How to Pack Your Storage Unit

Packing a storage unit isn’t the easiest thing to do. You need to be efficient, space-saving and remember exactly where everything is. Miss one of these steps and your unit might turn into a disaster zone. Let North Shore Mini Storage show you have to pack a storage unit right.

Storage Unit Packing Tips

Get The Right Size

Getting the right size storage unit is step one. Nothing is worse than having to unpack an entire unit and move to a bigger or smaller one. First you need to identify how much stuff you have, or if you are moving a home, how many rooms you are moving. This is a great guide on what size storage locker you will need.

Packing Uniformly

This means packing everything in an orderly fashion. Heavy boxes on the bottom with lighter ones on top. Use cardboard for all the light items and heavy plastic for the heavy ones. By using plastic boxes on the floor, they will be better protected against moisture.

Label and Note

If you want to have any kind of idea where things are, you need to label. Label everything in a way which you will understand. Once you are done labeling, group similar boxes together and make a note of where they are. A great tip is to keep a running “inventory” of all the items in the unit. As you take out and put in, mark them off/add them on the list.

Get a Unit Today

If you are looking for a storage unit, look no further than North Shore Mini Storage. We can help you find the right unit for you. We are located just across the Second Narrows Bridge in beautiful North Vancouver, BC. Give us a call or send us a message and a storage expert will get back to you.

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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.