Vehicle storage
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aceofspades1

Original Poster:

390 posts

52 months

Not sure where is the best place to ask this...

I'm getting to the point where myself and a couple of friends require vehicle storage. Probably about 10-12 vehicles in the long term.

I've been looking on rightmove and you can buy warehouses for semi-reasonable money... are there any issues with doing that?

If we paid for independent vehicle storage, we're looking at £15k+ per year...

Unreal

10,958 posts

56 months

aceofspades1 said:
Not sure where is the best place to ask this...

I'm getting to the point where myself and a couple of friends require vehicle storage. Probably about 10-12 vehicles in the long term.

I've been looking on rightmove and you can buy warehouses for semi-reasonable money... are there any issues with doing that?

If we paid for independent vehicle storage, we're looking at £15k+ per year...
How much will it cost to buy somewhere big enough for 12 cars? Odds are there'll be an annual service charge on top plus business rates. Unless it's pure storage you need space around the cars so do your calculations carefully.

normalbloke

8,970 posts

250 months

Insuring it properly might be a stumbling point.Then there’s security that will actually work to consider. My friend had a trailer stolen from a nuclear bunker once..

Hippea

3,992 posts

100 months

I've always found the best way with this is a friendly local farmer that has a spare barn, it's generally a who you know situation rather than anything being advertised.

Obviously depends on the cars, but mine are generally lower price wise so a farmers barn to store and tinker with them in is perfectly fine.

Master Of Puppets

3,874 posts

93 months

Hippea said:
I've always found the best way with this is a friendly local farmer that has a spare barn, it's generally a who you know situation rather than anything being advertised.

Obviously depends on the cars, but mine are generally lower price wise so a farmers barn to store and tinker with them in is perfectly fine.
Good idea, but.............Rats.

aceofspades1

Original Poster:

390 posts

52 months

Ok, thanks very much for the replies.

I've heard of vehicles getting stolen from warehouses. That's an issue I didn't think of...

Hippea

3,992 posts

100 months

Master Of Puppets said:
Hippea said:
I've always found the best way with this is a friendly local farmer that has a spare barn, it's generally a who you know situation rather than anything being advertised.

Obviously depends on the cars, but mine are generally lower price wise so a farmers barn to store and tinker with them in is perfectly fine.
Good idea, but.............Rats.
Can't say I've ever had a problem with rodents

Skyedriver

23,619 posts

313 months

Master Of Puppets said:
Good idea, but.............Rats.
^this^