Organizing Your Garage Using Self Storage

                                                    Reclaiming Your Garage

For some people, a garage is a place that they park their cars to keep them safe and clean while they are not in use. For others, it’s a workshop where they can build, fix, or modify anything from a car to a dinner table. Home gyms, recreation rooms, home offices; every garage has the potential to be transformed into whatever the homeowner wants. Most people, however, end up using their garage as a universal storage room for everything that they either don’t use, don’t want, or simply don’t have room for. With each passing year, the garage can seem as though its getting smaller and smaller as it fills up with unused items, leaving less space for parking cars or working on projects. While the issue of a cluttered garage may not seem like a big deal, consider the cost of residential real estate. Your garage is a big part of your home, just like the master bedroom or the living room. With every payment you make on your house, you are paying for that garage. Instead of letting your garage be taken over by your unused items, creating an environment that is rarely accessed, why not store them in a clean, secure location for a fraction of the cost of residential property? Especially in areas of high residential real estate costs such as San Diego self storage may be the perfect solution for someone with a garage full of stuff that has become not only an eyesore, but a waste of money as well.

Once you have made the decision to reclaim your garage, the task of cleaning it out may seem like a colossal undertaking. Just looking at the piles stacked high with unused or forgotten items can be very intimidating. Don’t let that hold you back though, once you are finished you will not only have a clean garage, but an overwhelming sense of accomplishment. To get started, begin sorting the contents of your garage into three separate categories: items to throw away, items to donate, and items to store. You may even come across a few things you might want to hold on to as well, but these will probably be few and far between. Once you have all of the trash and items to donate out of the way, start organizing your items for storage. Things commonly found in most cluttered garages are: seasonal items, unused furniture, large recreational sporting equipment, and large tools or gardening equipment. Another commonly found item in an unorganized garage is an unused car. Whether it’s a clunker or a classic, if you plan on keeping it, most facilities offer units up to 10’x40’ so you don’t have to worry about not having room for it in your storage unit. Indoor vehicle parking is also available at some facilities. Group your items into categories, and begin to box them accordingly. Remember to label your boxes clearly; this will make finding items easier when you want to take them out of your storage unit.

Once the hard part of getting your things boxed, labeled, and out of your garage is over, the fun part begins. Now that you have moved your unused items into a clean and secure storage unit, your garage is once again a blank canvas. Parking a car, working on a project, or creating a home gym or game room are all options that are now available to you. While enjoying your new space, you don’t ever have to worry about the safety or security of your items as long as they are at a closely monitored self storage facility. State of the art surveillance systems and onsite resident managers are there to keep a watchful eye over the facility.  You can rest assured knowing that your belongings will be safely locked away until you choose to bring them back out again. So take pleasure in making use of your newly acquired space – you’ve earned it!