It can be overwhelming to tackle the chore of cleaning out your home or business. Self-storage units can seem like a big commitment and many people convince themselves that they can continue to cram their unused items into the garage, roof space or every nook and cranny their property provides.
But at one point or another, self-storage presents as the easiest option, and it comes time to calculate just how much stuff you have accumulated.
Understanding this predicament, Moor Room has begun to offer a self-storage space calculator which can answer the toughest question in a matter of minutes.
This tool makes it much easier to calculate your storage needs and consequential storage costs. Melbourne homeowners and businesses should find such tools very useful as they tackle self-storage.
If you have any more questions about calculating your storage needs, get in touch with Moor Room today.
Create an Inventory
Unless you have a photographic memory, you can’t calculate the volume of stuff without writing it all down first. This is especially important if all your items are currently stored in separate spots. Writing it all down in a list brings it all together in an easy-to-visualise way.
Categorise items by size, shape, and weight, giving you a total picture of which size unit it all might fit within.
Consider Yours Needs/Needn’ts
Once your inventory is compiled, consider why each item should or should not go into self-storage. If you believe you’ll need an item in the short term, it probably shouldn’t be stored away from your premises. However, this may be decided by the difficulty it takes to transport it – only you can decide what’s worth the heavy lifting!
Consider if an item can be stored on your premises in a more efficient way or if self-storage is truly the best home for it.
Repurposing items can be an enjoyable process for some, while plain old decluttering works best for others.
Put It All Together – On Paper
Right, you’ve got your inventory, you’ve decided what can stay and go, now it’s time to visualise what it looks like in storage.
Take your measurements from earlier (size, shape and weight) and understand how they would fit into each other.
Moor Room’s storage units range in size from 1 cubic metre (cbm) to 63cbm, with maximum dimensions of 7m (length) x 3m (wide) x 3m (height).
Using this information, you can begin to measure if those 4 pool tables will fit in one storage unit (potentially!)
Two Schools of Thought
There are two ways to approach measuring out your items.
You can either begin by measuring your largest items first. If they don’t fit, then you may need to choose a bigger unit or reconsider your need to store the item.
Alternatively, you can start by measuring your smaller items and working up to bigger ones – if the smaller stuff won’t fit, then the bigger ones sure won’t work.
Whichever way you go, make sure to use Moor Room’s space calculator to get the truest picture of your future self-storage solution.
Contact Moor Room
If the space calculator isn’t your cup of tea, or you want an opinion from a real person, get in touch with Moor Room and our storage experts will help you to calculate the volume of your items.
