Moving Tips

Storage options for your home

There are a few ways in which you can store your belongings when moving house.


Containerised Storage

Containerisation is the modern form of storage for household goods - clean, secure and ideal for long-term situations, as all goods are loaded into containers either at your residence or at store and everything remains sealed from that moment until the day it is returned.

It's very simple. Normally a vehicle purpose made for carrying wooden containers will arrive at your house. An inventory will be made of the items being stored as they are being loaded into the containers creating a separate inventory per container. All furniture and effects will be protected whilst being professionally packed into containers, which are then sealed and taken back to our secured containerised warehouse to be systematically placed by our trained operative.

Your goods will remain untouched in the sealed container until you want them back, when the containers can be fork-lifted onto the removal vehicle for delivery. This system involves minimal handling, whilst still ensuring that your furniture and effects are safely stored.


Self-Storage

Self-storage offers both personal and business users a storage solution that they can basically control themselves. Self-storage allows you to rent storage space where you can keep goods and belongings in specialist facilities.

Recognizing that many consumers and businesses need more control over what, where, when and how they store, our self-storage service provides a cost-effective, flexible and secure storage alternative. The self-storage space you rent will be self-contained and fully enclosed and can vary in size according to your specific needs - you could be looking at as small a space as a closet through to a unit big enough to store your boat, the entire contents of your house or extensive business archives.

This is an incredibly flexible storage alternative. You can choose to store more or less anything you like in the space size that you choose for as long or as short a time as necessary. Self-storage allows you to access your storage space free of charge at any time (subject to opening times) which not only means that you can easily access what you have stored but that you can take parts of it out of storage and replace it with other items with no hassle, no waiting and no additional cost. You can even quickly increase or decrease the size of storage space you use according to changing needs.

Self-storage is also a secure solution to storage needs. In most cases, the storage unit you hire can only be accessed by yourself - you'll be the only authorized key holder, although you can generally nominate further key holders if you wish. In most cases, you'll be expected to provide your own lock for your space - giving you an extra guarantee of security. In addition, our self-storage services will have a range of their own security measures in place - these can include CCTV, guards and alarm systems.