Hi, I have just come back from a very successful trip to France to buy bathroom stuff (having seen the original post here!) We found the whole trip worthwhile. We got the ferry from Cork to Roscoff so ended up with 4 days shopping (we hired a trailer that got very heavy towards the end of our trip and as we had based ourselves in Vannes gave ourselves most of the day to get to Roscoff on the final day-normally a three hour journey) We bought most of our stuff in Castorama (good choice, good quality and similar prices to Leroy Merlin), Leroy Merlin (similar but better staff, very helpful and 5%off with a loyalty card) and Ikea (we needed stuff before the Belfast store opens in Dec). We got all our toilets (off the floor incl brackets, their best for €200), whbs (about €80), taps - kitchen and bathroom, showers, lights and more. It wasn't just the lower prices but the huge choice and quality. I couldn't recommend it highly enough, we had saved the whole cost of our trip in the first days shopping and went on to save that twice again but as I said it was the huge choice that was the icing on the gateau!