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What takes how long: delivery times
What sits in the warehouse and arrives in a week, what takes three months from Italy — and what it depends on.
The most common conversation in the showroom goes: “we need it by December.” It is August, so there is plenty of time. In December it turns out the sofa will arrive in March, because they only started making it when the deposit came in — and the deposit went out in October.
Three delivery scenarios
The difference is not the brand or the price, but where the goods physically are at the moment of ordering.
- 01 From a warehouse in Spain 5–10 days. This is how Baldocer, Nardi and part of the Peronda collections work. The item is in stock; the only question is logistics.
- 02 From the factory warehouse 4–8 weeks. A stock item, but it sits in Italy or Portugal. Most deliveries fall into this group.
- 03 Made to order 10–16 weeks. Furniture in your fabric, a kitchen to your dimensions, doors of non-standard height. The clock starts at the deposit, not at the conversation.
- 04 August A scenario of its own. Italian factories close for three or four weeks, so an order placed on the thirtieth of July goes into production in September.
What pushes the date
The first brake is sign-off: until the colour, the fabric or the handle finish is confirmed, the order hangs and the clock doesn’t run. The second is the surcharge for anything non-standard — it comes as a separate invoice, and production doesn’t start before it is paid. The third is the survey: if the dimensions were taken from the drawings rather than from the site, you will find out on site that the leaf is a centimetre wider than the opening.
The clock starts not when you decide, but when the factory has the money and the colour confirmed.
Lead times by category
| Category | Spanish warehouse | Factory warehouse | Made to order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porcelain | Spanish warehouse1–2 weeks | Factory warehouse4–6 weeks | Made to order— |
| Bathroom fittings | Spanish warehouse1–2 weeks | Factory warehouse5–7 weeks | Made to order10–12 weeks |
| Furniture | Spanish warehouse— | Factory warehouse6–8 weeks | Made to order12–16 weeks |
| Doors | Spanish warehouse— | Factory warehouse8–10 weeks | Made to order12–14 weeks |
How to plan backwards from a date
Take the date you need the result by and count backwards: two weeks for installation, one for delivery checks and storage, the production time from the table, two weeks for approvals and invoices. For made-to-order furniture by December, that means a signed specification at the end of July.
We keep a schedule like this for every project and warn you in advance rather than after the fact. It is the dull part of the job, and it is what decides whether you move in on time.
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