Storing Your Possessions

Storage can be used for many different reasons. If you're trying to sell your home you may want to free closets and rooms of extra clutter so that the place shows better. Maybe you have too much furniture for your new home; the kids have moved out but you can't part with all their childhood memorabilia; you want to store items for different seasons; you have stacks of documents that you need to keep but don't want them to take up living space.


Follow these tips to make your storage experience hassle-free.

• Create aisles with box labels facing out.

• Don't stack boxes too high so that getting what you need becomes dangerous or overly time consuming.

• Make sure that the secure lock on your storage is sturdy. The storage manager can also help in giving you instructions on how to unload your belongings.

• If you're using a professional mover and have some items dropped off at your storage facility directly, make sure boxes are clearly marked to avoid confusion.