Market days, the Chevin climb and one door onto the street

On Friday and Saturday the stalls run from Market Place right up Kirkgate to the parish church, so the frontages that need a washing machine are exactly the ones a van cannot reach. Those addresses get booked early, late, or on a day the market is not trading, and we say which when you ring rather than turning up and improvising. Bondgate and Boroughgate are narrow and parked both sides whatever day it is.

South of the river the ground goes up fast. East Chevin Road climbs roughly 167 metres in a little over two kilometres with no turning space, so Chevin-side addresses get approached from the top rather than dragged up from the bottom with a loaded van. North of the Wharfe, everything bound for Newall crosses Otley Bridge, a narrow seven-span stone crossing that is a scheduled monument and no place to sit unloading.

What Otley appliance delivery & removal usually involves

Market Place and lower Kirkgate are unavailable on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday, so town-centre appliance drops are slotted around the market rather than through it
Old-core houses off Kirkgate, Bondgate and Boroughgate have narrow frontages and no rear access, so a cooker goes in through the single front door straight off the pavement
Weston and Cambridge estate semis and the newer riverside housing at Garnett Wharfe usually give us a driveway and a level path, which is the quickest kind of Otley drop
Chevin Forest Park car parks charge seven days a week, useful to know if we are staging between two jobs up on that side
Isolate the old machine before we come, water off and plug out; we can reconnect a standard cold feed and waste hose on the new one, and gas work needs a Gas Safe engineer

Where in Otley we work

Kirkgate and Market Placemarket-day frontages where loading access disappears three days a week
Bondgate and Boroughgatetight, tightly junctioned old core with front doors opening onto the road
Weston and Cambridge estatesinterwar and post-war semis, off-street parking and a straight run to the kitchen
Garnett Wharferiverside housing on old mill and printing-works land, modern layouts and easy access
West Chevinlarger stone detached houses reached from the top of the hill, never from East Chevin Road
Wharfebank Millsriverside business park where a unit or a cafe kitchen needs a commercial machine dropped

If your street isn't listed it's almost certainly still covered, Otley and the surrounding LS21 postcodes are all inside our normal working area.

Common Otley runs

Bradford to Otleytwelve miles by Shipley and the A6038 over Hollins Hill, or the A658 through Apperley Bridge
Chevin-side house to a Market Place flatthe local downsizing run, machines out of a big house into a small kitchen
Otley to Guiseley or Yeadonshort Wharfedale hop, regularly done as a single trip

What it costs

Otley jobs are priced on access and time, so market-day timing and which side of the Wharfe you are on matter more than the distance from Bradford. There's no travel surcharge for coming to Otley from Bradford, and you get the price before we set off, not after. See how we quote for the full breakdown.

Frequently asked questions: appliance delivery & removal in Otley

Can you deliver on a market day?

To most of Otley, yes. To Market Place or lower Kirkgate it is difficult, because the stalls run up to the parish church on Fridays and Saturdays and there is nowhere to stand. We will either take an early slot before the market sets up or suggest a different day, and say so honestly when you book.

Will you plumb the washing machine in?

Within limits. We position it in the gap and, if the fittings are standard, put the cold feed and waste hose back on and check it does not weep before we leave. Electrical work is an electrician's job, and we never connect gas appliances, which is Gas Safe work only.

My house is up the Chevin. Can the van get there?

Yes, but not up East Chevin Road with a load on. It climbs steeply for over two kilometres with nowhere to turn round. We come at Chevin-side addresses from the top instead, which adds a few minutes to the route and takes the risk out of the descent.