Buying a flat on third floor

cherry76

Just interested to know the problem encounter when moving furnitures to a top floor flat. I read some shops will not deliver on top flats if there are no lifts. Any advice pl and what to do for transporting heavy furnitures with no lifts? Thanks

davidmcn

What sort of shops? 3rd floor flats are pretty standard in urban Scotland, I'm not aware of a widespread problem with deliveries or removals.

cherry76

Furnitures and white good shops

davidmcn

cherry76 wrote: »

Furnitures and white good shops

I'm on second floor and have never had an issue with the likes of Ikea or Curry's - I doubt the same retailers would refuse to go another floor up.

VincentVincent

What shops? Third floor flats without lifts are common, delivering goods to them is part and parcel of a delivery service so there can't be many who refuse - especially when it comes to common household items like furniture and white goods. Even more especially if you've paid for installation of the washing machine for example..........they'll have no choice.

There will be the odd company who only deliver certain items to the doorstep and won't do any more than that due to health and safety/insurance precautions but that's regardless of floor level or lifts.

If you come across a company who actively turn away business merely due to floor level, there'll be plenty of others happy to take it.

uk_american

I live in a 3rd floor flat. Most companies have standard questions that they ask you when you buy and pay for delivery. Some charge extra to go up flights of stairs and some refuse to deliver up stairs.


I had no problem with Currys, I paid for washing machine install/removal and they did it. Homebase delivered my new mattress up the stairs, no problem. The Futon Company considered 'delivery' to be leaving my flat pack desk just inside the building's main front door and not alerting me to that even though I was home.


My main issue is more the space constraints. It's not the largest space for getting sofas or other bulky items up the stairs. My neighbor ordered a sofa that the delivery people physically could not get around the stairwell corners. It ended up getting returned but she lost a re-stocking fee on that one. Measure carefully on non-bendable items like sofas and wardrobes.

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I'm on the fourth floor in a purpose built and we only have a passenger lift.
So when I was ordering the sofa & washing machine I said there was no lift and both DFS & AO didn't even blink.
Was a bit worried they'd ask for a fee, but everything was the exact same!

cattie

Some shops will charge extra for taking items upstairs as mentioned & there are shops who will warn you first that if you choose furniture that it proves impossible to get upstairs or through the front door then the onus will be on you to get the items into your flat.

So with large items it's always best to have measurements of the journey the furniture is to take up the stairs & through the front door to the shop with you as they can often advise if you've got your eye on something a bit too large.

I'm lucky as I downsized into a ground floor flat & a couple of things that have proved too big to come in the conventional way, due to a turn in the hall, were able to be delivered through my balcony door.

ellie99

I wanted a 3 seater sofa in a second floor flat, which had a narrow staircase and tight corners. The shop assistant advised me to buy a reclining sofa, as they are delivered in sections and made up in the room you want. Worked well.