Your container is yours 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. You get the only key, and you park at your own door, so there is no waiting for anyone to let you in.
Indoor units usually keep set opening hours. You park in a bay, book the shared goods lift, then push a trolley down a corridor to reach your unit. With a container, you reverse up and load off the tailgate.
Neither option suits everything. The right choice depends on what you are storing, how often you need to reach it and whether temperature matters. Here is where each one earns its place.
A container wins on price, access hours and drive up loading. Your padlock is the only one on the door, and a solid steel door is hard to beat for privacy. For most households and businesses, it is the simpler, cheaper way to store.
Indoor storage wins when heating or climate control matters, for anything sensitive to temperature or damp. It also makes for an easier walk in bad weather, and some buildings have a lift if you cannot carry things up a step.
Moving from an indoor unit to a container is simple. There is no survey and nothing to book in advance, just a short changeover once you are ready to go.
Give notice. Let your current provider know you are leaving, and check what notice your agreement needs.
Book a van, or ask a friend with a trailer. Most people move everything across in one or two trips.
Load straight into the container. Reverse up to the door, load off the tailgate, and you are done.
Our container is a flat £100 a month, whatever you store. There are no tiers, no admin fees and no insurance charges added on top.
Indoor units are usually priced by square foot, with tiers that step up as you need more space, and admin fees or insurance charges often added to the headline price.
Our container is 20ft by 8ft, around 160 square feet, with full standing height. Indoors you might rent 50 or 100 square feet and pay more for every foot of it.
Households mid move, businesses with stock, tradespeople and vehicle owners usually suit a container best. Fine art, antiques, delicate electronics and paper archives that need a steady temperature usually suit an indoor unit.
Come and see a container before you decide. It is a flat £100 a month, with no long tie ins, so there is nothing to lose by taking a look first. Get in touch and we will show you round.
