Self storage soars as UK houses are too small

olly300

nearlynew wrote: »

Isn't it ironic that in today's consumerist society when everyone has more "stuff" the houses to store it all in have become smaller?


Or is it all part of the same scam?

Yep you have to throw it away to make room for more "stuff".

Luckily the new "stuff" you buy doesn't last more than a few months if it's clothes/shoes or over 2 years if it's electronic.

lostinrates

vivatifosi wrote: »

Hmmm.... A gap in the market for a toaster/kettle combo?

Still be a squeeze next to the rice cooker, the electric steamer, the slow cooker, the breadmaker, the microwave, the fat draining grill thing, the popcorn machine and the HUGE coffee maker. Some people have lots of kitchen gadgets to enthuse about how great their foody credentials are, but they seem to cook less than press buttons!

(I would like an icecream maker though, and have a bread maker, and er....thing a rice cooker is a nice sounding accoutrement). I do have a toaster.

Really2

Cleaver wrote: »

Jesus, they must all own some f*cking massive toasters. Some 74 Slice Breville Big B*stard or something.

Either that or 35% of people have kitchens that are less than two foot square.

lostinrates

Can you imagine getting it all buttered before the toast cooled down!? I suppose rotary toasters just ain't hip enough...

olly300

I wonder how much stuff people are putting in storage they actually need?

I watched a program a couple of years back that went through people's storage units and most of them contained junk.

Also when I put my stuff in storage when I was between homes one of the ladies at the place explained that some people used the place to store seasonal stuff like garden furniture in winter and christmas stuff in summer. Yet all the people I know with garden furniture leave it in the garden and cover it up during winter, and people always find some where to store their christmas decorations.

olly300

lostinrates wrote: »

Can you imagine getting it all buttered before the toast cooled down!? I suppose rotary toasters just ain't hip enough...

Some people like buttering their toast when it's cool.

It's a bl**dy nightmare making toast for people cos everyone likes it slightly different.

Really2

I would say it is more down to STR myself. We nearly put some of our stuff in storage when we nearly STR'ed.

It does not make financial sense renting a house for all of your stuff also if it is cheaper to store.

lostinrates

olly300 wrote: »

I wonder how much stuff people are putting in storage they actually need?

I watched a program a couple of years back that went through people's storage units and most of them contained junk.

Also when I put my stuff in storage when I was between homes one of the ladies at the place explained that some people used the place to store seasonal stuff like garden furniture in winter and christmas stuff in summer. Yet all the people I know with garden furniture leave it in the garden and cover it up during winter, and people always find some where to store their christmas decorations.

we kept stuff in storage, and spent much more in storage than the monetary worth of the stuff. But it had emotional value. Most of it. some stuff obviously meant loads to me when I was in my early 20s but seems like junk now I see it again.

olly300

lostinrates wrote: »

we kept stuff in storage, and spent much more in storage than the monetary worth of the stuff. But it had emotional value. Most of it. some stuff obviously meant loads to me when I was in my early 20s but seems like junk now I see it again.

Then you know it's clear out time.

The only good thing with renting and having to move is that packing makes you do a clear out.

Unfortunately I still manage to acquire lots of books even if I'm borrowing them from friends. Loads of people don't want fiction books back but don't tell you for months or years. :mad:

drc

We store a load of stuff at my mums house as our tiny flat has literally no storage. Mum has a very large Edwardian house with loads of space and high ceilings.