Marketplace Collection in Leeds

The seller's front door is the part nobody photographs

A Leeds listing tells you what the sofa looks like. It does not tell you that the seller lives in a back-to-back in Armley with one front door straight onto the pavement, or in a Harehills through terrace where the only rear access is a shared ginnel, or on a Hyde Park street that is resident-permit and parked solid by teatime. Those details decide whether a collection takes twenty minutes or two hours.

So we ask two questions before setting off: which floor, and can the van get near the door. City-centre flats and the South Bank mill conversions usually have a lift and a loading bay, but the seller books those with their building manager, not you. The camera-enforced bus gates on East Parade, King Street and Neville Street mean we route around the middle of town rather than through it, which is worth knowing when you agree a time.

What Leeds marketplace & ebay collection usually involves

• You agree the item and the price with the seller. Send the agreed cash with us and we hand it over on collection once the item has been checked, or pay the seller in advance if that suits you better
• Ask the seller for a rough width and height, then measure your own doorway and stair turn. A wasted trip to Leeds and back is the one thing photos can prevent
• The A647 through Bramley and Stanningley is the usual run from Bradford, about nine miles, and there is no travel surcharge for crossing the boundary
• Sellers in city-centre blocks and Holbeck mill conversions need to book their own lift slot and loading bay before the day
• If the seller has already part-dismantled a bed or wardrobe, tell us. Loose panels travel fine wrapped and strapped, but they need bagging up rather than thrown in

Where in Leeds we work

• Armley and Beestonback-to-back sellers, where the item has to leave through the single front door it arrived through
• Harehillsthrough terraces with ginnel-only rear access, so we park on the street and carry the length of the house
• Headingley and Hyde Parkend-of-tenancy sell-offs on permit-controlled streets that are jammed solid in July and September
• Leeds city centreapartment sellers whose lift and loading bay have to be booked by them, not by you
• Roundhay and Chapel Allertonvillas and big semis, better-quality listings and usually a drive to load off
• Cross Green Industrial Estateex-office and trade listings collected off a goods door rather than out of a front room

If your street isn't listed it's almost certainly still covered, Leeds and the surrounding LS1-LS29 postcodes are all inside our normal working area.

Common Leeds runs

• Leeds → Bradfordour most common collection run, about nine miles on the A647, often same-day
• Armley → Kirkstall or Burleyshort hop where buyer and seller are only a few miles apart
• Leeds → Shipley and the Aire valleycity collection, then back through Bradford and out along the A650 to deliver

What it costs

A Leeds collection is priced on the total run from the seller's door to yours and how long the item takes to get out and in, never on what you paid for it. There's no travel surcharge for coming to Leeds from Bradford, and you get the price before we set off, not after. See how we quote for the full breakdown.

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