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Between one agreement and the next. In a postcode where tenancies end on fixed dates and begin on flexible ones, and where chains run long, the gap is the norm rather than the exception.
A gap between two agreements is a scheduling fact. It is not a failure of planning and we do not treat it as one.
How storage works here
Why SW15 produces so many gaps
Three reasons that stack. Tenancies here end on a date fixed months earlier and the next one starts when a landlord says. Flatshares dissolve one person at a time rather than all at once. And the sale chains running out of the hill and the Heath are long, because the same area holds first flats and family houses.
Any one of those produces a gap. Two together produce one nobody budgeted for, and that is what storage is genuinely for.
The list, and whose name is on it
Storage without an inventory is a container you cannot see into. Ours is made at the property as the vehicle loads, describing contents rather than counting cartons.
Where a flatshare is dividing, the list records whose things are whose and each share is released only to the person it belongs to. On that kind of job it is the whole point rather than an administrative extra.
Part now, part later
A normal request here, particularly for somebody moving from a shared house into a smaller flat of their own. What fits goes in on the day; the rest waits until there is room or until a decision is made.
Say at collection that you expect to split it — it changes how the load is stacked and saves an afternoon of moving other people's things to reach yours.
What cannot be held
Nothing hazardous, nothing perishable, nothing alive. Money, documents, passports and jewellery stay with you — a store is not somewhere you can call in on at short notice, and those are exactly the things people need unexpectedly.
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How long can things stay?
As long as the gap between agreements runs. Some holds are a single night; others run for months while a chain or a flat search resolves.
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Can two of us store separately in one job?
Yes, and on a flatshare split that is exactly how it is recorded. Each share is listed under its owner and released only to them.
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Can we get at our things?
Given reasonable notice, yes. Flag it before collection if you expect to be in and out, and the load goes in with that in mind.
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Is it insured?
Goods in store are covered to the level your storage agreement states, subject to the exclusions written there. Declare anything of unusual value before collection.
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Do you store for one night?
Frequently, and in a difficult chain it is the calmest option available. The vehicle is secured and the same crew continues the next morning.
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Can you deliver somewhere other than where you collected?
Yes. On most of these jobs that is the entire point — the destination did not exist when the goods were collected.
What did you sign?
Both addresses, and what kind of agreement governs the one you are leaving. That second answer tells us most of what we need to know.