Where Do You Put Old Things You Can't Throw Away?

Most of us have a box, a chair, or a stack of albums that we'd never sell but never actually use either. When you're renovating, moving into a smaller space, or simply reclaiming a room, those items become the hardest decisions of the whole process.

The good news is that keeping something meaningful and living in a tidy home are not mutually exclusive. Offsite storage is designed for exactly this middle ground.

Furniture inherited from a grandparent, a first business's paperwork, kids' baby clothes — these carry weight that has nothing to do with resale value. There's also the practical 'just in case' pile: the spare bed for visiting family, the desk that will one day suit a home office.

You don't have to justify keeping either category. What you do need is a plan for where it lives.

Walk through each room and sort items into three piles. Keep is anything you use monthly. Donate or sell is anything you haven't touched in a year and don't feel emotionally tied to. Store is the sentimental or seasonal middle ground.

Being honest at this stage saves you paying to store things you'd rather have let go.

Fragile and irreplaceable items don't travel well in the boot of a hatchback. With PickupStorage we collect from your door, wrap and label everything, and move it to our secure warehouse in Epping. When you want a specific box back, we deliver it — no van hire, no scratches on the family sideboard.

You book whole 6.3 m³ units and only book as many as you need — a handful of sentimental boxes and a chair or two will usually fit comfortably into a single R850/month unit.