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Cyprus Luxury Furniture Packs are an experienced UK based firm who provide complete furniture solutions for properties in Cyprus. As the first independent UK retailer to supply stylish, readymade furniture packages for villas and apartments in Cyprus, CLFP remain committed to providing their customers with a hassle free, cost efficient service.

Frustrated with excessive costs, lack of choice, UK sourcing and not to mention language barriers, Cyprus Luxury Furniture Packs was founded by property investors Mark Sykes and Simon Gawthorpe. As many new homeowners in Cyprus experience the annoyance of furnishing their new property, CLFP has grown from strength to strength supplying, delivering and installing unique furniture packs for minimum cost and maximum quality. From pack selection to home installation, the team at Cyprus Luxury Furniture Packs ensure that furnishing your property in Cyprus remains both stress-free and affordable.

Mark and Simon remain extremely hands on and are there for their customers every step of the decision making process. They advise on product suitability, colours and electricals – even furnishings, linen, blinds and everything in between. However it is the installation team whose responsibility it is to deliver and install your furniture before ensuring you are left with a clean and tidy property which is ready for you to move in to or let out.

Tony Womersley is the installation manager for CLFP. He and his team work tirelessly to kit out your property and make your dream home in the sun a reality. Tony speaks from Cyprus on his challenging role within the company.

What is your day to day job role?
On a morning I will call the customer or developer and ask what time I will be able to access to the property. I then go to the warehouse and load the van with the product for that installation.

Mark Sykes and Simon Gawthorpe, founding directors of Cyprus Luxury Furniture Packs are always looking for ways to make furnishing properties in Cyprus easier for their customers. Their latest offering is low rate finance (subject to status) on all furniture and related packages. This includes everything you’ll need to make your Cyprus property ready to live in or rent out such as; Furniture, electricals, cutlery, crockery, linen, décor and outdoor furniture.

Simon commented “Buying furniture for an apartment or villa in Cyprus can be expensive and time consuming so anything that makes the cost easier to bear has to be good, particularly in the current financial climate”.

The business was started as a result of the directors being property investors. “We’d been buying property in Cyprus for the last 9 years and over that time we had tried every way possible to get our properties furnished how we’d like them”. This meant sourcing stylish furniture, durable enough to withstand year round use from people renting their properties but at a reasonable price.

Mark went on to explain “The obvious choice was to deal with the local furniture suppliers, however most of their stock is aimed at the domestic market and is quite old fashioned pine furniture, which doesn’t really look right in a modern apartment or villa. In particular it doesn’t really hold much appeal for people looking to rent your property out. Also it’s very expensive, I guess due to the lack of competition on the island. Next up we decided to bring our own furniture from the UK, this was costly on a small scale and the paper work and customs procedures we’re quite daunting, in all this did give us the furniture we wanted, but it was such hard work and took most of my holiday allocation for that year”.

As you’ll no doubt agree, one of the most important aspects of your property in Cyprus is the outside space. With long hot summers, refreshing sea breezes and low precipitation you’ll want to make the most of your outside space. Particularly if you are used to the UK climate.

Choosing the right outdoor furniture is key to this. Cyprus Luxury Furniture Packs, the UK company specialising in furnishing properties in Cyprus have a superb range of outdoor furniture to suit all tastes and budgets. Surprisingly their most popular range by far is the top end maintenance free premium furniture sets. Then again if you are going to spend a lot of your time outside, entertaining and relaxing, it makes sense to invest in something that will do the job and last for years.

This year the team at Cyprus Luxury Furniture have been working very hard to keep up with demand for their top end outdoor furniture. Mark Sykes, Operations Director explains why. “We like to ensure we supply our customers with good quality products which will help get the most out of their properties in Cyprus. We’re always on the look out for furniture to help us do this, I think the success of the range is more than enough demonstration that yet again we’ve got it right.”

Asked why the people were splashing out on high end furniture in the current economic climate Mark explained “The product is actually good value as it is designed to last a long time and requires little or no maintenance. The furniture is upholstered with what we call All Weather Wicker. It’s an environmentally friendly (compared to Wicker or Rattan) synthetic weave with amazing properties making it the perfect material for outdoor furniture. First and foremost it is very comfortable and stylish. In addition to this it can withstand all weather and temperature conditions, it’s fully U.V. resistant, colourfast and stretch resistant with inhibitors to resist mould and mildew”.

The directors of Cyprus Luxury Furniture Packs Ltd are delighted to announce the appointment of Jurgen Ullrich to the position of furniture designer. Jurgen has 11 years experience in furniture design, having studied at the respected Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design, Halle, Germany. Much of his career has been spent working for a leading German furniture manufacturer, where he worked on various contemporary furniture ranges before joining Cyprus Luxury Furniture Packs. Jurgen’s first task will be to design a new more contemporary range of furniture before working with suppliers to put the range into production. The new range will offer ultra modern design at an unattractive price and will be available in both Cyprus and the UK.

Commenting on his appointment Jurgen said “I’m very pleased to be working with Cyprus Luxury Furniture Packs, I’ve been given the freedom to create a new range of furniture, I have a clear vision of the finished product, the materials and the colour schemes. I have working already on my initial drawings and will enjoy to present them very soon”. Jurgen went on to say “It costs no more to make an ugly piece of furniture as it does to make one which you find pleasing to look at. There is no reason why this range cannot look good at a good price”.

The new range will add to the existing collections (Moda, Eleganza and San Marco) and will be aimed at owners who are looking for ultra-modern designs, yet practical enough for everyday use. The initial launch will be to customers buying in Southern Cyprus where the company already has an established customer base.  It is anticipated the new range, which has yet to be named will be ready in July 2011 and will comprise of Living, Dining and Bedroom furniture including Sofas and Rugs.