Summer Storage

Summer is almost here! We hope you're as excited as we are...we mean, come on - who doesn’t love summer!?!  

So, let's just jump right in and talk about how self-storage can help you get organized and stay organized this summer.

With summer, comes the annual changeover of seasonal items in our homes.  We ditch our bulky winter clothes, and trade them in for shorts, t-shirts & flip flops. We say goodbye to our snow equipment and bring in the lawn care equipment and gardening tools.

This seasonal changeover means that we see a lot of our customers at our Milton self-storage, Woodstock self-storage, Ayr self-storage, and New Hamburg self-storage facilities changing and exchanging their stored items. Why? Because storage units are an excellent place to store things during their off season, such as:

• Snow blowers and shovels
• Winter clothing...and seasonal clothing in general
• Snowmobiles and sleds
• Winter tires
• Skis and snowboards
• Holiday decorations, especially Christmas decorations

Storage in the Summer: Choosing the Right Self-Storage Unit

When choosing a storage unit for your summer storage needs, it’s important to consider 2 key factors that may affect your experience:

1. Access Hours: Fortunately, we get a lot more daylight in the summer months, and we notice that many of our customers visit our facilities later in the day and take advantage of the sunlight. It’s important to consider when you’ll want to access your storage unit, as access hours can vary from 24/7 to set access times. The last thing you want to get stuck with is a storage unit rental that is never accessible when you need your stuff.

2. Temperature & Climate Control: In Ontario we experience very extreme temperatures throughout the year. This can have an effect on items in self-storage. Not all items require, or even benefit from heated ( temperature-controlled) storage or climate-controlled storage, but it is an important factor to consider. Outdoor, drive-up units are not often temperature or climate controlled, so they are not ideally suited for items such as antiques or electronics, which may be affected by slight humidity increases throughout the summer months.

TIP - The summer season is the busiest time of year for self-storage facilities. It’s important to plan ahead when looking to rent or reserve a storage unit during the warmer months, usually from May to September.

Some facilities also change their pricing during the summer, especially when vacancy is low, so you may actually save money by renting a storage unit a month before you need it. BTW, if you're curious about our storage unit rental prices, we post them on our website and work hard to make self-storage affordable.

4 Tips for Storing in the Summer

1. Visit your storage unit - With the weather so nice, it's definitely worth the drive to check on your stored items, especially if you have not been there in a while. Even if your storage rental facility has solid security like 24/7 surveillance and gated access (like ours), it's still good to check on your stored items.
2. Limit humidity - Worried about humidity in your outdoor drive up storage unit? Try these tips for limiting humidity in your self-storage unit.
3. Only store clean and dry items to prevent damage. Here are tips for how to clean your storage unit.
4. Use common sense when storing items and follow the law. Here's what not to store in a self-storage unit.

Need Summer Storage? We’ve Got The Right Size Self-Storage Unit For You!

Storage Solutions is a family owned and operated business with 20+ years’ experience. We love what we do, and we are committed to making self-storage affordable and easy…and fun too!  

You can rent a storage unit online through our website, and even pay your rent online. We make moving out simple and easy. And be sure to check out our YouTube channel to watch tour videos of our facilities and the different sized self-storage units for rent. 

Have questions? Call or text us at 905-854-1008 or  send us an email at info@storagesolutionsontario.com. You can also check out our FAQ page for more info. And if you're new to storage? No problem, check out our blog post about how self-storage works. It's a great resource!

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Have an amazing summer!

Your friend in self-storage,

Storage Solutions