Storage Miscellany

May 23, 2014

There aren’t many films set in storage facilities. We have no idea why – they’re incredibly evocative places. You can practically smell the memories and heritage of the items stored within the different units whenever you walk into one. ...

May 22, 2014

You’d be forgiven for thinking that there was nothing you couldn’t keep in a storage facility, and you’d almost be right. All sorts of things can be kept in storage units, from cars and beds to smaller, less valuable items like old toys ...

Mar 21, 2014

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,...

Feb 24, 2014

In the self-storage industry we are always talking about all the things that you “can” put into a storage facility – the stuff we can help you with – but what about the things you “can’t” store – the dreaded forbidden items. 1. Y...

Feb 05, 2014

The Mayor of Maidenhead and Windsor, Cllr Andrew Jenner opened Lok’nStore’s newest bright orange, self-storage centre last week in Stafferton Way, Maidenhead. Filmed by the BBC, he cut the ribbon at 11am on the 29th January and the store...

Jan 28, 2014

Fancy a free drink, canapé or even some free storage in Maidenhead? Join us for our grand opening… On Wednesday 29th January, Lok’nStore will be holding a special grand opening of its new

Oct 01, 2013

Lok’nStore, the big friendly self-storage company, is proud to announce that it has agreed to make Naomi House & Jacks Place its ‘Charity of the Year’. The local self-storage company in Poole, Swindon, Southampton, Fareham, Portsmout...

Oct 01, 2013

Are you interested in working for Lok’nStore in the ever-expanding self-storage industry? Lok’nStore has job vacancies at various locations across the south-east working in our self-storage facilities in customer services and also...

Jun 12, 2013

Many of us call it the loft. Some of us call it the attic. Either way, many of them are stuffed to the rafters with our old possessions. Is there a difference between a loft and an attic? Looking around the web there seems to be no clear...

Dec 05, 2012

Lok’nStore Self Storage in Harlow was the host for 18 staff members from GSK who gave time to volunteer for a day with Harlow Foodbank. The staff from GSK in Harlow, Ware and Stevenage, spent Friday 23rd November 2012 at Lok’nStore in Ed...

Sep 03, 2012

Over the years at Lok’nStore we’ve heard of many success stories where businesses have used our storage facilities to their benefit, especially when first setting up and starting out. Our flexible business model allows small (and big) co...

Jul 29, 2012

I don’t know about you, but my bedroom wardrobe looks nothing like this neat and tidy space? In fact, I’m betting that most people reading this; have wardrobes like mine, with shoes scattered on the floor, shirts that have fallen off coa...

Jul 09, 2012

The de-cluttering of a bathroom is similar to that of the kitchen in that anything put into storage needs to be very easy to access. It’s no good hiding away items that are needed for everyday use like hairbrushes, hairdryer, GHDs and ot...

Jun 22, 2012

A new independent horror film is about to hit the cinemas that ask many questions for 24hr storage operators in the UK. Set in a chaotic London after the crash of a military cargo plane, movie ‘Storage 24’ finds Charlie (Noel Clarke) and...

May 22, 2012

Giving you friendly; free, expert advice is what we do at Lok’nStore Self Storage. This letter was received by our storage centre in Southampton, Hampshire and sums up what we do for our customers on a daily basis. Dear F...

May 08, 2012

Did you see last weeks Channel 4 documentary: The hoarder next door? It’s a brand new de-cluttering series about the growing numbers of ‘hoarders’ in Britain. Last weeks opener started with poor 55-year-old Liverpudlian hoarder ...

May 05, 2012

Confusing Reading Homonym! We wouldn’t normally introduce such a word as “homonym” to a self-storage blog but we have an odd situation with our

Apr 30, 2012

Despite there currently being a hosepipe ban in place over much of the South East of England, the April showers seem to have truly arrived in style over the last few weeks? Just when everyone was looking forward to getting out into the g...

Apr 23, 2012

An excellent question: Is there anything Lok’nStore cannot store for you (also known as: ‘Please can I put my pet elephant into self-storage’)? Given that you can store almost anything at a

Mar 26, 2012

It’s not very often, that good news comes out of the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s budget. Usually, it’s all about your costs spiralling ever upwards: cigarettes up, alcohol prices up, petrol up (although the cost of petrol seems to go u...