It is easy enough to find psychological research into compulsive hoarding, and analysis of the mental benefits decluttering and spring cleaning bring. However, having been neglected, self storage now calls for similar academic attention. Any volunteers?
According to a recent report from one of the large self storage companies, their average customers have increased the amount of time they lease their storage unit for from 15 to 18 months.
We want to build up a good collection of storage anecdotes, so please add your own through the Comment Box (“Leave a Reply”) at the foot of the page. Here are ten to kick off with. Later we can restructure the anecdotes under various topics, using the best of your submissions.
The US has an enormous self storage industry with about 45,000 facilities compared to the UK’s 1200. This is because self storage has been established in America for a lot longer with their national Self Storage Association having been formed in 1975.
Lock-up garages (or “lugs”, as they are sometimes called) can be the cheapest kind of self storage available. They also have a dodgy reputation, but it that really deserved?
The self storage industry has a surprisingly intimate connection with personal relationships. It is there to help when a couple comes together and chooses to make two houses into one; to save the relationship in clashes over excessive hoarding and/or tidiness; and to provide shelter to the possessions of the ejected partner when divorce strikes.
Need more space for your business? You could always move into larger premises. But stop! Have you thought of self storage? It could be cheaper, more flexible, and more secure, as many businesses have discovered.
Storage boxes are what most people use to store their stuff in self storage units. Plain cardboard boxes – it’s as simple as that. But the cardboard boxes that are sold at self storage facilities come at a price. Are they worth it?
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