Have you been thinking about moving in the near future? Are you trying to figure out how to do this as smoothly and as easily as possible? For most people, this means hiring a moving truck and possibly even professional movers to pack up your stuff and get it on the way. However, there is definitely another option. Instead of using a moving truck, consider having a storage container brought to your home for the move. This has a number of advantages over more traditional moving services, some of which include the following.
Take your time: During a traditional move, you often only have a few hours to get the truck loaded up with your stuff, then just a few hours at your new home to unload everything. Moving everything like this, even with the assistance of professional movers, can be exhausting. But with full-service storage services, there is none of this rush. You can spend a few hours loading everything into the storage container or you can spend a few days or even weeks making sure everything is packed just right. As long as you are paying rent on the container, the company will allow you to use it as long as you like.
No last-minute searching: It sometimes happens that your new home isn't going to be ready as planned, for whatever reason. Sometimes this is due to the previous occupants not having moved out yet; sometimes there may be an emergency repair that needs to be completed before you can actually move in. Whatever the reason, you still need somewhere to keep your stuff while the situation gets sorted out. With a traditional move, this means finding a nearby storage facility that has room for your belongings. But when you use full-service storage services, the container will already be stored at a local facility until you need it. You don't have to worry about where your stuff is or whether you can find a place for it to be kept.
Prepare for uncertainty: Sometimes, you just aren't sure where you're going to go and how long you'll be there. Perhaps, you think that you're going to wind up in a particular city, only to arrive there and find out that it's nothing like what you expected. There aren't enough jobs or the job offer wasn't quite what you expected. If you move traditionally, you're going to be stuck there until you can save up enough money to go elsewhere. But with full-service storage services, you won't need to unpack or do anything else. Instead of telling the company to ship your stuff to this city that has disappointed you, you're now free to travel elsewhere and to have your belongings shipped to your new city wherever you wind up.
Having lived in a 1,200-square-foot home with my husband and two children for many years, I've learned a lot about storage and maximizing space along the way. Once a year, we do a "purge" of each room in our home to get rid of unnecessary clutter. We then hold an annual garage sale, where we're able to make money selling this "stuff" for our yearly vacation. For extra space, we also have a small storage unit that we use to store seasonal things, such as Christmas decorations and bikes. If you've been looking for tips on maximizing storage in even the smallest of spaces, I hope the information on my blog will be useful to you!