Where to store valuables outside the home?

MX5huggy · 9 March 2017 at 9:40PM

There was that place in Hatton Garden....

FreeBear · 10 March 2017 at 12:52AM

greyfox wrote: »

An electronic safe somewhere in the house (or garage) would be a lot simpler & accessible 24/7.

Have a look at some of the youtube vids on opening these "safes" - Put me right off buying one. Went for a second hand Chubb with mechanical locks and some serious heavy duty fixings to bolt it to the floor.

cashferret · 10 March 2017 at 10:52PM

Thanks, everyone - I'm not in London so can't use those London-specific options.

The things I need to store aren't jewellery etc. but documents and data. I'm aware of cloud storage, of course, but have concerns over security/hacking etc.

I'd like to be able to keep back-up copies outside my home but would need easy access so that I could keep storing updated copies.

I live in a city but don't have a car and have mobility problems so I'm really looking for somewhere that would be on a High Street rather than on some industrial park that I couldn't get to (so not large storage units).

I live in a flat and don't have a garage or car that I could store things in (my main concern is fire).

This Metrosafe article suggests that HSBC no longer offer safety deposit boxes:

http://www.metrosafe.co.uk/editorials/news-releases/date/2015/12/09/what-replaces-hsbc-and-barclays-after-uk-exit-from-safe-deposit-boxes/

Interesting idea about asking the local police!

And good advice about giving access details to a trusted person.

FreeBear · 11 March 2017 at 9:23PM

cashferret wrote: »

The things I need to store are[...] documents and data. I'm aware of cloud storage, of course, but have concerns over security/hacking etc.

Cloud storage should not be relied on for the long term. Anything based on computers have a finite life and eventually get replaced with the next best thing.

If it is just documents & data of little monetary value (to someone else), how about a data safe located in a shed at the bottom of the garden ?

martinthebandit · 11 March 2017 at 9:30PM

If your main concern is fire ......

https://www.safe.co.uk/Categories/fireproof-safes/1.html

.....or similar

SplanK · 12 March 2017 at 2:26PM

portable hard drive which is encrypted located at another house? Friends, relative's?

I scan all my documents in that I get through the post, or wage slips and stuff which is stored on my home server. I then back this server up to another machine at my parents. Works quite well, but this isn't the most straight forward thing unless you know what you are doing... however a couple of portable hard drives in rotation would work just as well for stuff that does not change all too often.

Lummoxley · 12 March 2017 at 11:08PM

I've seen Storemates mentioned on here, would that be an option?

https://storemates.co.uk/

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