Whilst self storage is an excellent, tried and tested route for keeping your belongings safe, some will want to scope out other options that might suit a small number of items or have very flexible arrangements. Here is an overview of some of these: Friends Assuming you have friends, or at least friends with whom […more]
Storage units make themselves present under all sorts of circumstances, and finding the one that suits you demands slighter deeper research than simply calling up the storage units near your area. Depending on how they have been designed and arranged, storage centres can vary in their accessibility, and what is a benefit for one person […more]
It had to happen eventually – here is our rundown of some of the bizarre things that people have kept in storage. All of this to our knowledge is completely real. 10. Space rocket – this one, like so many of these discoveries, came up in a unit that was auctioned of. As well as a […more]
Self storage is ideal for businesses who have run out of spare desk space to put things down on, extra cupboards to leisurely fill up, secret corners in which to stash products. A thoroughly decluttered and reorganised working environment will get everything running smoother, restore employees’ pride in the company, and get fewer disconcerting remarks […more]
Congratulations storage auction winner – you have acquired this huge box of goods ready for pilfering, reusing, recycling and selling off. The downside is that people don’t keep their local storage units in the most amazing condition, over time they have come to represent a rather sorry state with scraps of rubbish on the floor […more]
This article focuses less on what you are putting into storage, or how and where you are going to store something, and more on YOU – making the storage process a lot more practical and comfortable for you. As a seasoned storage veteran, you have probably found that lack of planning has been your downfall […more]
When winter comes you probably won’t find yourself hankering for a ride around on your motorcycle. Unfortunately your bike might disagree, as keeping it still in the freezing cold for several months isn’t really what the machine was built for. The most sensible thing is to store it indoors, where foremost it is going to […more]
Wine is probably one of the commonest consumer items we buy with a view for using it later than the day it was purchased. OK, there’s been many an occasion where a trip to the shops for a quick cheap bottle of plonk to accompany a last minute dinner date has been perfectly acceptable, but […more]
Back when the Earth was young, mankind had fewer possessions, and if he did have somewhere to offload extra items, he’d probably find a resourceful solution. There are citations across the web that there was a practice resembling modern self storage in ancient China for crop storage, with units hired out to separate farmers. Consumerism was slow […more]
We had a look in a previous article at how businesses have been thinking outside the box (or storage unit) when it comes to making the most of the empty warehouse space that can be granted when they make use of self storage units near them. They have found that what may have once been a repository […more]