Storage in Herne Bay
Containerised storage — wrapped, inventoried and racked indoors, collected as part of the move. Used most often here as thinking time on a downsizing move.
In most towns storage bridges a gap in a chain. Here it does that too, but more often it does something else: it buys thinking time on a move into somewhere smaller.
How it works
The crew that packs your place loads the containers. Everything is wrapped as if for transit, listed on an inventory you keep a copy of, and sealed in. Containers are racked indoors rather than left in a yard, and when you are ready the same inventory comes back out and is delivered room by room.
- One handling at each end rather than a shuffle between units
- A written inventory, with valuable pieces listed individually
- Furniture wrapped before it goes in, not after it has been scuffed
- Collection and redelivery quoted as part of the move
Thinking time
On a downsizing move the difficult question is not where the sofa goes, it is whether the sofa comes. Answering that in a hallway with a van waiting produces decisions people regret, and the alternative is simple: the undecided things go into store, and you deal with them once you are settled.
The other reasons
Between completions
Goods go straight from the load onto the racking without a second lift.
While the new place is decorated
Painting a flat with everything stacked in the middle of it is miserable. Two or three rooms in store makes it a normal job.
Before a move abroad
A European move rarely lines up with a sale — see European removals. The same inventory later becomes the customs packing list.
Containerised, not self-store
Worth being clear about. A self-store unit is a room you rent and fill yourself, with all the lifting and the van hire on you. This is a service: we pack it, list it, store it and bring it back. You give up walk-in access and get one handling and an inventory.
What we need to know
Roughly what is going in, whether you will need access, and when you expect to want it back. It is quoted alongside the move rather than after it.
Storage questions
What is containerised storage?
Goods are wrapped as if for transit, listed on an inventory, and sealed into timber containers racked indoors. Nothing is tipped into a communal space and it is handled once at each end — unlike a self-store unit, which you fill and empty yourself.
Why does it come up so much on downsizing moves?
Because deciding what comes is the hard part and doing it under pressure on a moving day produces decisions people regret. Storage buys the time to decide properly.
Can I get at things while stored?
With notice, during working hours — a container is brought down and opened. Plan for a day or so's warning rather than turning up.
Can you store while a new place is decorated?
Commonly. Moving into a flat or bungalow that wants painting first is far easier with two or three rooms in store than with everything in the middle of the living room.
Is stored property covered?
Yes, with the usual conditions around owner-packed cartons and items of unusual value. Declare anything genuinely valuable before it goes in.
Need somewhere for it to go?
Tell us roughly what needs storing and when you might want it back. Collection and redelivery are quoted as part of the move.