Deciding on Storage Space Size

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couchWhen we decided that we wanted to move from our large home into an apartment, we knew that we would need to find a way to store all of the excess possessions that we planned to keep. There was no way that the small allotted apartment storage area would be able to accommodate everything. We discussed our options and decided that we would rent a self storage unit from a nearby facility. Then we came across another hurdle. We had no idea how much space we should get in order to easily accommodate everything yet not make it difficult for us to get out something like our bikes when the weather was nice enough to go riding.

I called several of the self storage facilities in the area and for some reason I was quoted several different storage unit sizes when I had given each of them the same general list of items that we would need to store. We were confused because we did not want to rent something that would turn out to be too small to fit everything. We also did not want to end up paying extra for a self storage unit that was going to have a lot of empty space after we moved all of our excess possessions into it. 

I finally did a search online and came across a custom size calculator that allowed me to check off the various pieces of furniture that we had along with the quantities of each one. Since things like couches are rather standard in size, the calculator could easily add up the dimensions of everything that we needed to put in the storage unit. It even had a place where we could add the dimensions of items that were not so common. In mere seconds, it told us the exact size that would accommodate all of our possessions from our extra couch that was in our family room to the framed painting that used to hang over our fireplace.

We found a facility that had the proper sized self storage unit available at a reasonable price and made the necessary arrangements to move everything there on the same weekend that we were moving the rest of our things to the apartment complex. That way we could maximize our use of the moving vehicle and hand trucks that we were also able to rent directly from the self storage facility.