How To Get Rid Of Old Sofa For Free, In The UK ?

An old sofa isn’t something you can just leave outside of your home for it to be picked up like rubbish. Sofas and other large furniture items are classified as bulky waste and your council usually enforces restrictions on how it is picked up, usually requiring that you pay a fee to have it disposed.

But, if you are here reading this post, it probably means that you are trying to figure out how to get rid of an old sofa for free? Let’s get right into just that then.

HOW TO DISPOSE OFF A SOFA FOR FREE?

FREECYCLE - ADVERTISE YOUR SOFA AS FREE, TO HAVE IT PICKED UP!

Just because your old sofa has served its life in your home doesn’t mean it won’t be welcomed in another home. If your sofa is fairly clean and in a reasonable condition, there’s usually a bunch of people who would love to take it off your hands and do it very quickly as well.

So, the first thing you want to do when you want to get rid of a sofa for free is to see if you can advertise it as free, to have someone come pick it up. An advertisement needn’t cost any money either. There are plenty of free online classifieds that allow you to advertise your sofa, even with an accompanying picture that will heighten the interest for your advertisement, especially if your sofa is in good condition.

Besides free online classifieds, remember to advertise in your own digital social circles as well. You will be surprised how soon you can have someone come and pick up your old sofa with just a tweet, a status update or a Facebook or Instagram post.

CALL A CHARITY ORGANIZATION FOR A FREE PICK UP.

There’s plenty of charity organizations in the UK that will come pick up your old sofa at no cost to you, to then either donate it or sell it for a nominal price in a thrift store. The most popular of them all is the British Heart Foundation that offers a furniture and electrical goods collection service. Debra.org.uk is another such site. WeeeCharity is another charitable organization that offers this service.

Now, please note that these charitable organizations will require that your sofa be in a reasonably good condition for them to extend their free collection service to you. If you are unsure about whether or not your old sofa is in a condition that can be described as reasonable, it is best that you talk to someone at these charities to find out for yourself. Also, please remember that the British Health Foundation and some other charities will require your old sofa to have the fire safety label intact to qualify for a free collection pickup.

CHOP UP YOUR OLD SOFA!

This is an approach that makes most sense when your sofa is damaged or unusable and if you are also a bit handy with tools and some hands-on work. Take your old sofa out to an open space like your backyard and carefully take it apart. Any sofa can be taken apart with just a sharp knife to strip out the upholstery, a ratchet to disassemble the frame, and a hammer and some muscle to break out the many wooden boards that are put together to construct a sofa’s frame.

Once broken down into bits, you can easily transport the whole sofa to your local dump yard in just one single trip in your car! If you are unsure about how to go about destroying an old sofa, look up YouTube! Believe it or not, there’s plenty of tutorials on how to chop up a sofa there!

HOW TO GET RID OF YOUR OLD SOFA FOR A SMALL COST?

Though your local council will charge a fee to pick up your old sofa and other bulky items, their charges are much lower than what you will pay private rubbish companies for a pickup. While private rubbish companies charge around £75 to as much as £100 for an old sofa pickup, your council will do it for as little as £10 to £20. You might have to wait a bit for them to pick it up according to their schedule but the low fee might be a worthy tradeoff.

To have your local council pick your old sofa for free, please fill out this online form.

Now that you have figured out how to dispose of your sofa for free, it’s time to shop for a brand new sofa! What better place to do it than at Abakus Direct, one of UK’s most popular online store for affordable, stylish, and comfortable sofas. Take a look at our exciting collection of stylish and affordable sofas here.