Furniture Delivery in Skipton

Showroom to Dales cottage: furniture delivery through Skipton

Old cottages in Craven villages such as Embsay, Gargrave and Grassington have low door heads, narrow stairs and sometimes a step down inside. A tall bookcase or a deep dresser has to be measured against the lowest point, not just the width. Beds and existing flat-pack are taken down at the door and rebuilt in the room. New flat-pack arrives boxed and is carried to the room, not built. For holiday-let owners up the dale, the piece is collected from the shop and timed to land between one set of guests leaving and the next arriving, with the owner or the cleaner there to open up.

In town the questions are different. The general market fills the High Street on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, so a sofa or chest of drawers for a flat above a High Street or Sheep Street shop is booked for another day and goes in through a side door or the yard behind, then up a steep stair with no lift. The terraces off Broughton Road and Water Street have cars parked on both sides and no off-street loading, so the van stops in the nearest gap and the piece is carried along the pavement. Gargrave Road and the Aireville side have semis and detached houses with drives and easier doors.

Getting furniture into a Skipton or Dales home

• Measure the lowest door head and the tightest turn on the stairs, not just the width
• For a flat above a High Street or Sheep Street shop, pick a non-market day and say whether the way in is a side door or the rear yard
• On the terraces off Broughton Road and Water Street, measure the hall turn and expect a short walk from wherever the van can stop
• Near the canal basin by Coach Street the streets are tight for a long van, so mention it and the stopping place is chosen first
• For a Grassington or Kettlewell holiday let, say when the guests leave and arrive and who will open the cottage
• Collecting from a unit at Snaygill or the Broughton Hall business park? Give the unit name and the order number

Skipton and Craven homes where furniture has to fit

• Broughton Road and Water Streetnarrow terraced streets with cars both sides and no off-street loading
• High Street and Sheep Street flatsside doors or rear yards and steep stairs, with the market on four days a week
• Gargrave Road and Airevillesemis and detached houses with drives, the easier end of town
• Embsay and Carletonvillage cottages with low doors a couple of miles from the centre
• Grassington and KettlewellWharfedale cottages and holiday lets up the B6265 and B6160

Furniture collections heading to Skipton

• Leeds showroom → Skiptonup the A65 through Guiseley and Ilkley, or the A629 via Keighley
• Harrogate shop → Skiptonwest along the A59 through Bolton Abbey country
• Skipton shop → Grassington cottagenorth on the B6265 to a holiday let in Wharfedale

What shapes a Skipton furniture delivery price

The shop or seller's location, how far up the dale it goes, the size of the piece and whether it has to come apart set the fixed price. See how we quote for the full breakdown.

Furniture Delivery in Skipton: your questions