You have met Rick and Lori in the past few days. One thing we didn't mention was that they had six kids together. Their son Brendon shared a bedroom with his younger brother, David. There was an unspoken truce regarding reasonable use of each other’s property. They played each other’s video games, wore each other’s socks (in emergencies), and listened to the same music. When Brendon was preparing to go to college at MIT, he realized David would commandeer everything of his he didn’t secure behind a locked door. The younger kids would then scavenge anything David didn’t take. Brendon decided now was the time to establish ownership of his stuff and protect everything he had accumulated over his life. He decided it was time to follow his parents’ example and get a Laguna Niguel self storage unit of his own. Unlike his parents, Brendon wasn’t trying to create a working facility that he would access on a regular basis. He was looking for a secure facility to keep things he held important and sentimental. His plan was simple. Select The Right Storage Unit Size Brendon looked at stuff he knew wanted to keep forever. Of course, he had his books; he was old fashioned that way. He also had a few dozen shirts with special meanings. He had several boxes of video games and another box of old video game consoles that he didn’t want to part with. After that was the sports equipment, including his skateboards, snowboards, bats, balls, gloves, and his rock climbing equipment. After a complete inventory, he had more than he thought. He hoped everything could fit in a 5’ x 5’ unit. As mentioned before, Brendon wasn’t trying to organize things. He was just looking for a temporary place for his stuff until he settled down after college. He decided to box up what he could and loosely store the rest. He decided to stack boxes as high as he could on one wall and put the loosely stored items on the other wall. Organize Your Storage Unit to Match You Brendon had already seen what it was like to not organize according to some system. He once had to tear apart his whole room to find a video game he borrowed and then put in a “safe place” out of reach of his brother. If he ever needed something, he wanted to know where it was. He chose to number his boxes and then itemize everything in the box on a spread sheet.That way, if he was looking for any particular item, he only had to perform a search and the item would appear, indicating the proper box. He then itemized all items loosely stored against the wall on the other side of his unit. Brendon then made sure his parents had access to a key for his unit. He also kept a key for himself. Now he never had to worry about his siblings "borrowing" his stuff again. Rick and Lori’s family have since become loyal customers of US Storage Centers, no matter where they live in the US. Whether for day to day use or long term storage, the security and ease of a storage unit is like adding onto your home, with the hassle or price. For any storage questions you may have, here's our contact info: US Storage Centers 27194 Camino Capistrano Rd. Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 (949) 525-9750
