Travelling/Deliveries when Self Isolating

[Mdea1]

Hi All,

I’m in a bit of a predicament and not sure what to do. Please offer suggestions!

My partner and I have been living with my parents while our house is getting renovated. Our kitchen is due to be fitted on the 01/12/2020. Various items that I have ordered (large electricals and so on), as well as the kitchen itself, are due to be delivered to my home address during this week and next.

My partner and my father have tested positive for Covid over the weekend. We are therefore isolating until the 21st. I have no symptoms at present and am isolating from them in the house.

What can I do about the deliveries? Can I travel to my home by car which is five minutes away, empty and no with work going on until the 1st? Most of the deliveries are kerbside only due to lockdown. Can I get the delivery companies to leave the appliances in the back garden and bring them in myself after they have left? Or would me travelling there at all be totally illegal?

I could move in and isolate there (even though it is a building site without much furniture), but there is no internet connection which I require for my job at present. I also doubt I can lift the appliances etc by myself anyway... so all of the above may be pointless.

Has anyone here travelled a short distance when isolating or managed to reschedule deliveries for that reason? Just a bit worried that it may be too late for items arriving tomorrow and that it may result in my kitchen being pushed back (we have waited 3 months already). I know it’s NOT important at all in the grand scheme of things, of course!

What would you do? I don’t want to get in trouble or put anyone at risk.

You cannot go yourself whilst in isolation. If you have lived in the property previously do you have the contact details of any neighbour who may be willing to fetch a set of keys and let the delivery people in or could you get a family member or friend that you don't live with to be at the property for the deliveries?

Delay until you are out of isolation period. Realistically are you going to be able to move these appliances indoors on your own?

@StatisticalSense thanks - I thought that would be the case, but was not 100% sure.

Hopefully I can get someone to be there to accept the deliveries for me.

@LIZS I think you’re right. And come to think of it, it is probably unfair to rely on someone else having to move heavy goods every day for two weeks. Hopefully they’ll let me rearrange.

I asked my kitchen fitter when he wanted the large appliances to be delivered and he wanted them the day after he started. This was so the main carcasses could be put in place first, and he had a labourer to help him move them into the house and into position. There is no way you could move a washing machine or fridge freezer into the house by yourself, and kerbside deliveries are hard work for even lighter appliances. If you've ordered from AO they were great at changing the delivery date

He also took delivery of the kitchen on the Monday morning when he started work

@muddledmidget I thought I was being sensible by ordering with plenty of time to spare due to lockdown - wish I had never bothered now!

I do have the hob coming from AO, but things are coming from Appliances Direct and JL too. I am ringing around now.

It is unfortunately too late for my floor tiles to be delivered at another date, so I’m guessing I’ll have to leave them on the pallet in the garden. Really worried about them being stolen as the back garden isn’t secured at the minute.