Self Storage For Remodeling

Your wife looks at you lovingly and says she wants to remodel the kitchen, and she wants to get started next week! You grumble a bit and think of all the work you will need to do, but deep down you know the result will be well worth it. Then it hits you, where are you going to put all that stuff? You need to empty the room before you can get started and there is no way you can fit it into the garage. Your wife can tell you are pondering something and can see the frustration building on your face, and then she says, “Why don’t you call North Shore Mini Storage? We can get a storage unit to move all that stuff into!”

Self Storage When Remodeling

Great idea! Renting a self storage unit during a remodelling project makes a lot of sense. This way you don’t have to stuff your garage full of it all and struggle to get around it every day – or park in the driveway like so many people do. I mean, if you have a nice garage, you should be using it for your cars, right? Not to mention, what if you run into a problem or decide to take that project to the next level? Then before you know it that one month project has turned into the entire summer.

Choose a Unit

First things first, you need to decide what you will be moving out of the house to accomplish your project. Based on that list, our property manager can help you choose the best type of storage and the best size unit to suit your needs. We offer all interior access units at our location. Depending on what items you are storing, the type of unit can make all the difference.

Empty Out The House

While you are “cleaning” out for the remodel, you can also figure out if you want to get rid of anything. There is no point in moving it back into your “brand new” room if you don’t want it or it won’t fit the new décor. You can keep those items in storage as well, and dispose of them after the remodel is finished. You can even donate them to a charity or non-profit like Lookout Society here in North Van.

Keep Your Unit or Not

Once you wrap up your remodel, you may decide to move on to the next room in the house. You can either keep your storage unit continuously, or you can move out then come back in a few months and get a new unit when you are ready to start the next project. We are very flexible and here to make your storage experience as easy as can be.

Not only that, but you can move in today! Just stop in the rental office to get started or call and speak with the property manager for more information. Or, you can reserve a unit for a future move-in date.

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Mike Olsen

18:58 16 Oct 19

This is inexpensive storage that operates 100% as advertised - they do not offer 24/7 access and do not charge 24/7 access pricing. They are incredibly responsive to requests to unlock doors and provide access. It is not fancy but if you need a clean, dry place to store your stuff, you can't beat these guys. Don't expect bells and/or whistles but you also won't be paying for them.

Dave Shirlaw

01:54 10 Jun 19

Have to phone to have buildings unlocked. Annoying.

megan chow

23:06 21 May 19

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01:04 25 Sep 18

Prices are 1/2 the price of other storage units but it shuts down (locked gates) from 10 am - 6 pm except if you have the enormous ground level outside facing units. Those hours are impossible. The technology getting items up to the second story is an actual forklift thats made stationary. You balance your items up the forklift (and you raise the wooden pallet up yourself) Then you must walk up stairs and hope their is a dolly available to wind precariously around tiny turning hallways. Budget carpentry and ancient carpet in the units. The trolleys sound and feel like their from 1980's and are either coached to disobey or they keep their own counsel. They say its secure but I had a neighbor pick something up and they weren't even asked for permission. I explicitly stated only I was to have access. They said they do not let it happen. The locks are your own, but the flip closure is attached by 3/4 wood screws easily and possibly quite quietly could be opened and emptied with no one batting an eye. A kid could detach it with anything. They have "24 hour security" which means a guy lives on site. Does he/she have CCTV access? Probably not, nor would you want that job. Are there motion sensors? Not likely as sometimes the lights won't turn on and finding a switch in the straggly wandering corridors is impossible. They do not offer insurance. You have to sign forms saying all the things you will and won't do, but they are not liable if anything happens: theft, fire, water, vandals, pests etcSo despite all those complaints, its still 4/5 only because of the prices.