Storage Units

I'm in the 100% DON'T DO IT camp.

When you're at the point where you're considering spending something like $200 a month just to store excess games... you need to really think about what you're doing. Especially if the games you're storing are only worth a few hundred each...

You know what I did? I found a new home with an extra bedroom, spare room off the garage and a two car private garage for $200 more a month rent. So I just moved. Now I have lots of space for games, and I'm in a better location.

Literally for the price of most people's storage unit I just rented a bigger house and got a whole lot of extra storage space included.
 
Great advice in this thread with an overriding them of : Don't do it.

I've thought about it myself and have come to the conclusion many of you have. For the cost of a storage unit I might as well sell off the stuff. Only problem is it would take so darn long and I'm just not motivated at the moment.
 
We had a storage unit for one year which was $140 per month. This was for all of our household items while we did our house remodel. I got lucky in that a friend of my father-in-law was able to store all my games for that year in his warehouse. Once we moved everything out and into my new house, we realized right away that our new garage is not big enough for our cars, our stuff and a work area, so I immediately went looking for storage space for all of my game related items and project cabinets. I found one literally 1 mile down the street for $70 per month. I was able to offload all of the stuff that was in my way and it's literally a mile away from me. Now my wife thinks it's a good idea to have because all of our recreational and seasonal stuff can go in there in addition to my arcade stuff. Helps us be able to park in the garage and keep my garage decluttered. Wanted storage space ever since I got into this hobby and I finally have it. I agree it's probably not the best situation for some, but in my case, being on the lake with limited space I have no choice.
 
We had a storage unit for one year which was $140 per month. This was for all of our household items while we did our house remodel. I got lucky in that a friend of my father-in-law was able to store all my games for that year in his warehouse. Once we moved everything out and into my new house, we realized right away that our new garage is not big enough for our cars, our stuff and a work area, so I immediately went looking for storage space for all of my game related items and project cabinets. I found one literally 1 mile down the street for $70 per month. I was able to offload all of the stuff that was in my way and it's literally a mile away from me. Now my wife thinks it's a good idea to have because all of our recreational and seasonal stuff can go in there in addition to my arcade stuff. Helps us be able to park in the garage and keep my garage decluttered. Wanted storage space ever since I got into this hobby and I finally have it. I agree it's probably not the best situation for some, but in my case, being on the lake with limited space I have no choice.

Can you put up a shed? Is there room or zoning restrictions?
 
If you are limited on space, buy a older box truck with a good box that runs. If it is older than 20-25 years old, see if you can get cheap classic car insurance on it, which would probably be a couple hundred a year. Store your stuff inside. Then you can park it near where you live, or if needed, leave it in an open lot storage place, which are like $20-40/month. If you need to move, drive it to the new place.

An enclosed trailer could do the same, but they tend to have a $4500-7000 initial price tag and would require a truck to move them (Although enterprise will rent a 3/4 truck with tow package for like $100/day)

Was considering both options for storing my cars before I sold them (two small 2 seat convertibles would fit in a 26' box. cheaper than 2 storage spots for the winter)
 
If you are limited on space, buy a older box truck with a good box that runs. If it is older than 20-25 years old, see if you can get cheap classic car insurance on it, which would probably be a couple hundred a year. Store your stuff inside. Then you can park it near where you live, or if needed, leave it in an open lot storage place, which are like $20-40/month. If you need to move, drive it to the new place.

An enclosed trailer could do the same, but they tend to have a $4500-7000 initial price tag and would require a truck to move them (Although enterprise will rent a 3/4 truck with tow package for like $100/day)

Was considering both options for storing my cars before I sold them (two small 2 seat convertibles would fit in a 26' box. cheaper than 2 storage spots for the winter)
This is a great idea!

At least until the brakes rot out while it's sitting.

The nice thing about semi trailer is any truck can move it.
 
Buy an old "square" Winnebago RV.
Gut it.
Put in a bunch of extra games ...
... and a workstation ... and maybe a small kitchenette with beer fridge.
Medium size generator or run AC to it from your neighbor's house.

DONE. :)

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I rented a full 1000+ foot warehouse for $850 a month. Heat and light included, my own bathroom a little office, nice space. Plus another $100 for commercial insurance.

Like many people I had too many cabs and not enough room to work, so the goal was to bring it all into one spot, work on it and go from there.

Logic was that if I fixed up and sold one cab that I had no intention of keeping, it would pay for itself.

And it did. Until (this month) when I decided I would rather have the $1000 a month for myself.

Only problem is that between ending the lease and moving out, a great deal came up and I bought 12 more games. That I don't have room for.

Now I'm fucked.
 
I rented a full 1000+ foot warehouse for $850 a month. Heat and light included, my own bathroom a little office, nice space. Plus another $100 for commercial insurance.

Like many people I had too many cabs and not enough room to work, so the goal was to bring it all into one spot, work on it and go from there.

Logic was that if I fixed up and sold one cab that I had no intention of keeping, it would pay for itself.

And it did. Until (this month) when I decided I would rather have the $1000 a month for myself.

Only problem is that between ending the lease and moving out, a great deal came up and I bought 12 more games. That I don't have room for.

Now I'm fucked.

Sorry, but this made me chuckle :)
 
We have a large unit in Conroe where my project games and overflow are stored, but I also store my (unfortunate) 1990s action figure collection and (fortunate) movie car collection. I find the further you are from a major city the better. It helps if an awesome brewery is right next to your storage facility so there's also that.

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I've had good experiences with storage units. We have a small house near a lake. I'm not moving. So I got a 10x15 with power for 50 bucks a month to store all seasonal crap and have a little room to work in. Nice new unit, power, security, drive up ground floor, 24 hr access. 50 bucks. I cut a lawn once a week for somebody easily pays for that and beer money.
 
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