Self-storage

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...

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 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 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 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 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 21, 2014

Plenty of people rent self-storage spaces temporarily. It might be during a house move to keep the costs of moving down and to make sure the new property doesn’t become overwhelmed with possessions. If you’ve ever moved into a new home y...

Nov 19, 2014

Don’t you love walking into homes where it feels like the owners don’t actually have any possessions to speak of at all? They’re spacious, tidy and clean and filled with smooth surfaces not cluttered up with anything. I mean, literally n...

Nov 17, 2014

Recently there was an item on a well-known news website that highlighted a property being sold in London. That in itself might not sound unusual, but when you realise the house was a mere seven feet wide you’ll see why it made headlines....

Nov 09, 2014

Isn’t that a fabulous expression? All kinds of images come to mind. Maybe a life-size cardboard cut-out of someone in a business suit for example. Or how about a young, eager to please an entrepreneur who wants to surprise you with the l...

Nov 07, 2014

One of the first things you’ll consider when you want to rent a self-storage unit is size. How much room do you need to store what you have? That’s a reasonable question, but here’s a better one. How much room will work best? Shou...

Oct 31, 2014

What are spare rooms for? Well they’re spare aren’t they, so it’s likely you use yours for storing things you don’t often use. You might have converted it into a small office, or there could be a bed in there, buried under boxes and clot...

Oct 29, 2014

One of the things most people would probably have inside their storage lockers would surely be books. Even in these days of e-readers of all shapes and sizes, there is something about the humble book that will never die. Sure you can kee...

Oct 28, 2014

Ah yes, the age-old question (and challenge) for those of us with our own businesses. It’s great to strike out on your own and set up your own business, but with it comes many a challenge you need to be ready to face. One of those...

Sep 29, 2014

Self-storage units are all pretty much the same on the outside. All the doors look the same, except for perhaps having different padlocks depending on which ones the individual owners want to use. And yet behind each identical do...