The table and fragile mirror need a route that is both permitted and physically suitable. Confirm the actual room and furniture door, then measure every outside step, internal turn and opening for the pieces using it.
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Measure the table and identify fragile handling needs
Agree removable legs or sections and who prepares them. Record the largest tabletop including projections, keep fixings labelled and describe the mirror’s dimensions and protection separately.
Use the furniture preparation checklist and raise unusual weight, fragility or a piece needing specialist assessment before choosing the booking setup.
Confirm the current lightwell, hall or mews approach
The adopted Thurloe Estate appraisal describes terrace lightwell entrances and small mews behind the larger buildings. At your property, ask whether furniture uses the lower door, main hall or another agreed route and measure the actual openings.
Record outside flights separately from internal stairs and include landings, gates and the full vehicle carry. At a mews home, give the actual street approach and current vehicle instruction independently of furniture fit.
Check the route for each piece and repeat at delivery
Where a lift is relevant, confirm furniture permission and measure door, cabin and corridors. Describe stairs for pieces taking another route, including their landing turns and clearances.
Have the recipient check the same prepared pieces into their final rooms. Keep all routes clear and choose help for both full carries; with customer loading and unloading, arrange sufficient people throughout. The building checklist helps organise conditional protection and manager arrangements.
The mirror and tabletop have different prepared-route checks
Illustrative example: a South Kensington customer prepares a table and protects a framed mirror. The authorised contact confirms the furniture entrance and which route each piece may use.
The customer measures the tabletop through the relevant turn and describes the mirror’s handling separately. The recipient checks both pieces independently, with unresolved fit discussed before collection.
Keep a piece-by-piece route sheet
- Prepared table sections, fragile pieces and responsibility.
- Current room, permitted entrance and opening contact.
- Outside and inside stairs, landings and gate or hall turns.
- Permitted lift measurements and alternative item routes.
- Both full carries, receiving-room fit and selected help.
Attach it to the piece-and-route quote and building access record, with London access guidance.
Common questions
Does a lightwell door in the appraisal establish my furniture exit?
Obtain the occupier’s current instruction and measure the actual route serving your room.
Does lift permission establish that every item fits?
Check each prepared piece against the door, cabin, corridors and final-room route; describe any permitted alternative separately.
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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