Car Storage...

[Snowdrop_]

Evening All,

I am in a position where I have found a few cars that I want to purchase, left a deposit on them all and I'm deciding best storage option.

At the moment, we have a detached double garage but both my M3 and LR Defender live in there. We are looking at buying a new house in the near future with enough land to build my own garage to house all of my vehicles, but in the meantime - I don't want to let these cars go so storage is a must.

I have 2 options and would eager to hear your thoughts....

1) I have seen a small(ish) unit near Glasgow which will take these cars, but it's circa £1,200 PCM plus bills/rates required. The unit, I could put through work I think and use it for storage for our IT equipment/base for the engineers to work out of in the interim as the lease can be done for as little as 12 months.

2) Look at companies who offer this kinda of storage, pay for it until I have built said garage and then bring these cars home. On this idea - do you know guys use/know anyone to recommend?

Which do you think could be the best option? I think Option 2 might be given the fact the cars will be looked after from a security point of view. Downside on Option 2 is cars won't be there to just go down and tinker with!

Thanks
Snow

[Butter Face]

Surely option 1 is the most cost effective?

But how much are the cars worth? If it's mega bucks then secure storage may be better shout.

[Snowdrop_]

Option 1 is more cost effective yes, but the cost of the cars (for now) is around £80k.

[MethylatedSpirit]

I pay £500 a year for a secured, remote control gated, cctv pointing right at car parking spot underground, near the city centre of Glasgow.


Those costs seem... Insane....

[Centurion07]

I recall a specialised storage place popping up on my FB feed a little while ago; cost was circa £35pw per car which included some bi-weekly/monthly checks/trickle charger etc etc. That said, it was relatively (as you can imagine) high-end stuff so they might be a bit snobby about what they would allow you to store there?

Obviously it depends where you are as I would imagine those kind of places in the wilds of Scotland will be few and far between.

[Swampy1982]

Carcoon not an option?

[illmonkey]

Get on gumtree and look for secure storage.

[MJK 24]

Speak to Car Storeage Scotland. £28 a week I think.

[Snowdrop_]

Thanks all, some ideas.

Cheers MJK - I was literally just looking at their website!

[lostkiwi]

Used a car storage site near Preston years ago. Used it to store an ex military Ambulance. Wasrather funny seeing it in there wit Ferraris, Porsches, Astons etc.
Only issue was having to prearrange access every time.

[rigga]

Just got my car out of storage, £25 a week with battery tender and in controlled humidity environment, lots of places about that do this now.

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rigga said:

Just got my car out of storage, £25 a week with battery tender and in controlled humidity environment, lots of places about that do this now.

Seems like it's a good business to be honest, wonder if it's a decent business to run?

Interesting...

[ikarl]

Snowdrop_ said:

Seems like it's a good business to be honest, wonder if it's a decent business to run?

Interesting...

Probably a great business to run until the owner of a Ferrari/Lambo asks you how his/her car got a scratch on it.

Could wipe out a years profit in a stroke and whilst keeping these cars you would need to be aware that a) most of the owners of the cars that require said 'storage' would want them to be cared for, b) if anything does go wrong, they would want it sorted asap, and c) negative press could cripple the business.

Seems like a good business..... until something goes wrong. All IMO of course.

[Batfink]

Damage to cars should be covered by their insurance so shouldnt really affect profits.
I store a fair few cars for friends, but I insist that they provide a car cover for their vehicle so theres less risk of damage. Cars get pushed into place, not driven.

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Batfink said:

Damage to cars should be covered by their insurance so shouldnt really affect profits.
I store a fair few cars for friends, but I insist that they provide a car cover for their vehicle so theres less risk of damage. Cars get pushed into place, not driven.

Do you have a small warehouse?

[Batfink]

I have a unit for work, but my work takes up one stockroom and an office now as I slimmed it down. The rest is filled with peoples cars. Saves me looking for a smaller unit at a lower cost I guess

[Viper]

ikarl said:

Snowdrop_ said:

Seems like it's a good business to be honest, wonder if it's a decent business to run?

Interesting...

Probably a great business to run until the owner of a Ferrari/Lambo asks you how his/her car got a scratch on it.

Could wipe out a years profit in a stroke and whilst keeping these cars you would need to be aware that a) most of the owners of the cars that require said 'storage' would want them to be cared for, b) if anything does go wrong, they would want it sorted asap, and c) negative press could cripple the business.

Seems like a good business..... until something goes wrong. All IMO of course.

just literally read this post below
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[Snowdrop_]

Thanks for all the help.

I have opted for the car storage option, on the basis my car is more safe with them and will be there until February/March next year. We have put an offer on a house over the weekend, which has been accepted and has a lot of land to build my own garage!