Where to buy ex-props
The Hire Business, Panther House, Estate Way, E10 (020 8558 6699; www.thehirebusiness.com) sells second-hand props and furniture through the Docklands City Office Furniture chain at 472 Hackney Road, E2, and 39 Cornhill, EC3 (020 7739 7699; www.dcof.co.uk).
Theme Traders, The Stadium, Oaklands Road, NW2 (020 8452 8518; www.themetraders.com) will construct, hire or sell whatever you need for your creative project, whether it be a remake of the Ten Commandments or the dÈcor for your bedsit in Tulse Hill.
Thorns Group, 125 Brantwood Road, N17 (020 8801 4444; www.thorns.co.uk) has garden and conservatory furniture, sofas and other bargains sold off at regular auctions.
Jaques Samuel Pianos, 142 Edgware Road, W2 (020 7723 8818; www.jspianos.com) supplies pianos to countless West End shows, and to film and TV companies.
