Buying, selling and donating second-hand furniture

Leaving Hong Kong? or just fancy a furniture upgrade? Let us take away some of the hassle with our list of the best places to buy, sell and donate second-hand furniture in Hong Kong.

Buying and selling:

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Second Hand Furniture, Hong Kong — Source: Tom Dixon

Browse hundreds of classified ads for second-hand furniture and everything on this popular website, which sells all sorts of home furnishings and appliances as well as property, cars and boats. Real treasures have been found in the past including an unwanted Tom Dixon dining table and an Orla Kiely coffee table.

Sign up and add your own classified for home furnishing to appliances. Happy hunters will be claiming your secondhand items in no time. And it’s up to them to arrange how the piece will be collected, just make sure you’re home.

GoGreenShop

An eco-friendly online platform offering pre-loved, upcycled, and green household items. Their ever-changing range of products includes couches, display cabinets, bed frames, workspace products, and furniture for children and the outdoors.

2nd Chance

Brainchild of a husband and wife team, Hong Kong’s largest second hand furniture store features lovely restored pieces in great condition. Their huge warehouse in Tuen Mun houses products from Indigo, TREE, Tequila Kola, and more at reduced prices. Definitely several steps up from your average thrift store.

The shop also purchases all types of home furnishings and accessories. Just email in clear and recent images of the item along with dimensions and the brand and they’ll get back to you with a cash quote. Schedule in collection (11.30am-5.30pm excluding Wednesdays and Sundays) and your goods will be gone in no time.

The warehouse is located in Unit 14, 2/F, Kind Fat Industrial Centre, 13 Kin Fat Street, Tuen Mun. Call 2496 1222 for more information.

HAPPYSHOP

HAPPYSHOP seeks to change outdated perceptions of second-hand goods by encouraging the public to reuse local community resources and reduce wastage. Aside from selling pieces, they also offer delivery, assembly and restoration services.

Donating:

Crossroads Foundation

If your furniture is still in good shape, and you’re not fussed about selling it on, then why not donate. Crossroads have been facilitating donated goods in Hong Kong since 1995. Their online service is quick and efficient, taking the items you don’t want and redistributes them to people in need, both locally and internationally. Simply take a photo, describe the item, submit online for a live review and arrange transport. You’ll be rewarded by knowing that what you no longer want is being put to good use.

Crossroads Village, 2 Castle Peak Road, Gold Coast, Tuen Mun, 2984 9309

Remar Hong Kong

This Christian charity organisation works for the rehabilitation and reinsertion into society of drug addicts, alcoholics, the homeless and the needy. It accepts secondhand furniture and appliances, which it will collect from your home for a small donation.

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