Setts, double parking and walk-ups: Manchester seller doorsteps

Inner south Manchester is mostly Victorian terraces, and on rows in Levenshulme, Longsight and Rusholme both kerbs are lined with cars. The van pulls in at the first legal space and the piece is wheeled along the footpath; a few back streets, Carrill Grove and Worsley Grove among them, are still setts. Out in Chorlton, Burnage and Didsbury a drive or a clear kerb often means stopping right at the gate.

Students leaving Fallowfield and Withington in June sell beds, desks and sofas, and some of those big houses are split into flats with no lift, so a bed may need taking apart in the room. City flats in Ancoats or Castlefield mean a fob and a lift. Get measurements and photos of any marks before you pay, give us the seller's number, and the van collects only once the money has changed hands.

Questions to put to a Manchester seller first

The exact address, which floor, and when someone will be in
Its size, and whether it has to be taken apart to get out of the room
Where a van can pull in: outside, on a drive, or at the end of the row
Settle payment with the seller beforehand so it can be handed over on arrival
Your own door, stair and lift sizes, so it fits at the delivery end

Where a Manchester Marketplace pick-up might be

Levenshulmeterraces off Stockport Road, a few back streets still in setts
Rusholme and LongsightVictorian rows with cars along both sides
Fallowfield and Withingtonstudent houses selling furniture before the summer
Didsbury and Chorltonflats and semis, often with room to pull up at the gate
Ancoats and Castlefieldapartment blocks with fobs and lifts

Marketplace runs across Manchester and beyond

Bradford → Manchester39 miles by the M62, 60 to 80 minutes
Didsbury → Ancoatsa seller's chest of drawers up the A5103 to a city flat
Manchester → Sheffieldthe A57 and M67, about 38 miles, for a buyer across the Pennines

The piece, the doorways and the miles: a Manchester collection price

How big the piece is, the stairs and doors at the seller's and at yours, and the miles between the two addresses decide the price, fixed before the van sets off. See how we quote for the full breakdown.