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Jan 25, 2021

Keeping your fish happy, when moving home

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...

Nov 28, 2014

Get Practical When You Get Decorating

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...

Sep 26, 2014

Take the stress out of relocating

I have a friend who still can’t find her earrings. Another who never did locate the essential first-night-in-the-new-house box labelled “OPEN THIS FIRST.” A lot of people are on the move these days. For many of us, relocati...

Jun 17, 2014

The Many Emotional Stages of Moving House

Whether you’re moving house for the first time or the hundredth time the emotional rollercoaster we all go through is always the same. Regardless of how prepared and organized you think you are, the world is seemingly out to get us all, ...

Apr 24, 2014

Why Self-Storage Is Ideal For Gap Year Students

These days taking a gap year when you’re a student is pretty common. Many students decide to take a gap year at some time during their studies, all with different aims and wishes. Some take the time out to spend a year abroad in the hope...

Mar 28, 2014

De-Clutter Your Room For A Good Nights Sleep

Are you suffering from insomnia? If a good night’s sleep is something that eludes you, then you may not need to look any further than your bedroom for the solution. A cluttered bedroom can lead to a cluttered mind, and this coul...

Mar 21, 2014

Turn Your Spare Space In To The Ultimate Man Cave

Have you got a spare room or basement? How many of you have a spare room or basement that is just filling up with junk after being neglected and unused for years? We think it’s safe to say that a few of us have an attic, a room,...

Mar 13, 2014

3 Steps to a Clean and Organised Bathroom

If you are looking to sell your home then you will probably be aware of how much hard work it can be. There’s a long list of things to think of and not a lot of money to do it with. However, not every stage in the process needs to have a...

Feb 22, 2013

Signs of an improving market in Milton Keynes

According to the property search website; Zoopla, the housing market may finally be improving for some homeowners in the UK. In an article published in The Independent newspaper (20/02/13), Zoopla, claimed that more house-sellers ...

Feb 02, 2012

Property rental and the storage issue

Most of us, at some stage in our lives, will have to rent a property to live in. Whether short or long term; house or flat, most of us have had to rent a property at one time or another. For the next few years, we may even see mor...

Aug 15, 2011

Guide to moving house with pets

Although moving can be a big ordeal for humans, it can be even more stressful for pets. This is because most pets spend the majority of their time inside, and as such become very familiar with their indoor surroundings. So if you ...

Nov 29, 2010

Storage Portsmouth

Are you looking for storage in the Portsmouth area? An are you a member of the British Armed Forces? If you answered ‘yes’ to the above questions then you’ve come to the right place! Lok’nStore Storage in Portsmouth is curr...

Mar 24, 2010

A checklist for your moving day

A checklist for your moving house day After dealing with your solicitor; chartered surveyors, removal and

Mar 16, 2010

Renting or buying a house and how to decide?

When it comes to moving house that age-old question keeps rearing its head: is it better to rent a home or is it more cost-eff...

Jan 26, 2010

Planning to move house?

Are you moving house? Do you need Self Storage? LoknBlog spotted this useful article… There is so much to think of en route that sometimes you forg...

Dec 07, 2009

Cliff home owners move building

The owners of a cliff-top property threatened by coastal erosion in East Sussex have spent more than £80,000 moving their house inland. Geoff and Ann Nash have moved back into the Boathouse in Birling Gap, East De...

Nov 09, 2009

Moving house: Rectory leaves church ground for new home.

Lok’nStore Business & Household Self Storage can help in you’re moving house. Lok’nStore provides low-cost, safe secure storage in various locations. Lo’knStore also sells a range of cardboard boxes and bubble wrap at low costs. Give...

Nov 04, 2009

Women have final say when it comes to moving home

I’m not sure why Essex University spent so much time on this research as most women could have told them for free! If you’re moving home and need self-storage give Lok’nStore a call on 0800 587 3322. Lok’nStore Business & Household S...

Jun 22, 2009

Moving house required patience, inspired wonder

There are certain situations in life when it is prudent to act very slowly, exercise great patience, and know exactly where your next move will take you. One of those situations is when you are

May 01, 2009

Moving a grand old house

Ian Carter and Enid Wells took their grand old lady for a drive in the country yesterday. That old lady is a two-story house at least 104 years old. The couple, who have owned and loved their house for the past five years, decided...