Ideal Solution for Homeowners Awaiting New Build Completion
The process of building a new property is exciting; however, it can come with a number of construction delays. That can often leave homeowners-to-be stuck in limbo.
Whether your current lease or rental agreement is ending or you’ve already sold your house, the big conundrum is, where do you keep all your belongings until you move in?
Practical Tips for Preparing Your Belongings for Storage
Whether it’s days, weeks, or several months of delays, self-storage for moving house is an ideal solution to keep belongings safe and secure. All Secure Self Storage is a reliable service that many homeowners will use because it offers protection around the clock and is available at any time required. With modern, clean, and secure storage units available in a range of sizes. You can safely store furniture, personal items, and appliances for as long as they’re needed.
While our storage facilities offer a secure and safe space for your belongings, you’ll want to make sure you prepare your belongings properly for storage. That means assessing the unit space required based on the volume of your belongings, as well as packing up the belongings correctly and optimising the packing of the unit.
Packing fragile items
Packing up your belongings is the most important part of the process. If you’re not packaging your fragile items correctly or know what packaging to use, then you could cause unnecessary damage to your belongings. Whether it’s transporting the goods en route to the storage unit or while packing the unit with your belongings.
Make use of a variety of boxes that are sturdy. Both plastic types and cardboard are appropriate choices. It’s imperative that you have the right box for the right items, regardless of how oddly shaped or awkward it is. You’ll also want plenty of packaging tape and bubble wrap to help pad fragile items.
How to protect your furniture
To protect your furniture, you’ll want to get some furniture covers that can help protect the edges of the furniture. Whether that’s the corners of your sofa to sharp edges that would otherwise get knocked and damaged whilst moving.
For large, bulkier items, you may want to wrap these items in plastic wrap for extra protection and padding. Our FAQs page is a useful source of information for moving tips and how to make full use of your self-storage unit while your home is being built.
Organising the boxes so they’re easier to find later
It’s helpful to have your boxes organised so that they’re easier to find later, especially if you need some beforehand or want to know what to unpack first.
With that in mind, make sure to keep boxes and belongings organised with labels and markers. Indicating what’s in the box and in what room it should go in will definitely help keep them organised. It’ll also help when it comes to removing them from the unit and placing them in your new home.
Once you’ve prepared all your belongings, you’ll want to make sure the right self-storage unit size is picked. We have a helpful storage calculator that is used by many customers to accurately determine what size unit is appropriate for their belongings.
Packing your unit
When it comes to packing your unit up, there are a number of tips that you can follow to ensure it’s packed up effectively.
Heavier boxes and items should be stored at the bottom, with lighter ones on top. That way, you’ve always got the heaviest of boxes and furniture being stored on solid ground. Big things should be going in first, and then the smaller boxes and items can fit in snug around them.
It’s a good idea to disassemble awkward items and to make sure fragile items are being stored as carefully as possible in the unit.
You also want to be aware of the vertical space you have available and not just the floor space you see. If you’re looking to maximise the space, then your best bet is to make sure you’re making full use of stacking upwards, too. That way, you’ll be sure to get everything into your unit with ease.
Finally, try to keep the space as accessible as possible so that you can navigate your space, removing and replacing things as often as you would like to. There’s nothing worse than having to climb through your unit to reach boxes and damaging other boxes in the process. This will be handy for when your newly constructed home is ready to be moved into.
Choose All Secure Storage for New Build Delays
All Secure Storage is the right solution when it comes to needing a temporary space if your new build project is delayed for any length of time.
Don’t let construction delays hold you back. Contact All Secure Self Storage today for the perfect unit to store your belongings in until the big moving day.
