Seventeen storeys or a shop stair: Doncaster flats and the van

West of the station, Silverwood House rises to 17 storeys, with Cusworth, Firbeck and Sandbeck House at 14 and Hatfield and Methley House at 9. In a block like that the move runs at the speed of the lift. Tell us the floor, whether the lift is a small passenger car or a larger one, and whether it can be held on a key or a button, because a sofa that does not fit the car has to go down the stairs. The van waits on the nearest legal kerb on St James Street or a side road, and the trolley does the walk.

In the centre, many flats sit over shops on streets where vehicles cannot stop for long. Frenchgate, High Street and Baxter Gate are pedestrian, and the on-street pay and display bays round the centre are short stay. So the flat is packed and the boxes stacked by the door before the van arrives, and loading happens in one push. The Frenchgate multi-storey has a 2.135m headroom limit, so it is never part of the plan.

Before the van reaches a Doncaster flat

Give the block name and floor, and say whether the lift works and how big the car is
Ask the housing office or managing agent whether the lift can be booked or held for a move
For a flat over a shop, say which street the door opens onto and where the nearest bay is
Avoid a market morning on Tuesday, Friday or Saturday if the flat is near Market Place
Measure the sofa against the lift door and the turn on the stairs
Have everything boxed and by the door, so the van spends as little time at the kerb as possible

Doncaster flats and how each one is loaded

St James Street towerslifts up to 17 storeys, with the van on the street below
Cleveland Street sideblocks by the A630 where the van stops on a side road
Flats over shops in DN1short-stay bays and a narrow stair straight to the street
Hatfield and Methley Housenine-storey blocks beside the taller towers, still a lift job
Intake and Cantleyestate houses at the other end, where the van stands at the door

Where Doncaster flat moves go

Bradford → Doncaster41 miles by the M62 and the A1, 55 to 70 minutes
St James Street → Intakeout of a tower block and into an estate house across town
Doncaster → Leedsabout 33 miles by the A1(M) and the M62

Floors, lifts and bays: what sets a Doncaster flat price

The floor, the size and state of the lift, the walk from the door to the van and the amount being moved set the fixed price for a flat, agreed before setting off. See how we quote for the full breakdown.