An irate great-grandmother says she has been forced to sit on a dining room chair in her bare lounge after waiting two months for her sofa to be delivered.

Gillian Griffin, from Hull, has been unable to relax while watching TV and cannot decorate her new flat due to the lengthy delay.

The 76-year-old purchased a £900 three-piece suite from Harveys Furniture - which included a £50 delivery fee - before she moved into her new home in January.

Griffin, who is a great-grandmother to 13 children, branded the situation as "disgraceful" and fears her new sofa could be “lost”.

She told HullLive : "We went into Harveys and found a nice settee and armchair which I ordered and paid for there thinking I would get it in a couple of weeks."

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“They said it would take six weeks so I thought ‘fair enough, I’ve paid for it so now I’ll have to wait’.

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“But now it seems like I’ve been waiting forever. Last Saturday I got a text saying it would definitely be delivered on Monday so I sat there from 6am to 1pm because I wanted to make sure I wouldn't miss it.

“I sat in the front room where I can see the world and nobody turned up. I rang them and they were full of excuses. First of all they said it had been taken off the lorry and then they said it had been lost.

“I couldn’t get any sense out of them and they didn’t know what they were doing. I just think it’s disgraceful.”

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Eventually Mrs Griffin was told by Harveys Furniture that they would have to find a new date to deliver her item.

Mrs Griffin is fed up of having to sit on an old wooden dining chair which causes back pain.

She said: “It’s an upright chair and I didn’t bring my old furniture with me because I thought I would be getting a new three-piece so now I’m just sat on this dining room chair.

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“When you’re sat there watching the TV you’re back starts aching after 15 minutes. It’s old fashioned and quite comfy but only for 15 minutes. You can’t sit and watch a whole programme on it.

“I miss lounging about on a sofa. It does put you down in the dumps because when you go out and come home you expect to sit in comfort.

“When you haven’t got anywhere to sit it’s not very nice.”

“I can’t do anything or organise the furniture in the lounge until I’ve got this three-piece,” she said. “I’ve got a nice little home but it’s not organised.

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“It’s a strange feeling and I’ve never been so angry.”

In a statement, Harveys said: "At Harveys we take customer service very seriously and always aim to make our customers happy.

"We were very sorry to hear about the delays with Gillian Griffin’s order, and we have prioritised her order to ensure we can provide the earliest possible delivery date of her sofa."