It’s truly amazing how many things one person can accumulate in a lifetime, much less an entire family. From priceless antiques to cherished mementos to equipment for hobbies, your living space can quickly become filled with items that you may be desperate to get out of your line of visibility, but can’t bring yourself to throw out.
Undoubtedly, garages, attics, spare rooms, closets and crawl spaces will soon be packed to the brim with these items, threatening to rob space from essentials like clothing, foodstuffs, and everyday supplies. If these scenarios seem all too familiar to you, you may want to seriously consider some of the benefits of renting storage space.
Exploring the Benefits of Renting Storage
The benefits of renting storage extend beyond the obvious. Not only can renting a storage space help clear space in your house, but it can also help you organize and access your items more conveniently. As well, you can rest assured that your cherished items are safe from theft and physical damage. Additionally, there are many life events and personal scenarios where renting storage can facilitate your situation.
Increased Space for Essentials
The most obvious benefit of renting storage is the increased space in your home. This is especially true if the items you are storing in closets and crawl spaces are not serving any immediate, discernible purpose. For example, if all your home’s storage areas are filled with antique dishes or collectibles that are not on display, but you cannot find space to store your winter boots or seasonal bedding, renting storage space is something to seriously consider. Doing so will allow you to store and easily access items that enjoy regular to frequent use.
Better Organization and Accessibility
Unless you have a spacious house where you can store your items in their own expansive room, there’s a good chance they’re:
- placed in near-inaccessible spots in closets, garages or crawl spaces,
- strewn about various rooms in the house in multiple boxes, storage containers, or bags, and/or
- unmarked and indecipherable from other storage vessels.
One of the major benefits of renting storage space is finally having the room to organize your items efficiently. Storage boxes can be stacked neatly on top of each other, and marked so their contents are known without having to open them. Shelving and plastic containers can be purchased and placed in storage for increased space and organization. More frequently used items can be placed closer to the entrance, to facilitate transportation.
Ultimately, this increased organization will help you with accessibility, both with your items in storage and those you keep at home.
Safety and Security
Keeping your cherished items in your home keeps them relatively close at hand, but not necessarily safe. After all, a cunning enough burglar can empty your home of jewelry, antiques, and other cherished items. As well, an unfortunate fire, flood, or other such spontaneous acts of property damage can equally destroy your valued possessions.
One of the clear benefits of renting storage is the added layer of safety and protection for your items. Mini-Entrepôts offers storage spaces of all sizes to accommodate all types of items. Additionally, each of our units is fashioned out of solid metal to safeguard against structural, water, and fire damage. Our premises are surrounded by digital surveillance cameras and central monitoring stations complete with electronic access systems and alarms, so in the rare event of an occurrence, we, you, and the authorities will be notified immediately. All these security services and features, coupled with our well-lit facilities, ensure the safety and security of your possessions for years to come.
Store Seasonal Equipment
There are some things every homeowner keeps on their premises, but only uses when a particular season rears its head. For example, Christmas decorations (including trees and outdoor equipment) , snowblowers, and skiis are only useful in the winter, as much as lawnmowers, deck chairs, and barbecues are only useful in the summer.
To ensure more space in your house, it only makes sense to store seasonal equipment in a storage space during its off-season. Aside from the extra space in your home, another benefit of renting storage space is that it protects your seasonal equipment while it is not in use, ensuring prolonged life for many more seasons to come.
Restoring Furniture
Moving ranks consistently in the Top 5 of “Most Stressful Life Events,” whether you are switching homes or looking to downsize for retirement. In both instances, you may be looking to store items for the interim until the actual move occurs, or indefinitely as you decide which furniture, appliances, or cherished mementos you will carry with you to your new home.
To simplify your move and store your items until you are ready to decide what you are keeping and what you are getting rid of, it’s advantageous to consider the benefits of renting storage space. By renting storage, you can facilitate your move by keeping your belongings safe and out from underfoot while you attend to more pressing matters and decisions.
Establishing a New Business
Even before the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, internet-based businesses were thriving and are now competing, neck-in-neck, with brick-and-mortar stores for the lion’s share of consumer purchases. For those who have opted to open a personal business but lack the space to house products and wares in their homes, the benefits of renting storage are clear.
Aside from safeguarding inventory, rented storage spaces can also store business assets such as financial records, office equipment, and promotional materials. Moreover, rented storage can be used as an area to set up a temporary workstation. Storage units (with digital or physical wallpaper backgrounds) can provide neutral spaces for digital-based businesses and meetings. This can afford you a private space away from home that can both expand your business and minimize clutter in your living area.
For more information on the benefits of renting storage spaces, or to inquire about what we offer and at what price, contact Mini-Entrepôts today!