Used dining chairs in Edinburgh typically sell for £20 to £150 (about $27 to $200). Dining chairs sell as sets, and a set of six is worth far more than six chairs sold individually.
Selling dining chairs in Edinburgh
Edinburgh is a university and finance city whose population swells enormously every August for the festival, and that single month does more to move second-hand goods here than any other part of the year. Outside it, the Old and New Town tenement stock means most people live in flats and buy furniture to fit them.
August brings a large temporary population that arrives with things and leaves without them, and September brings the students. Between them the autumn is reliably the best time to buy here and a slower time to sell.
Check vehicle access before agreeing to collect anything heavy from the Old Town. Several streets are restricted or effectively impassable for a van, and the nearest legal stopping point can be a long carry.
Edinburgh, in Scotland, has around 530,000 people, which means a steady local market where the usual things move reliably and the unusual ones are worth listing with a wider radius in mind. Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in Edinburgh
Most private sales settle by bank transfer or cash on collection. Faster Payments clear in seconds, which makes a transfer as safe as cash for the seller — wait for it to land before the item leaves your hands.
What dining chairs are worth
What lifts the price
- Complete matched sets of four or six
- Recognised design and mid-century pieces
What pulls it down
- Wobbling joints that have worked loose
- Torn or stained seat pads
Working out what yours is worth
- Sit on each chair and check for wobble
- Photograph the set together
Getting it ready
- Tighten any accessible screws or bolts under the seat, and check the glides or feet are all present.
- Clean the seat pads and check underneath for a fire label if they are upholstered.
Photograph
- All the chairs together in one frame, so the set size and the match are obvious
- The seat and back where wear concentrates, including any fabric or leather damage
Put in the description
- How many chairs, and whether they are identical
- Frame material and seat covering
Collection. Four chairs fill a car and six generally will not, so tell the buyer the set dimensions in advance and let them arrange the right vehicle rather than making two trips.
Listing is free and there is no selling fee, so the whole amount the buyer pays stays with you. You and the buyer agree the handover between yourselves.
Same region (Scotland)
Common questions
Where can I sell dining chairs in Edinburgh?
Put it on WishThrift free and deal with the buyer direct. The Old Town is steep, cobbled and awkward for vehicles, with restricted access on several streets, so anything heavy needs a conversation about where a van can actually stop. Trams and buses cover the rest of the city and handle small handovers fine.
Are they all the same?
Answer precisely, because near-matching sets are worth much less. If two came from a different batch and the colour differs slightly, say so and photograph them side by side.
How much are dining chairs worth in Edinburgh?
Most used dining chairs change hands for £20 to £150 (about $27 to $200). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling dining chairs across the United Kingdom, what dining chairs are worth, everything second hand in Edinburgh, or Furniture in Edinburgh.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.