A couple have saved £6,000 by refurbishing their new home for just £500 - <br />after buying everything from Facebook Marketplace.<br /><br />Becky Chorlton, 25, and Steff Roberts, 27, moved into their four-bedroom detached house in Lymm, Cheshire, in October last year.<br /><br />As the pair are renting the £350,000 property, they decided to save money by buying all their furniture from Facebook Marketplace.<br /><br />Since moving in, they've managed to fully decorate the living room, kitchen, games room, spare room and office.<br /><br />And it's only cost them £500 altogether - which means they've saved a whopping £6,000.<br /><br />Becky, who runs a vintage shop called Becky's Bazaar, said: "I wanted to get nearly everything from Facebook Marketplace.<br /><br />"I did think we might have had to buy some essentials brand new but we are fortunate so could have borrowed things from my mum and dad.<br /><br />"My whole working life is dedicated to shopping second hand and things like that, so I poured all my time into looking on Facebook.<br /><br />"My boyfriend would be at work and I would ask him to collect things on his way back home.<br /><br />"I was keen to get the majority of things from Facebook Marketplace really."<br /><br />The biggest bargain Becky found on Facebook was a seven ft, farmhouse-style table with eight chairs and a bench.<br /><br />The table retails brand new for around £1,000 to £1,500 but she managed to get it for just £150 from Facebook.<br /><br />Becky said: "The biggest bargain was the dining room table, we have lights hanging down from the ceiling and because we're renting, we can't move them. <br /><br />"If we didn't get a table that's a certain length, then people would have banged their head on the lights.<br /><br />"We thought finding a seven ft, farmhouse style table was going to be ridiculously expensive and hard to find.<br /><br />"We spent the longest amount of time looking for a table - we didn't have anywhere to eat for about two weeks. <br /><br />"But it was worth the wait because we ended up finding the most perfect table that was around three hours away but it was £150 with all of the chairs and a bench.<br /><br />"It's not super cheap but buying it brand new would cost around £1000 to £1,500.<br /><br />"I absolutely love it, I'll keep it for life."<br /><br />Becky also wanted to purchase a 'Mr Maria X Smiley' lamp, which is sold at Urban Outfitters for £129.<br /><br />She was planning on buying it instore, but then found one for £30 on Facebook and now it's her 'favourite thing ever' because of how cheap it was.<br /><br />Becky said: "We've got a smiley face lamp for the house - I was talking about it for ages.<br /><br />"Me and mum went to the shop where they sell it and I was literally about two seconds away from buying it brand new, which was £130.<br /><br />"It was just a bit too for me to pay as I wasn't sure I would get my use out of it.<br /><br />"I kept checking every single day for one on Facebook Marketplace but they were even selling for about £80 on there, secondhand.<br /><br />"One day, I ended up finding it for £30 and I was messaging the woman saying 'please, I can come and collect it now.'<br /><br />"It's honestly my favourite thing ever, it makes me so happy looking at it because I know I got it for a bargain.<br /><br />"Even on that lamp alone, we saved £100."<br /><br />Steff and Becky plan to buy a house in the future together but Becky says she will '100%' buy furniture secondhand again.<br /><br />She said: "I'll 100% do this again.<br /><br />"If we move, then I might even sell some of the pieces like the couch, as it's not as comfy as what we wanted. <br /><br />"I would then look for another one on Facebook.<br /><br />"The furniture we have now might not work with the space and we might want to switch it up a bit."<br /><br />Becky says she would recommend buying things on Facebook Marketplace to anyone but has advised that people 'check every day' if they want a certain item.<br /><br />She's also advised people to hire a van as most sellers on the platform 'want to get rid of something that day.'<br /><br />Becky, who has nearly 200,000 followers on TikTok, said: "I would tell people to check Facebook every day and use specific key words if your looking for something. <br /><br />"I would also say if you're moving house in the space of a week or two weeks and you don't have a van, to rent a van for two weeks. <br /><br />"Then you've got the flexibility to go and pick something up.<br /><br />"Luckily my boyfriend had a van but if I know that if he didn't, then we would have struggled because people want to get rid of things that day. <br /><br />"You'll probably miss out on things. <br /><br />"I know it costs money to get a van but you will probably save money if you're willing to get all the furniture in those couple of weeks."
