Home market "five major materials" market trended up the difficulty of bathroom bargaining

The biggest cost-consuming home improvement market is flooring, doors, cabinets, lamps and fixtures. They are also collectively referred to as the “five major components” in home decoration. For most families, the biggest expenditure in decoration comes from the main material, and the quality of the main material also determines the final effect of the decoration.

Although more and more main materials are provided by home improvement companies, it is difficult for the public to adjust and many consumers choose to purchase the main materials themselves. As a non-native consumer, it is easy to be puzzled by various problems. Therefore, before buying, you must understand the quality and price of different main materials, among which the price is one of the most concerned issues for consumers.

Floor testing - saying that a bad product impact brand, 55 yuan / square meter should be a watershed Chinese Consumer Association recently announced the strengthening of floor consumption warning, it is recommended to buy a unit price of 70 yuan or more floor. Due to taxation, profit, etc., the floor price for purchasing flooring can be 55 yuan/square meter.

According to the person in charge of the floor industry association, miscellaneous and shoddy products disrupt the normal market order, which is the reason for the industry's current difficulties. Solid wood flooring is not widely accepted because of its high price. Currently the most popular floor price range is 70-120 yuan / square meter. If you want to buy a quality qualified laminate flooring, experts recommend purchasing products with a unit price of 55 yuan or more. At the same time, due to the influence of promotions and seasons, prices will also fluctuate.

An agent of Fringel flooring also stated that: the regular brand, the quality meets the national standard, there is a perfect after-sales service of the laminate flooring, the lowest price will not be less than 80 yuan / square meter; and miscellaneous and inferior products because of quality, after-sales not up to standard , 49 yuan / square meter is still selling, resulting in misleading consumers and leading to vicious competition in the industry, causing great impact on the regular floor brand.

According to the statement, raw materials for the second floor have risen by 30% and the price adjustment is imminent. With the increase in cost, the price of flooring has not risen for a whole year. “We have been trying to eliminate cost pressures from the inside, but it's still very difficult at the moment.” According to sources at the iconic floor, sales of various brands of flooring during the March 15, 2011 period were not very optimistic. The desire for small profits and quick sales during festivals is a bit frustrating, and the cost rises so fast that many companies are facing a crisis of survival. Anxin floor, a person in charge also said that if you do not increase prices, it is indeed facing survival difficulties, price adjustment is helpless.

Some people pointed out at the beginning of the year that 2011 will be a difficult year for brand floors. At the end of March, it was also learned from the relevant departments of the industry that since 2011, nearly 80% of the brand's floors have suffered losses.

Relevant sources pointed out that the main reason for the loss is that various costs have risen too fast, while the floor price has not risen sharply. Calculate the amount of floor for certain brands: The purchase price of floor materials has increased by at least 30%. In early 2010, the price of 300,000 yuan per ton of common material of Vietnam pears rose to 700,000 yuan per ton in 2011; The rent for mainstream home stores has also risen sharply. The rent per square meter has generally risen by RMB 30-50/month. The rental cost alone has increased the number of shops by at least RMB 100,000 in one year, plus workers’ wages, logistics, and after-sales services. The cost has also increased significantly. Taken together, in 2011, the cost per square meter of regular brand flooring companies rose by an average of more than 20%.

Investigating price of health equipment - saying that it would be unrealistic to buy a set of 2,000 yuan or less

As the most expensive and expensive bathroom in the decoration, the material classification is very small. As a whole, the main materials required for bathroom renovation are two major parts, ceramic tiles and sanitary ware. Experts said that all ceramic products are difficult to distinguish between the appearance of good or bad, even if it is difficult for professionals to distinguish, it is recommended that consumers try to pick a reputable brand products. Tiles are mainly floor tiles and facing bricks. Consumers are advised to purchase the best products for floor tiles at 60 yuan per square meter, while bricks are best for purchases of 25 yuan per square meter or more. He told reporters that in addition to wear and tear resistance, the standard for measuring tiles depends mainly on its permeability. If the penetration is severe, the wall surface cannot be used.

General toilets require toilets, wash basins, tubs, high-end decoration there will be shower rooms and so on. For a 4 square meter bathroom, the cost would be over RMB 10,000 if full use of high-grade sanitary ware; the cost could be reduced to RMB 5,000 if using mid-range ware; if the economic conditions were limited, the minimum price could be reduced to RMB 2,000, but if you want Controlling below 2,000 yuan is not realistic, and quality cannot be guaranteed.

In the second quarter of price increase, the bathroom bargaining price increases the difficulty in increasing the price of the sanitary ware market. It has always been high, and some well-known sanitary ware brands have no fear of the sales pressure of the market and have already raised their prices. Industry insiders predict that more and more bathroom brands will join the ranks of price hikes in 2011, and collective price increases will begin to show up. According to a distributor of Faenza Sanitary Ware, many dealers are preparing for a price increase.

This reporter learned that in the materials used for home decoration, the overall price of wood and ceramics rose by about 5%, and the prices of hardware products rose even more. However, most businesses have chosen to self-digest themselves in order to maintain a stable price, and have not yet considered this part of the cost to consumers. Despite this, the difficulty of consumers' "bargaining" is much higher than before. In the old days, the kind of transactions that were frequently used to deal with 20 percent turnovers has basically disappeared. Faenza sanitary ware dealers told reporters that from this year's trend of rising costs of materials, labor, and logistics, it is inevitable that prices will increase, and the ability of self-digestion by merchants will always be limited. If manufacturers' policies do not change, they will increase. The increase in costs brought by prices will be passed on to consumers.

The reporter hereby reminded that if your new home is shortly before handing over your home, it is best to start with your hands early and to make sure that the necessary renovation materials are in place. In the busy season of April, supermarkets will continue to have large-scale profit-taking promotions to help brand building materials companies complete “impulse”, and consumers should grasp the opportunities for good shots.

Doors and Door Covers for Exploring Price - Saying that a wooden door with a price of less than 700 yuan, please carefully select many consumers to ignore the importance of the door in the decoration, often only in the final process to consider the door, the result is due to the few remaining The door can only make do, and some consumers even consider themselves to find guerrillas to create the door.

According to industry insiders, there are many categories of products in the market, more common are solid wood doors, solid wood composite doors, molded doors, and PVC non-painted doors. The solid wood door is a door that is entirely made of solid wood. Its characteristics are clear texture of the wood, a strong sense of solidity and three-dimensionality. It is more tasteful, but the wood has the characteristics of wet and dry shrinkage, so its biggest drawback It is easy to crack deformation.

At present, the most common is solid wood composite wood doors, so-called solid wood composite doors, generally refers to the solid wood as the main material, external pressure stickers MDF as a balancing layer, with domestic or imported natural veneer as a finish, after high temperature hot pressure made Composite door. This reporter learned that the high-end solid wood composite doors can reach 4,000 yuan or even nearly 10,000 yuan, ordinary solid wood composite door prices from 1,000 yuan to 2,000 yuan more common, and molded doors and PVC paint free door a few hundred dollars are Can be bought. Industry sources said that due to the uneven quality of the wooden door market, the price is relatively confusing, but the wooden door below 700 yuan must be carefully selected.

According to reports, the structure and production process of the wooden interior doors are quite different, the signs are diverse, and the sales staff's arguments are also many, making purchase difficult. The market often sees the “paint door”. The so-called paint is actually a production process, not a special material. In order to achieve fast curing or other process needs in the painting process, wooden doors made by using infrared irradiation or other methods for baking can be called “painting doors”. People in the industry believe that the process of accelerating solidification using infrared irradiation in the process of wood painting has become very common. Most products use this technology. Painted wooden doors can be called paint doors, and there is no special one.

Painted wooden doors have both solid wood doors, solid wood composite doors, molded doors, plywood doors, and wooden doors with decorative layers of decorative paper. Currently on the market, most of the doors marked with paint doors are wooden doors with decorative paper attached to the surface, and solid wood doors and solid wood. The effect of the composite door is very different, so do not be confused by the word “baking”. General solid wood composite paint door, the price will be around 1,000 yuan.

Set wooden doors from the quality, paint effect, environmental protection due to industrial production, several aspects are much higher than the manual door. Brand-name wooden doors have relatively large-scale production machinery and equipment, and they are relatively mature in terms of wood dryness, finger joint, flatness, and paint production line. The manual wooden doors and sets are made of large core boards and plywood boards. The paint is painted on site and it is difficult to achieve the mechanical level.

Cabinet prices - saying that a cabinet rest assured that the price is less than 800 yuan / Yanmi cabinets should be the most expensive products in the home renovation, at any time will be on the million. How much money can the cabinet be safe to use? Industry experts, at least need 800 yuan / linear meter.

According to reports, various types of products have different prices and are closely related to the materials used. For example, there are substantial differences between imported product hardware and ordinary hardware. Through practice, some brands of cabinet hardware are durable and not deformed, while some low-cost cabinets, shockproof airbags, and door closers have various degrees of damage after being used for a period of time, and cabinet parts are different from other products because it is The integrated structure is difficult to repair, so professionals recommend consumers to buy products with a minimum price of 800 yuan/lineage.

The price of lamps and lanterns - the most arbitrarily arguable, "letter price" may still be imaginary. The big chandelier with a red bargaining price tag is priced at 140,000 yuan, and the salesperson's verbally quoted "a price" is 70,000 yuan. "Runner" can actually give up a car! Another gold-plated copper floor lamp, priced at 28,000 yuan, the transaction price was only 8,000 yuan, "shrink" shrink a set of sofa table. Recently, many citizens have reported that the “price bubble” that the lighting market has become increasingly popular has become a stumbling block to the construction of a credit system for the lighting industry.

In many lighting stores, the reporter saw the lamps hanging out to display with a blue price tag. However, general lighting fixtures also have a promotional price, which is marked in red. The profit margin can generally reach 10%. According to people in the industry, there is still a lot of room for profit in the red color of the luminaire samples. One expert said that the lighting market is getting more and more open, and almost every family is a "hit area" with high prices. The red price tag price is also "playing virtual." Buy low-priced lamps, consumers counter-offensive "bargain-hunting" generally do not suffer a big loss. When you buy a high-priced fancy lamp, if you don't compare prices, you must spend money.

A general manager of the lighting market said that there were some time before the light fixtures were marked, and the marked ones were only 10%-30% higher than the actual price. After the release of the price of the lamp, the price rushed upwards and rushed upwards. It was no easy task to brake. Another lighting market has an integrity service shopping guide, but when it comes to helping customers “cheap”, the guide buyer also said that he was powerless.

The saying that the Chinese-style cupboards mainly made of eucalyptus may be bullish in May. Currently, all the merchants give different degrees of discount on the price, but the discounted price is still higher than before. Many cabinet vendors have already indicated that they have received notices from the headquarters and the plant department asking for price increases. It is expected that another wave of collective price increases will come in April and May of this year.

Not only does the price of ash and eucalyptus increase, but also the price of eucalyptus. Classical Chinese-style cabinetry products based on eucalyptus will also increase prices in May. Most of the cabinet furniture brands surveyed by the reporter stated that prices will be raised in the next April and May. Relevant person in charge also told reporters that prices will rise at the end of April. The head of the Europa Group also stated that it will launch a new price list at the end of the month and raise the price by 10%-15%. In the past year, the price of sheet metal produced by cabinets has increased by 60%. The reason why the European School has never increased its price is because the scale of production of enterprises has been continuously expanding and the cost has been diluted through the scale. However, the cost of upstream has been rising, and the retail price has remained static. It is certainly unrealistic and consumers should take a rational approach. A product-a-price, if you want to buy a good brand product, you should pay the corresponding price.

The relevant person of the Municipal Decoration Industry Association believes that all parties concerned in the circulation field need to jointly establish a credit system for lighting sales. The phenomenon that the price of lamps and lanterns is inflated and deceived by consumers should no longer exist. As the most complex type of lighting, experts recommend that you can choose according to your needs when you purchase. The price of lights ranges from tens of dollars to hundreds of thousands of yuan, and there is also a huge difference in quality. Consumers should buy brands and rest assured products according to their own needs.