Tips for Long Term Storage!

When the point comes of storing things, some of us are in it for a long period of time like months or years. We usually have a lot of things that we don’t use on a daily basis and we would want to keep our space free, so instead what we can do is, we can move those things to a self-storage unit for long-term storage.

There are even many people who will be travelling for a long time from one place to another and may be willing to store their goods in self-storage. There are multiple factors that they should consider before storing and make sure that they choose the storage company wisely, as it is long-term storage.

Important tips for long-term storage

1.   Assess your things

For doing long-term storage of our stuff we need to be very particular. You should assess your things and make an inventory of the things that you want to store. While assessing your stuff you will come across a lot of stuff that is no more of use to you so make sure either you donate that stuff, sell it or simply just throw it away. By doing this you will get an overview of which of your important items need special care. If there is something that needs extra care, make sure to inform your service provider also.

2.   Choose your storage space

Now that your belongings are assessed properly, it is time for you to choose a proper service provider. It is very essential to know about the service provider and the location before availing of their services. The premises should be secured and safe and should have CCTV cameras from where you can keep an eye on your products and make sure that there will be no blind spot from where your goods are not visible. As we are choosing it for long-term storage, you should always try to take a little bit of a larger space than required.

3.  Set up your storage rent on Auto-pay

After choosing the self-storage service provider try to put your storage rent on auto-pay in such a way that during the time of payment automatically the payment is done without any delay. This will ensure the safety of your goods. If the payments are not done on time, many a time the service provider might keep some items from your goods for auction to recover the cost and this might create hassles.

4.  Pack your items for a long stay in storage

Packing your items carefully is very essential. If you are not sure about packing the stuff properly yourself, you can even take the help of the service provider to pack your stuff. Avoid packing your stuff in plastic, as it can affect your goods for long-term storage. Do not pack your expensive stuff in cardboard boxes. Try to use heavy-duty cardboard or plastic boxes for storing. Make sure that the boxes are of the same size so that you can store them one above the other in the storage room.

5.  Make sure all the items are clean and dry

As you are planning to pack your stuff for the long term, try and make sure to clean all the goods before packing. Double-check that any of the goods should not be wet.

6.  Consider a climate-controlled unit

There are many types of goods which need to be stored in a particular climate. Assess your goods and check that you have some valuable items which might get spoilt if exposed to sunlight or humidity, then talk to your service provider and go for climate-controlled units.

7.  Label all boxes

As you are doing long-term storage and you might not even touch your goods for a long time so you might tend to forget in which box which item is stored so to save yourself from that guessing game just put a label on each box stating that this box contains these goods for example kitchen, clothes, footwear etc.

8.  Explore storage unit insurance

Now that you are willing to invest in a storage unit for several years, you will want your goods to be safe and secured, but in case there is any theft or damage to your goods, you will want to get insurance money. So try and take up the storage unit insurance and negotiate with your service provider about the mistakes on their end and who will be liable for it.

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