Measuring a Trawden doorway before the settee arrives
In a mill terrace on Skipton Road the front door opens off the pavement into a small hall or straight into the living room, which helps a sofa turn. The door itself is the limit: send its width and height along with the sofa's depth, because a settee that cannot go in flat may still go in on end. Some cottages go up three storeys, like Stanstead Cottages, and a sofa bed for a top room has to pass two landings.
Beds are simpler, because a frame you already own comes apart. It is taken down at the old house or collected in pieces, carried up and rebuilt in the bedroom, with the mattress travelling flat in a cover. On the newer closes at the north end, wide halls and straight stairs take a divan base without much thought. On a terrace with a back yard, the yard gate is sometimes the easier way in for a long piece.
Getting ready for a sofa or bed in Trawden
- Measure the front door width and height and the hall, and send them with the sofa's dimensions
- Take off removable sofa feet, which can save a scraped door frame
- Find out whether a corner sofa splits into sections, and how they join
- Bed frames you own are taken apart and rebuilt in the room; mattresses travel covered
- Move the old sofa out of the way first; it stays with you rather than leaving in the van
Trawden homes where a sofa needs planning
- Skipton Road terracesfront doors on the pavement, and a back yard gate as a second way in
- Stanstead Cottages and other three-storey cottagestwo flights of stairs for anything heading to the top floor
- Hill Topold stone cottages on a sloping lane with small front rooms
- Beckside Close and Leyland Closenewer houses where beds and settees go in easily
Sofa and bed runs to Trawden
- Bradford → Trawden19 miles by Haworth and Laneshaw Bridge, a 40 to 55 minute drive over the tops
- Nelson → Trawdenthe M65 to Colne and the B6250 through Cottontree, about 5 miles
- Colne → Trawdendown the B6250 past Cottontree
Pricing a sofa or bed into a Trawden home
The pick-up address, the size of the sofa or bed and the stairs at your end set the price; Trawden is a planned slot, so the longer drive from Bradford is inside that fixed figure. See how we quote for the full breakdown.
Sofa & Bed Delivery in Trawden: your questions
Will a three-seater go into a Trawden terrace?
Usually it can, but the door decides. Send the width and height of the doorway with the sofa's depth and you are told before booking whether it goes in flat, on end or not at all.
Can you take a sofa bed up to a top-floor room?
Send a photo of each flight and the turns. If it cannot pass a landing in one piece, you know before the day rather than on it.
Do you rebuild the bed?
Yes, a bed frame you already own is put back together in the bedroom. A new bed still in its boxes is yours to build.
What do I do with the old settee?
Book Pendle Borough Council's free bulky waste collection online, or offer it to a charity that collects furniture.