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Homebase launches tools from 99p

Published: 5 February 2010
A new Value range of DIY essentials launched by Homebase this week includes tools offered for sale for less than a pound.
Homebase launches tools from 99p
The collection includes more than 300 items, 150 of which cost less than £5. The range debuted in stores on Wednesday this week and is supported by a national ad campaign, including tv ads which have already broken.

Items in the range include tools, such as a 3m tape measure (99p), a 16oz hammer (£3.99), 6in junior hacksaw (£1.99) and a slotted screwdriver (99p).

Decorating items include plain white wall tiles (£4.49 for a pack of 44), white matt paint (£5.99 for five litres), lining paper (£2.24, to cover 5.6sq m), basic roller kit (£2.49), step stool (£11.99) and paintbrushes from 49p

It isn't just DIY essentials included in the range. There are also décor, architectural ironmongery and furnishing items, such as beech laminate flooring (£10.61 for 2.66sq/m), a polished brass internal door pack (£8.99), a silver spotlight (£6.99), beech bookcase (£12.99), toilet seat (£8.99) and a coir doormat (£3.99).

Cookshop is covered with a 16-piece cutlery set (£2.99) and a 12-piece white porcelain dinner set (£5.99), while Value gardening products include seeds (from 39p), terracotta pots (from 49p) and plants (from 99p).

Comments

Published prior to March 2014
By timbo
...if the TV ads have 'already broken', I wouldn't like to take my chances with that 99p screwdriver...
Published prior to March 2014
By micamart
Doubtlessly worth every penny ....

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