Picture balls of dust whirling thick and fast around you. Visualise sheets of pollutant particles spread as far as your eyes visit, contaminating each object and asset in your home. Yes, this is a major downside – apart from the cost of renovation itself.
If you can manage to keep your household possessions safely away from this chaos, renovations can be a true cause for delight. And one way of addressing this is to use self storage options.
Renting storage space while renovations is on
Call it by whichever name; self storage, mini storage or self-service storage, the idea will insure you against renovations worries. To define, self storage is an industry that rents out space for storing goods till home staging or renovations is on.
Plenty of options
Depending upon what you have opted for, you may get packed boxes, mobile storage containers or a complete warehousing facility.
Storage statistics for Australia
Australia has 2.4 million square metres of rentable space earmarked for storage. This is about 10% more than what United Kingdom has. So you can fairly understand how well this concept has gripped renovators. About 1000 different storage facilities are available on rent.
Units are available in sizes that include, but are not limited to, 3m x 1.5m, 3m x 3m, 3m x 6m, 4.5m x 6m, and 6m x 6m. In other words, you can get yourself a space equivalent to a one-cae garage, a middle-sized closet or a child’s bedroom- it is your choice to make.
You can safely push in all your household possessions into these storage facilities and complete your home renovations blessed with “that thing” of great arbitrary value- peace of mind.
Fork out more but do not compromise on quality of storage
If you hold your possessions dear and are ready to shelve a little more (though self storage rates are pretty reasonable across Australia), you can contact self-storage providers who offer CCTV security, grid locking, proximity cards, biometric thumbprints, motion sensors and security guards.
In addition, it is always safe to draw a “pest and vermin” contract. Talking of indemnities, there is nothing like insurance to cover for any possible damages. Insurance for fragile (read figurines or piano) items is always an imperative.
Beware of temperature extremes
Especially if you live in a regional area, you may want to ask your storage provider if their warehouse (or storage centre) is climate-controlled.
To cap the story
We love our household possessions- due to their asset-worth and also the fond memories they offer us. It may be a poor deal to fetch high-quality renovation but lose out on our possessions in bargain.
Well! Renovation-time may be a story of dust and debris but it is also a time for hailing competent self-storage units.
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