Storage.co.uk recently sent out a brief survey to every self storage centre in the United Kingdom, attempting to gain some insight into the outlook for the industry next year. The responses were surprisingly upbeat.
Can you keep paintings in self storage? The answer is yes, but not just anywhere ‒ and with some precautions.
Classic, vintage and veteran cars are treasured possessions, and they cry out for special care. When not in use, they need to be stored somewhere ‒ and the garage at home may not be good enough. Enter the specialists in car storage, some of whom come from the self storage industry.
People use self storage units for all kinds of purposes. However, for a small minority, self storage provides the unlikely location for romantic trysts.
How to be more environmentally friendly is a challenge facing all businesses these days, not just us in the storage industry. Daniel Beer of The Store Room, whose Manchester self storage site were the winners of the storage.co.uk environmental awareness award, explains what his company has been doing to try and keep things green.
It’s no secret that the private, clandestine nature of self storage means it can sometimes present criminals with the perfect cover for getting up to no good.
Twelve jokes on a self storage theme ‒ in the unique and cherished style of the British Christmas Cracker Joke. Print them, cut them out, and feed them into your crackers to delight your self storage friends!
Andy Vaillant is an employee at the Wimbledon branch of Henfield Self Storage, which contains about 800 self storage units. This storage centre is interesting because it used to be a very large car repair facility: in order to convert the building to self storage the owners gutted it and purpose-built storage units inside.
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.
A fire during the night 6 November 2010 at Abacus Self Store, Burscough, West Lancashire, resulted in the loss of a large number of units, and numerous clients’ possessions. It was a timely reminder that such things can and do happen: all users of self storage should be fully aware of the risks.
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