Smartbox Self Storage’s Guide to Student Storage

Students use our secure storage facilities to avoid extra stress at the end of term. Let us handle your student storage needs so you can focus on other important matters that college life brings or on just having a good time!

We provide student storage options where students can store their belongings during Christmas or Easter break, vacations, or when they go back home and don’t want to pay the rent of university dorms or apartments. Of course, our services are available during all other times when you just have too much and want to unload, too! 

We have made the process of booking university student storage as simple and transparent as possible. By using our easy online quote and booking system you can discover exactly how much your storage will cost in less than 2 minutes.  We offer secure, student storage with transparent costs at an affordable price for when you need to leave your accommodation at the end of term.  We won’t sneak in hidden charges or tie you into a long contract. You won’t have to read any fine print or do extra calculations.  

Student Accommodation

Some university students are fortunate enough to live close to their parents to use their place for their halls storage. But other students are not so fortunate. Here are just a few reasons why student storage could be the solution to your problems: 

1. Halls of Residence accommodation has 0 additional storage
2. There is no where on campus to store your personal belongings if you need to go away - and is it safe?
3. When you move from halls of residence, you might have to wait a week or so until your private accommodation is ready.
4. Lugging personal belongings to and from your parent’s home (by car or public transport) is NO FUN and just adds additional stress to the experience of looking for somewhere to live at Uni.

Affordable Student Storage With Flexible Contracts

There are a lot of costs that come with being a student, especially a university student in London. As tuition and rental prices escalate, we strive to provide the cheapest all-inclusive storage option in the city and nearby areas.

First year student or graduating in a few months- it doesn’t matter! There are various student storage packages to fit your needs. You need to use your time, energy, and money on other things, while we take care of the mundane storage and moving responsibilities!

No Hidden Costs…

Where other companies break up their costs to appear cheaper, we include everything you will need under our service price to let you know what you will pay upfront and what you will receive for that price. We won’t:

• Surprise you with hidden costs
• Add any processing or admin fees onto your booking
• Charge for additional services like out of hours access or padlocks
• and, we promise to match local competitors with our price match guarantee.

For more information, you can see a full breakdown of our storage prices and unit sizes on our pricing page. We are transparent when it comes to pricing and have no extra cost hidden away.

Our prices are true to the word and you don’t have to pay a single penny above the quoted price.

Contracts and Length of Stay…

Our contracts work on a weekly, monthly or 4 weekly basis, with a super-flexible 1 week minimum term. This means you can store your goods for as little or as long as you want, and we don't require any notice to end the rental. Our price guarantee also means we are happy to match any written quote from another storage company.

Unlike most storage companies, we don’t charge you by the box so you can store as many of your own boxes, crates, bags or pieces of furniture as you need. Our storage units start at just 40 square feet of storage; plenty of room to store your luggage, sports gear and consoles when you’re moving out of halls, going away for the summer or need somewhere to keep your stuff between contracts. So if your student room is too small, you’re heading out on a year abroad or you’re planning on going home between terms, contact us today for a free quote.

If you’re planning a gap year or a stint of travel, a student storage box could be the perfect storage for your stuff while you’re away for a longer period. Everything you don’t take with you can be securely and neatly stored away, giving mum and dad more storage space at home. Check out the discount we are able to offer you for long term storage.

Club Together with Other Students

If several of you are looking to store your belongings, you can get a bigger storage unit to store more. If a group of you are moving out of halls into your own student house next year, you can store furniture and other large items, ready for the move. Ideas for free packing boxes HERE

Our storage units range in size from 40 to 320 square feet and are approximately 8 feet high. Picking the right size storage unit will of course depend on how much furniture you want to store.

• For a studio flat, you will normally need a smallest unit of around 40 to 50 sq ft.
• For storing the furniture of a 2 bedroom house, a storage unit between 70 to 80 sq ft is ideal.
• For an average 3 bedroom house, you will normally need a furniture storage unit of around 100 sq ft.
• Our biggest size unit is 160 sq ft (20ft x 8ft x 8ft), it will happily house up to 260 storage boxes - brilliant for small businesses in need of document storage space - or need room to store furniture and the other contents of a four-bedroom home.

Items you Can put in your Student Storage Unit

Everyone knows how easy it is to lose track of how many items you’re actually storying in a simple room. Even if you’re a minimalist, it’s always surprising how you can end up with an impressive number of boxes piled up once it’s time to move out. If you are lucky enough to have a car then we have some tips for car storage

Our storage for students solutions can take care of your books, notebooks, equipment, clothes, shoes, etc. Your desk, table lamp, personal belongings or home accessories such as pots and pans, plates, glassware, mugs and cutlery. Whether you golf, snowboard, canoe or cycle, you will need an extra, secure space to store your sporting equipment and keep it safe. Living in a student house can become fairly crowded so there’s sometimes not enough room for your sports gear. We can store your academic and sports equipment ready for whenever you need it. If you are storing sports equipment then it might be worth reading our article ‘Creative Sporting Equipment Storage’.

Why get rid of items you’ll need again? And when you are heading for your new student accommodation, you can access your unit for collection at a time convenient to you ready, to load your transport vehicle for delivery to your new address.

No deposit, no reservation fee, no notice period, no hassle, just pay for the self storage you need. Not sure what unit size you need? Try our interactive storage space calculator.

Storage Boxes and Packing Materials

Firstly, get together some good sturdy free boxes, parcel tape and packing materials.

You can use bubble wrap, dust sheets but you can keep costs down by using old newspaper for example. Remember, using same sizes boxes will making packing them into the storage unit more efficient and will make it easier to move them around if you need to late

Consider anything else that might be required to protect your items too, such as lock boxes or small safes for further security, for instance.

Pack Your Items Appropriately

Although it may sound obvious, when packing your own boxes, put heavier items at the bottom and lighter stuff at the top. By keeping heavier and sturdier items at the bottom, you’ll not only be protecting the smaller more delicate items, but also creating a safer stacking structure too. If you’re storing bulkier and awkwardly shaped items, it’s a good idea to place softer items on top of them. Don’t attempt to pile awkward items on top of one another. Not only can this be dangerous should it fall, but it also increases your chances of damaging or breaking valuables

Check out our blog for more detailed help 'How to Pack Things Safely in Self Storage Units'

Property Protection Policies as part of Student Storage Costs

Please note you must be insured to stay with us so if you don’t already have an property protection policy, you can set one up StoreProtect cover with us (cover is mandatory, so you can’t store without having a policy set up).

It’s easy to do, and our new policy specially created for short term student storage. It’s also fully approved by the Self Storage Association, so you can rest assured that your possessions are safe and secure with us.

As with any policy, the cost of your cover depends on the value of your things. Find out more on our StoreProtect Policy page Simply select how much it would cost to replace the value of the items being stored and we’ll add the cost of this cover to your bill.

Our student storage services are the answer to your problems

We keep your stuff safe and let you settle in, go on vacation, go back home, or simply live with a lot more free space! 

Smartbox Self Storage is the perfect choice for cheap student storage. It takes the stress away from moving accommodation each year and is flexible to you. So, whether you need it for a month, a season, or even a year, we have got you covered with our efficient and trusted student storage service

Our secure, clean and modern storage units have 24/7 CCTV coverage, top quality floodlighting, security palisade fencing, burglar alarms, smoke detectors and fire alarms – so your stuff stay safe and secure at all times whilst in storage. 

If you want to find our a little more on storage costs then have a read of our blog post "what does self storage cost' or perhaps looking for longer term storage then read this one

To find out more about the sizes we have go over and read ‘A Detailed Guide to Self Storage Unit Sizes

If you area still not sure whether you would be best to rent indoor as opposed to outdoor container storage then take at our in-depth article HERE

No matter what your reason for student storage, Smartbox Self Storage can help. If you are looking for self storage in Corby then contact our friendly team on 01536 402116 to see what we can offer or email [email protected]