Tips, - 20 March 23
5 Tips to Help You Spring Clean Fast
We’re not quite at flip-flop weather yet, but we bet you’ve already started dusting off the deckchairs? Organising might be at the bottom of...
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Tips, Travel, - 13 March 23
Going Travelling? Tick Off This Checklist First
Are you off travelling the world hoping to find yourself whilst backpacking over the hills of Machu Picchu? Taking a year abroad before signing away...
Moving Home, Tips, - 18 January 23
9 Expert Tips on How to Find a Good Removal Company
Moving house is a big job and it takes a few people to make it happen. If you've found an agent, found a buyer, sold up and even picked your new...
Tips, - 20 November 22
7 Brilliant Tips for Winter Proofing Your House
The nights are drawing in, the air’s hanging cold and things are feeling a lot more Christmassy. Yep, winter is definitely coming! And...
Tips, - 31 October 22
7 Proven Productivity Tips for Getting Stuff Done
There's only so many hours in the day and there's always a huge amount of things to be done. Market research, customer care, blogging, social media,...
Tips, - 13 June 22
Tips and Tricks for Getting the Most Out of Your Storage Unit
If you're like most people, you have more stuff than you have space to store it. This is especially true if you live in a small home or apartment....
Self-Storage, Tips, - 30 May 22
5 Myths about Personal Storage
5 Myths About Personal Storage Units Having to trust a self-storage company with your personal belongings can be quite daunting. You...
Moving Home, Tips, - 10 May 22
8 Tips For Downsizing by Compare My Move
Whether you are moving from a larger house to a small apartment, or simply moving in with a significant other, downsizing is a necessity. Moving...
Furniture, Moving Home, Tips, - 12 February 22
Home Improvement: Keeping Your Things Safe While Renovating
Renovating your home is an exciting time. Goodbye, pale green porcelain bathroom. Goodbye, carpet where the original colour is as unknown as...
Tips, - 18 January 22
Top 10 Brilliant Tips For Moving Home
Moving to a new place is hard work. It takes a lot of planning and a lot of doing. We’ve thought long and hard about how to make your move as...
Inspiration, Tips, - 18 June 21
Should You Downsize Your Home Before Retirement?
Your kids have flown the nest, work is winding up and retirement is looming. Once you retire, you should be having the time of your life doing...
Tips, - 17 April 21
10 Important Things To Do When Moving House
There is something special about the first time you walk inside your new home on move-in day. Standing on the threshold of your new pad, you can feel...
Businesses, Tips, - 09 April 21
The Big Office Move Checklist
So, you’re moving office? Perhaps you need more office space? Maybe you're just after a more professional set up? Either way, you’ll be keen to...
Moving Home, Self-Storage, Tips, - 15 January 21
Top 5 Tips For Moving In Together
It’s a big day. When you finally decide to just stop taking your toothbrush backwards and forwards every day. You can stop having to borrow their...
Businesses, Tips, - 21 May 19
The Ultimate Office Fit Out Checklist – With Tips From Experts!
A strip light flickers above your meeting room desk, casting a grim yellow glow over all of your employees. You turn to write on the murky whiteboard...
Businesses, Tips, - 10 May 19
What is a Virtual Office & Why Do I Need One?
Ring ring. Ring ring. Tim's mobile phone buzzes away on his dining room table-cum-work desk, buried under a pile of paperwork. After a little...
Documents, Tips, - 08 May 19
Want To Be A Paperless Office? Here’s How You Get Started
You're getting ready for a client meeting. You’ve charged your laptop. You’ve got your notes. But you’re missing the agenda. One solitary...
Moving Home, Tips, - 26 April 19
Our Guide to using Storage when Moving Home
Two years ago, I moved from a palatial two-bedroom house in Bishopbriggs to a pokey two-bed tenement in the West End of Glasgow. (Okay, palatial is a...
Tips, - 25 April 19
Home Organisation Tips From Professional Organisers
After an exhausting Saturday afternoon spent tidying up your entire house, you breathe a sigh of relief. You've shampooed the living room carpet,...
Furniture, How To's, Moving Home, - 23 April 19
How to Pack for Moving House
I’ve moved flats a fair few times over the past few years. Each time I started a new lease, I took matters into my own (and my parents') hands and...
Moving Home, Tips, - 17 April 19
The Ultimate Moving House Checklist
Moving is a pain and no matter how many times you’ve moved, it never seems to get any easier. One of the trickiest parts about moving is knowing...
Inspiration, Tips, Travel, - 05 February 19
The Ultimate Moving Abroad Checklist
The scorching sun, a shiny new job, or your thirst for adventure - whatever is pulling you to move abroad, it’s an incredibly exciting time for...
Tips, - 18 January 19
New Baby? The New Parents’ Guide To Tackling Clutter
Congratulations! Bringing a new baby into your home is one of life’s most beautiful (and scariest!) moments. You’ve spent months...
Inspiration, Tips, - 08 January 19
Tradespeople: Vans or Self Storage For Tool Storage?
As a tradesperson, you’ll likely have many key concerns about the day-to-day running of your business: Have you got all the tools, equipment,...
Self-Storage, Tips, - 10 September 18
Should I Use My Garage For Storage or Rent a Self Storage Unit?
We’ve all been there, one minute you’ve got your home in ship-shape condition and the next it’s become overrun with stuff and you don’t know...
Clothing, Tips, - 09 July 18
What Do Vacuum Storage Bags Do To Your Fabrics?
Vacuum bags or compression bags have become quite popular in the last few years as more and more people have started compressing clothes and fabrics...
Inspiration, Students, Travel, - 04 June 18
5 Most Popular Student Travel Destinations For A Gap Year
Planning your gap year? Check out our top 5 gap year destinations and get key tips for making your move as smooth as possible! With summer nearly...
Tips, - 26 March 18
It’s Not Goodbye, It’s I’ll See You Later: Storing Clothes Long Term
Perhaps you’re storing baby clothes until the pitter patter of more tiny feet come along, or maybe you are heading off to lands far away and not...
Tips, - 12 March 18
Helping Your Older Loved One Downsize For Moving Home
Whether it’s moving in with you, to a care home, or their own smaller home, downsizing can be difficult task both emotionally and physically for an...
Self-Storage, Tips, - 08 December 17
Should I Rent A Self Storage Unit or Buy A Garden Shed?
Is it just us or do we all have a lot more possessions and a lot less space? This might be due to the ever decreasing sizes of apartments in the...
Furniture, Tips, - 11 September 17
7 Outstanding Storage Tips For Moving Home
No matter how far away on the calendar your moving date is marked, it will come a lot quicker than you think. And moving is one of the most...
Inspiration, Tips, - 18 July 17
Easy DIY Solutions To Organising Your Cluttered Office Space
We’ve all heard the saying, a cluttered desk means a cluttered mind. If that is the case what does your desk say about you? Pens strewn...
Furniture, Tips, - 06 July 17
9 Tips to Help Stage Your Home for a Viewing
You’ve made a big life change and decided to sell your home. Now it's time to polish all the shiny bits and get the very best price...
Tips, - 16 June 17
Top 15 Tips for Finding the Best Flat
The time has finally come to move out of your beloved halls. You are finally going to get yourself your own place and change the traffic cone in the...
Tips, - 06 June 17
The Benefits and Shortcomings of Hiring a Self Storage Unit
The number of storage service providers has been on the rise over the recent years. This is based on the fact that there are many people who now...
Tips, - 10 May 17
5 Tips To Setting Up Your First Office
Whatever your business idea is, you need a home base. A headquarters. A place to seed ideas and grow your business. At Storage Vault, we’re...
Tips, - 10 October 16
8 Experts Reveal Their Top Productivity Tips
Facebook, coffees and constant push notifications. The modern workplace is so full of distractions that it can be hard to get anything done. With...
Inspiration, Tips, - 21 September 16
10 Awesome Home Storage Hacks from the Experts
Storage hacks on the internet are a dime a dozen. A quick browse across Buzzfeed and Facebook will find hundreds of listicles claiming to...
Tips, - 05 September 16
First Time Self Storage Tips from the Experts
Self storage is huge in the States. Across the country, there're 46,000 facilities, covering an area the size of the Cayman Islands! The...
