prices but more peace of mind for customers.
You can see the big banner across the top of the shop as you walk or drive past. Inside are dining tables and chairs in wood or glass with chairs in wood or black or red or white, nests of side tables, bar stools, swivel chairs, sofas and beds.
Footfall
Hatch End is busy because of numerous restaurants in the evening and weekends, with a lower footfall in the middle of the day and midweek. Sam says customers often pass going to work in the day or returning in the evening and see the sign and come back at the weekend.
Saj hopes and believes the phone number will stay the same.
Tel 020 8452 8045.
The Address is 369 Uxbridge Road, Hatch End, Pinner, Middx.
I often look in the furniture clearance shop window as I pass. They put something in eye-catching red in the window or near the front. Such as a bar stool, or bean bag chair.
I look at the bar stools and side tables under £100. If only I could persuade my family that we have space for them. I should have been a buyer for a living. I then at the glass tables and matching modern chairs, sets of four or six.
I dashed in to look around, for what might be a last look. I also wanted to see what information I could glean about why and when the shop would be closing.
Furniture Clearance Centre in Hatch End will be closing, probably mid-July, apparently due to a takeover - and makeover. But a similar shop will be re-opening, keeping on the current sales person Saj, because of goodwill and to create continuity for customers.
(I just had to change the world salesman, not to be politically correct, but because the spell checker on the site changed it to salmon!)
So the ownership is changing, but what's the difference for customers? According to Saj, the new management will introduce mid to high end furniture, with a warranty. That which means high prices but more peace of mind for customers.
You can see the big banner across the top of the shop as you walk or drive past. Inside are dining tables and chairs in wood or glass with chairs in wood or black or red or white, nests of side tables, bar stools, swivel chairs, sofas and beds.
Footfall
Hatch End is busy because of numerous restaurants in the evening and weekends, with a lower footfall in the middle of the day and midweek. Sam says customers often pass going to work in the day or returning in the evening and see the sign and come back at the weekend.
Saj hopes and believes the phone number will stay the same.
Tel 020 8452 8045.
The Address is 369 Uxbridge Road, Hatch End, Pinner, Middx.
