Narrow halls and front steps: a sofa into a Sheffield house

Victorian terraces in Walkley, Crookes and Sharrow have front doors opening straight into a narrow hall or the front room, and many sit up a flight of steps. A sofa goes in on its end through the door and then turns, so the measurement that matters is the diagonal of the sofa against the width of the doorway and the hall. Measure both before you buy, and say whether the steps are open stone or have railings.

Flats bring the lift into it. A sofa for a Kelham Island apartment or Park Hill has to stand in the lift car or go up the stairs, so check the inside height of the lift. Corner sofas and some recliners come in sections, which helps. If the old sofa is not going with you, the council's bulky waste collection will pick it up from outside your property once you book and pay.

Measuring up a Sheffield doorway for a sofa

Measure the front door width, the hall width and the sofa's diagonal depth before you order
For a flat, measure the inside of the lift car and the turn of the stairs
Say if the house has steps up from the pavement or a gate at the bottom of a garden path
Have the old sofa booked onto the council's bulky waste collection if it is going
In a permit zone, a visitor voucher lets the van stop close to the door

Where Sheffield sofas come from and go to

Drake House Retail ParkScS, Sofa Store Direct and Sofalux near Crystal Peaks
IKEA, Sheffield Road, Tinsleyboxed and flat-packed sofas collected by junction 34
Broomhill and Crookes sellerssecond-hand sofas from shared houses at the end of tenancies
Walkley and Sharrow terracesfront doors straight into narrow halls
Park Hill and Kelham Island flatssofas that must fit a lift car

Sofa runs across Sheffield

Drake House → Sharrowwest across the city to a terrace off Sharrow Vale Road
Broomhill → Hillsborougha second-hand sofa moved north over the hill
Bradford → Sheffieldthe van comes 43 miles down the M1, 55 to 75 minutes

What decides the price of a Sheffield sofa delivery

The size of the sofa, the distance from the store or seller and the steps, stairs or lift at your end set the price, fixed before the van leaves Bradford. See how we quote for the full breakdown.