Start at the furniture’s room and follow the route the building permits. A building’s height or the presence of a lift does not establish that a cabinet can use it or reach the final room.
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Record the largest prepared section
Give the item’s travelling dimensions, including projections and suitable protection. List doors, shelves, bed rails, cushions or other removed parts under the same furniture reference and retain labelled fixings.
Agree preparation before measuring the route. If a piece remains assembled, assess that actual form. Declare unusual fragility, heaviness or specialist requirements early and retain reliable manufacturer information where available.
Describe outside and communal stages separately
The neighbourhood-plan examination identifies square-fronting houses with basements as well as estate flats. For your address, obtain the actual permitted furniture door and trace the outside stair, main hall, internal flight, landing or corridor used by the item.
Measure clear openings and tight turns, noting fixed rails, door swings and changes of level. For a permitted lift, include its doors, cabin and approach route. Check with the occupier or manager rather than inferring facilities or permission from the building form.
Carry the same prepared dimensions through delivery
Ask the recipient to check the same largest section through the delivery entrance, stairs or permitted lift and final room door. Confirm that any agreed protection and shared-area arrangements can be in place without obstructing the route. Select help for both complete carrying routes; with customer loading and unloading, arrange sufficient people at each end.
Use the furniture-route method for measurements and safe photographs. Send uncertain passage or handling questions before booking. Measurements identify constraints; specialist access or a different route requires a separate assessed arrangement.
The lower-ground turn matters more than the room size
Hypothetical example: a Pimlico customer measures a cabinet comfortably within the room but finds a narrow turn at the lower-ground exit. The customer records that turn and the outside stair using the cabinet’s agreed travelling dimensions.
The provider can assess the actual route before collection, while the recipient checks the same cabinet at delivery. Extra vehicle space does not resolve an unassessed doorway.
Keep a piece-by-building route sheet
- Furniture reference, prepared dimensions and loose parts.
- Permitted furniture door and opening contact.
- Outside stair, communal flights, turns and corridors.
- Permitted lift details and receiving-room route.
- Safe photos, measurements and unresolved assessment.
Confirm lawful street space and admission separately, then add the accepted route to the quote record. The London access guide supports the wider plan.
Common questions
Can a communal lift be assumed available for furniture?
Confirm permitted use, actual dimensions, approach route and availability with the building contact.
What should be photographed at a lower-ground exit?
From a safe position, show the route’s difficult turns, stair, fixed rails and doorway rather than only the outside frontage.
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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