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Things You Need to Know When Moving Between States

StorageArea July 5, 2021 Moving

Whether you’re moving just a few streets away or right across the county across the states, moving needs to be planned right to avoid stress and worry on each side.

Moving States has become popular in the last few years, especially with different states having different attitudes to things like health care and income tax. Job opportunities and the new work from home culture are also opening different opportunities up for many people who thought that moving between States wasn’t an option for them.

How to Pack Kitchenware for Moving

StorageArea June 25, 2021 Moving

Planning a move, whether across the street or across state lines, is one of the most stressful things that most adults will face in their lifetime. It’s for this reason that moving to a new house is not something people usually do regularly.

Along with the many stresses of selling properties and buying properties, finding new jobs, settling kids into new schools, and organizing a mountain of paperwork, the sheer scale of the packing task is usually what turned most people off of moving on a whim.

Tips for Decluttering While Packing

StorageArea June 18, 2021 Packing

Every adult life comes to the point where we sit down and look around our house and think that this place is a mess.

Whether it’s a massive life event such as a new baby or getting married, or whether you’re just sick of the sight of the clutter in your home, having a good decluttering session is not only great for your home, but it could be great for your wallet too.

Things You Can’t Do with A Storage Unit

StorageArea June 10, 2021 Self Storage

So, you’ve taken the plunge and decided that you want to rent a storage unit?

You’ve probably planned everything you want to put in there and even found the perfect unit for you, but what if the items on your list are not allowed in your storage unit?

6 Storage Unit Hacks

StorageArea June 8, 2021 Self Storage

If you are thinking about renting some storage space or already have space and wondering if you are making the most of it, this definitive guide to storage hacks is here to help. It will change the way you use your storage unit for the better.

How to Pack & Move A Chandelier

StorageArea June 5, 2021 Moving

Planning to move to a new house can be a stressful event at any time but learning how to tackle some of the more difficult things to pack can help to alleviate some of the stress you may feel, and nothing is more stressful than trying to figure out how to pack and move a chandelier!

Tips for Storing A Motorcycle in Storage

StorageArea June 2, 2021 Self Storage

Motorbikes are one of the most fun modes of transport you can ever ride, whether you are traveling around on a huge Harley chopper or if you’ve just got your license and still have that hair-dryer-sounding 125cc bike you love.

While they may be fun modes of transport in good conditions, they can be difficult to ride and maybe even dangerous in some situations when it comes to wintertime.

Benefits of Renting A Storage Unit

StorageArea May 31, 2021 Self Storage

Do you ever feel like you have too much stuff? Do you ever feel like your stuff is getting on top of you, stopping you from living your life the way you want to? Is your stuff seasonal or for a hobby, and only gets used very seldomly?

If you answered yes to any of the above questions, you may be like one of the thousands of Americans who would benefit from renting a self-storage area, either temporarily or a long-term investment.

How to Declutter the Spare Room

StorageArea May 22, 2021 Organization

With the weather finally warming up and most States bringing to opening up retail and recycling units, it’s only a matter of time before thousands of Americans take that yearly week off to do the one thing that we all have in common: cleaning out the spare room!

No matter how big or how small your spare room, or even how often it gets used, the house’s spare room always tends to turn into the junk room. It’s like the living embodiment of that old adage ‘out of sight out of mind’.

Space Saving Tips For Packing & Moving

StorageArea May 18, 2021 Moving, Packing

There’s nothing quite like moving home to get you in the mood to throw out more of your stuff than you thought possible. Once you have gone through your home with a fine-tooth comb and decided the things that you want to keep, how do you pack the rest of your gear so as to save the most amount of space, and thus get a smaller moving vehicle hopefully saving yourself some money?