Flat-pack, second time round

A wardrobe that went up in a bedroom in Carlinghow was never designed to come down again, and the seller has usually either left it whole or taken it apart badly and lost the fittings. Either is workable if we know in advance. Tell us which when you book: whole means we're measuring the stair turn and the door, in pieces means bagging the fixings and blanketing every panel so nothing rubs on the way over.

Then there's the street. Terraced rows at Batley Carr, Purlwell and Carlinghow are setted, steeply cambered and parked nose to tail with no passing place for a long wheelbase van, while the villas up at Upper Batley sit on narrow walled lanes off Batley Field Hill and Blakeridge Lane where reversing out is the only way back. Neither is a problem, but both need knowing about before the day.

What Batley marketplace & ebay collection usually involves

A652 Bradford Road straight through Drighlington and Birstall, about nine miles and twenty to thirty-five minutes, no travel surcharge
The Friday general market runs from nine to four on Market Place opposite the Town Hall and takes the parking with it
Commercial Street is one-way with the eastern end closed to traffic, and the Batley Blueprint regeneration works are bringing rolling closures through the centre until 2027
Wards Hill is the main town-centre car park and fills on market Friday, so a central collection is better timed early or late in the day
If the seller has boxed the item back up, keep the fixings bag with it and tell us, and we'll load panels flat and strapped rather than stacked loose

Where in Batley we work

Batley Carrsetted, cambered terraces packed nose to tail, where the van holds the lane briefly and we work fast
Purlwell and Blakeridge Lanesteep mill-era terraces with a stone step straight onto the pavement and no drive
Upper Batleybig stone villas up walled lanes, the best-quality listings and a reversing job to get back out
Healey, Soothill and Staincliffepost-war and 1970s estates with drives, the straightforward end of the town
Birstall Shopping Parkwhere a lot of the furniture on the local pages was bought new in the first place
Batley Business Park, Technology Driveunit and trade listings collected off a loading door in working hours

If your street isn't listed it's almost certainly still covered, Batley and the surrounding WF17 postcodes are all inside our normal working area.

Common Batley runs

Batley → BradfordA652 back through Birstall and Drighlington, about nine miles
Purlwell → Upper Batley or Soothillthe local trade-up buy, terrace to villa without leaving the town
Batley → Dewsbury or LeedsM62 at J27 and the M621, the quick way out when the buyer is further afield

What it costs

Batley collections are priced on the distance between the two addresses and the time the carry takes at each end, not on what the item cost you. There's no travel surcharge for coming to Batley from Bradford, and you get the price before we set off, not after. See how we quote for the full breakdown.

Frequently asked questions: marketplace & ebay collection in Batley

The seller has already taken the wardrobe apart. Will you still take it?

Yes, and it's often easier. Ask them to keep every fixing in one bag and tape it to a panel. We load panels flat with blankets between them and strap the stack so nothing shifts, and we'll carry it into the room you want it in rather than leaving it in the hall.

Can you collect on a Friday when the market's on?

We can, but the centre is tight from nine until four, and Wards Hill car park fills early. For an address right in the middle we'd suggest before the stalls go up or after they come down. Anywhere out in the terraces, Friday is no different from any other day.

Do you rebuild the item at my end?

Reassembly isn't part of a standard collection, but if it's a straightforward frame and you tell us when you book, we'll allow time for it. What's always included is carrying it in and putting it in the right room, not leaving it on the doorstep.