Furniture Delivery in Ann Arbor & Ypsilanti, MI

From Romulus to Washtenaw County

Our warehouse sits at 6345 Beverly Plaza in Romulus, right by the I-94 and I-275 interchange. Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti are a straight shot west on I-94, and depending on where in town you live and what traffic is doing, the drive runs roughly 25 to 35 minutes. Ypsilanti is the closer of the two. Most of Ann Arbor is reached from the I-94 exits on the south side of town or by way of US-23, and M-14 covers the north side.

That distance matters in two ways. First, it is part of the delivery quote, so an Ann Arbor address will price differently from one in Romulus or Taylor. Second, it makes warehouse pickup a reasonable option if you or a friend has a truck. Pickup works for in-stock items: bring the vehicle, straps and blankets, and our staff will help load. Call ahead so you are not making a half-hour drive for something that sold that morning.

One honest note: a mattress, a dresser or a sofa does not belong on a roof rack on I-94. If your only vehicle is a small car, delivery is the safer call.

Rentals, Walk-Ups and Old Houses

With the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, a large share of the housing near both campuses is rental. That shapes delivery more than anything else here. The common situations we plan for:

Older houses split into apartments

Many of the houses close to both campuses are older homes that have been divided into several units. The upstairs unit is often reached by a narrow interior stair or an exterior stair added later, frequently with a tight turn at the top. These are the deliveries where a full-size sofa causes trouble. Interior doors in older houses also tend to run narrower than modern ones, and plaster walls do not forgive a bumped corner.

Walk-up apartment buildings

Two- and three-story walk-up buildings are common in both cities. Stairwells are usually straight runs with landings, which is easier than a winding house stair, but every landing is a turn, and some stairwells have railings that cut the usable width by a few inches.

Downtown and near-campus apartment buildings

Newer mid-rise and high-rise apartment buildings in downtown Ann Arbor and near campus usually have elevators, and many have rules about using them: reservation windows, required pads, set delivery hours and a specific loading area. Street parking downtown is limited, so where the truck can stop is a real question. The building manager has the answers, and we need them before we schedule.

Single-family neighborhoods

Away from campus, both cities have plenty of mid-century ranches, colonials and newer subdivisions, especially toward the edges of town and into the surrounding townships. These deliveries look much like anywhere else in our area: check the front door, the hallway and any basement stair.

Planning Around Late-Summer Move-In

Many leases in college towns turn over in late summer, and Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti are no exception. That means a lot of people need a bed, a desk and a couch in the same few weeks, often for a unit they have never measured.

• Get the keys first, then schedule. A delivery booked for a day when the unit is still being cleaned or the previous tenant has not left does not work for anyone.
• Buy earlier if you can. If you know what you want, buying ahead and picking a delivery day a few days after move-in is easier than calling the week everyone else does.
• Ask the landlord what is staying. Some units come furnished or partly furnished. There is no point in delivering a bed frame into a room that already has one.
• Know the building’s move-in rules. Buildings with elevators often limit move-in slots during busy weeks. Book yours and tell us the window.

Ann Arbor & Ypsilanti Delivery Checklist

1. Measure the narrowest point of the whole path. In a split house that is usually the stair turn or the door at the top, not the front door.
2. Check ceiling height over the stairs. Older stairways often have a low ceiling or a beam over the turn, which blocks a sofa from being stood on end.
3. Know your sofa’s diagonal depth. It decides whether the sofa can be tipped through a narrow door. Our measuring guide shows how to take it, and the Will It Fit? tool does the math.
4. Get the building rules in writing. Elevator reservation times, pad requirements, loading area, delivery hours and any contact at the front desk.
5. Tell us where the truck can stop. A driveway, an alley, a loading zone or a stretch of street. If parking is restricted, say so.
6. Plan for someone 18 or older to be home. They direct placement and sign. With roommates, decide ahead of time who that is.
7. Clear the path. Bikes in the stairwell, shoes on the landing and a hallway rug all slow a crew carrying a dresser.
8. Inspect before you sign. Open drawers, look at corners and note any damage on the paperwork itself.

The Guides Most Useful Here

Many people in Washtenaw County are furnishing an apartment, a first place or a home office, so these are the guides worth reading first:

• Small-space furniture — apartment-scale sofas, storage beds and pieces that come apart for stairs.
• Will it fit? — the measuring guide, with stair-turn and doorway numbers.
• Mattress buying guide — sizes, firmness and what fits up a narrow stair.
• Home office furniture — desks and chairs for studying or remote work in a bedroom corner.
• Bedroom furniture — frames, dressers and how much floor space they really take.
• Best time to buy — useful if you are planning ahead of a lease date.

If you are a homeowner rather than a renter, the living room and dining room guides are the better starting point.

Scheduling and Quoting

Call us at (734) 444-7277 with your address and the items you are buying. We quote delivery per address and per item, so the quote reflects the drive from Romulus and what it takes to get the pieces inside. Tell us on that call about walk-ups, elevator reservations, loading rules or a tight stair, because those details shape the plan.

Delivery days follow our store schedule, Wednesday through Sunday. If certain days are impossible because of classes, work or a building’s move-in rules, tell us and we will work from there. The general process, including what to check on delivery day, is on our Southeast Michigan delivery page. If you live just east of Ypsilanti toward I-275, our Belleville & Van Buren and Canton & Plymouth pages may also be relevant.

Anything you buy through our Amazon or Walmart listings is shipped by those retailers on their own schedule, not by our trucks.

Frequently Asked Questions

Other Areas We Deliver

We deliver from the same Romulus warehouse across Wayne, Monroe, Washtenaw and southern Oakland counties. Each of these pages covers the roads, the housing and the measuring quirks for that area. The full list of communities and ZIP codes is on our delivery and service area page.

• Belleville & Van Buren, MI48111
• Canton & Plymouth48187, 48188, 48170
• Dearborn & Dearborn Heights48120, 48124, 48126, 48128…
• Detroit, MI48201, 48202, 48207, 48209…
• Downriver, MI48146, 48195, 48192, 48101…
• Livonia & Garden City, MI48150, 48152, 48154, 48135
• Monroe & Newport, MI48161, 48162, 48166
• Taylor, MI48180
• Westland, MI48185, 48186
• Michigan & BeyondRest of Michigan & nearby Ohio