Types of Self-Storage Units: How To Choose?

Renting a self-storage unit these days is very common because it offers people a short-term or long-term solution to their storage needs.  Renters, homeowners, small and large business owners are typical self-storage customers.  There are many different storage options available.  Choosing a unit may seem overwhelming at first, but it’s not as difficult as it …

What Factors Determine The Price You’ll Pay for Self-Storage?

Storage prices for the same size unit vary from facility to facility.  This is because of several factors like location, unit size and position, convenience and duration of your stay. Location Storage costs will differ the closer a facility is located to the city.  The reasoning is that real estate prices are far cheaper in …

How to Prepare a Car for Storage

There are many reasons why people require car storage for motor vehicle.  Perhaps they are in the armed forces and have been deployed overseas for a period of time.  Or maybe they own a classic car that is driven on the weekends but is inconvenient to store in their home garage.  Perhaps a decision has …

Quick Furniture Storage Guide – How To Store Your Furniture in Storage Unit

Many a time, in life, circumstances unfold wherein you’re on the lookout for a furniture storage facility in your area. It could be to declutter to make your home ready for sale, in between house moves or for some other reason. Either way, it pays to think twice before storing your valuable furniture items in the garage …

3 Clever Self Storage Tips When Your Moving House

Moving house and needing to relocated everything right from the ground to the roof is certainly a mammoth task. The interesting part is you’ll never believe how much stuff you have collected over the years, until you have the overwhelming task of organising, packing and moving every item, all in one fine day. Nevertheless, there …

The Significance of Insurance Protection for Storage Customers

Today’s self-storage facilities are equipped with 24-hour camera surveillance, controlled customer access via an individualised PIN code and each unit is individually alarmed.  With tight security measures like these, why would you need an insurance policy while your goods are in storage?  Well, the answer is simple.  Your goods are not automatically insured when placed …

Why Should You Use Our Free Truck & Driver Move-In Service?

There are many benefits that come with hiring a storage unit at Hills Storage.  All our centres provide multi video surveillance and have controlled access via individualised PIN codes and each unit is individually alarmed.  Customers have access to their unit 7 days a week and some centres provide 24-hour access.  But, an often overlooked …

How a Self-Storage Unit Can Be Useful To Your Business

When you think of a self-storage facility you may be thinking it’s a place to store some home clutter or your home contents as you wait for your new home to be built.  THINK AGAIN.  Businesses, big and small, use a self-storage facility as part of their operations to solve long-term and short-term needs. 4 …

Hills Self Storage has been Awarded Feefo Gold Trusted Service Award 2018

We are very honoured and grateful to affirm that we have won a Feefo Gold Trusted Service Award for our self-storage facilities, as per our customers’ ratings. The Feefo Gold Trusted Service award is an autonomous seal of merit that values businesses for rendering outstanding customer experiences, which is decided on the basis of real …

How to Prepare a Car for Storage

There are many reasons why people require car storage for motor vehicle. Perhaps they are in the armed forces and have been deployed overseas for a period of time.  Or maybe they own a classic car that is driven on the weekends but is inconvenient to store in their home garage.  Perhaps a decision has …