Furniture Delivery

A sofa from a showroom, a wardrobe bought second-hand, or a room's worth of furniture heading to a new house. Post the details for free and compare quotes from approved UK transporters who move furniture every day.

What we move

Furniture is the most common thing moved through ChooseYourVan, and the jobs range from one armchair across town to the contents of a flat going the length of the country. Transporters quote on whatever you post:

• Sofas, corner units and armchairs
• Beds, mattresses and headboards
• Wardrobes, chests of drawers and bedside tables
• Dining tables, chairs and sideboards
• Desks, bookcases and shelving
• Garden furniture and outdoor sets
• Nursery furniture, cots and changing tables
• Flat-pack, boxed or fully assembled pieces

If you only have one piece to move, our single item delivery page covers that case specifically. For anything heading to or from the continent, see European delivery.

How it works

• Post your furniture — List the pieces, rough dimensions, and the pickup and delivery addresses. Photos help enormously here; transporters price a sofa they can see far more accurately than one they can't.
• Compare bids — Approved transporters bid on the job. Compare prices, read reviews, and ask about dismantling, wrapping or access before you commit.
• Book and pay — Accept the quote that suits you and pay a deposit through the website to secure it. You choose the transporter — you're never automatically assigned one.

Dismantling, wrapping and reassembly

This is the detail that most often gets missed when people book furniture transport, and it's worth being explicit about. Some transporters will happily take a bed frame apart and rebuild it at the other end; others price purely for carrying and loading. Neither is wrong — but which one you've booked matters a great deal on the day.

Say in your listing whether anything needs dismantling, and whether you want it reassembled on arrival. If you're taking pieces apart yourself, do it before the transporter arrives rather than while they wait, and keep screws, bolts and allen keys in a labelled bag taped to the largest part. One caution worth knowing: flat-pack furniture doesn't always survive being dismantled and rebuilt — chipboard fixings loosen, and a wardrobe that came apart cleanly can end up wobbly. Solid wood is far more forgiving.

On protection: unless wrapping is part of the agreed quote, assume it's your job. Blankets over upholstery, corner protection on wooden pieces, and separate wrapping for glass shelves and table tops all reduce the chance of marks in transit.

Getting it through the door

More furniture deliveries go wrong at the doorway than on the road. Before you book, measure three things at both ends: the narrowest doorway, the tightest turn (stairwells and hallway corners are usually worse than doors), and the piece itself at its smallest dimension — most sofas travel on their side, not upright.

Then tell the transporter what you found. Which floor, whether there's a lift and whether the furniture actually fits in it, how many stairs, whether there's a tight turn on the landing, and where the van can realistically park. Modern flats with narrow communal corridors are a common problem, as are Victorian terraces with a sharp turn at the top of the stairs.

If it genuinely won't fit, options include removing the door from its hinges, taking the feet off a sofa, unbolting a corner unit into sections, or in rare cases a specialist hoist through a window. The point of measuring first is that you find out in the message thread rather than with a driver standing in your hallway.

What affects the cost

Transporters bid against each other for your job, so the quotes reflect the real cost of doing it rather than a fixed rate card. The main factors:

• How much there is — one chair, a three-piece suite, or a full room, and what van size that needs.
• Distance — and whether the route is one a transporter is already running.
• Whether it needs two people — sofas, wardrobes, American fridge freezers and solid wood pieces often do.
• Access at both ends — stairs, lifts, narrow corridors, parking distance, and any ULEZ or Clean Air Zone charge.
• Dismantling and reassembly — extra time at both ends if it's part of the job.
• Date flexibility — a fixed date usually costs more than a window.

Buying furniture second-hand or online

A lot of furniture jobs on the platform start with a bargain that turned out to be harder to collect than expected — a marketplace sofa two counties away, or a shop that only delivers to the kerb. Because you post the job after you've bought the piece, you can compare transport quotes separately rather than accepting whatever the seller or retailer offers.

A few things worth doing before you post: get the seller's postcode and rough dimensions, ask whether there's help available to carry it out and whether there are stairs, and check what their availability is for collection. Sellers are often flexible about timing, which gives transporters more routes to fit your job into — and flexibility is usually what brings the price down.

FAQ

Related services

• Single item delivery — one bulky piece rather than a room.
• European delivery — furniture to or from the continent.
• All services — house removals, vehicles, pianos and more.
• Man and van guide — how van transport is priced and what to check.
• Post a listing — get free quotes for your furniture.

Ready to move your furniture?

Post the details once and let approved transporters bid for the job. It's free to post, and you're under no obligation to accept a quote.