When Your Business Can’t Be There, We Can

For many small businesses, a storage shed isn’t really a storage shed at all.

It’s their warehouse.

It might hold stock for an online store, tools and equipment for a tradie, promotional material for a sales team, spare parts for a service business or supplies that simply won’t fit back at the office anymore.

And for a growing business, that can make a lot of sense.

You get the space you need without taking on a traditional warehouse or commercial premises. But there’s another part of business storage that can be just as important as the space itself.

Anyone running a small business knows that deliveries rarely arrive at the most convenient time.

You might be out on a job, meeting a customer, making deliveries of your own or simply trying to get through everything else that needs doing that day.

Then the phone rings.

“Hi, we’ve got a delivery here for you…”

Suddenly, whatever you were doing has to stop.

At Storage Choice, there can be another option.

By prior arrangement, our experienced onsite managers can accept deliveries on behalf of customers at many of our facilities.

It sounds like a relatively small thing.

But when that means you don’t have to drive across town just to meet a courier or spend half your day waiting for a supplier to arrive, it can make a very real difference.

This is where we think business storage should be about more than simply handing you the keys to a shed.

Our onsite managers get to know their facilities. More importantly, they get to know many of the businesses operating from them.

They understand that the person coming through the gate every few days isn’t necessarily just storing some furniture.

So when you have a question, need some advice or want to arrange for a delivery to be accepted, there’s someone onsite you can actually talk to.

No explaining your situation to a different person every time.

No wondering who to ask.

Just real people at your local facility who understand how you use your storage and are willing to help where they can.

Making the Physical Side Easier Too

Of course, there’s still the practical job of getting stock and equipment in and out.

Depending on the facility, Storage Choice locations offer features such as convenient drive-up access, trolleys and pallet jacks, with forklifts also available at selected locations.

If you’re regularly moving cartons, stock, equipment or pallets, those practical details can make your storage shed considerably easier to use.

Facilities and equipment do vary between locations, so it’s always worth talking to your local team about what is available and what will work best for your business.

But once again, that’s where having someone onsite who knows the facility comes into its own.

It’s easy to compare business storage by looking at shed sizes and prices.

But if that storage is going to become part of the day-to-day operation of your business, there’s another question worth asking:

Because sometimes the biggest difference isn’t another square metre of storage.

It’s having someone there when a delivery arrives.

Someone who knows the facility.

Someone you can speak to when something changes.

And occasionally, simply an extra pair of hands when your business needs them.

That’s the difference we believe good business storage should make.