Furnishing your home
Homes for Haringey will provide you with a cooker and the carpeting/flooring to assist you with moving into your new home. You will be required to provide all other furniture to the property so you will also have to consider buying furniture, in particular a fridge and bed/s when moving.
There are available local shops and charities that provide second-handed, subsidised furniture, households items to people and families in need.
ReStore Community Projects – Tottenham Hale
📍 Unit 18, Ashley Road, Tottenham Hale, N17 9LJ
🕘 Open Monday to Friday, 9am–4pm
☎️ 020 8493 0900
They offer low-cost reused furniture and appliances to people on benefits, students, pensioners, and those in need. They also offer collection of reusable bulky items (e.g. beds, wardrobes, sofas) in Haringey and Enfield. Please visit Projects - Restore Community for more information
Barnet Furniture Centre – Friern Barnet
📍 4 Queens Parade Close, London N11 3FY
🕘 Open Tuesday to Saturday, 9am–5pm
☎️ 020 8361 6802
It is a non-profit charity offering affordable second-hand furniture to low-income households, as well as free collection of donations in North London. Please visit Barnet Furniture Centre for more information.
Online marketplaces
There are numerous online options for passing on all sorts of unwanted items.
- You can sell them on platforms like Gumtree, Facebook Marketplace, Ebay, or Shpock.
- Offer items for free on Freecycle, Freegle, (as well as on Gumtree, Facebook Marketplace or Preloved).
- Private neighbourhood social networks like Nextdoor also have a ‘free items’ section.
- Love Junk allows you to list or collect reusable items for free
Removals
You will be required to arrange the removals of your personal belongings into your new property. Unfortunately, Homes for Haringey do not provide a removal service or provide the cost in doing so. You will need to search online or locally for companies or to find support through family or friends to help you with the move.