Furniture delivery around Nelson, Stoke and Richmond

Nelson furniture jobs tend to start in one of three places. There is the shop run, a flat-pack wardrobe from a hardware store at Annesbrook or a lounge suite from the shops along Main Road Stoke and Gladstone Road in Richmond, sitting on a click and collect counter until someone with a van turns up. There is the flat shift, a bed and a chest of drawers moving between places around Toi Toi, Washington Valley and Nelson South. And there are the one-off pieces, a dresser out of an old wooden house in The Wood, a dining table sold to someone in Wakefield, a fridge heading to Motueka.

Whakatu Drive out to Richmond is the easy part, and Main Road Stoke is straightforward enough. Rocks Road is a narrow two-lane stretch along the seawall, with nowhere to pull over. Waimea Road climbs over Bishopdale, and the streets up behind town in Britannia Heights and off Princes Drive are steep and tight, with houses sitting a flight of steps above the kerb. In Nelson South the carry from the kerb to the door is often what decides the bid, so say how long the path is. Brook Street and Maitai Valley Road are narrow with few turning places, and the central blocks off Trafalgar Street run on timed parking.

A driver already going between Nelson and Richmond on Whakatu Drive may fit a wardrobe in with work they had on anyway. A driver who has dropped in Motueka or out through the Tasman orchards may be coming back with an empty deck and want something for the return leg. Another may be timing a run around a Picton ferry and pick up on the way through. A van and one person costs less to run than a truck and a crew. Put the steps, the doorway and the pieces in the listing, because that is what each driver prices against.