Terrace, crescent or country park new build: three ways a WF9 house move loads

The colliery boom filled the middle of town with terraces in stone and brick, and on Eric Street, Edna Street or Kenyon Street the front door opens straight onto the pavement. There is no drive to reverse onto, so the van pulls in at the kerb and everything is walked out through the front room. Narrow hallways and steep, boxed-in stairs are the real limit in these houses, so a photo of the stairs and the bedroom doors is worth more than a room count.

Out on the crescents, such as Albany Crescent or the Arthurian-named closes around Camelot Way and Excalibur Drive, there is more room to pull up and some houses have drives. The bird-named streets by Frickley Country Park, Kestrel Way and Lapwing Road among them, are newer still, with wider estate roads. The load space is 3.4m long, 1.3m between the wheel arches and 1.7m high, which holds a one-bed flat or a lightly furnished two-bed in one load, with a fuller house going in two, and beds and flat-pack wardrobes are taken apart and rebuilt as part of the job.

Getting a South Elmsall house ready for the van

Avoid Tuesday, Friday and Saturday daytimes for an address on the market stretch of Barnsley Road, or book an early start
If your house sits on the steep part of High Street, say so, so the van can come in from the right end of the one-way section
On Brookside Street, Centre Street, Witmore Street and Ivy Terrace, give the house number so the van follows the one-way loop to your door
Strip the beds and empty the drawers the night before; heavy chests of drawers travel lighter empty
Measure the tightest turn on the stairs if you are taking a wardrobe or a large headboard

Streets and estates that shape a house move in South Elmsall

Eric Street, Edna Street and Kenyon Streetpit-era terraces by the station with front doors on the pavement
The one-way loop off Barnsley RoadBrookside Street, Centre Street, Witmore Street and Ivy Terrace, where the approach is planned
Albany CrescentWakefield District Housing homes with room to pull in on the crescent
Camelot Way to Pendragon Placethe Arthurian-named closes near the centre, quiet cul-de-sacs for loading
Kestrel Way, Lapwing Road and Curlew Viewnewer houses on the reclaimed colliery land by the country park
Minsthorpethe northern side by Minsthorpe Lane and the community college

Where a house move from South Elmsall heads

Bradford → South Elmsall36 miles by the M62, the A1 and the A6201, 50 to 60 minutes
South Elmsall → Hemsworthwest along the A6201, about 5 miles
Moorthorpe → South Elmsallalong Barnsley Road between two neighbouring halves of one built-up area

Rooms, stairs and kerb space: pricing a South Elmsall house move

The amount of furniture, the stairs at both houses and how close the van can stand set the time the move takes. That becomes one fixed price, agreed before setting off, which covers the drive over from Bradford. See how we quote for the full breakdown.