Manchester Council have a free large item removal service (up to 3 items, once per year). Maybe Stockport has a similar service.

If it has fire tags on it maybe your local hospice would collect it. That's what I did with my two settees recently and they managed to sell them.

I have a feeling that Stockport charges for such things (the tight-fisted b*st*rds.
I'll check, of course, but even then we have quite a job to carry them down 11 steps at the front of our house.

We will be taking delivery of a new sofa and chair to replace our two old sofas (a two-seater and a three-seater) and, of course, now need to dispose of the old ones somehow.

The sellers of our new units kindly provide a collection and disposal service of £98!, so we are, of course, considering other options.

We have found charities, such as the British Heart Foundation, and there has also been some interest locally from individuals. Unfortunately, we have eleven steps up to the front of our house, so I don't think we'll get many takers when all is considered. Charities are not accepting anything until after the end of the month.

We may be lucky and find someone to take these away, but at the moment this isn't looking too promising.

Consequently, I am looking forward to ripping off all the coverings and sawing up the frames (I have a reciprocating saw), then piling all the bits into the back of our car (a hatchback, fortunately) and taking several trips to the tip! I think it will be possible to reduce the whole into small enough pieces to fit into the car - I hope!

I wonder whether anyone has ever done this - sawn up furniture like this - and might like to offer any advice.

I've done that in the past. I found the metal springs murder to get through though. I ended up hiring a big pair of bolt cutters from the tool rental place in Ipswich. A BIG pair.

Even the wood frames were tough as old boots. I ended up using our chainsaw.

BTW - taking off the covering ism no end of phun too. Twenty million staples to deal with - well I exaggerate slightly but there's certainly lots and getting them out is defo a screwdriver job!

Fly tipping is best especially if you can get a neighbour's old envelope and stuff it in the sofa so they get the heat when its discovered by the council investigating who dumped it!

Removal of bulky household items ,the council where I live charges £30 for the first item the £5 for each following item.

Now if you had a pikey site nearby then a couple of tenners in cash and it would be history.