Plastic Sunloungers and Cushions

billbob


Joined: 14/03/2008
Posts: 122

Message Posted:
13/05/2010 15:30

Can anyone tell me the cheapest place to buy plastic sunloungers around the Lapta area? An idea of price would also be helpful as I understand they can be very expensive?

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
13/05/2010 15:57

billbob

Buying plastic is a waste of time and money. Spend a little bit more and go for wrought iron, low maintenance and will last for a lifetime.

AJ

sienna


Joined: 09/01/2009
Posts: 1627

Message Posted:
13/05/2010 15:59

................. but bloody uncomfortable and like branding irons and difficult to move

the butler


Joined: 22/06/2007
Posts: 1958

Message Posted:
13/05/2010 16:11

billbob,



I have had white plastic sunloungers for five years now, just cleaned them again for this summer. I think they will last another couple of years before replacing, easy to move and easy to wash down. There is a shop behind the big bathroom shop on the corner near the water roundabout. There are the fruit and veg stalls on one side of the road and the big bathroom shop on the other. I bought some white plastic chairs there recently and he was half the price of shops on the main road. You could try China/Dubia Bazaar as another option.





The butlers wife

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
13/05/2010 16:14

sienna

If you get the right cushions and make sure that your sunbeds have wheels then no problem. I wish I had purchased wrought iron from day one as I have spent more on plastic garden furniture than I ever will on wrought iron. Oh yeh I forgot the cost of getting the Belediyesi to take away the broken plastic furniture actually made it as expensive as wrought iron. Plastic is not eco friendly and cannot be repaired but wrought iron can always be repaired if in the unlikely event that the furniture becomes damaged.

AJ

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
13/05/2010 16:22

AJ you should live in Lapta as the Belidiye take our plastic away for free!!



Chris

AlsancakJack



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Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
13/05/2010 16:26

Chris

But what happens to it?

Harold2555



Joined: 19/04/2008
Posts: 1139

Message Posted:
13/05/2010 16:52

AJ



It' resold of course!





Harold

sienna


Joined: 09/01/2009
Posts: 1627

Message Posted:
13/05/2010 17:01

they can also rust at the hinges and fall on peoples feet and cause harm as ours didas they are very heavy things - I know they should have been maintained better, but try telling our management company that one at the time !!! still too bulky for me but each to their own

Tootie


Joined: 28/08/2008
Posts: 2037

Message Posted:
13/05/2010 18:15

Crazy as it sounds if you buy plastic make sure they are from Turkey (yes Turkey).

The ones from china etc dont last long maybe 2 years and dont carry alot of weight before they snap, but the ones from Turkey last at least 5 years and are alot stronger. Trust me Im a good test.

TopTen


Joined: 15/04/2009
Posts: 1246

Message Posted:
13/05/2010 18:57

have you tried Home Essentials next door to Laconic comuters in Lapta they are very good

joanie1


Joined: 25/07/2008
Posts: 164

Message Posted:
13/05/2010 21:36

I bought my sunloungers five years ago from Botanica. They are wrought iron - black with white cushions. Yes they are heavy but have wheels and can be pushed (like a very heavy cart) around the pool area. Yes they do get hot in July and August but just cover the exposed bits of iron with towels - they are also higher off the ground than the plastic ones (great for us oldies) - and unlike plastic will see me out!! I would honestly not recommend plastic both for environmental reasons and also the climate here is unsuitable for plastic - it discolours and then disintigrates. You can look in the ravines to see so much dumped plastic! Until they get powdercoating here you have to rub them down and recoat every few years or so but buy once - bit of maintenance - no problems. Also even if the winter winds reach hurricane force wrought iron furniture will not move!



Joan

Mallard


Joined: 14/05/2009
Posts: 107

Message Posted:
13/05/2010 22:16

Joan, we have had our white plastic ones for four years and they are like new as you know!

B x

billbob


Joined: 14/03/2008
Posts: 122

Message Posted:
20/05/2010 15:23

Thanks all for your help. To The Butlers Wife, the shop you talk about behind the Bathroom shop, how much did you pay if you don't mind me asking? Does that then inlcude the cushions? Many thanks.

the butler


Joined: 22/06/2007
Posts: 1958

Message Posted:
20/05/2010 16:21

Hi billbob,



Sorry I didn't buy the sun loungers there but at Alladins cave and I have had them for five years. The white plastic chairs were 15ytl each but they are good quality ones. They have cheaper ones from 10ytl but they are not very strong. The same chairs that I bought are 25ytl in other places. There is a shop on the main road if travelling from the New Harbour roundabout to the Bellapais traffic lights, it is on the left hand side of the road, I noticed that their prices are not to bad.



The butlers wife

yorgozlu



Joined: 16/06/2009
Posts: 4437

Message Posted:
20/05/2010 18:40

Try ERCIKALAR in Nicosia industrial estate,where customs office is.

Sun loungers=55tl

Plastic chairs=10tl(brown with high back)

Zoony


Joined: 26/03/2010
Posts: 136

Message Posted:
20/05/2010 18:59

Best by far are wooden sunloungers we bought ours from Cyprus home furnishings a bit more expensive but after 4 years and a couple of coats of woodstain they are like brand new.

Tootie


Joined: 28/08/2008
Posts: 2037

Message Posted:
20/05/2010 19:12

Is this the place yorgozlu? http://www.ercikalar.com/index.php



If so then thanks, Even if it only lasts a season its cheap at that.

I need a Wheelie bin, So will go there, In Girne they are so much money & I bet they bought the buggers from this place.

yorgozlu



Joined: 16/06/2009
Posts: 4437

Message Posted:
20/05/2010 19:26

Tootie;

Thats their head office,though not far from industrial estate.

Drive as if you are going to customs(hope you know where that is),dont turn in there carry on,past the customs on your right,at the top the road will bnear to left,carry on down,turn left at the end and it should be on your left.

Hope I remembered it right.

Dont know where you live but if you cant find it let me know ,I'll fetch them for you next time I'm there.

Tootie


Joined: 28/08/2008
Posts: 2037

Message Posted:
20/05/2010 19:40

Is the customs office the same one as where I would of payed the tax on my container from the UK?

If so then I know where it is.... How could anyone forget



Im sure if I ask anyone around the area they will point me in the right direction.

Thanks for the offer, If I dont find it I'll contact you......

yorgozlu



Joined: 16/06/2009
Posts: 4437

Message Posted:
20/05/2010 19:58

Thats the one Tootie.

billbob


Joined: 14/03/2008
Posts: 122

Message Posted:
20/05/2010 23:27

Many thanks. Could you tell me please where Aladins Cave is please? We will be coming from Lapta. Not too sure we would find the industial estate in Nicosia!

crofter


Joined: 16/12/2008
Posts: 1035

Message Posted:
21/05/2010 07:26

agree with zoony - wooden ones with wheels are available from benefit on the main karakum road. do not be put off with what you see outside as they are not a good advertisement for his furniture. he has brand new stock inside. had ours two seasons now and a coat of teak oil in the spring brings them back looking new. cream thick cushions included in the price. sorry cannot remember what we paid. as they are teak they will last for many years.



very helpful guy who owns it.

the butler


Joined: 22/06/2007
Posts: 1958

Message Posted:
21/05/2010 14:53

Tootie,



Aladins cave is in Karakum it is somewhere near the K Pet Petrol Station but on the opposite side of the road.





The butlers wife