To be a shocked that my 30 year old dd

Easily! I share a wardrobe and a chest of drawers with DH. Though coat is downstairs.

Well that's relevant isn't it?

This is mumsnet of course here you're not unreasonable to be shocked. There will be posters along shortly to detail their one pair of pants, one skirt etc and be in complete agreeance with you.

It's her life and her money 🤷‍♀️ Some people may value a large house, a certain car, or collecting other things. Your daughter may get joy from her clothes collection. So what?!

I’ve seen this on Instagram. Having racks or large hanging clothes moving boxes in a unit to keep out of season clothes or special occasion. It’s a way to be organized and take care of clothes not currently in rotation but most storage units get very hot or very cold unless hers is inside a building

When my mum moved house and we were helping her, she had 38 bin bags of jeans. Just jeans! I gave up in the end as she wasn't letting anything go.

Well that’s one hell of a drip feed…

Then you shouldn’t be shocked, surely?

If she's happy and can afford it let her be. Provided it's not all Shein tat. In 20 years time she may be sat on a gold mine of retro fashion. It also depends how big the storage unit is, a 40ft shipping container might be a bit excessive.

It’s quite possible she can’t fit everything in a room ( we don’t know the size or the size of her available for clothes space) and it’s reasonable to do a seasonal swap. There are very small, very large and anything in between storage units - we don’t know how big it is. Many people say they put their stuff in a loft but she doesn’t have one🤷🏻‍♀️

But is it just full of clothes or is it overspill and other stuff them rooms are tiny and I assume she owns more then just clothes

I hope it’s good designer clothing she’s storing, as the cost of storage is not small and makes each item of clothing if not designer more expensive each day it’s in there.

I don’t consider myself to have a lot of clothes but the wardrobe in my second bedroom contains my “overflow”, that’s on top of downstairs cupboard for daily shoes/coats and airing cupboard for towels and bed linen. So I would probably make use of a storage unit too if I had to live in an HMO!

Storage units aren’t hugely expensive so it’s not like you’d get a much better flat for the money.

I wouldn’t be able to keep all of my clothes in one wardrobe in a room in an HMO and I don’t actually think I own that many clothes! I’ve just bagged my winter stuff up to go in the loft, so I guess thats similar to having a storage unit 🤷🏻‍♀️

I have an elderly family member who lives alone in a two bed flat. Both bedrooms have Sharps fitted wardrobes stuffed full of clothes. Her garage has several suitcases full of clothes in it. I was helping her swap her winter and summer clothes over and she had 6 identical white jackets, amongst other things. I really suspect she is addicted to buying clothes. I seldom see her in the same outfit twice.

depends how much clothes space she has in her shared hmo. I have a triple wardrobe with double row of hanging space, plus a large chest of drawers. I don’t think that’s excessive. That’s only just enough space for clothes. It does not include shoes, which are under the bed.

Some people just like material things I guess, rather than actual security.

That is a lot. Unless she lives in a bedsit and isn't allowed to store stuff at yours.

If she can afford the unit and clothes make her happy then it's up to her really. But I'd be looking for a bigger property and put the money into that rather than renting a unit if possible.

If they no longer fit then you could offer to help her go through them and either sell or give to charity the ones she knows she'll never wear again? If she is complaining of having too much.

But don't push her as they are her possessions to do as she wants with them. I wish my mum had kept all her old clothes for me to wear!

Literally. All that Money wasted on the storage 😐she’ll never see anything from that.

I get the space in a HMO is v limited, but how practical is a storage unit?
Do you have to plan your months outfits & shoot over there with last week's clothes?
Or do a seasonal swap out?
Or do a special trip for specific items?
Or do you just live out of the wardrobe you have & dream of the day you are reunited with your other clothing?

This.

id love more clothes but i dont have the space and like hell am I paying for a storage unit for extra! It has to fit in the space you have surely?

Maybe if she stopped spending so much on clothes she could afford somewhere bigger

I have half a large double wardrobe and 2 small plastic boxes in the loft for all my clothes, coats, shoes, underwear etc. That is all the space I have so that's it . I'd like some more clothing but I'm not paying hundreds of pounds a month to store some coats.

It is a lot 😂 but it includes pretty much a full time work wardrobe, a casual summer and winter wardrobe, gym clothes, walking clothes, holiday clothes, black tie clothes etc etc. As I said, I’ve not had a single activity where I’ve had to buy new clothes for two years. And some of them are 20+ years old!

Single room? Double? How much wardrobe? When I was in my 20s I had an HMO room that literally had space for a single bed and a 40cm gap alongside it to walk in. My storage space was 2 drawers under the bed and 4 peg hooks to hang things from. I couldn't afford anything more so I had a very limited range of clothing but someone more stylish than me would definitely need more. If she's not expecting you to pay for it, let her be - but caution her to look out for the price shooting up. Storage Barns often have a low introductory offer and then suddenly costs double if you are using them long-term, so it may be cheaper for her to move to a larger place