Getting a sofa through a Preston terrace front door

In a Deepdale or Plungington terrace the front door opens straight into the lounge or a short hall, and the sofa has to make that turn. A three-seater with fixed arms may not, so measure the door width, the depth of the sofa and any inner door before buying. Many store sofas have feet that unscrew and backs that lift off, which buys a few centimetres. The van stops in the street or at the end of the cobbled row, and the sofa goes in on its end if it has to.

A corner sofa splits into sections and goes in a piece at a time. Upstairs, in a flat above a Friargate shop or a Riversway apartment with a small lift, the stair or lift decides whether it is possible, so send the floor and a photo of the stairwell. Semis in Fulwood, Ingol and Cottam have wider halls, but bay windows and radiators in the lounge still need measuring.

Measuring for a Preston sofa: doors, stairs and lifts

Measure the front door, any inner door and the tightest point of the stair or lift
Check whether the feet unscrew and the back cushions or back panel come off
For a corner sofa, ask the store how many sections it splits into
Have the old sofa out of the room, as it stays with you; Preston City Council collects bulky items for a fee
Buying at Deepdale, pick a day when Preston North End are not at home next door

Sofa stores and tricky lounges in Preston

Deepdale Shopping ParkSofology and Sofa Superstore on Blackpool Road
Mariners Way, RiverswayDFS and ScS by the dock basin
Deepdale terracesfront doors straight into the lounge on cobbled streets
Riversway apartmentslifts and corridors to measure before buying
Fulwood semis and villaswider halls but bay windows and tight lounge turns

From the sofa shop to your lounge, in Preston and beyond

Bradford → Preston63 miles over the Pennines by the M62 and M61, 75 to 90 minutes
Mariners Way → Plungingtoneast from Riversway into the terraces north of the campus
Deepdale → Fulwooda short run north from Blackpool Road

One sofa or a full suite: the Preston price

The size of the sofa or suite, how far it is carried, the stairs or lift at your end and the miles from the store make up the figure, which is fixed before collection. See how we quote for the full breakdown.