Cellar heads, back-to-backs and getting a machine down the turn

In the gritstone terraces around Lowtown, Farsley Town Street and Stanningley, the kitchen or the utility is often at cellar-head level, down a short flight with a tight turn at the bottom and a ceiling that drops as you go. Taking 75 kilos of washing machine down is harder than taking it up, because gravity is doing the work and you are only there to slow it. That means two people, a trolley and straps, and we would sooner see a photo of the steps first.

Collection is usually the easier half, though not always. The Owlcotes Centre car park at Stanningley has height barriers, so a van this size loads from the road rather than driving in. Grangefield Industrial Estate and the Richardshaw Road units are simple enough, with room to back up to a roller door. What actually costs time on a Pudsey job is the wait to get back onto the Stanningley Bypass at the signalised junctions, not the lifting.

What Pudsey appliance delivery & removal usually involves

Robin Lane and the streets around the market and bus station are tight and heavily parked, so a town-centre delivery is a trolley run from the nearest wider street
Back-to-backs off Town Street in Farsley have no rear access at all, so the machine goes in through the front door straight off the pavement
The lanes down to Fulneck and Farsley Beck Bottom are steep and narrow, and we will not promise a doorstep pull-up there until we have seen the address
We carry the appliance, position it, and on a washing machine put the cold feed and waste hose back on where the fittings are standard. Electrics are down to you or an electrician, and gas is Gas Safe work
Old appliances can be taken away on the same visit to a household waste recycling centre if you say so when you book, or moved out to a garage or a back room instead

Where in Pudsey we work

Lowtownstone terraces with cellar-head kitchens and a single front door
Town Street, Farsleyback-to-backs with no rear access, and time-limited bays outside
Stanningleymill terraces by the Bypass, with the Owlcotes height barriers next door
Swinnow and Troydalepost-war estate housing where the van normally reaches the door
Grangefield Industrial Estatetrade and warehouse collections off Richardshaw Road
Sunny Bank Mills, Farsleymill-complex units where loading works off the shared yard

If your street isn't listed it's almost certainly still covered, Pudsey and the surrounding LS28 postcodes are all inside our normal working area.

Common Pudsey runs

Bradford → Pudseyfive miles on the A647 and the Stanningley Bypass, our shortest regular appliance run
Owlcotes Centre, Stanningley → Calverleyretail collection and a straight drop into a family kitchen
Leeds seller → Farsleysecond-hand fridge collected and carried in the same afternoon

What it costs

What sets the price on a Pudsey appliance job is the access at both ends, the steps and cellar heads and how far the van sits from the door, not the short run from Bradford. There's no travel surcharge for coming to Pudsey 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 Pudsey

Can you get a washing machine down to a cellar-head kitchen?

Usually yes, and it is a regular job in the Lowtown and Farsley terraces. It needs two people, straps and a slow descent, and it needs the turn at the bottom to be wide enough. Photograph the steps from the top and from the bottom and we will tell you honestly before we load.

Do you connect the appliance up?

A washing machine, usually. We move it, carry it in, put it where it is going and, if the fittings are the standard ones, reconnect the cold feed and the waste hose. Electrics are yours or an electrician's, and gas work has to be done by a Gas Safe engineer. Booking us on that understanding avoids the one argument nobody wants on delivery day.

How long should the fridge stand before I switch it on?

A few hours once it is upright in its final spot, which lets the compressor oil settle after the vibration of the drive. Empty and defrost it a full day before we come, or it leaks across the van. Our guide to preparing a washing machine or fridge for moving runs through the rest.