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Storage across Hampshire
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 dates settle, and delivered when you say. Hampshire produces a lot of these gaps, from three quite different directions.
Postings, long country chains, and renovations on older houses. All three produce the same shape of problem.
What the arrangement is
Three Hampshire reasons for a gap
Postings, first. The forces population around Aldershot, Farnborough, Gosport and Portsmouth moves on dates set by somebody else, frequently at short notice and frequently before the next accommodation is confirmed.
Second, country chains. A village or Forest purchase involves fewer comparable properties, longer negotiations and more surveys, and those chains slip more than a city flat sale does.
Third, renovation. Buy a period property in Hampshire and there is a very good chance you will want work done before you move in properly. That work runs on. It always runs on.
This versus a self-storage unit
A unit is a room with a key, filled by you, open whenever the building is. It suits a business with stock in circulation or anyone needing weekly access.
What we do is the other trade: the crew loads at your door, the goods stay as loaded, and access is arranged rather than casual. You save two handlings and a lot of carrying; you give up walking in on a Sunday.
For a household between two addresses ours is nearly always right, and where a unit genuinely suits you better we will say so rather than steer you.
What to keep with you
If your things are going away for a stretch you need a proper living kit: 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 that before loading and write it down. Retrieving one box from a held load is an arrangement, and doing it three times is an expensive way to find a coat.
Holding before a move overseas
On a European move, holding here first is often the right order. The export file is built against the inventory written at your property, which keeps the customs list accurate because it was made where the goods were. See moving overseas.
Storage
Questions about storage
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 things?
For as long as the gap runs. The terms, including notice for redelivery, are set out in your booking contract in writing.
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 Are stored goods covered?
Cover and its exclusions are stated in the booking contract. Declare anything unusually valuable at survey.
05 Is this useful during a renovation?
Very. Holding the contents of a period house while work is done is one of the most common reasons people use it here, and it avoids furniture living under dust sheets for months.
Tell us when the house was built
That, the two addresses, and what the approach looks like. Three answers and we can tell you something useful; anything less and we would be guessing.