Collecting a Marketplace buy from a Leeds seller's front door

A listing shows the sofa, not the stairs. The seller might be in a Harehills back-to-back where it comes out through the front room, a third-floor flat in Hyde Park with no lift, or a city-centre block where they have to book the lift themselves. Ask them which floor it is on, whether it has been taken apart, and whether there is anywhere to stop outside. Those answers decide whether the collection takes ten minutes or most of an hour.

At the door the item is checked against the listing photos before it goes in the van. If there is damage, a missing part or the size is wrong, you get a call from the doorstep and decide there and then. Student sellers in Headingley and Hyde Park are often handing their keys back the same week, so agree a time that leaves them in the house when the van arrives.

What to agree with a Leeds seller before the van arrives

Ask for measurements and the floor it is on before agreeing a time
The item is checked against the listing photos before loading
If the seller has taken a bed or wardrobe apart, ask them to bag the bolts and tape them to a panel
Sellers in Leeds Dock or city-centre blocks may need to book their own lift slot
Buying from a Hyde Park or Headingley tenant at the end of a tenancy: fix the time before their keys go back

Who is selling where across Leeds

Hyde Park and Headingleytenants selling desks, beds and sofas at the end of a tenancy, on busy permit streets
Roundhay and Chapel Allertonfamily furniture and garden pieces from bigger houses with drives
Armley and Harehillssellers in back-to-backs, where the item comes out through the front room
City centre and Leeds Dockapartment sellers who need a lift slot before handing over
Horsforth and Bramleysuburban sellers on the Bradford side of the city, convenient on the way in

Marketplace pick-ups into and out of Leeds

Leeds seller → Bradford buyerabout ten miles back along the A647 with the item strapped in
Harrogate or Wakefield seller → Leeds buyercollected outside the city and brought in to you
Headingley → Chapel Allertona short hop across north Leeds

What changes the price of a Leeds collection

The distance from the seller's door to yours, the stairs at each end and any waiting set the fixed price; what you paid for the item makes no difference. See how we quote for the full breakdown.