Vitra Eames Lounge from £1,600. Eames Soft Pad £300. Aeron Remastered £250. Embody £200. Aeron £180. Steelcase Gesture £150. Bundle them in one pickup, BACS within 3 working days.
What we mean by "designer" is the chairs that designers actually specified, by the manufacturers that take design seriously: Vitra, Herman Miller, Steelcase's top-tier, Knoll, Cassina. Studios, agencies, and design-led professional services firms tend to have a mix — a Vitra Lounge in the partner office, four Soft Pads around the boardroom table, twelve ID Chairs across the floor, eight Aerons in the staff area. We buy all of it in one pickup.
Per chair, Grade A, on collection. Authenticated against manufacturer marks before booking.
Designer chairs sell to design-aware buyers. That sounds tautological but it is the practical reason the resale prices look the way they do. An authenticated Vitra Eames Lounge resells to interior designers, architects, and design-aware home buyers who know what they are paying £4,000–£8,000 for and would not be confused by a £600 replica. A premium task chair like the Aeron Remastered resells to a different but adjacent buyer pool — designers, architects, and creative professionals refitting home offices to a higher spec than IKEA.
What this means for you: designer-led estates command better-than-average buyback rates, but only when the chairs are authentic. We authenticate every Vitra, Knoll, and Cassina piece before booking. For Herman Miller / Steelcase the authentication is essentially "is this what it claims to be" — much simpler.
Studios and agencies often clear chairs around moves, downsizes, or hybrid-working layout changes. We work to your dates, handshake with your move co-ordinator, and pay BACS within 3 working days of the last pickup. The compliance pack (waste transfer notes, ESG report, photo log) lands in your inbox within 5 working days — useful for the agency's own sustainability messaging if relevant.
Chairs from the manufacturers serious designers actually specify — Vitra (Eames Lounge, Soft Pad, ID Chair), Herman Miller (Aeron, Aeron Remastered, Embody), Steelcase (Gesture), Knoll, Cassina. We exclude generic "executive leather" and unbranded high-back chairs from this category — they are usually not designer in any meaningful sense and we cover them on /sell-executive-office-chairs instead.
Not always. The Aeron Remastered (£250) is both designer and ergonomic — top of both categories. The Eames Lounge (£1,600+) is designer but not ergonomic. The Steelcase Leap V2 (£100) is ergonomic but not really designer. Where a chair sits depends on the resale market that wants it: design-aware buyers pay for Eames; ergonomically-aware buyers pay for Aeron Remastered.
Yes, every time. The Vitra-licensed Eames Lounge has a different commercial value (£4,000–£8,000 refurbished) to the dozens of replicas (£400–£1,200). We check Vitra plaques, manufacturer marks, seven-ply shells, and veneer patterns before quoting. Send us photos of the underside and joint detail — authentication takes 30 minutes.
You should expect honest prices for what you actually have. A design-led office often has a mix: a few high-value pieces (Eames Lounge, Soft Pads in the boardroom, a couple of Aeron Remastereds in the partner offices) bundled with lower-value pieces (ID Chairs, generic mesh task chairs in the staff area). The high-value pieces drive the BACS; the rest add a useful tail.
Yes — design studios are some of our most regular sellers. Common shape: studio closes / downsizes / moves, 1 Eames Lounge + 4 Soft Pad meeting chairs + 12 ID Chairs + 8 Aerons in one pickup. Single point of contact, BACS within 3 working days.
Eames Lounges yes. Other designer lounge / soft seating (Vitra Polder Sofa, B&B Italia, Cassina) we will quote on individually but tend to refer to a partner who specialises in soft seating. Ask first — we will be honest if it is not for us.
We've spent fifteen years buying chairs and clearing offices for FM teams who needed it gone yesterday. We've sanded the friction off this process.
Paid out to UK businesses to date. BACS within 3 working days of collection — often same-day on smaller jobs. No invoicing hoops, no 60-day terms.
We pack, we lift, we load, we leave. Your FM team gets photos for their records, and a single line on a P&L. That's the whole job.
Refurbished and resold, or stripped for parts. Nothing fit for use ever sees a skip. ESG report-ready, weight + CO₂e figures included.
Most quotes are confirmed within an hour. Most collections happen the same week. The whole thing should feel easy — that's the point.
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Anywhere in mainland UK. Single van or full clearance crew — we do all the lifting.
BACS within 3 working days of collection — often same-day on smaller jobs. Final quote confirmed against photos.
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