Archive for February, 2012

Tips for Winter Self Storage

Posted 29 February 2012 | By | Categories: Self Storage Help | No Comments

Many people prepare for seasonal changes by placing some of their belongings in a self-storage facility and regardless of the season, precautions have to be taken to protect their items. For example, winter can be brutal on belongings in self-storage units, especially if they lack any form of climate control. Before putting anything in self-storage [...]

Self Storage While Selling Your House

Posted 24 February 2012 | By | Categories: Real Estate, Self Storage Help | No Comments

Often times homeowners will move some of their belongings to a storage facility to make the house less cluttered for selling. Too much furniture or other belongings you have accumulated over the years can make it difficult to make the house presentable to prospective buyers and lessen the chance to receiving your asking price for [...]

Protect Your Home from Winter

Posted 19 February 2012 | By | Categories: Real Estate, Saving Money, Self Storage Help | No Comments

The winter is here and not going away anytime soon. How do you protect your home from freezing weather. Here are tips on how to protect your home from freezing weather. An ice dam is an accumulation of ice at the lower edge of a sloped roof, usually at the gutter. When inside heat melts [...]

Self-Storage Units can Benefit Businesses

Posted 10 February 2012 | By | Categories: Holidays, Saving Money | No Comments

During certain times of the year businesses can use self-storage units as an external warehouse to allow for the storage of holiday merchandise. In many businesses there is a limited amount of storage space and during holidays or periods of special promotions they can easily find their inventory swelling to uncontrollable levels. Their businesses were [...]