Marketplace Collection in Morley

Picking up an LS27 listing from a Morley hillside house

A Morley seller may be in a terraced house with no road at the back, so a sideboard or dining table has to come out through the front room and down to wherever the van can pull in on the slope. Before you agree a time, ask three things: which room it is in, whether the seller will have it by the door, and whether it has already been split into parts. A seller who has it waiting in the hall saves more time than any shortcut on the motorway.

Buyers living in Morley can draw on a wide circle. A Leeds seller is about five miles off up the A643, Birstall and Batley are just across the M62, and Bradford is 20 to 30 minutes away. Wherever the seller is, the piece is looked over against the photos in the ad before it is lifted into the van, and anything that does not match is put to you by phone while the driver is still there. You say whether it comes or stays.

Questions to settle with the seller before a Morley pick-up

• Get the height, width and depth in writing, not just "it is a three-seater"
• Check whether the seller's street has somewhere to pull in, or only a steep kerb lined with cars
• The seller is paid by you, once the piece has been inspected if you prefer
• Ask for screws, bolts and shelf pegs to be bagged and kept with the item
• If the seller is in a flat over a Queen Street shop, ask which side street the stairs come out on
• At your end, clear a path from the front door to the room it is going in

Morley streets and estates where second-hand furniture changes hands

• Terraces off Queen Street and Commercial Streetpieces come out through the front room; a flat above a shop means the van waits on a side street, not the pedestrianised stretch
• Churwellsemis near the Leeds boundary, where a drive usually means loading straight off the doorstep
• Dartmouth Parkbig stone houses with big furniture, so check the size against your own doorway before paying
• Gildersome and Bruntcliffeestate homes near Junction 27 with off-street parking
• Leeds 27, Bruntcliffe Avenuebusiness units, where a firm selling off desks or chairs loads from its own door

Second-hand buys travelling to and from LS27

• Wakefield seller → Morley buyerwest along the A650 through Tingley
• Morley seller → Bradford buyerJunction 27, then the M606 into Bradford, 20 to 30 minutes of driving
• Headingley seller → Churwell buyeracross Leeds and out on the A643

What makes one Morley pick-up cost more than another

The miles between the two doors, how far each end is from where the van can stop and how long the seller keeps the driver waiting are what the fixed price is built on; what you paid for the item is irrelevant. See how we quote for the full breakdown.

Marketplace Collection in Morley: your questions