Storage service rents rise due to pandemic
Experts from Gil Stauffer's furniture storage division at Madrid say that the rental of this service has increased considerably since the beginning of the pandemic. Due to various circumstances resulting from covid-19, the need for this type of storage has increased significantly, both for companies and private individuals.
The pandemic has changed life in many ways and we have seen its consequences in many areas. The furniture storage service has not been left out of this reality and has been increased by circumstances resulting from it, so that the contracting of deposits has increased, reaching 30 % more than before the covid-19, as indicated in the Gil Stauffer StorageThe company is an exponent in national and international removals.
A furniture repository is a warehouse where the belongings of users who need to store furniture, personal belongings or any type of material for business use are kept. These warehouses house the containers or furniture storage boxes -sometimes also called "cadres"-, which are sealed and identified with the details of each client. Thus, a furniture repository can be used by any person or organisation that, for various reasons, needs to a storage space where you can keep your belongings safe and conveniently classified.
Some of the most frequent reasons for contracting this type of service are: when it is planned to perform a work or reform -Whether in a private home or in a company, and it is necessary to remove furniture or belongings for the duration of the work to be carried out. It is also common to hire a furniture repository when there is a removal The move is used as an opportunity to store things that are no longer needed or are simply no longer in regular use, but the desire to keep them is the main reason for this. It may also be the case that the home of origin has to be abandoned and the home of destination is not yet ready due to a lack of supplies, pending work or a contractual nuance. It is also common to contract a furniture repository when the following situations occur claims related to insurance companies, such as incidents due to damp or damaged pipes, where space needs to be freed up for a period of time in order to solve the fault, as well as in cases affecting personal or family situationsThe legal profession is also involved in inheritance, divorce or other matters in which certain legal issues have yet to be resolved.
On the other hand, the companiesIn general, they are recurring clients of the furniture repository service, as they often need to use materials for which they do not have enough space in their facilities, and so they hire a storage space. In other words, a furniture repository is used in any case in which furniture, belongings or materials need to be kept in storage for periods of more than one month.
But it turns out that the pandemic has caused these general variables to experience a previously unsuspected increase, since, for example, during confinement many people decided that they were going to moving to another house with windows, with terrace, with garden or even to other towns, thus boosting the real estate market and adjacent services.
Other users, particularly during confinement, matured the idea of renovating your home in one direction or another. But, in addition, the rate of coronavirus-related deaths has led to an increase in the number of deaths from the inheritances and, similarly, the anxiety produced by confinement has favoured the divorcesseparations, etc.
Also companies, in the situation caused by the coronavirus and after the establishment of the teleworkThe new technologies have had different needs and have been forced to restructure their facilities and, therefore, to stockpile materials to adapt to the new scenario.
In short, the personal and business changes brought about by the pandemic have meant that users have been looking for a storage solution their belongings, in the best possible conditions for hygiene and safety on a transitional basis.
How much does the storage service cost?
According to information from Gil Staufferthe prices The cost of this service varies according to the geographical area and the aspects surrounding each particular case. However, if we take as an indicative the city of MadridWe can estimate that the price of a furniture storage box with a capacity of 10 m³, has a monthly price of 50 euros. That is to say, a container for storing furniture or belongings of this volume costs approximately 1.6 per day. However, it should be noted that for long staysthe prices can be considerably cheaper.
However, it should be borne in mind that the furniture storage service requires manipulationThis is not a storage room as such. Therefore, in any case, the ideal is to request budget based on the storage needs of each user, as prices must be adjusted to each specific situation and in accordance with the services offered by each furniture storage company, which do not always offer the same conditions, especially in terms of health and safety.
ABOUT GIL STAUFFER
Gil Stauffer is a company that was born in 1905 by establishing a small furniture repository in Madrid and has more than a century of experience in this business.
Dedicated to the national removals e internationalhas offices and storage warehouses in the main Spanish cities and islands, as well as certified quality correspondents all over the world.
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