Specialist storage solutions

Self storage for your loved ones’ ashes

By Antony on January 6th, 2011 | No Comments

Self storage for your loved ones' ashes

There are no legal restrictions about where you can put cremated remains or ashes (or ‘cremains’). Some end up in self storage units. This solution may not always be as heartless as it sounds. But it can have unwelcome outcomes…

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Happy New Year! How self storage can help you fulfil your resolutions

By Antony on December 30th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Happy New Year! How self storage can help you fulfil your resolutions

This is the time of year when we boldly plan how to sort out our lives and turn over a new leaf. Are possessions a stumbling block? Clear the path to a brighter future by putting them into self storage!

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Mobile self storage: bringing self storage to you

By Antony on December 19th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Mobile self storage: bringing self storage to you

So you’ve rented your self storage unit in a self storage facility. Now you have to cart your stuff to your car or van, load it up, drive to the unit and unload it. Is there is an easier way? Yes! With mobile self storage your unit comes to you.

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Boat storage: the Boatel and dry stacks

By Antony on November 17th, 2010 | 4 Comments

Boat storage: the Boatel and dry stacks

When I was in the USA in the 1990s I visited the Lynnhaven Marine Boatel and was impressed by this ingenious solution to a problem. Then disaster struck…

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The Storage.co.uk Award for Thinking Outside the Box

By Antony on November 2nd, 2010 | 1 Comment

The Storage.co.uk Award for Thinking Outside the Box

“Awarded for an innovation which has changed any aspect of self storage, making it more efficient for customers or taking it in new directions.” Here are the results…

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uShip.com: A cheaper form of self storage transport

By Angus on September 23rd, 2010 | No Comments

uShip.com: A cheaper form of self storage transport

Moving stuff around can be expensive so uShip.com have come up with a way of making it much cheaper.  Their model, based around the Internet, allows people with vans to bid for jobs to move loads.  As a middle man they take only a small cut, typically about 6%, which is charged to the van […]

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Removals Storage vs Self Storage

By Antony on September 19th, 2010 | 9 Comments

Removals Storage vs Self Storage

If you are moving house, but need to store your possessions between houses, should you choose the storage offered to you by the removals company, or self storage?

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Cheap self storage alternative: buy a van?

By Harry on September 16th, 2010 | 3 Comments

Cheap self storage alternative: buy a van?

Storage.co.uk asked: Could it be cheaper to buy a van to use for storage instead of renting a storage unit? We were able to find a 10 year old small-wheel-base Ford Transit van, with MOT and in good condition, for £575.

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Self storage offices

By Antony on August 31st, 2010 | 2 Comments

Self storage offices

An increasing number of the larger self storage companies are including offices-for-rent in their new-build facilities. And many customers are satisfied.

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Freedom of Information Blog: What do museums and galleries do about storage?

By David on August 15th, 2010 | No Comments

Freedom of Information Blog: What do museums and galleries do about storage?

Most museums and galleries don’t have enough storage space to hold all the thousands of objects that they own. So what do they do with the rest? Storage.co.uk recently submitted a series of Freedom of Information Act requests in order to find out. In all, ten major cultural collections were sent the three questions below […]

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