Renovating your home is pretty exciting, right? Not only does it increase your home value, but the process and the excitement of seeing the after results can be pretty thrilling.
However, it can also be stressful. For one, where are you going to put all your belongings while your contractors work?
Sure, you can rent a space for the short-term or ask a friend or family member, but both have costs that are not very fair or even convenient.
So, what do you do? Get a self-storage unit!
Protecting Your Belongings
Almost any kind of home improvement projects creates debris and dust all over your house. This dust and debris can completely coat your valuable fabrics, furniture, and electronics and might even cause a few scratches, even with the most careful crew.
In addition, accidents can always happen— from a sudden bump and broken lamps to dripped paints — particularly within the renovation zone. However, by clearing crowded rooms and storing everything in a safer place, you can highly reduce the risk of damage.
De-cluttering Your Home
Home renovation requires you to remove all your belongings from the room you need renovating. Using a self-storage can help store your belongings in an organised manner and avoid stocking everything in one place in a messy and cluttered manner.
Freeing Up Space for Storing Materials
By moving your belongings into a storage unit, you can free up space in your home for storing the necessary equipment and materials for your renovations.
Being Prepared for the Unexpected
With renovations, you will need to expect the unexpected. You need to expect all sorts of delays— from bad weather or wrong tiles to furniture installations and drying time for paints. Plans can change and projects that were originally going to take a month can suddenly turn into several months.
So, if you choose to store it in your friend or family’s house, you might cause them longer inconvenience. However, by renting a storage unit, you can ensure that your belongings will remain secure and safe, regardless of how much the renovation timeframe fluctuates.
Providing Peace of Mind
By securing and safely storing your personal items and belongings during home renovation, you can now focus on the projects as well on your daily routine and not moving around everything and protecting your belongings from possible falling debris as well as dents and scratches.
Storage Unit Organising Tips for Your Home Renovation
When moving your items into a storage unit, you do not want to just throw everything inside and locking the door. This is because you’ll probably want to access certain items while they’re in the storage. By using proper storage techniques, you’ll have easier and quicker access to stored items and a smoother process when bringing the items back to your newly renovated home. Plus, it should help prevent any damage to your stored items.
- Electronics: TVs, DVDs and other expensive electronics need to be bubble wrapped with cardboards guarding the screens in a climate-controlled storage unit.
- Bedrooms: Beds need to be disassembled and the mattress covered before storing. If you have headboards, then you can protect it with bubble wrap or cardboard and stored upright.
- Kitchen Items: Wrap your dishes and glassware in bubble wrap before storing them to an appropriate container. Defrost and clean the fridge as well as other kitchen appliances and wrap them before storing in a climate-controlled storage.
- Cabinets and Closets: Take all items out of the cabinets and closets. After that, purge anything not needed before neatly putting them in clearly labelled boxes.