Is it worth storing furniture?

JessyRM

Hi All,

I posted a thread not long ago about moving to a new county and not being able to find a property. I have decided I am going to rent a shared house for 3-6 months to save whilst looking for a more permanent home.

Now I have a bit of a dilemma, I live in a one bedroom flat and will be moving to a part furnished room. I can fit some of my stuff in the room and store a couple of boxes at a friends (Microwave ect..). My issue is I have two new pieces of furniture that I will not be able to fit, a bed and a sofa.

I am considering storing them but it seems very pricey (Around £150 a month) I know I could sell them and make a small amount of money but not what I paid.

Is it worth storing furniture?

Thanks

Pixie5740

£150 a month to store 2 pieces of furniture sounds hefty. I stored the contents of a 2-bedroom flat for just over a third of that.

davidmcn

I decided not to bother - hardly seemed worth paying most of what it would cost to buy new stuff just to store it. You're likely to prefer different things anyway for the new place.

ReadingTim

• If the cost of storage is less than the cost of buying new items (less proceeds of sale of old items) then store.
  
• If the cost of storage is more than the cost of buying new items (less proceeds of sale of old items) then sell and buy anew.

However, storage will allow you to store all of your stuff together, and not burden friends, which you may like to factor into the equation.

D_M_E

Your quoted cost is expensive. It only cost me a third of that to store the contents of a 3-bed house.

You are looking at £450 to £900 storages fees.

Personally, for only a bad and sofa I would sell them and save the proceeds and add to it the £150 monthly storage fee and that would give a nice sum with which to buy replacements when the time comes when they are needed again.

JessyRM

Thank you, I am still looking around for cheaper alternatives. Perhaps they have quoted me for more room than I need.

I paid a lot less for the items than they are worth (bought them during crazy home base sale last year) but to replace they would cost about equal to the cost of storage.

I do agree that storing things in one place would be convenient and I will be saving money as a whole by house sharing.

Thanks

[Deleted User]

For two items, I'd consider https://storemates.co.uk/ where you rent storage space in a house. Its generally cheaper but I would avoid lofts for these items, access would be difficult. There is another company that does the same thing.

However, even so the costs will add up so some of the advice above might apply.

When I had to store a housefull of items, a friend let me use their container. However because they were very kind but clumsy mates, quite a few items were damaged when I got them back because they hadn't been stored properly. They just piled them into the container any old how lol. Not something I'd do again, however grateful I am.

JessyRM

Thank you for the suggestion, Unfortunately only one match in the county at a similar price to a unit. Brilliant idea though, hope more people sign up.