Sofa Max

Just like a pitch intro from Dragons Den, Furnimax Accrington store was conceived as a response to one lady's comment in a cafe on Blackburn road: “Theres no where to get a proper deal on a sofa in Accrington,” she said in a no nonsense strong blackburn /accrington local accent as she observed the now directors of furnimax looking at some pictures of sofas suites and corner groups on the table as

they were dining on their breakfast. The guys looked at each other and explored the options for an accrington resident, well without driving to Blackburn and paying huge prices and waiting three months for your furniture at dfs, scs, furniture village, csl, harveys, dreams for a bed or bedroom furniture, where would you shop at in Accrington itself. At the time there were a few options, the largest of which was Taskers which do have a lovely selection do doubt catering for the more wealthy older end market, and looking at the lady who had made the comment the guys asked her, “if you bought a suite how much would you be looking to pay, how long would you expect to wait for delivery, and what sort of style would you like”, “well “she responded” i dont want to pay more than five hundred quid for a start six at a push, i wouldnt mind a nice fabric one but not an old granny nursing home style thing oh no, one of those with a nice print on it and i dont want leather too cold in the morning, and once i pick one i want it delivering the next day”. Wow the guys looked at each other, they knew just off that one little piece of information that in her own way she was right, all be it a tall order on a business level, this is what many people in Accrington expect and it that point in time no one was providing it.

“I went to Davis furniture (now closed down) and although the man was very nice the suites reminded me of old grannies and they went cheap either” the guys looked at each other hiding their amusement as this lady was obviously at youngest in her late sixties. After looking round the area many times including sites in Blackburn the best site without doubt with huge premises and a prominent roadside position on the junction of Oxford street and Blackburn road near accrington town centre. Formally Glyn web a wallpaper and home consumables store that had closed around three years prior, and despite the huge huge huge business rates an offer was made, which was accepted and Furnimax furniture megastore Accrington was born. After two years of trading in the hardest economic times in recent memory recession Furnimax continues strong mainly due to the hard work and commitment by all involved which is a relief given twenty per cent rate of vat at the moment and huge business rates considering what is a struggling town in many ways, on top of the recession, and can be credited to Furnimax chilled non pushy approach to sales, superb fashionable quality huge product range, and above all the lowest prices in the business. Word has spread about the superb cheap price high quality furniture deals at Furnimax furniture mega store Blackburn rd Accrington to many other areas even out of Lancashire and into Manchester and Merseyside and they now have deliveries to Burnley and surrounding Burnley areas like Nelson Brierfield Colne Barrowford Fence Earby Barnoldswick down to Clitheroe Bowland Brownhill Revidge Mellor Walley Reid Padiham Hapton Blackburn Darwen Great Harwood Rishton Oswaldtwistle Guide village then over to Haslingden Helmshore Rawnstall Crawshawbooth Water Waterfoot Bacup Ramsbottom Bury Rochdale Middleton Heywood Chadderton Whitefield Radcliffe Bolton Blackrod Chorley Preston Walkden leigh Wigan Westhoughton Tildsley Horwich Walshaw missing one or two others on a local basis.