Furniture Auctions & Short Notice Delivery

[Peaspeculiars]

Good Evening everyone, Hope all are well.
I am in a quandary - I have my eye on x3 pieces of furniture at a local auction house for tomorrow mornings sale, and have no van to collect if I win them.
I have contacted a couple of man & Van/ small furniture moving firms whom are local and they say they might be able to collect them tomorrow at short notice should I win the lots.

My question is; Should I bid on the items and hope that they are telling the truth and risk being lumped with a chest of drawers/ desk & music cabinet which I can't shift on time if they are not available, or should I just 'go with the flow', bid on them and trust my luck?

What would you do? Have you been in this situation before?
(unfortunately I have no back up plan should the items become mine and none of the delivery companies keep their promise to be available...
Hmmm.... )
To explain, OH is away for x2 weeks and I am decorating/ re-furnishing his office as a nice surprise (I hope)
Thank you in advance for any advice.
Peas

[atalanta]

Does the auction house know of anyone ? This must happen all the time, so they can probably recommend someone.

[ukbod2015]

Go for it - rope in a few friends - there are some places that will hire a van for a few hours.

[Canary42]

Most auction houses have details of such facilities, if not providing them themselves. Be prepared to pay high price though. Do you know the auction house's rules for clearance and/or storage ?

[Canary42]

Do you know whether this service is available there ?

http://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/about-us/faqs/delivery

[Peaspeculiars]

Cheers Guys, I've asked the auction house and they recommended x3 possible Co's - one of which has just got back to me fortunately and have offered to help at short notice if I need which is great :-) (apparently he lives a few streets away from me too)
Fingers crossed! and have a good evening - Thank you x.

[Buenchico]

Every auction site I've ever attended has had recommended delivery services available for immediate use.

Go for it!

[DaisyNonna]

Good luck Peas

[ukbod2015]

Any chance of an office warming party :-)

[Tilly2]

Best of luck with the bidding, Peas. What a nice thing to do for Mr. Peas.

[Peaspeculiars]

ukbod - Lol - It's a tiny room so we'd all have to budge in a bit! :-)

He know's I'm up to something - it was previously 'the junk room' and has been for several years, but I have a borrowed wallpaper steamer and I intend to use it! (why, oh why have I never used one before - 'tis a miracle piece of kit!) Carpet is ordered for next week and sanding/ gloss work shall be done forthwith. I hope he likes it, but then again it can't turn out worse than the mess it is now :-)

[Sycamore3House]

Our local auction house has a delivery service yours Amy also do the same.

[DaisyNonna]

Let us know how you get on Peas. Great idea!

[Peaspeculiars]

:-) Will do Daisynonna

[Litlmissbuttons]

Peaspeculiars - I know it is a bit late, ( I have just found this website and registered ) but if you don't win your bids, try your local Freecycle group. You can always put a 'want' on there for any item, including for 'man with a van' as I have seen this in my local one. Good luck with your project, hope you finish it on time (and they don't turn up a day earlier than expected)and OH likes it!

[Peaspeculiars]

Evening All - Just a quick update for those who are interested - I won the music cabinet and the desk but not the chest of drawers, and they are winging their way across to me on Monday via the local man&Van (plus mother in law whom is kindly coming over to let them in whilst I'm at work)(I'll buy her some nice flowers)
I also went on a local site as litlmissbuttons suggested (Thanks) and ended up with a great solid oak unit for the living room: (Not quite freecycle, but for £50 delivered, it's a bargain).
http://tinypic.com/usermedia.php?uo=bbi8MiGk22Nq2juYT1dK04h4l5k2TGxc#.Vdi8KvlViko
So cheers guys for all of your advice, am knackered from stripping wallpaper all day but should be able to carry on tomorrow and sand/ gloss/ wax before wall papering the office and seeing an end in sight! :-) Have a great weekend folks xx Peas

[Litlmissbuttons]

Thanks for the update Peas. Glad you managed to get the things you were looking for.

[Peaspeculiars]

reported.
'Please bang this link' (?)

I'd rather not Thank you.