Household & Business Self Storage News

Sep 06, 2014

If you’re going to store things you need boxes and crates to store them in. Sounds simple, doesn’t it? And in truth, it is if you buy your boxes from us, or you have strong and good quality ones you can rely on already. However, ...

Sep 05, 2014

Local self-storage provider Lok’nStore has launched a brand new storage concept called “Box’nStore”, which provides customers with an ingenious solution to the secure storage of important paperwork and other belongings without the custom...

Aug 30, 2014

Storage spaces are practical, useful, and very appropriate in many situations. For the most part, we pack things up in boxes or crates and store them in the space for an indefinite length of time. Sometimes it might only be temporary owi...

Aug 29, 2014

Ah, the centre aisle. Many a person has hired a storage space and not respected the centre aisle. If you’re frowning and wondering what all this is about, you either haven’t got a storage space yet or you haven’t taken into account the i...

Aug 26, 2014

Many self-storage users are making the most of their units, storing their cars, holding stock, and even running businesses. However, some people seem to be simply paying for something they don’t use or need. Why are they willing to pay f...

Aug 23, 2014

Where do experienced boat owners store their vessels? No matter where you live or how often you use your boat, at some stage, all boat owners will face the dilemma of where to store their boat when winter falls. Having a boat to...

Aug 21, 2014

Let’s suppose you pack up eight boxes of assorted items and rent a storage unit from us here at Lok ‘nStore. Once they are safely stored away how long do you think it would be before you opened them again? You’d think it wou...

Aug 11, 2014

It’s been no secret that over the last few decades, we have seen a high level of divorce rates in the UK and abroad. It’s amazing that despite the broad publication of divorce, we still aren’t made completely aware of what we should prep...

Aug 08, 2014

Do you ever come across boxes at home and wonder what on earth is in them? It’s not too problematic if you only have a box or two like it but if you happen to own lots of them it can soon get frustrating. No one wants to search through d...

Aug 02, 2014

Why is it we get so attached to old clothes? Most of us will admit to having some clothes in our wardrobes, cupboards, or drawers that we don’t wear anymore. How many items have you got that fit this description? We’d be too embarrassed ...

Jul 25, 2014

The idea of buying a larger home so you have more room to store things and to live comfortably isn’t an alien one. However, some of the biggest homes in the world have so much storage space the average family would probably end up rattli...

Jul 17, 2014

Here at Loknstore, we go out of our way to ensure we provide you with all the help and advice you could need when you are looking to rent a storage unit. We understand how difficult it can be to look at a pile of stuff and assess how big...

Jul 16, 2014

There are all kinds of reasons why people rent storage space. Moving home is a popular reason, not to mention de-cluttering your property. But many people rent storage space, putting the things in there they don’t currently need, and the...

Jul 14, 2014

One thing you may well have to do if you rent a storage unit is to stack things. After all, if you only ever use the floor space you’re wasting a lot of space you could be using to store other things. Many people use good strong b...

Jul 12, 2014

Storage units can be used for all kinds of things – not everything of course since there are exceptions – but some owners do keep some weird things in there. Most of these finds are discovered when people stop paying for their self-stora...

Jul 10, 2014

This world is a magical, wonderful place but we don’t half fill it up with absolute rubbish. It’s time our beloved planet Earth had a clear-out and boxed up all the junk we’d be better off without. From the useless and annoying to...

Jul 09, 2014

Surely one of the most frustrating things about running your own business is the amount of paperwork involved. Even in these days of computers, you are still likely to have receipts and other books and paperwork that you need to keep. An...

Jul 04, 2014

1. Astronauts The International Space Station currently orbiting the Earth might be considered quite roomy when compared to the Apollo 11 spacecraft that took astronauts to the surface of the moon for the first ti...

Jun 19, 2014

Aside from that, it does have a vital role to play in the world of storage. If you’re considering storing some valuables away for a while, you want to be sure they don’t get damaged. They’ll be safe once they’re properly stacked inside y...

Jun 18, 2014

What do you think about when you think of personal storage space? You probably think of a space filled with possessions you don’t need but you don’t want to get rid of. You’re probably thinking long-term as opposed to having space for ju...