Increase Your Homes Value This Summer

Summer will be quickly upon us, and with it comes the perfect time to renovate your home. But when renovating, you should be doing things that increase the value of your home. North Shore Mini Storage is here to help you with ways to increase the value of your home.

Increase Your Home’s Value With These Summer Home Renovations

Windows

Increase your home’s curb appeal by applying some nice window treatments. Go the extra step and get some new weather stripping, or energy efficient windows to add value to your home.

Plumbing

Updating your kitchen and bathroom will bring the most value to your home. When updating these two rooms, spring to energy efficient fixtures to save money and increase value to prospective home buyers.

Carpets

Many people don’t realize how dirty their carpets actually are, and the colour that can be restored when you do a proper cleaning. To save money, you can even rent carpet cleaners from places like Walmart.

Pest Control

Summer is the time to get a pest inspection. In fact, many home buyers require a report to ensure their home will be termite and rodent free.

Paint

Summer generally means NO rain. So take advantage of this and paint your home. You will be amazed by the difference a fresh coat of paint will make. Go for the basic colours, black, grey, white to be on the safe side, people might not share your love of purple.

Decluttering

Maybe the simplest and cheapest way to increase your home’s value is to declutter the mess inside. Rent a storage unit for any seasonal items, you will be amazed by how much of a difference a little extra space can make.

When doing your home renovations this summer, keep North Shore Mini Storage as your go-to storage place for your tools and renovation supplies.

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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

sara ~

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.