Selling a house full of furniture

[Flutterby63]

We're selling up our three bed house in London and renting a flat instead. I don't really have time to sell some of the furniture (wardrobes, bedframes, large mirrors, sofa etc) online individually. Is there a way I could sell the furniture (and possibly some white goods) to someone who could buy them and transport them in bulk? Maybe a landlords' association or something like?

You could call up some house clearance companies. They won't pay much but they will take it away. If the stuff is good...as in antique, you're better off selling it yourself as clearance companies pay notoriously poorly.

Try seeing if your buyer wants any of it and ask a house clearance company to do the rest. They will buy it and sell it on our if it is worth very little, may charge you for it. It is a lot less hassle though. The clearance companies often deal with this for a deceased estate.

If you could give it away there are a lot of charities will come in a van and collect the lot for free

Thanks everyone. It's in good condition so hopefully I can sell some of it.

I'll definitely give some of the smaller things to charity but I'd ideally like to recoup a little money to go towards house sales costs.

You could also try taking the lot to an auction, but you would have costs of transport to get it there. With some decent furniture you need to get into the right type of auction. Best way to see is to go along and watch one and decide if it is for you.

Can you list on a local Face book selling page and ask.people to collect . Cash on collection.

Put it in a storage unit in the short term and then sell it but by bit when you have a bit more time.

Second hand furniture is worth very little, no matter how new or how good condition. No one really wants it in their home if they don't know the history. They are all to aware of the many and various biological processes that may have happened on the furniture which may not be immediately visible as stains but are still uncomfortable to think of.

If the furniture is valuable to you, put it in storage till you need it again. It genuinely isn't valuable to anyone else unless it's a genuine antique or collectable.

Get local auctioneers round to value (estimate) it and then collect it for sale. You may not get much but you'll get something.

Wooden furniture from good stores or brands sells well on ebay.

Even next stuff sells well. Especially the older solid wood items. Of m and S or john lewis type items then just list them, as they will sell.

I would look at selling toyour buyer.

It is a PITA selling second hand furniture and you will get very little for it. Trasporting white goods and sofas etc isn't easy.

I sold most of the contents of my house to the buyers for about £500. It was mainly 7 year old decent but just ikea stuff and budget white goods, perfectly serviceable.

I looked at it the hassle for me to go in, dissemble a wardrobe, carry down 2 flights of stairs, spend time on the listing and dealing with a buyer - way too much effort.

House clearance are good, but don't offer much money and don't always take the lot. They didn't want my parents old wooden furniture just modern things.
The rest we took to charity shops.