Compare self storage prices between Storing.com and national providers
| How much does a self storage unit cost? | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly Costs |  storing.com |
Big Yellow | SafeStore | Shurgard |
| 10 sq ft | £9.90 | £24.60 | £23.49 | n/a |
| 35 sq ft | £21.60 | £48.90 | £49.49 | £54.46 |
| 100 sq ft | £56.70 | £147.00 | £110.24 | £124.85 |
| See all units | ||||
| Collection? | FREE* | Cost of van hire, fuel & time | ||
| Fixed Prices? | YES 1 year |
NO 4 weeks’ notice of increases |
NO 20 weeks’ notice of increases |
NO 30 days’ notice of increases |
Self storage prices are per week including vat. Correct as of April 2023. These prices are the standard rates from each company excluding any introductory discounts they may offer. Discounts vary between providers.
Are your current self-storage costs too high?
Have you had yet another price rise?
Our self-storage costs start from just over £1 per day and all of our prices are guaranteed fixed for 1 year.
If you choose one of our smaller storage units for 6 months or more we send a professional 2-man team with the storage unit in one of our own trucks to pick your items up for FREE*. They will load all your belongings into the storage unit so you won’t have to lift all those heavy boxes, furniture and white goods.
At Storing.com you could save £1000s compared to the national self-storage chains.
But don’t take our word for it, compare more self-storage prices or check out our real examples below to see just how much you could save in total storage costs.
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Rent a 12 sq ft storage unit for 6 months and pay just £257 with Storing.com compared to £516 with SafeStore – and that’s including their 50% discount for the first 8 weeks.
That’s a saving of £259 with Storing.com at a guaranteed fixed price! You can also save if you move from Big Yellow or Shurgard to Storing.com…
Rent a 35 sq ft storage unit for 1 year and pay £1,123 with Storing.com compared to £2,424 with Shurgard – that’s including their 2 special offers of 1 month for £1 and 1 month at 50% discount.
That’s a massive saving of £1,301 with Storing.com at a guaranteed fixed price! You can also save if you move from Big Yellow or SafeStore to Storing.com…
Rent a 100 sq ft storage unit for 1 year and pay £2,948 with Storing.com compared to £7,350 with Big Yellow – that’s including their 50% discount for the first 4 weeks.
Compared to Big Yellow that’s a huge saving of £4,402 with Storing.com at a fixed price!
or call us on 08000 641 642 for advice or to rent a unit today
If you live in London or the surrounding areas you will get FREE collection, saving you the hassle of transporting your belongings to us.
FREE collection available for all rentals of 12 sq ft or 35 sq ft storage units for 6 months or more from locations in London, Surrey, Essex, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Leicestershire.
For shorter rental periods and all other areas we offer discounted collection rates.
Starting at just £9.90/week, our storage rates are the lowest around, all the time, and we guarantee to beat any like-for-like storage quote – so that you get low prices coupled with our unbeatable service.
Save time, money and hassle by leaving it all to us. Using our own fleet of satellite-tracked vehicles, our team will ensure your goods are handled professionally and driven straight to our secure storage facilities.
Where others may tempt you with short term ‘deals’ or introductory offers, Storing.com offer low, fixed term storage unit prices and guarantee those rates for 1 year.
You will always benefit from our low, fixed prices without having to pay a deposit or large upfront fee. Our permanently low prices are available to everyone storing their items with us.
* FREE collection available for all rentals of 10 sq ft or 35 sq ft storage units for 6 months or more from locations in London, Surrey, Essex, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Leicestershire. For shorter rental periods and all other areas we offer discounted collection rates.
A 10 square-foot storage unit is our smallest unit and is similar in size to the boot of an average estate car. It’s great for storing a few items safely and securely, and is perfect for students to store their stuff in between terms or academic years. It’s also great for startups that just need a bit of extra space for stock or equipment.
The 35 square-foot storage unit will hold about the same amount as an average garden shed. It’s a really useful size for decluttering your home, or storing stuff while renovating or redecorating a room. It can easily hold a single mattress, an armchair, sports equipment and boxes. It’s also useful for startups that need extra space for stock or equipment.
A 70 square-foot storage unit is large enough to hold the contents of a two-bedroom house or apartment. It’s ideal if you’re moving house and can store a mattress, bookcases, tables, a sofa and appliances into this space. For business storage there is plenty of space for desks, chairs, files and storage boxes. These units have high ceilings so can hold more than you might think.
A 140 square foot storage unit is about the same size as one and a half garages so it’s large enough to hold the contents of a three-bedroom house – sofas, tables, beds and large kitchen appliances. This much space is ideal when moving house or doing large scale renovation projects.
Here are the average weekly costs across the UK (including VAT):
| Avg. Prices* | Weekly |
|---|---|
| London | £39.67 |
| South East | £27.92 |
| South West | £23.44 |
| East of England | £27.78 |
| North of England | £20.52 |
| Midlands | £18.85 |
| Scotland | £25.25 |
*The prices above are Regional Averages reported by the Self Storage Association (SSA) and include VAT.
The price of self-storage in London is more expensive than anywhere else in the UK so keep costs down by using an out-of-town storage facility that offers a collection and delivery service.
| Avg. Prices* | Weekly | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 25 sq. ft. | £19.07 | £82.66 |
| 35 sq. ft. | £26.70 | £115.72 |
| 50 sq. ft. | £38.15 | £165.30 |
| 75 sq. ft. | £57.22 | £247.96 |
*The prices above are National Averages reported by the Self Storage Association (SSA) and include VAT.
We could all do with a little more storage in our lives!
Take a look at these 10 reasons why people and businesses may need to rent additional storage space:
It’s not always possible to move out of your old home and into your new home on the same day. That’s where a temporary storage unit can help for as little or as long as you need it. And it’s more cost-effective than using your removal company’s storage facilities.
Even fairly minor renovations to a home can generate dirt and debris that you want to protect your belongings from. Other renovations can put whole rooms out of action for weeks or even months so using cheap self storage as a safe home to store and protect items makes sense.
If you are moving into a smaller home it can be difficult to decide what to keep and what to dispose of. It’s a big decision when possessions may have a lifetime of memories. So why not defer the decision until you are settled in your new home by temporarily storing items until a later date.
Expanding your family can mean that you need an extra bedroom and maybe that spare room is currently full of furniture and other stuff. But if you have plans to move to a bigger house in the near future you may not want to dispose of that “stuff”. So it makes sense to place a few things in storage for a short time until you can find a new permanent space for your growing family.
Decluttering sometimes needs to be done quickly, especially if you are moving house or have inherited a house you need to sell. Self storage provides a useful temporary home to keep everything until you have time to sort through everything and decide what to keep and what to donate to charity or dispose of.
Some hobbies and sports can come with really large pieces of equipment. With low self storage prices you get a personal storage space to keep the gear safe in a unit size to suit you, until you next get to enjoy it without breaking the bank.
It may be that you are moving house between terms, or you’re moving to a new student rental in the next academic year but you don’t want to take everything back with you to your parents’ home. Placing your items in a student storage unit means that they are safe and secure until you return to university again. The low costs of self storage make it less expensive than hiring a van or shipping stuff back home.
Camping kit, Christmas decorations, seasonal sports equipment, gardening tools and more can all take up space at home when we only use them for a short time every year. Self storage provides a place to store those items between their uses with low storage costs.
New businesses don’t usually want to make a long term financial commitment to warehouse or office space so the flexibility and lower cost of self storage can be very appealing. The amount of space needed can be easily increased or decreased and there are no long contract commitments.
Online retail businesses often start off by using storage space in the founder’s home or garage for their stock. But as a business grows and more stock is required this can be impractical. It also prevents businesses from benefitting financially via bulk purchases of stock that they can sell of to the consumer at a higher price. Self storage can help online businesses to securely store their stock at low storage prices.
Some of the more unusual self-storage tips to make your life simpler and more organised.
Keeping some basic stuff such as screwdrivers, a hammer, pliers and a utility knife around will pay-off when you need to remove something from your unit that needs re-assembling.
No need for a treasure hunt each time you want to retrieve something from your unit. Simply scribble a basic map, pointing out locations for all those items you might need again. It doesn’t have t be a work of art, just a simple sketch will be really helpful. Then tack it to the wall and let your memory work hard elsewhere.
As it turns out, this works for beds and furniture, too. Simply cover and pad with protective materials designed specifically for them to help ensure they stay in perfect condition – just make sure you never use plastic covers as they can trap humid air underneath which can damage mattresses and other soft furnishings.
They’d say, “Welcome new boxes, but could you give us at least an inch of breathing space.” All will co-exist peacefully if you keep this distance in mind for proper air circulation when positioning boxes and larger items in your storage unit.
Allow for a clear path down the centre of your unit, placing items along the walls for easy access. Yes, you will want to reach the back part again — you know, for that thingamabob that goes with the thingamajig. And you won’t want to unload everything to find it.
That is, plan to keep your frequently used items at the FRONT of your unit. Obvious really but we just had to say it… because we’ve seen what happens when you have to unload everything and unpack everything if you don’t.
Make the best use of your space by stacking to the ceiling! To do this safely, pack heavy items at the bottom of boxes to provide a stable base, then place the heaviest boxes at the bottom of the stack. Voila! And, you do know, you can stack large items like beds, for instance, upright so they take up far less room.
Drain the fuel tanks of lawnmowers, hedge-trimmers and leaf blowers before storing. Removing nasty fumes means you’ll never be angered by your oak dresser smelling like a lawnmower. Plus it makes good sense from a safety perspective.
Only bad things can happen when you’re tempted to over-reach. It’s not worth the risk of injuring yourself or damaging your own possessions. Instead, keep a folding step-stool inside your unit for accessing items stored above your head and forever hear only sweet words spoken inside your unit.
Use any vacant interior space in cupboards, wardrobes, drawers and even the fridge and freezer for anything that fits. Books, lamps, tech, cushions, kitchenware etc. can all be stored in the space within other items… Just don’t forget when unloading to remove these items first .
It is important that the facility you use is clean and well maintained. If it isn’t then your belongings could be at risk of mould, weather damage and other issues. You can trust storing.com facilities to always be clean and well-maintained.
Domestic and business storage offers security of a higher standard than most homes and offices. CCTV cameras, security lights, various lock points, security guards, 24/7 reception and more.
You should expect staff to always be polite, friendly, efficient and helpful in any way they can.
One of the very best aspects of self storage is the fact it is so flexible. Our contracts are flexible so it’s easy to move from a bigger to a smaller unit or vice versa,
At storing.com you could save £100's or even £1,000's per year compared to other storage providers. But don't take our word for it; check out this price comparison chart to see just how much you could save.
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