Walk the furniture route without carrying the item. A floor label or frontage photograph may miss the internal stair before the exit and the outside flight beyond it, so record both using the agreed prepared piece.
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Define the prepared furniture section
Give the largest travelling dimensions with attached projections and suitable protection. List bed rails, panels, shelves and fixings under the correct item reference. Declare unusual weight or fragility and provide reliable manufacturer information where available.
Agree preparation before measuring passage. If the bed remains assembled, assess that actual form rather than assuming it can be taken apart at the doorway.
Trace from the actual room through all levels
Identify the starting room, internal flights, landing turns and usable exit. Where a recessed door forms part of the route, record its opening and turn. Continue through outside steps, gates and the full remaining carry to lawful loading.
For a lower entrance, show the approach, stair enclosure, landing and door beyond it from a safe position. For a managed block, obtain the actual permitted lift or stair route and corridors instead. Ask the occupier about locks and permission rather than choosing another entrance unilaterally.
Assess the same section into the new room
Ask the recipient to check the same largest prepared piece through the receiving entrance, internal and outside levels, stairs or permitted lift and final door. Include the carry from the lawful unloading position. Choose assistance for the internal and outside flights and complete receiving-room route. Customer loading and unloading requires sufficient people at collection and delivery, including any recessed or lower entrance stages.
Use the furniture-route method for measurements and safe photographs. Ask for assessment where a turn or handling arrangement is uncertain. Measurements identify constraints; specialist access requires separate acceptance.
The bed section turns at the lower entrance
Hypothetical example: a Stockwell tenant measures a prepared bed section in the room, then records the internal stair and recessed turn at the actual lower exit. An outside flight follows before the vehicle carry.
The recipient checks the same section through the new room door. The route is assessed from room to room rather than inferred from a semi-basement label.
Keep a room-and-steps route sheet
- Prepared piece, dimensions and loose parts.
- Actual room level, internal stairs and landings.
- Recessed opening, outside flights, gate and full carry.
- Lawful position and receiving-room route.
- Safe photographs, measurements and unresolved assessment.
Confirm lawful position and private admission independently, then add the accepted route to quote preparation. Use the London access guide for the wider plan.
Common questions
Should outside flights be counted separately?
Describe each outside stage independently of internal stairs so the complete route is clear.
What matters at a recessed entrance?
Compare the actual opening and turning space with the same largest prepared section used for the rest of the assessment.
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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