So, you’ve recently rented one of our fantastic Exeter storage units and now it’s time to put it to use! But what is the best and most efficient way to organize your rented storage space for ease of use further down the line? Let Your Store Exeter explain!
With many years of experience in the industry, as well as helping our customers utilize their storage unit to its full potential, we thought it would be a good idea to share our top tips when it comes to packing in your possessions. Many of our customers use boxes for items such as ornaments, clothes, kitchen utensils, plus more small to medium-sized items. On the other hand, you may have large pieces of sports equipment or garden furniture that you’d like to store during the winter months. Either way, be sure to make use of our tips, below.
First and foremost, picking the right sized storage unit for your personal items will make life a lot easier when it comes to moving-in day, as well as when you come to remove or take away items when you need them. At Your Store Exeter, our wide range of storage units will allow you room for maneuver, as well as left-over space if you need it in the future – you can find our unit sizes and self-storage prices on our website. If for any reason you wish to expand your storage requirements, we will happily set you up with either another storage unit or upsize the one you are currently renting.
A bit of an obvious tip, but storing larger items at the back of the unit will make accessing it much easier than if you were to put them at the front. The types of equipment or items listed below are what we would recommend packing first into your storage unit:
You can always use an old shelving unit (if you have one spare) to arrange your smaller items and then use the storage unit floor space for the larger items. This way, you’re organizing items in a way you can easily access and you won’t have to keep rearranging them every time you visit the unit.
An easy way to remember what is and isn’t stored in your storage unit is to create an inventory of all the items that you have stored in there, so you won’t be scratching your head trying to remember whether particular items have been stored or not!
You may keep this inventory as a list on your phone so you can easily edit it as and when you take or remove items from your storage unit. Or, if you’re computer savvy, use an Excel spreadsheet to create a table that you can edit and print off each time you visit the unit.
To ensure you use as much of the empty space as possible when arranging your storage unit, remember to stack boxes as high as possible (you may want to label them beforehand for ease of identifying them) and any dismantle any furniture (if applicable) before placing vertically up against the storage unit wall to enable as much free storage space as possible.
If you’re either currently renting a storage unit with us or you’re looking for affordable and cheap storage in Exeter, then the above information will benefit you greatly when it comes to organizing your very own storage unit. Don’t forget, our storage units are available for a whole range of uses, including garden storage, moving house storage, as well as business storage! For more information on how we can help you and to start renting a unit today, call our team on 01392 253119 or email info@yourstoreexeter.co.uk.
