Storage: Three Types of Facilities and Endless Benefits

There are several reasons to place your most precious or excess items into storage. You may be in the process of a move or you just need a little extra space short term or for an unforeseen amount of time. These are the moments to look into the facilities provided in your area through a multitude of companies. Two significant benefits are the opportunity to tidy up your living or working space and the safe keeping of your possessions until you need them again. So whether you are looking for safety and climate control, easy accessibility, or quantity in space for large bulk items, there is a way to house your items and return them to you in one month or one year.

The first convenience of using storage are the three major facility options that work with what is going on in your life right now. There are mobile units, self packing options, and moving company pick up. The first, a mobile unit company, is useful for dropping off one or more large containers for you to fill within the allotted time, in order for the company to pick it up and place it into their facilities for safe keeping. You will be the sole possessor of the key to the unit(s) and the sole person(s) responsible for the organization of your items within the container. This can be useful for college students going home for the summer, or for anyone who has items that they won’t be using for some time.

On the one hand you can opt for self storage. With this option you can drive your furniture, antiques, or sporting equipment over to the stationary garage type unit and, again, load and organize everything inside for yourself. This is practical for items you don’t need all of the time but you like to have them near for easy access any time of the year. On the other hand, you can select storage through a moving company if you are relocating soon. You may be downsizing and will not have room for all of your old items at this point, but you know you don’t want to through them away. Or, you will be moving shortly and need a temporary option for their placement. These facilities, however helpful in their increased security of your items, the greatest benefit is that you don’t have to relocate the heavy items yourself. Quite similarly to hiring movers to get you from your old home to your new one, the movers can simply place those same packed items into their secure facility until you set an appointment to collect some or all of them.

The second benefit of using a storage facility is what the removal of unused furniture, family heirlooms, or dangerous tools will do for your home or office space. You have the opportunity to gain valuable room when you remove clutter from your floors and shelves. The option of housing your items with one of the three types of facilities also offers you the security that reduced space around your home cannot offer. Your materials will be protected from the elements with the possibility of air conditioning as well as insurance from loss due to moving damages or theft. You can have all of the quality shelter you require for short-term or long-term safe keeping, whether you are housing an RV or five boxes from your dorm room, there is a facility that can accommodate you.