How much does storage cost roughly?

[Orchid1]

Does anyone have a rough guestimate of how much storage costs (say half a garage size) per month? On all the websites you look at they want you to fill in a form and have someone contact you however i'm just looking for a rough idea?

I'm in Scotland if that makes a difference?

[HOGEPH]

Sell or give away everything you want to put in storage, and then buy new. It will work out cheaper.

[MockingJay]

If you want cheap, contact the local council about garage availability. We have one for storage and pay £22 a month.

[Orchid1]

MockingJay said:

If you want cheap, contact the local council about garage availability. We have one for storage and pay £22 a month.

I didn't think of that, thanks for the tip.

[gregs656]

MockingJay said:

If you want cheap, contact the local council about garage availability. We have one for storage and pay £22 a month.

That was going to be my suggestion too, I pay a bit more on the south coast about £12 p/w.

[alorotom]

Council garage defo the way forward, we pay between £6 and £8 p/wk for ours in Newcastle

[Saleen836]

This is my local one so should give you a good idea...
https://www.storagebase.com/frome-storage/prices

[kiethton]

Used safestore last year - 55sqft for 13 months = £170 every 4 weeks....

This was zone 6 London however.

[Mr Pointy]

Berkshire way is £210/month for 100 sq ft. That's a discounted rate.

[Plate spinner]

HOGEPH said:

Sell or give away everything you want to put in storage, and then buy new. It will work out cheaper.

Agreed. My dad stored a garage full when they went to Oz for 5 years.

When they got back he went through it all and didn’t really keep any of it.
Some was spoiled due to damp / mould, most was given away to whoever wanted it.

Pointless really.

[Condi]

MockingJay said:

If you want cheap, contact the local council about garage availability. We have one for storage and pay £22 a month.

Some councils declare garages to be 'for the storage of 1 motorcar or motorbike only' and will check from time to time you're not storing stuff in there. I presume for fire/insurance reasons.

[Riley Blue]

gregs656 said:

MockingJay said:

If you want cheap, contact the local council about garage availability. We have one for storage and pay £22 a month.

That was going to be my suggestion too, I pay a bit more on the south coast about £12 p/w.

Check that they allow storage, my council doesn't. Someone grassed on me and I received a 'caution' mentioning insurance risk - apparently woodworking tools are more of a hazard than a 55 year old car.

[Slushbox]

The rent-a-shipping container boys charge about £40-50 a month here, a third of what the Self-Storage bods want.

Downside is that shipping containers often drip internal condensation in the winter.

The yard near me has double stacked containers. The upper-deck ones are a cheaper and a pain to get to, though they provide pallets and a fork lift driver for free.

OK for temp. storage between house moves though.