The whole process of moving house is widely regarded as one of the most stressful things you will go through during adult life. There’s the worry of the sale of your home going through, acquiring a new house and how you will set everything up. Then, there’s also the thought of what you will do with all your favourite possessions that you have accumulated over the years when you move. Where will you put them all?

We at Now Storage firmly hold the belief that our self-storage service does a fantastic job of helping home movers. Here are some tips we’ve put together on how self storage can help when moving house.  

Enables you to start packing well in advance 

You may have spent many happy years in the same property, and moving house is a big moment. You may find that moving day comes around a lot quicker than you could have imagined. 

One of the beauties of hiring self storage unit space when you’re moving home is that you can begin packing your possessions into boxes well in advance. It is nice and reassuring to be ahead of schedule when you’re going through something like moving house, which has the potential to be a stressful time.

Be mindful of the items you’re packing into a self storage unit. You don’t want to pack away essential items that you may well need in the meantime or if there’s a delay in your house move, such as kettles, toiletries, essential clothes, toilet rolls, crockery, and nappies (if you’ve got little ones).   

Helps you prepare for a limbo period between homes

Moving house often isn’t always a cut-and-dry straightforward process. There can be hiccups or circumstances which put you into a limbo period in between moving house. This could be a matter of days, months, or in the very worst cases, even years. Therefore, it’s best to try and prepare yourself for there maybe being a fair amount of time between moving from one house to another. 

You want to be ready to get up and go at any given moment, even if you’re in a bit of limbo period. You cannot do that if you’ve got mountains of clutter to sort out and riffle through. So, hiring a self-storage unit is ideal when you’re in the stage of still living in the house you’re looking to sell but not quite into your new one yet. 

Allows you to reduce the amount you spend on removal van costs

Hiring the services of removal van companies can work out fairly pricey when you’re moving house, especially if you’ve got lots of household belongings and need to pay to cover multiple trips and labour costs.

Thinking ahead and looking at the bigger picture by making the most of self-storage facility units when moving house will reduce how much money you spend on removal services. Here at Now Storage, we pride ourselves on delivering an excellent service to customers moving house. 

Helps you organise any clutter

You may realise you have far too many items that you don’t make adequate use of at home, and frankly no longer need. Hiring a self storage space and deciding what to put in there while you move home is therefore a great way to kickstart the decluttering process. Think about whether the possessions you acquired years ago that you still have stored away at home are still of use to you, and if you will use them in your new property. 

Allows you to think about how you can use the rooms in your new house

Although you may want to get cracking as soon as you move into your new place and start sorting everything out around the house, sometimes you need to live in a house for a little while to figure out what should go where. 

Putting your home furniture in self storage gives you valuable time to envisage the rooms in your new home and where your furniture could fit in nicely.

Relocating overseas

When you have just taken the courageous plunge to move abroad, putting your belongings in self storage in the UK will mean you can travel back and forth freely without worrying about transporting them until you are all ready to receive them at the other end. 

You never know, if your venture abroad doesn’t go swimmingly or you become homesick and decide to move back to the UK, having your belongings safely stored away in a self-storage unit will ensure moving back isn’t too complicated. 

Peace of mind 

Another key benefit of having your things stored away in a safe and secure self storage facility equipped with state-of-the-art 24-hour security is the invaluable peace of mind it gives you.  

Feeling reassured is crucial at a turbulent time such as when you are moving house. This may be the first property you bought many years ago, and it could be the first time you have sold one house and moved into another.

Interested in getting self-storage space to help you with your house move? Contact us at Now Storage today by giving our head office a call on 0800 0787 110, or sending us a message on our website.