Keeping Your Belongings in Storage

Posted on: 15 August 2022

If you want to use self storage, then you can use a company that rents out units inside a building. Or, you can use a drive-up storage facility. Drive-up units have some benefits over regular storage units. What are they?

1. Faster Unloading and Loading

If you hire a storage unit inside a building, then you'll spend time loading and unloading your stuff. For example, once you've unloaded stuff from your car or truck, you need to get it to your unit.

This could be a long journey if your unit is on an upper floor; you might need multiple trips to move a lot of things. Plus, if you want to borrow a trolley to help move your things, then you might have a long wait at busy times.

If you hire a drive-up unit, then you can load things into your space and unload them again a lot faster. You simply drive up to your unit, back your vehicle up to its door and then put things in or take them out. You can unload, load, or simply pick up or add a few items without wasting too much time.

2. Safer Unloading and Loading

Using a self-storage unit can be physically hazardous, especially if you will store bulky, large or heavy items. If you have to get your belongings up stairs, into lifts and along corridors, then you might hurt yourself if you carry things that are too heavy. If you drop a box on your foot, then you might end up with a nasty injury.

Plus, you're more likely to damage your belongings if you have to carry them a long way. Dropped items and boxes could break. You could chip or scratch pieces of furniture as you try to negotiate them in and out of lifts.

If you use drive-up storage, then you are less likely to hurt yourself or to damage any of your possessions. You won't need to carry anything over a distance.

3. Better Value for Money

If you use a regular self-storage building, then some of your rent includes infrastructure costs. The storage company has to pay to run lifts, to light stairs and corridors and to keep communal areas clean and safe. They might have higher manpower costs.

Your storage rental costs should be lower if you hire a drive-up unit. The storage company's running costs are lower in this kind of set-up. They might not need to have people on site all the time if every customer has their own unit and access to it.

To find out more, contact a company like Rabbone Enterprises - Stick it where it fits Storage.