Musings on the joys of moving house and creating a home

Month July 2012

Tips for Packing a Storage Container

The benefits of using a portable storage container are practically limitless. These storage units can be delivered to your home and parked in an area that is beneficial to you. You can then begin to pack any and all of your unused belongings into it. The top two benefits to having a portable storage unit is the price and the convenience.

When is 1p more expensive than 10 pounds?

Amongst my many emails I recently spotted one advertising self-storage for just 1p. You just have to open up and take a look at an email with that sort of title (well you do if you are like me and like a bargain). I’m still hoping to move house soon so I know that I will need a self-storage unit in the not too distant future. But not surprisingly as most things that seem too good to be true it was too good an offer to be true.

How to Store Antiques in a Self Storage Unit

Antiques are inherently delicate due to their age, and therefore should be treated with extra care when packing and storing these timeless pieces of history. A self storage unit is the perfect place to keep these classic belongings, maintaining their value and integrity in a clean, secure environment. Here is a list of tips to follow to ensure your antiques stay in pristine condition during packing, transport, and storage…

Fire Hazards at Self-Storage Facilities

When renting a self storage unit we tend to worry about general security ‐ have the storage units got good, solid locks, does the site have controlled access, fencing, even security guards. We might also worry about damp or other damage if our storage container is housed outside but we rarely worry about fire. Of course, there are restrictions on what can be stored in a public storage unit ‐ flammable products are not allowed but many of us are unaware of what products are actually flammable. Yet many of the products we use in our homes and gardens are flammable. But how do we identify which ones they are?

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