The inception of Home Essentials

“During a vacation to Singapore, I met an expatriate couple on assignment. They relayed their frustration in having to report to the IRS as income the $5,000 they received from their company to purchase a television and other electronic appliances. The couple believed it unfair they had to purchase these items because the voltage in Singapore is incompatible with the phases used in the U.S.  At that point, I asked why their company didn’t just rent those items. It was then that I learned that there was no place in Singapore to rent electronics and appliances.”
 
That chance exchange initiated the concept for Home Essentials.

From the opening of our Singapore showroom in June 1997, Home Essentials has adopted a pioneering spirit that emboldened our expansion. Since then has grown and evolved into the world’s most popular furniture leasing concern with operations spanning Asia Pacific and the Middle East.
 
In June 1998, Home Essentials opened its flagship location in Hong Kong. As the first furniture leasing company in Hong Kong, Home Essentials ushered in a entirely new way for companies to ease the burdens of relocating expatriates thereby changing the way companies did business. Home Essentials also initiated the fully furnished show home on a rental basis affording landlords and developers a cost effective alternative to purchasing. The innovation in Hong Kong continues with the addition of the Laura Ashley interior design team to Home Essentials providing our customers with an ever expanding range of options. Home Essentials Hong Kong remains the most successful rental operation in the history of rental purchase.