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Using self storage for every season

Self storage is the gift that keeps on giving. It provides a safe and secure space to store household belongings during a move or keep stock while growing your business. Whether you’re renovating your home, decluttering or downsizing your space, self storage can make the process easier. Self storage can be used throughout the year, serving a unique purpose throughout spring, summer, autumn and winter – and here’s how!

Spring

Self storage is the perfect way to declutter your home while spring cleaning. When you have too many belongings, it can be difficult to know where to start. A self storage unit provides a safe and secure space to store your excess belongings until you know what to do with them.

You can easily access your belongings when you need them, and you’ll have plenty of space to store everything until you’re ready to get rid of it. Consider storing bulky coats, Christmas decorations, snow gear and winter equipment, making space for the warmer weather.

Summer

There’s a definite lifestyle shift during summer. The warmer days encourage people to spend more time outdoors, playing sports and entertaining guests.

Self storage is an affordable way to store any excess furniture such as couches and tables that were previously used to create a cosy winter space. Removing this furniture opens up living space in your home and garden for summer activities like barbecues and outdoor gatherings with friends.

Autumn

As the temperature starts to drop, you may want to start packing away your summer sports equipment and seasonal gear. Self storage serves as an extension of the home, with a range of unit sizes to keep cricket gear, watersports equipment and patio furniture.

Winter

A self storage unit is a great place to store holiday decorations, costumes and other festive items. You’ll also have plenty of space to store all your seasonal gear, and you can access it whenever you need it.

These are just a few practical ways that self storage can offer value throughout the year. At Wigwam Self Storage, we offer a choice of different storage unit sizes at both our Chipping Norton storage facility and our Bromsgrove storage facility, ranging from 16 sq ft to 250 sq ft to keep your belongings safe in every season.

Whether you want to store your snow boots in spring or your cricket gear in winter, Wigwam Self Storage is the way! Call us at 01608 656 300 and chat with our friendly team.

Simon Fothergill
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Simon Fothergill has more than 20 years of experience in the UK self storage industry and is Managing Director of Wigwam Storage.He writes practical, easy-to-follow advice to help customers make the most of self storage, whether they are moving house, decluttering, renovating, storing business stock or simply needing extra space.With a long background in self storage operations and customer service, Simon shares useful self storage tips, packing advice and storage solutions designed to make storage simple, flexible and stress-free.

Customer Reviews

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4.9
Really seamless experience from start to finish.
App was incredibly easy to use and convenient 24/7 access allowed me to move all my house stuff over in less than a week.

The unit I booked was the perfect size to fit all my furniture in from a large 2 bed house.

Would definitley recommend anybody looking for storage to use Wigwam
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Brad Axe
2 days ago
Absolutely incredible service.
At a very stressful time for my family and I, Lenny made organising storage an easy simple process!
A warm welcome when we arrived, a lovely clean storage facility and endless effort from the team!

I would highly recommend anyone to use these dudes!
The paperwork was quick and efficient and the customer service was top notch. The security is very thorough as well and the opening times are very user friendly. Highly recommended!
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Ryley B
5 days ago
Just easy and simple really
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Mandy Stow
5 days ago
Very good. I was a bit worried because it is app based but even for a technophob like me it was very easy.
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Joseph Rooke
2 weeks ago
Team were outstanding and super helpful I highly recommend
From the very beginning they accommodated my needs to the best of their ability and took the time to try their best to help. They were very patient with me and followed up with me, when necessary. I moved some items into storage today with no difficulty. Modern facilities and excellent communication. Thank you!
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Dorinda Gale
3 weeks ago
Excellent customer service ,big shout out to Lenny for going above and beyond to assist !!
Units,clean and airy .Once set up , the App is simple to use .
Would highly recommend for anyone needing simple,no fuss storage.
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lilwill
3 weeks ago
Easy to book and very easy to access. Storage units and building are clean, well-lit and feel safe.
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D D
3 weeks ago
Perfect from start to finish! A pleasure to do business with. Thanks
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paul walker
3 weeks ago
Great service and unit is clean dry and secure. All accessed by the app, making it easy to get in and out without any problems.
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Christopher Read
3 weeks ago
With the app the storage unit was easy to access and the unit we chose was perfect for our needs,i am impressed with the wigwam facility. Lenny was helpful and professional.