Rob Carrick says cleaning out your storage locker can save you up to $400 a month
There was a moment of sadness as my wife and I emptied the storage unit we rented over the past four years and walked away. A lot of family photos and mementoes were stored there, including a pair of cowboy boots my dad bought our oldest son when he was maybe two years old, a box of children’s books, hockey equipment and my dad’s old fishing net.
But clearing out our storage unit saves us $95 a month, and it closes the book on the downsizing my wife and I began four years ago when we sold our family home. The storage unit was a way to smooth the process. Having it postponed a reckoning on what to do with a lot of stuff we held on to for sentimental reasons, or because we used it infrequently.Self-storage units are an ever-booming business – just look around the cities where we live.
First, and most importantly, we decided to do it in stages to ease the decision-making burden. Some camping gear came out earlier in the summer, and we found we had room for it at home. I then took home a bin of documents and either filed or shredded the contents. We had our boys grab up what they wanted, and also rearranged our storage at home to generate extra room.
All along, I took photos of what was left in the locker to help our strategizing. On the final day, we had a plan to take a few things home and donate a few others. We arrived at the unit, filled up the car and then went into the office for the final time. In about five minutes, locker 1854 became available for the first time since August, 2019.
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