Household & Business Self Storage News

Jan 25, 2021

Moving house can be stressful at the best of times, but what about the stress levels of your pets? One of the most difficult pets to move house with, are tropical or marine fish. Moving an aquarium or fish tank, or fish from an ou...

Oct 26, 2016

Chichester Lok'nStore will be opening three new storage buildings in 2016, making it one of their busiest years to date (apart from 2001). A converted building opened in early January in Chichester – a new locatio...

Aug 26, 2016

A brand new self-storage facility is about to open in Bristol at the Longwell Green Trade Park. At Lok’nStore head office, we are proud to announce the opening of our newest storage centre in the City of Bristol. Anyone who has dr...

Jun 01, 2016

Someone once said that nothing ever goes down in price… Except at Lok’nStore where we have put down the prices of all of the packaging materials in our stores! From the 1st of June 2016, every single item in our

May 13, 2016

As part of their ‘Pay what you can season’ Harlow Playhouse with Dante or Die will be performing live theatre at a self-storage facility in Harlow this weekend. Handle with Care is a live show where the audience can get so close...

Mar 16, 2016

It’s not only buy-to-let landlords who get to make a fortune from renters, as the government is about to relax the tax threshold on the amount you can earn from getting a lodger under your own roof. From 6 April 2016, t...

Feb 26, 2016

Lok’nStore Reading, Harlow, and Poole are to host the play ‘Handle With Care’ by South Street’s Sitelines. The Dante or Die theatre company with perform the play which follows the character, Zoe, from 1988 to the present day as ...

Feb 24, 2016

2016 marks the 10th Anniversary of the opening of Lok’nStore’s first purpose-built self-storage facility on Hawley Lane in Farnborough. Up until 2005,

Jan 01, 2016

LoknStore has been providing self-storage to customers across the UK since 1995. We cater to householders, students, renters, and homeowners as well as many business users. For more information and help on all our self-storage services a...

Oct 22, 2015

Our self-storage centre in Chichester is open for business. We welcome householders, renters, students, and all types of business users. Our store is in and easy to access location in Terminus Road, just a few minutes from the heart of C...

Dec 24, 2014

Do you run your own business? Have you ever received stock delivered on a pallet? This won’t be a problem if you have your own business premises, but what if you run your business from home? How would you react if you suddenly realised a...

Dec 23, 2014

Picture this. You’ve spent the last couple of years gradually putting more and more stuff into your storage space. You’ve never quite got around to putting it in there tidily or in any kind of order. Think haphazard and you’ve got the id...

Dec 22, 2014

Most of us have hobbies of one kind or another. Yet some take up more space than others. For example, some people decide to collect classic toys. These have to be kept in pristine condition and ideally in their original pack...

Dec 19, 2014

People relocate for all kinds of reasons. Maybe they have a job in another area and they need to move to be closer to it. Maybe they want to move to get closer to family members (or in some cases, further away). Perhaps they simply find ...

Dec 14, 2014

There are plenty of reasons why you might want to rent a storage space, as we’ve found out before. Storing old books you don’t want to part with is a big reason for some people; we bet you can find books in a large percentage of storage ...

Dec 13, 2014

It sounds like something the guy in the lift in Are You Being Served would say, in the sitcom that was a big hit years ago. Now I’m showing my age. Hey ho. Anyway, there are other reasons why you might be asked this...

Dec 09, 2014

Yes, we’re aware that’s rather a dramatic title for an essentially very undramatic item. Although, we reckon if you have ever used a tape gun you’ll know why we chose that title – and you probably agree with it too. You see ...

Dec 08, 2014

So you’ve arranged your self-storage space and now you’re getting all the stuff ready to move into it. That’s the most important part done, right? Actually no – the important part is just beginning. What you decide to do now will ...

Nov 29, 2014

Do you ever feel as though self-storage is a great idea, yet you wouldn’t use it all the time? You’re not alone. More people are discovering the advantages of opting for seasonal storage. Once you start thinking about it and disco...

Nov 28, 2014

Don’t you just love decorating? Or maybe you don’t – maybe you’re one of those people who realise it’s a necessary evil. You enjoy the completed look but you hate every moment of actually going through the decorating process. It’s...