Furniture clearance

[parris]

Any tips on furniture clearance would be appreciated. I have large items to dispose of, i.e sofas, cabinets, dining room suite, filing cabinets etc. How do people get rid of such items without incurring extra removal costs?

[4candles]

Some of the larger charity shops sell furniture, and will collect donations for free.

Then there are specialist charities who collect furniture for distribution or sale to those in straitened circumstances.

And there's also Freecycle, part of Yahoo Groups. They're locally organised, with the aim of preventing stuff going to landfill. You sign up to the group, and list whatever you want to dispose of.

http://www.freecycle.org/

If it's rubbish, local councils provide an uplift service, some for free, some with a nominal charge.

[Ice.Maiden]

4candles is right (excuse me - I love that name!!). Many charity shops, Family First and other registered chariries'll collect furniture which's in reasonable condition. Many will take beds, but not the mattresses. You could also advertise the surplus for free, providing people have their own transport.

[poohshunny]

my local council council have a facility to arrange for bulky refuse uplifts on their website. you leave details of what you want lifted and a contact phone no. the charities who may be able to use the goods check with the council daily and give you a call if they want them. works well and saves things going to landfill when others can use them.

[rabbitygirl]

Some person near me has found the answer. Wait until someone hires (at not insignificant cost these days) a big skip. Wait till dark and creap out with 2 mattreses, a bed base, a fold up travel cot, looking initially like a set of toy golf clubs, a mahogany tv table, bits of old wood etc. and lob into aforementioned skip.

Mr Rabbity was absolutely hopping.

Astonishingly, having propped the bed parts up against the skip to take to the dump ourselves, a council van chanced to come along and loaded them up and took them away. Without asking and for free. I nearly fainted!!!!

[spudqueen]

If they are in decent condition why not contact your local auction house (look in yellow pages). After my Mum died we contacted a local auction house who came and took the decentish (not antique) furniture away and sold it for us, sending us a cheque.

[solly33]

Try this site. free2collect. I got rid of a dishwasher in 2 hours. Have a look at the site it is as it says
the item is for free but you collect. Easier than putting a card in a shop window and having endless phone calls.