Delivery and Furniture Spend: The UK Money Report 2026

The cost of furniture is agreed at the checkout, but its value is frequently decided at the front door. In this report, Furniture in Fashion examines access as a specification rather than an afterthought, identifying the three points at which large items are most often stopped in British homes: the entrance door, the turn on the staircase and the doorway into the destination room. The analysis explains why the diagonal measurement of an item matters more than its width, how older terraces with narrow halls and bulkheads differ from newer homes governed by doorway width requirements, and why lift dimensions govern deliveries to upper floor flats. It weighs flat packed against assembled formats, setting out where modular sofas and sectioned beds solve routes that fixed items cannot. Practical guidance covers measuring the route before the room, choosing separable formats where access is marginal, and protecting long term value through careful assembly and fixing checks....