There are many reasons people use self-storage, but despite this, it’s a massively under-utilised tool that helps achieve a more organised life. You might wonder what the most common reasons people use self storage is, and whether any of them can work for you.
Home organisation is a hot topic lately (thanks Marie Kondo). The most on-trend thing you can do for your home is to have an organisation system that works with military precision. The type that has a place for everything, and everything stays in its place. In order to do this, you need to use storage both in and out of the home. External storage can be key in living a life without clutter.
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Reasons People Use Self Storage Units
Self storage units have so many great uses. I had to share the most popular uses to help you decide whether you could implement an organisation system that utilises self-storage to its full potential.
Moving Home
A house move is the most common reason people will use a storage unit for the short term. Often, it can be difficult to fully vacate a house in one day, but it still seems to be the expected norm when handing over the keys. Sometimes if you’re lucky, you can move between properties over the space of a couple of days, but it’s most likely you’ll need to be out of your old place and into your new place all on the same day.
To save time (and often stress), taking all of your non-essential items to a self storage unit is a great way to ensure you’ll be out in time when it comes to exchanging keys. If you can gut your house right down to the most basic essentials (towels, sofas, beds) and move everything into a storage unit, it can really take the pressure off on moving day.
You belongings will be kept safely out of the way, Now Storage self storage in Reading believe units should be secure with CCTV and accessible 7 days a week, so bear this in mind when choosing a self-storage company.
Renovations
Whether you’re building an extension, converting a loft, or just getting a new kitchen, all your stuff has to go somewhere. Lots of families can’t bear to live amongst the chaos and prefer to take anything unnecessary out of the way and put it into storage. That way, nothing spills into you living space, making the building work even more stressful.
Saving Items for a Later Date
Renting a self storage unit for the long-term is a great way to stay organised and keep track of items you don’t need all year round. For example, lots of families will keep their Christmas decorations in a storage unit they’re ready to put them up.
Another example is that parents often keep baby items for when they have more children. Cots and prams can take up a lot of space if they’re not being used, so popping them in a storage unit until they’re needed is a great way to hang onto expensive items that you don’t want to re-buy.
Students Between Properties During the Summer
Quite often, student accommodation doesn’t allow its residents to live there during the summer holidays. This can pose a problem for students who have their own belongings and are moving between year groups.
Instead of worrying about their possessions, or exclusively renting furnished places (no one wants to sleep on a mattress that has seen 20 years of students) they rent a storage unit over the summer. This means if their first property only allows them to stay until June, and their new property won’t let them move in until September, they can hang on to all the furniture they’ve acquired and any uni stuff they might need, without having to drag it across the country if they stay with their parents for the summer.
Do you use self storage for any other reasons? Let me know!
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