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blanket84
post Nov 17 2019, 11:00 PM

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Went to Zolano & Rozel in old klang road since both are quite close from one another. But had two totally different customer experience. Zolano salesperson knows their product very well and listen very well to customer’s need and propose which model according to your need. Rozel? I would not recommend unless you knows furniture and types of upholstery very well and with touch you know what is what, because the salesperson wouldn’t be very helpful to you.
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post Nov 30 2019, 05:09 PM

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RM13k for full leather (semi aniline) 3+2 sofa is okay price or expensive? I have been reading about leather sofa in LYN and mostly people buying leather sofa never more than 10k sweat.gif
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post Nov 30 2019, 06:18 PM

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QUOTE(blancpain4470 @ Nov 30 2019, 06:05 PM)
That's not true. My L shape 14ft sofa with Italian leather would be RM17k. I am too poor to get it so compromised to get Aqua Clean fabric for 13k

What's the origin of your leather?
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It’s true here in LYN. I have been reading almost all thread regarding leather sofa here but mostly the price mentioned is around 5-7k for 3+2 set.

I didn’t ask the origin of the leather. Only asked about type of leather treatment undergone. Didn’t cross my mind to ask about the origin.

So RM13k for 3+2 is reasonable? I saw IKEA selling the same design but using pigmented leather (half leather upholstery) at price around RM8k for the same combination of 3+2. The name was landskrona IINM.

And it is from an established local manufacturer. Not middleman outsourcing their design from 3rd party manufacturer. So i am not worry about the warranty.

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post Nov 30 2019, 07:03 PM

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QUOTE(blancpain4470 @ Nov 30 2019, 06:40 PM)
You should check shops such as Cellini, Rozel etc. Ask for the similar one and compare price. To me if Italian leather then it's ok. If non Italian, it's higher than average but if built is good (I.e frame, springs, etc) then may be ok too

BTW if you ever noticed LYF here most tend to care about price over any other things. That's why I would never ask people what sinks or taps or water heater to use.
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Went to rozel. Their salesperson was clueless about their own product. So, no rozel for me. And their design is a bit oldschool.

Haven’t gone to cellini, but saw in their website, some of the design looks nice.

Other than italy, where would they normally source high quality leather?

I noticed the same thing too. Which is why i normally use this forum to ask “where to buy” instead of “what to buy”. Because of we care too much about the price here, some people would know where you can get the best price for the product you had in mind.
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post Dec 1 2019, 11:44 AM

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QUOTE(blancpain4470 @ Nov 30 2019, 09:43 PM)
Lol. I didn't ask you to buy from Rozel or Cellini but to check price as references. Cellini products are reasonably durable but a bit too boring to me.

As per leather the best tanneries in the world are Italian. So most shops will tell you theirs are Italian leather.  But off course not all of them are the same. Of course type of leather: full grain, pigmented, aniline, semi aniline is most important. Then the tannery that produces it comes second

Leather is luxurious looking but personally I find the good fabric are better to sit on. Wont get hot like leather and sooner are softer too.
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Displayed price in Rozel are more or less the same for sofa of same size. Haven’t check cellini. I went to majuhome & harvey norman, the price were much cheaper. But i didn’t ask in detail about the composition of the sofa.

I already have one fabric sofa set at home. Since i am moving from an apartment to a terrace house, i need another set of sofa (the current set i will put upstairs). I want leather because i visioned a leather sofa in my concept ideas sweat.gif and i always wanted to own a leather, so this is the best time for me to buy. Otherwise if i buy fabric now, i might wait another 10 years before buying a new sofa.

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post Dec 1 2019, 01:34 PM

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QUOTE(blancpain4470 @ Dec 1 2019, 12:42 PM)
Rule no.1. Never pay for displayed/list price. So that's not an apple to apple comparison. Harvey Norman stuff are average to below average on built and they subcontracted the work to local factory. They may be ok if on 50% sale.

Go with leather if you like it. It is definitely more luxurious. Pay a little more for good leather is fine. It is more worth than 3k grohe shower set 😬
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Yeah i noticed that the leather goods in harvey norman is of subpar quality. They only furniture i would definitely buy from harvey norman is the lazboy recliner. But that one isn’t in the budget for now sweat.gif

Yes. I am aware that i shouldn’t pay display price. But what i don’t know is how much should i negotiate. My comparison with rozel is on display price because i don’t bother asking the final price. And the sofa i am eyeing was priced at 17k, with discount 20%. But i think if i am serious i should able to ask for further discount. But how much should i ask? 5%? 10%?

Yeah. 3k grohe shower set (or 5.5k in Malaysia sweat.gif don’t know why it is so overpriced here) is now out of question. Better use the money somewhere else for now.
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post Mar 22 2021, 12:05 AM

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QUOTE(barca96 @ Mar 21 2021, 12:02 PM)
There is sofa manufacturer in Semenyih called Hugo. Design is high end. Price is around Rm5k. Not that expensive and not affordable.

I noticed that another high end company uses their sofa and sells them for around 10k.
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Plenty of sofa manufacturer in Semenyih. I think the high end manufacturer in Malaysia is Zolano. They mainly do exports and sell locally under their own brand. The showroom is in old klang road.

But then, the price also high end. That being said, i think they are still the better option than rozel or lorenzo.

IINM Hugo is the brand by Yew Hoong Sofa.

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post Mar 22 2021, 04:53 PM

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QUOTE(barca96 @ Mar 22 2021, 04:12 PM)
Right you’re right. I googled that Yew Hoong andHugo came up.

I saw Zolano selling Hugo sofas at nearly double the price.
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Probably what you see is similar design, but not exactly the same thing. This is because Zolano is a manufacturer themselves just like Yew Hoong/Hugo, not a retailer buying from 3rd party manufacturer, hence they only sell the sofa produced in their own factory.

I think one advantage of buying locally manufactured sofa is that you can easily repair your sofa in the future since the factory is here.

 

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