Removals in Oldham
Covering Oldham, Chadderton, Royton, Shaw, Failsworth, Lees and the Saddleworth villages.
- Fixed written quote
- Narrow stairs and awkward corners are normal work, not a problem
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Around here, the stairs are the job
Most of the difficulty in an Oldham move is not the driving or the lifting. It is the twenty feet between the front door and the room the furniture is actually in.
Older stone properties, particularly across the Saddleworth villages, often have more floors than their footprint suggests and stairs that were built when furniture was smaller. A house that looks modest from the road can run to three levels with a turn on every flight.
That produces a specific set of questions, and they are the same ones every time:
- Does the staircase have a half-landing, and how much room is there to swing something long
- Is there a handrail or a newel post at the turn that a wardrobe will meet
- How high is the ceiling above the stairs, because that decides whether anything can be tipped
- Is the top floor reached by a proper flight or something closer to a steep step ladder
None of this makes a move difficult. It makes it a job worth looking at properly before quoting, rather than pricing from a bedroom count and hoping.
What usually has to come apart
The honest answer for a lot of older houses is: more than you would expect, and it is nothing to worry about.
Bed frames almost always. Wardrobes frequently, particularly anything with a solid back. Corner sofas usually, because the section that made them fit the room is the section that stops them leaving it. Occasionally a door comes off its hinges, which sounds dramatic and takes about ninety seconds.
We bring the tools for it and we put everything back together at the other end. What we would rather avoid is discovering it at the point where a sofa is already halfway up a staircase with two people underneath it.
So when you get in touch, mention anything large, and anything you suspect was built or assembled in the room it currently occupies. That single detail changes what we bring and how long we allow.
Two things worth knowing about the borough
A quarter of Oldham sits inside the Peak District National Park, which surprises people who only know the town centre. The eastern side of the borough runs up into genuine hill country, and the villages out there feel a long way from the Metrolink line even though they are twenty minutes from it.
And Saddleworth was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974, when local government reorganisation moved it into Greater Manchester. Plenty of people out there will still tell you which side of the boundary they are really on, and they are not entirely joking.
Practically, it means the borough covers a very wide range of housing in a small area. A semi in Chadderton, a terrace in Failsworth and a stone house in Delph are three different jobs.
Get a price for your Oldham move
Tell us where you are moving from and to, how many floors are involved, and anything large that might need taking apart.
Add anything you need
- Packing, all of it or just the kitchen and the breakables
- Dismantling and rebuilding, which on older properties is often the difference between a smooth day and a long one
- Appliances disconnected and reconnected
- Storage, when the dates do not line up
- Lofts and cellars, provided the access is safe
- Parking, if the street needs a permit for the van. We arrange it
Mention any of it when you get in touch and it is priced in from the start.
Getting a price that holds
For an Oldham move, the useful details are mostly indoors.
How many floors. Whether the stairs turn, and whether there is a half-landing. What is on the top floor. Anything large that will need taking apart. Whether there is a cellar, and whether anyone has been in it recently.
Give us that and the quote stands. It is also worth telling us if the house is stone-built and older, because it changes what we expect to find before we arrive.
On dates: Fridays and the last working day of the month are the busiest and dearest across Greater Manchester. Midweek and mid-month is cheaper and calmer, and on a move where the stairs are the hard part, an unhurried day is worth having.
Where we cover
- Oldham
- Chadderton
- Royton
- Shaw & Crompton
- Failsworth
- Lees
- Springhead
- Grotton
- Grasscroft
- Greenfield
- Uppermill
- Dobcross
- Delph
- Diggle
Across the OL and M postcodes. Oldham sits north east of Manchester, so moves into the city, across to Rochdale and Tameside, over into West Yorkshire, or further afield are all routine from our base.
Questions people ask
My staircase is narrow and turns. Will the wardrobe go up?
Often, and where it will not, it comes apart and goes back together upstairs. Tell us about it when you book and we will bring what is needed.
Do you charge extra for dismantling?
It is part of the quote when you tell us in advance. Mention anything large at the first conversation and it is priced in rather than added later.
Do you cover the Saddleworth villages?
Yes. Uppermill, Delph, Dobcross, Diggle, Greenfield, Grasscroft and Grotton are all normal work.
My house is three storeys. Does that cost more?
It affects how many people we send rather than making it a different kind of job. Tell us the number of floors when you get in touch.
Can you take doors off if something will not fit?
Yes, and it is more common than people think. They go back on the same day.
How far ahead should I book?
Thirty days or more if you can. Your price is held for 14 days while dates get settled, and Friday and month-end slots go first.
Get a price for your Oldham move
Tell us where you are moving from and to, how many floors are involved, and anything large that might need taking apart. If the house is older or stone-built, say so. We will come back with a fixed written quote, and if we think something will not go up the stairs in one piece we will tell you before the day rather than during it.
RCM Removals
20 Swan Street, Manchester M4 5JW
Telephone: 0161 768 2056
Email: info@removalscompanymanchester.co.uk