It is likely that you can unscrew the legs and remove them yourself - save some money ... IF you have help getting the sofa upstairs. If, however, you can get back what you paid for it right away, I'd suggest you consider doing that and start shopping for other seating.

I knew someone who had their sofa frame cut in half, then repaired, to get it in the house. It was a $$$$ sofa.

Good luck selling it. Where I live there is no market for used furniture at all.

First off: a good finish carpenter can remove and replace the legs....however, I think $500.00 is high. I don't think I would take off the front of the sofa.

Do you have a second floor deck/porch? My husband and his buddies (long, long time ago), raised a heavy armoire up and over the second floor porch railing...successfully. Phew!

I think I would, in your position, take the $2500.00 offer and call it a wash. Then investigate a modular sofa like this one from Burrow. You will have change in your pocket.

https://burrow.com/nomad-leather/sofa?sku=NLSF-TN-3-MD-DW&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIrOvAhrOJ8wIVoQiICR2d8wZXEAQYDCABEgLaE_D_BwE

@suezbell is giving you good advice.

Look at the legs of the sofa. If you or someone in your family can't unscrew them fairly easily, maybe the local handyman can do it for way less than $500.

The furniture repair guy is charging you for his time in this case. He has to drive out to your house, take the legs off, get the sofa upstairs (so he presumably needs to pay a helper for their time too) and then put the legs back on and drive back to his shop.

That sofa does not have removable legs on it. Those legs are integral to the frame and will have to be cut off and reattached. Or I would be very surprised if they were not.

how much do you love the sofa?

getting full price from craigslist for it probably won't happen. (you can try, but people want deals on there. try offer up too)

So if you have to take a drop in price to sell it, would it be worth it to you to keep it and pay the money to have it moved upstairs?

will the guy do it for 400 cash? doesn't hurt to ask.

either way, you're going to have to cough up some money.

If you do sell it, will the next sofa you buy have the same issue? would you have to find one w/removeable legs?

Look at Article sofas. I have the Sven and the legs do unscrew.

https://www.article.com/product/15201/sven-charme-chocolat-sofa

they come in many colors, even a dark one like you have.

Only you can answer these questions.

So yes the website person did say the front legs can be unscrewed but back is bolted to frame. The repair guy did say he will try to move it up without any repairs first,then try legs and then the frame.

And I do have a porch but would moving it through the porch door be cheap though? I can investigate a bit..

I am considering selling the break even but I guess the deal i got was really good so I was thinking getting similar quality might be kinda pricey. If its the legs maybe not that bad? I don't really have anyone here to help besides checking Craigslist I guess..

No way to get it in a window? Many houses either have a window that furniture can be brought in or have to take sashes out to get furniture upstairs. We are going to have to rent a scissor lift to get some of our furniture where it belongs, or wrap it and hoist it up the outside of the house.

@elcieg so it looks interesting seems i get boxes of each individual section of leather sofa then I put it together? That definitely would fit. The nomad sectional i saw would run 3k which is essentially a wash if I were to pay 4-500 for the work. I guess if it comes down to that is the construction quality and leather same as the one I have?

@Beth he said 4-500 and I think 400 is if he were to do the legs and 500 if it were the front frame. He will try just move it first. I think because thenmsrp was 5000 and I got it for 2500 I felt its pretty good deal for top grain leather and pretty decent construction as well.

@palimpsest yeah I can check that but if I need to rent that machine plus people to move it It sounds close to 500 after all said and done. I can try do some research... I do have a deck with normal size door which I think the sofa can come through since it did my main entrance door.

Hire the furniture guy to get it upstairs. DONE! Is this how you want to spend your time?

Are you in your forever home? Or are you likely to have to jump through hoops to get it out in a few years....and fight the same battle moving in somewhere else? If you aren't staying put, and can break even, I'd do that and start looking for something different.

I agree with those that say take the offer and start looking. You’ve learned a big lesson - not all furniture fits in all houses. Sectionals have versatility AND — smaller pieces can get in most homes. Go shopping with measurements of your doors and stairwell (or elevator) and get another beautiful sofa.

@L.D.johnson this may not be forever home since my dream is single family home and this is townhouse. However, since I just bought this place and if I do sell it later I don't see myself wanting to move this out. The new buyer can..

This is a bit off topic, but I want to say that you are handling this very well. I have been in furniture stores twice where there is a customer berating the staff because the furniture is too big to get up the stairs or to fit in an elevator and demanding that the store "do something" about it or pay for the fee to hoist the sofa up on the bottom of the elevator. And woe betide the sales person who pointed out that it was the client's responsibility to make sure the furniture would fit in their own house.

If you're shopping for another sofa or alternate seating, be wary of sectionals as their size limits placement options and if any part of it gets stained or damaged, look how much costly seating you would need to replace at one time.

If the legs will not screw off and you decide you need to cut them off to get the sofa upstairs, then, instead of paying hundreds to replace them (if you cannot repair them yourself), you might consider replacing the legs with heavy duty wheels such as are intended for tool boxes -- easier to move it around in your home. Some are better for hardwood floors than others and some will roll on carpet better than others.

So that was a quick 10 minute fix. The repair guy came and they took out the stair railing and got it up no problem...did cost 300 but gladly paid for it since no alterations needed to move up.

Good news!