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Self Storage Options in Alabama

Self storage is a good option for you if any aspect of your life has seemed to overflow into your living space, and you just don’t know where to put it all. Self storage options in Alabama can be a good solution even for those who own homes with lots of storage space inside, and storage in outbuildings like sheds or garages. No matter how much space you have, it seems, it’s all too easy...

Long Term Self Storage

Self storage is commonly used for short term storage. That’s because it’s the ideal solution for people who need to store something for a short period of time. The contracts are typically month-to-month with no long term commitment required, and no penalties or charges for removing items early. The convenience of self storage lends itself to short term storage, because you can go anytime...

10 Reasons To Try Self Storage

Using a self storage unit may be a completely foreign concept to you. After all, for years, you’ve been busily shoving all of your stored items into closets, attics and garages. Why make a change now? Consider these 10 reasons to try self storage and begin reaping the benefits today! Reason # 1: Your AtticHave you ever heard of the concept of maximum capacity? Chances are that your attic reached...

Garagemaid Garage Storage

Garage storage is something every home owner must come to terms with at some point. Our lives are just smack full of stuff. Stuff that has to go somewhere. Even though it’s stuff that we hardly ever use or really even need, we just seem to keep hanging on to it year after year. Of course, there are lots of things we do need to access and use on a regular, albeit infrequent, basis. For example,...

Has Your Garage Storage Become Unmanageable?

Consumerism is the name of the game in the US, and people who have been participants for any length of time usually end up with more things than they can comfortably fit into their living spaces. So the items which are no longer in regular use but are too valuable to toss or give to the Good Will often head for garage storage. This system, however, has one major drawback; if enough things make...

Storage space in garage?

I am looking to put a small ‘mezzanine’ area in my garage which currently has a lot of wasted space overhead. This will literally be used only to store seasonal boxes and accumulated clutter. The garage is a cavity building block construction on a concrete base with a steep pitch to the roof. The span of the garage is 20 feet and I would like the storage area to be the full width and about...

Is it typical to store your car in the same storage space as your belongings?

I’ll need to store my belongings at a self-storage place for several months. I’ve never done this before. Can you rent one large space for your car plus all your things, or is this not safe (in terms of fire hazard)? Is it more typical to rent a separate room/garage (indoors) for your car and a separate room for your belongings? yes, I agree. Many storage places simply don’t look...

how should I go about cleaning my garage?

I have three GIANT piles of stuff. It literally takes up a 2 1/2 car garage leaving just walking room from the door leading into the house to the side door and the big garage door to that walkway (in the middle). The back pile consists of LOTS of toolboxes, giant toolbox-type storage bins (3), old bikes, big box-carrying pusher things (like the restockers in a hospital would use), and some empty storage...

Would it be a turn off to buyers if the garage is filled with the stuff removed from our home for "staging"?

We (3 adults & 4 small children) will be living in our 1800 sq ft home while we try to sell it. I plan to remove a ton of stuff for "staging" to make the home show better and look larger etc. If the attached garage is used as storage for all the boxes and extra furniture will buyers be scared away or turned off? Do we need to bite the bullet and rent a storage unit? The laundry area is...

What is the best way to begin the sorting process of an area like a storage room or garage?

Storage area contains items from largfe furniture items, tools, boxes, even things we inherited that we have NO IDEA what’s in the box, we just took it and threw it in "there".