Selby finds, Pontefract bargains and WF11 sellers on a footpath

Buying from across the county line is where the van earns its keep. A seller in Selby is about 11 miles east along Weeland Road and the A19, and a Pontefract seller is under 4 miles west on the A645. At the seller's door the piece is compared with the photos in the advert, and if a leg is loose, a door is cracked or the size is not what was promised, you hear about it by phone before anything is lifted.

Selling from Knottingley, the way to the van is what slows a collection down. Homes on Garsdale Walk, Teesdale Place and the other footpath rows off Windermere Drive have no kerb outside, so the buyer's item is wheeled out to the road. On the A645, stopping outside a house on Hill Top holds up traffic, so name the side street. Wardrobes built inside a bedroom usually have to come apart before they clear the door.

Sorting the details with a buyer or seller in advance

Ask the seller for height, width and depth, then measure your own front door and stairs
Find out whether the piece is upstairs and whether it was assembled in the room
Pick a collection window between 8am and 8pm, any day of the week
Settle with the seller yourselves, before or after the van has looked it over
If the house fronts a footpath row, get the name of the nearest road with a kerb

WF11 doorsteps where a second-hand item changes hands

Garsdale Walk and Teesdale Placepath-front houses, so the item is wheeled to the road
Broomhill closesshort streets off Broomhill Avenue, clear of through traffic
Streets behind the Hill Top shopsthe loading point for sellers living on the A645
Ranisbrough Parknew-build sellers clearing old furniture after moving in
Vale Head Grovehomes on the west side of town towards Ferrybridge

Second-hand runs that start or finish in Knottingley

Selby seller → Knottingley buyerthe A19 south and Weeland Road west, around 11 miles
Knottingley seller → Castleford buyerthe B6136 through Ferrybridge to the A656
Bradford → Knottingley28 miles for the van to reach a WF11 seller, 40 to 50 minutes

Mileage, bulk and steps: what a WF11 Marketplace run costs

How far apart buyer and seller are, how big and heavy the piece is, and whether it comes down stairs or along a footpath set a fixed figure, agreed before the van goes to collect. See how we quote for the full breakdown.