4 Crucial Things You Must Think About While Using a Self-Storage Unit

Do you feel that you need a little more space? You may not have to always buy a bigger house or bigger office, you can rent a self-storage facility. Self-storage industry is rapidly growing, and it allows you to rent rooms, containers, or lockers for a short or long term, depending upon your need and budget. Self-storage feature is available to both business and individuals to provide safety to their valuable items or assets.

Read the following sections to gain access to few tips that can help you to make most out of your storage space:

1. Plan and organize

If you are movingout or you have lot of items at your home/office and need more space, it’s always a good idea to properly plan how you want to store your items. Make a list of all the items you will be storing. Do not dump everything together because it would make it very difficult for you to find items when you need them. If you arrange them properly, you can accommodate more items in limited space.

• If you are an individual, you can use these storage units to stock your beddings, clothes, furniture, bicycles, books, crockery and other items.
• If you have a company, you can utilize the space to store your excess inventory, old and archived reports, business files, and other related items.

2. Select the right self-storage facility

Before finalising the storage unit, check if they offer climate control self-storage units. With the change in weather conditions, your items need protection against heavy rains to blistering summers. Such fluctuating weather conditions may cause serious damage to your items.

3. Safety and security of your items

Ensure the rented space is secured by your lock and key or digital locking mechanism. Ensure that employees at the self-storage facility do not have access to your items. Check for proper security arrangements to avoid your items getting lost or stolen. Out of sight is out of mind. Make sure you plan regular visits to your storage units to check your items to ensure that your items are safe and have not been touched or used. Expose them to natural sunlight (beddings, clothes or furniture) to ensure they are not damaged. Check with the storage unit about features like CCTV cameras, electronic gates, onsite managers and others.

4. Correct packaging

Use good, spacious, and strong boxes to pack your items. Do not stuff them with a lot of items. Properly label the boxes to make it easy for you to find your things when you need them. This will avoid you opening every box. That also ensures the boxes are handled with proper care if they contain fragile items.

With increasing population and decreasing availability of space, it is a great idea to rent out storage space to de-clutter your house or office area.It is a smart decision to keep the items you do not use daily in separate self-storage units to have enough recreational space for you and people who matter to you.

Self-storage industry is gaining popularity in almost all countries across the globe and they are helping people keep their items safe and organized. You can store almost everything or anything starting from items to furniture, bicycles, crockery, business related documents, clothes and other things. Just ensure you always clean your items and take care of proper packing before you store them.

Author Bio: Samantha Jones works for a private company which offers rental self-storage units in Quezon City. She is adept at managing secure storage units. She is a keen writer and her blogs always share tips about how to get the best and most self-storage facility for rent.

Jason works as a senior consultant at a leading multinational company in Manila. He shifted to Manila from Singapore in 2000. He loves to write in his free time. Jason has travelled to various destinations but loves Manila more than any other city in