Rotherhithe furniture and property access

Record the prepared furniture and loose parts

Give the largest travelling dimensions with projections and suitable protection. List bed sections, cabinet parts, shelves and fixings with the correct item reference. Declare unusual weight, fragility or specialist requirements before booking.

Agree preparation before judging passage. If the furniture will remain assembled, assess that actual size rather than assuming parts can be removed when the team reaches the corridor.

Trace the horizontal route through the building

At a riverside flat, ask the occupier or manager for the actual vehicle and furniture entrances. Walk the route through any gate, courtyard, hall and corridor to the flat. Identify tight turns and the space at the lift approach and exit.

Record permitted lift doors and cabin dimensions where that route is accepted; describe stairs for furniture using another route. At a Wilson Grove cottage, obtain its own gate, room and front approach instead. Current property arrangements determine the usable route.

Continue the same section through the final room

Ask the recipient to check the same prepared section through the delivery entrance, shared route, stairs or permitted lift and final room door. Include the entire carry from the lawful vehicle position at both ends. Select help for the courtyard and corridor stages as well as any lift or stairs and the final receiving carry. With customer loading and unloading, arrange sufficient people throughout both complete routes.

Use the furniture-route method for measurements and safe photographs. Ask for assessment where a turn or handling arrangement is uncertain; measurements alone do not establish safe passage or specialist access.

A cabinet fits the lift but not the unchecked turn

Hypothetical example: a Rotherhithe customer checks a cabinet against the permitted lift cabin, then notices a tight turn between the lift lobby and flat. They record that turn and the cabinet’s prepared dimensions.

The route can be assessed before collection, while the recipient checks the same piece through delivery. Lift fit is retained as one useful measurement rather than the whole access decision.

Keep a prepared-piece corridor sheet

• Furniture reference and largest prepared dimensions.
• Vehicle approach, gate and complete horizontal carry.
• Permitted lift or stairs and every lobby or corridor turn.
• Flat doorway and receiving final-room route.
• Safe photographs, measurements and unresolved assessment.

Confirm lawful position and private admission separately, then add the accepted route to quote preparation. Use the London access guide for the wider plan.