How Can Self-storage Benefit Your Move?
One of the most difficult aspects of moving house is organising your possessions. The more items you have, the harder your move is. But renting a self-storage unit can help. A self-storage unit offers many useful benefits to help simplify your upcoming move.
Simplify the packing process
One of the most daunting aspects of preparing for a move is the packing process. And packing is even more difficult when you have an attic and a garage to sort through as well. By renting a storage unit several months before your move, you can free up space for packing by putting certain items into storage. For instance, you can put seasonal items into storage to free up valuable space.
With the extra space, you can then create a staging area where you pack, label and store your possessions, ready for moving day.
Protect your fragile items
If you collect artwork or own a piano or antiques, a hectic moving day is something you'll want to avoid. During the chaos of moving day, you might damage or lose your precious items. To protect fragile and precious items like pianos and jewelry, place them into a self-storage unit before moving day. Once you have moved into your new home, you can then begin to move your fragile items.
Speed up moving day
Using self-storage can help you to speed up the moving day process considerably. This is useful if you work on a tight schedule and don't have time to organise everything in time for moving day. Rather than rush your moving day, you can put some of your possessions into storage ahead of your move. Storing the items you won't need for a while will save time on moving day.
Put your items into storage if your new home isn't ready
Your new home might not be ready for you to move into when you leave your old home. You might then need to stay in a hotel or with a family member until your new home is ready. Using self-storage gives you somewhere to keep your things until your new home is ready.
Give yourself space to prepare your new home
Preparing your new home will take some time. And if you'd rather take your time planning where you will put everything, then a storage unit can help. Rather than move everything into your new home all at once, you can move your items in stages. For instance, in the first stage, you can move the most important furniture and items into your home.
As you plan the layout and design of each room, you can gradually move things out of storage and into your new home.
Decorate your new home before moving most of your things
You may want to decorate your new home before you move the bulk of your furniture and possessions into it. In that case, you can keep some of your things in storage while you decorate your new home. That way, you'll have space to decorate and make changes to your new home to ensure it's just the way you want when you move everything into it.
Store new furniture or items for your new home
If you plan to buy new furniture or carpets for your new home, you don't have to wait until after you move in to buy everything. Nor do you have to store everything in your current home while you prepare to move. Instead, you can hire a self-storage unit, then buy and store your new furniture and items before your move.
Self-storage is a great way to streamline the house-moving process. A convenient way to use self-storage for a move is to find a removalist that offers self-storage as well. Zippy Removals & Storage can help you move into your new home, and we provide self-storage. Call us today to learn how we can assist you with your move to a new home.
