In the Ladbroke setting, a lower-ground approach and raised main entrance can lead to different furniture routes. Confirm the door for your flat and compare the largest travelling section with every step, opening and turn along that route.
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Prepare dimensions for furniture and fragile belongings
Agree how the desk travels, who removes parts and how fixings stay labelled. Measure the largest resulting section including projections. Record the mirror or artwork separately, with protection and handling needs.
Use the furniture preparation checklist and raise unusual weight, fragility or a piece needing specialist assessment before choosing the booking setup.
Measure the actual approach to the chosen door
The Ladbroke appraisal records lower-ground front areas and steps to raised entrances, with differing garden approaches. At the current property, identify the furniture entrance and permission to use any gate or shared route.
Measure outside steps, gate clearance, landing and door opening, then the turn beyond the fully opened door. Describe the carry from the lawful vehicle position. A floor label or front-elevation photograph alone cannot provide those measurements.
Follow the piece into the final room at both homes
Check the hallway, internal stair and landing where relevant, then repeat the entire exercise at delivery with the same prepared section. If a lift is proposed, confirm furniture permission and compare the door and cabin dimensions.
Keep routes clear and select help for both complete carries. With customer loading and unloading, arrange enough people at each end for the prepared desk and fragile pieces. Explain any unresolved turn before booking rather than assuming a different door will be available.
The raised doorway is not the agreed flat entrance
Illustrative example: a tenant initially measures a building’s raised main entrance, then confirms that the furniture must use the flat’s lower-ground door. They remeasure the actual outside stair, opening and turn with the prepared desk dimensions.
The recipient checks the destination route independently. The quote uses the permitted route for the travelling belongings rather than the most visible door.
Keep a prepared-piece entrance sheet
- Travelling sections, projections and fragile-item preparation.
- Permitted flat door, gate and shared-route agreement.
- Outside steps, landing, open-door width and entrance turn.
- Full vehicle carry, internal route and receiving-room fit.
- Opening contacts, chosen help and unresolved assessment.
Use it with the personal-load quote record and loading decision, alongside London access guidance.
Common questions
Does the raised main door always serve a Notting Hill flat’s furniture?
Confirm the actual permitted entrance for your flat and measure that route, including any lower-ground steps or garden gate.
What measurement helps with an awkward entrance turn?
Give the prepared section’s dimensions, usable doorway with the door open and the turn immediately beyond it; add photographs where helpful.
Sources and further detail
Practical planning for the actual addresses. Historic built context does not establish present permission; examples are illustrative.
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