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Storage between homes
Not a unit you rent and drive to, but the middle stage of a move: goods collected by the crew, listed as they load, held while the far end resolves, and delivered when you say. The arrangement is identical at every rung of the ladder; only the number of containers changes.
On a long-distance move this is worth deciding before departure, not after arrival.
What the arrangement is
Why it matters more at distance
On a local move, a delay is an inconvenience — goods can sit on a vehicle for a few hours or come back the next morning without much cost.
On a move of several hundred miles neither of those is available. A vehicle and crew that arrive at a house which is not ready have nowhere useful to be, and bringing the load back is not a realistic option.
So on any long move we establish the holding plan before departure. Frequently it is never used; occasionally it saves the entire job.
This versus a self-storage unit
A unit is a room with a key, filled by you, open whenever the building is. It suits anyone who needs to get at their things regularly.
Ours is the other arrangement: the crew loads at your door, the goods stay as loaded, and access is by arrangement. Two fewer handlings and considerably less carrying, in exchange for not being able to drop in on a Sunday.
For a household between two addresses ours is nearly always right. Where a unit would genuinely suit you better, we will say so rather than steer you.
What to keep with you
A genuine living kit, and on a long-distance move a more generous one than usual, because retrieving a box from held goods several hundred miles away is not a quick errand.
Clothes for this season and the next, work equipment, documents, chargers, medication, and whatever a child will ask for by the second day. We go through it before loading and write it down.
Holding before a move abroad
On a European move this is frequently the right order to do things in. Everything is listed where it stands, and that list is what the customs paperwork is later drawn from. See moving to Europe.
Storage between homes
Questions about storage between homes
01 How much space will I need?
More than you would guess. We measure at survey rather than asking you to estimate, and the arrangement is adjusted if the survey called it wrong.
02 How long can you hold goods?
As long as the gap between the two houses lasts — a fortnight or the better part of a year, it makes no difference to how the goods are held. Notice for bringing them back out, and the terms attached, are written into the storage agreement.
03 Can I get at my things?
With notice. If you already know you will want particular items, say so at loading and we will keep them reachable.
04 Should we arrange this in advance even if we may not need it?
On a long move, yes. Deciding at the far end, with a loaded vehicle and a crew standing by, is the expensive version of the same decision.
05 Are stored goods covered?
Cover and its exclusions are stated in the booking contract. Declare anything unusually valuable at survey.
What size is the house?
Both addresses and roughly how much house is going. Five rungs from a studio to a country house, and knowing which one you are on is enough for us to ask something useful back.