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What is Self Storage?

Self Storage is a relatively new way of storing your belongings and is fast proving to be a popular solution for business and personal storage solutions.
In its basic form self storage is renting a room/space from a self storage company. Before self storage the main way to store your items was to contract a removal and storage company to come and collect the items to be stored from you home or business, they would then take these items and store them in their warehouse(depository).
Unfortunately if you required access to your items in store this would been advance notice to the removal company because they would have to find your items and bring them to the front of their warehouse to be able to access the items.

Different types of self storage

Rooms
Large warehouses, either purpose built or adapted old warehouse are divided up into various sized rooms. You may find that you have to use a lift to gain access to upper floors and walk down corridors to reach your storage unit/room. Very clean and located inside a building. Usually you will have a large selection of room sizes ranging anything from a locker, room big enough for a 4 bed house to a warehouse. You simply put your items within the room, lock with a padlock (you may have to purchase this) and visit when ever you want. Check opening hours and security systems used to make sure that you can gain access when you like.

Containers
Not to be confused with the wooden containers removal companies use, these are 10ft, 20ft or 40ft sea shipping containers placed in an open secure space. Water tight and sealed but do have ventilation to prevent condensation. This type of storage is perfect to drive right up to the container and unload straight into. Not as many options regarding sizes available but a lot less time carrying your items.

Lock ups
Not as common in the UK as in America but can still be found. These prefabricated buildings are situated in a yard and much like the steel containers can be driven up to. Very useful for business and holding stock.

Mobile Self Storage
A twist on the convenient traditional wooden container storage used by removal companies and the flexibility of loading the unit your self. A trailer or pod is delivered to your door. You can then load this at your leisure. When full the mobile storage company will collect from you and store the wooden containers that sit inside the trailers. Regular access is not as easy as the wooden containers are stacked on top of each other in the warehouse.
Expanding the mobile self storage idea a little further some companies now allow you to move using a similar method, a large de-mountable body (van body) is left at your home, you load this and the companies picks it up a delivers to your new address for you to unload, Van hire without the van.

Where can I find Storage units

Helpineedstorage.com will help you find your nearest self storage facility quickly offering company information, a map of the location of the self storage facility and contact details. We also offer a free of charge quote request form in which you can fill out your details and this is forwarded to the nearest self storage companies for a no obligation quotation and allow them to inform you of any special offers.(As a thank you for requesting a quote we will give you 10% off any packaging purchases)

So whether you are moving house, de-cluttering, decorating, having work carried out on your house or just own weird and wonderful things you need to keep somewhere, self storage will work for you.

Search for storage locations near to you and look out for the special offers, type of storage company and opening hours.

 


Most popular Storage uses

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