How to get your IKEA purchases home in Jeddah
Measure the longest box, add up the weight, and pick the vehicle that takes it all in one trip. Here is what fits in a car, a pickup and a small truck, and how to book one to the store.
You have chosen the wardrobe, the bed and the bookshelf. Now they are a stack of long, heavy boxes, and they will not fit in your car.
There are two ways to get them home: the store's own delivery, or a vehicle you book yourself. This guide is about the second, and it starts with a tape measure.
Measure first: the longest box and the total weight
Flat-pack furniture is easy to move, as long as you know two numbers.
The length of the longest box. The box of a tall wardrobe or a bed frame can be well over 2 meters. The size of every package is printed on its label and listed on the product page.
The total weight. Add up the packages. A wardrobe comes in several boxes, and together they can weigh more than you expect.
Write both numbers down before you go to the checkout. They decide the vehicle.
What fits in which vehicle
These are the sizes the BeePlus app shows.
A car takes up to 200 kg, and the largest item can be up to 200 × 100 × 60 cm. Enough for a bookshelf, a desk, chairs or a small chest of drawers.
A pickup takes up to 600 kg, and the largest item can be up to 200 × 100 × 100 cm. Enough for a mattress, a chest of drawers or several pieces of furniture at once, as long as no box is longer than 2 meters.
Truck S has a cargo body of 170 × 100 × 90 cm and carries up to 400 kg.
Truck M has a cargo body of 260 × 130 × 150 cm and carries up to 800 kg.
Read the first number carefully. If your longest box is up to 2 meters, a car or a pickup can take it. If it is longer than 2 meters, look at truck M: the body of truck S is shorter than the longest item a car takes.
If you bought furniture for a whole apartment in one go, compare the larger truck sizes in Dyna, pickup or truck.
The store's delivery or your own vehicle?
The store has its own delivery service. Ask about its price and the dates it offers at the store or on its website: they are set by the store, and they change.
Booking a vehicle yourself makes sense when you want the furniture today, when you bought only a few items, or when the store's dates do not suit you. Compare the two before you decide. With BeePlus you see the estimate in the app before you confirm.
How to book a vehicle to the store
Pay and collect your order first, so everything is ready at the pickup point.
In the BeePlus app, enter the store as the pickup address and your home as the destination, with the floor and door number.
Choose the vehicle by the two numbers you wrote down.
Look at the estimate and confirm. You can order for right now or book a time in advance.
Follow the driver on the map. A driver is found within 15 minutes on average and waits 10 minutes free of charge, so be at the pickup point with your boxes.
One thing to plan for: a car and a pickup do not take passengers, so you get home on your own. A truck has one passenger seat.
At the pickup point: check before you load
Count the packages against your receipt. One product is often several boxes, and it is easy to leave one behind.
Look at the corners of the boxes. If one is crushed, sort it out with the store before it leaves the building.
Leave the boxes sealed. Sealed boxes stack better and protect what is inside.
Keep the receipt with you, not in a box.
Loading, stairs and assembly
Loading. The driver can help load and unload; you choose this when booking, and the time it takes is part of the price. With a truck, the app suggests the number of loaders for the size you chose.
Stairs. If you select loaders, they carry heavy items up the stairs even where there is no elevator, and carrying to your floor is part of the time-based rate.
Assembly. Flat-pack furniture has to be put together. If you do not want to do it yourself, write to BeePlus support before the delivery: they will tell you whether a suitable specialist is available, for an additional charge.
Payment. In cash, after the job is done.
The same works for any furniture store
Everything above applies to any store where you buy furniture or appliances and take them away yourself: measure the longest piece, add up the weight, pick the vehicle, and enter the store as the pickup address.
For appliances add one rule: a fridge travels standing up. More on preparing appliances is in the moving checklist.
Before you go to the store
Find the length of the longest box and the total weight on the product pages or the labels.
Up to 2 meters and 200 kg: a car. Up to 2 meters and 600 kg: a pickup. Longer than 2 meters: truck M or larger. Check the width and the height as well.
Ask about the price and the dates of the store's own delivery.
Open the BeePlus app, enter the store and your home, and look at the estimate.
BeePlus is an independent app and is not affiliated with IKEA.
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