Storage Basics

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  • Walk-in unit

    A walk-in unit is a storage room big enough to step inside, rather than a locker or cupboard you reach…

  • Outdoor unit

    An outdoor unit is a storage space whose door opens straight onto the open air rather than an indoor corridor,…

  • Drive-up unit

    A drive-up unit is a storage unit with its own outside door, often a roller shutter, that opens onto a…

  • Commercial storage

    Commercial storage is storage space rented by a business rather than a household, for stock, equipment, tools, display kit or…

  • Storage facility

    A storage facility is the whole site where storage units are kept: the building, yard or compound, with its gates,…

  • Storage locker

    A storage locker is a small, lockable, cupboard-like storage space that you reach into rather than walk into. It suits…

  • Storage unit

    A storage unit is a private, lockable space you rent at a storage site to keep your own belongings, sized…

  • Student storage

    Student storage is short-term storage for a student's belongings over the summer, between terms, or during a placement or year…

  • Upper-floor unit (mezzanine)

    An upper-floor unit is a storage unit above ground level, on a first or second floor or on a mezzanine,…

  • Seasonal storage

    Seasonal storage is keeping things you only use for part of the year in storage until their season comes round…