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Next job’s ten days off and the van’s still full of materials? You finish the first fix and the back of the van is still half full. Boards for the next phase, a box of tiles, the fixtures you ordered early because they were on discount. None of it can go on the client’s drive, […]

Done with the cot for now, but not for good? The first year fills a house fast. The cot takes the corner of the spare room. The pram blocks the hallway. Clothes in six different sizes sit in bags waiting for a child who has already grown through them. You are not done with any […]

Been caught out by someone else’s small print before? Most people who go looking for storage terms have already been caught out by something else. A tenancy that ran long. A gym that kept billing after the cancellation. A phone contract with a clause they missed. By the time they type “self storage notice period” […]

Worried something in your boxes will get you turned away at the unit? Most people come to us with the same worry. They have a van to fill, a moving date approaching, and a nagging feeling there might be something in there that will cause a problem. It is a reasonable worry. The last thing […]

Will the unit be open when your market pitch starts at dawn? The load is done by seven on a Friday evening. The van is packed: the gazebo, the trestle tables, the crates of stock, the signage and the bags of tissue wrap. Everything is in order. The one question left is whether the storage […]

Moving with children and no time to sort what goes where? It is the week before completion. Three rooms are still unpacked. One child thinks the move means leaving the cat behind; another is upset because you put their Lego in a box labelled “misc.” The removal firm is booked for eight o’clock Thursday morning, […]

Is it time the garden furniture came in before the weather turns? There is a moment every autumn when you look at the patio table and chairs and realise the season is done. The garden has given you everything it is going to give this year. The cushions have had their last airing. And now […]

What’s really hiding in the clause about how you’re allowed to leave? Most of the small print in a storage agreement is about what happens while you are storing. The notice period is about what happens when you are ready to leave. It is, in a way, the clause that tells you the most about […]

Paying office rent to house boxes nobody’s allowed to throw away? Most practices reach the same point eventually. A corridor stacked with archive boxes. A filing room that was supposed to be a meeting room. Files nobody can throw away, because the rules say so, quietly consuming floor space the practice is paying rent on. […]