Secure storage question

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Has anyone used one of those secure storage companies to store all your belongings until you find a place? If so how much did it cost?

I'm coming back to UK and will be living at my parents' place at first so if I manage to find affordable transport back of all or most of our stuff will I be able to afford to keep it in storage?

they are quite expensive TBH. the price depends on size though so varies hugely, how much stuff are you talking about? a few boxes or a whole house worth of furniture plus gardern stuff plus sports stuff?

If you want heated (if you're storing electrical equipment etc) they are even more

No there will be no electical stuff and won't need heated as I'm counting on only needing it for a few months. Maybe 30 boxes and some pieces of furniture but could just buy new if it's too expensive. For the 30 boxes and 8 or 9 large suitcases, how much do you reckon?

I recently stored some stuff, half a "normal" garage worth or 50 sq foot is about £18 per week.

Boxes are good because you can stack them.

The big ones here (In Da Norf) are Big Yellow and The Store Room. I have used both, prefer the store room.

The Store Room also do a service where they bring a crate to your house, you load your stuff in it and then they take it back to be stored.

Have a look on their website, very helpful.

www.thestoreroom.co.uk/

i pay 100 pm for centralish london enough for a small one bed flat with access

I paid £60 pm for a relatively small one, about 10 large boxes, a bit of sports equipment, and some small pieces of furniture (not a whole flat's worth)

That's not in london and not heated so you are prob looking at more than that as mine was full with a little less than you've described.

Thanks for the info everyone. It's always good to compare and where I'll be moving I have found one for 15 pounds per week which is really affordable. Thank goodness I'm not heading to London, seems everything is so expensive there.