Appliances/Household Items in Bangalore...best place to buy?

Am currently searching for the best place to buy appliances (washing machine, refrigerator, cooking stove, etc.,) as well as furnishings for a flat (sofa, dining table, decent bed, etc.,) and some few odds and ends to stock a kitchen.

I would like some tips/advice from some ladies (men too if you know) about where they had the best luck/experience...being a foreigner (without an expat's pay) I would like to get the best deal possible, as well as good quality and not be taken for a ride...

I did search through the forums and found several posts for chennai..but am in Bangalore, so thought of asking here.

Thanks in advance!

depending on your budget... have included basic + mid-way range places [others i'm sure will jump in and contribute as well]
it'll be convenient for you to ideally shop close to your place of residence.


my off the cuff - random suggestions:

for home appliances:
girias [they give a discount as do most other places if you buy all/most of your appliances there]
big bazaar

for furniture:
infantry road
home store
design store

for furnishings:
commercial street
home store
big departmental stores



welcome to BLR - and enjoy the weather
:brishti

Thanks Brishti,
I am close to Marathalli bridge...will check out these places and see what is close

Thanks again!

Hi,
Almost all the furniture available like sofa's, coats etc on marathahalli road are all imported malayasian stuff made of compressed partical board and their one shop on infantry road called sunrise furniture who sells real wood at a decent price.
As far the gadgets are concerned you have to check out with croma's, grihavibava, girias, reliance etc.

** furnitures **
1) sivaji nagar(cheap price , moderate + low quality items)
if u going here always go with a person who can speak kannada,he can bring down the price drastically.
2) near to kalyan nagar,on outer ring road,on the roadside itself u can see around 15 furniture shops.
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** electronics **
Croma showroom
SS Manor, Chelikere Ring Road, Chikka Tayapa Reddy Layout,
Kalyan Nagar,
Bangalore - 560043
Tel: 67127288
Landmark: Near Royal Concorde Intl. School
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If you go to Kalyan nagar in outer ring road,u can find most of the things there,so one shot you can find almost everythg.
hope it helps ! have a good shopping !

india$me... marathalli - great!!!!
you have a string of endless stores of varying quality + costs - right down airport road + the ring road.
most of the factory outlets are situated there - ie. products available with discounts.
you don't need to come into town!
shop right on your own backyard




have fun!
:brishti

Well, go across to the "Home Town" store on the ring road there in Marathhalli for most of your furnishing needs. Look out for offers / sale like abroad when you get a good bargain.

Electricals - fridge, tv, oven etc - just go over to one or two shops like Pai, Girias, etc and check up on their prices. Note down the models/lowest price quoted (ask about delivery too - into your house & not at the apartment basement) and compare across 2 or 3 stores. Watch out the newspapers - Times Of India is the best in this regard - for the various sale offerenings which should help you decide.

Hope this info helps

Thanks Everyone! Great tips...am going to check them out and see what one can find. I have been into Home Town, but did not want to just jump out and buy everything and find out later I could have saved half

Curious...what is up with the THIN mattresses? I mean...do they hold up? Are they comfy? I am used to seeing the thicker mattress with a boxspring set underneath...have yet to see that here. Also, fitted sheets?? Anyone know where those can be found? Flat sheets only is all I have found to this point.

Thanks again guys - super info!

Dun think you wud get the box beds (spring beds) here. The standard fashion is to buy a wooden frame/cot & put a matress on top of it. You get thicker variety of mattresses (upto 12 inches) and they are pretty comfy

Do not forget to bargain when you are buying furnishings,furniture which do not come with a fixed printed price.

Your skin colour will ensure that the initial price they
quote will be inflated by anything from 20-50%.

thx null I will stop searching then

lol...thx abhay...am quickly learning (especially with autos...that is an issue) One even was so bold to tell me to my face that my skin was (his words) "wrong color to charge only meter"... So I walked on...til I found an auto willing and it happened to be that the next auto willing was about auto # 5

I just bought a bunch of appliances at Griha Vibhava (Jayangar) for a great deal. I'm also NOT on an ex-pat salary so I couldn't afford to pay heaps.

I got a fridge, washing machine, an actual oven, water purifier and an blender/food processor for about 70K RS.

Plz let us know where to to buy decent teak furniture with good rate in Bangalore? Or is it better to order/customize with carpenter? If so where can i find them?

If anyone knows of stores near whitefield, please let me know as well.

LOL on the skin tone, however we are indian expats...I guess the accent will give us away. LOL

How are the whirlpool appliances in blr?

I also need to know where to go for cheap furnishing some of the prices here make it seem like I'm back in the uk!