Storage, Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, Coquitlam
etting ready for a home sale is more than just tidying-up. It’s putting out of sight everything that would detract from how perfect your home could be in the eyes of buyers. When you need to get things out of your house, temporary storage is your best bet to safely secure your things while your home is on the market.
Temporary storage tips
Depersonalise your home to create a neutral space
Organise and label
Upgrade your lockers to store more when you sell
Depersonalise
Potential buyers are going to be imagining themselves living in your house, to see if it would be a good fit. So you want to remove anything that might distract them from that. That includes anything that’s been unused in the last few months, like knick-knacks, extraneous furniture and children’s toys, small appliances, exercise equipment, books, magazines, artwork on the fridge, and general clutter. Ideally, you want to empty rooms as much as possible to open up as many possibilities as possible in the minds of buyers. When they can imagine themselves living in those spaces, they’re more likely to form a favourable impression and become attracted to your house.
Organise and label
Throwing things haphazardly into a box is a recipe for disaster if you find you need to retrieve something you sent to storage. Instead, organise items into boxes by room or function. Create a label for each box, listing the contents inside, and create a master list of all items stored in which box. This will make retrieval and repurposing much faster and easier.
Upgrade
One of the convenient things about temporary storage units is they’re customisable to your situation. In the case of a home sale, they’re the perfect solution. For example, after renting a storage locker while your home’s on the market, you simply upgrade your locker when you sell. That allows you to extend your lease for another month (or as long as you need), and move to a bigger unit when it comes time to transfer the rest of ...
Storguard
February 27th, 2026
