Anyone tried one of the "personal storage" warehouses, where you can
put belongings into storage?

* What's best to go for -- the more expensive personal storage firms
with custom-built warehouses and web sites or the cheaper local yellow
pages firm which offers storage?
* The actual containers or rooms you store stuff in -- how big are
they? Is it possible to cram stuff in to the roof and optimise the
available space?

* Costs -- how much for 8ft x 8ft container, for example?
* Preparation -- Does everything need bubblewrapping?

Tips from anyone who has gone down this road are welcomed...

Bruce

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Anyone tried one of the "personal storage" warehouses, where you can
put belongings into storage?

* What's best to go for -- the more expensive personal storage firms
with custom-built warehouses and web sites or the cheaper local yellow
pages firm which offers storage?
* The actual containers or rooms you store stuff in -- how big are
they? Is it possible to cram stuff in to the roof and optimise the
available space?

* Costs -- how much for 8ft x 8ft container, for example?


I had storage for about 4 months on a month by month basis. I think it was
about 6ft x 10ft and about 11ft high. I packaged everything right up to the
ceiling and managed to get most of my stuff in (2 bed house). Just had a
step ladder as the last thing to go in so if I needed anything I would be
able to unpack from the top. I think it cost about £100 a month including
insurance as I couldn't find anywhere else that would provide insurance.
With out insurance it would of cost about £90.

* Preparation -- Does everything need bubble?

Depends who is packing or unpacking it.


Tips from anyone who has gone down this road are welcomed...

Make sure you fill wardrobes/drawers once in position.



Bruce

Anyone tried one of the "personal storage" warehouses, where you can
put belongings into storage?
* What's best to go for -- the more expensive personal storage firms
with custom-built warehouses and web sites or the cheaper local yellow
pages firm which offers storage?
* The actual containers or rooms you store stuff in -- how big are
they? Is it possible to cram stuff in to the roof and optimise the
available space?
Tips from anyone who has gone down this road are welcomed...

We`ve got a container rented on the outskirts of Liverpool that costs us=20
about =A3180 for 3 months. Its a full size shipping container (not sure=20
what they are, but its something like 8 foot by 20 foot I think, perhaps=20
more) and we`ve got a lot of crap we should probably just ebay off - its=20
in there until we get the house decorated :-}

In our case, it was simply a case of loading the car up and throwing the=20
stuff in ourselves - we didn`t bother to wrap anything, and for the=20
majority of things (books / cds / videos etc) they just went into cheap=20
packs of stackable crates - 40+ of the damn things :-}

We did get prices for the more specialised storage places, but they were=20
incredibly expensive and relatively tiny - we just took a trip around the=
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local industrial estate and found a few places doing them a lot cheaper.

This might not be ideal if you wanted "secure" storage, and I have a=20
feeling ours is probably not insured, but you pays your money...

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