From a Cheetham Hill showroom to a top-floor room in M14

Manchester Fort Shopping Park sits at the junction of Cheetham Hill Road and Queens Road, and its car park has over 1,200 free spaces with a four-hour limit, so a collection there is straightforward. Further up Cheetham Hill Road are independent bed and furniture shops with street fronts, where the van stops on the main road and the piece comes out on the trolley. Bring the order number and the name it is under.

The far end is where the work is. A Rusholme or Levenshulme terrace has a front door on the pavement and a straight stair, so a king-size bed frame or a tall wardrobe often goes up in pieces and is put together in the room. A mill flat in Ancoats has a lift but long corridors. Send the measurements of the item and the narrowest door or turn on the way in, and the plan is set before the van comes.

Measure twice: a Manchester furniture delivery checklist

Measure the item and the narrowest doorway, stair turn or lift door on the way to its room
Ask the shop when the order is ready to collect and whether it is boxed or assembled
For a private seller, agree the time and check the piece before the van is booked
Clear a path from the front door to the room, and move rugs that could slide
Say if an existing bed or wardrobe has to come apart to make space for the new one

Where Manchester furniture is collected and delivered

Manchester Fort, Cheetham Hill RoadB&Q, Asda Living and Argos, with a large free car park
Cheetham Hill Road shopsindependent bed and furniture showrooms on the main road
Levenshulme and Rusholmeterraces with tight stairs where large frames go up in pieces
Ancoats and the Northern Quarterflats with lifts, fobs and long corridors
Didsbury and Chorltonsemis and flats where sellers clear rooms before moving

Furniture runs across north and south Manchester

Manchester Fort → Fallowfieldfrom Cheetham Hill through the centre and down the A34 Oxford Road corridor side streets
Bradford → Manchester39 miles by the M62 and M60, 60 to 80 minutes
Didsbury → Levenshulmea seller's table across the south side by Kingsway and the A6

Size, stairs and miles: what a Manchester furniture delivery costs

How big the piece is, whether it has to be taken apart, the stairs or lift at your end and the distance from the shop or seller decide the fixed price, agreed before collection. See how we quote for the full breakdown.