Seasonal Storage Hacks For Canadians

Hey Tiger: Get these out of my way!

Some people just can’t understand. They want the laundry room to be a place where you do, well, laundry and nothing else!

They do not seem to appreciate that you are just a few practice swings away from realizing your lifelong dream of winning The Masters…which is what you call the Masters’ Division of the Big Oak Golf & Country Club annual Spring shotgun. You were so close last year. You just know Earl cheats!

But, yet your partner complains about having to negotiate around your golf equipment every time they must do laundry.

And another thing: It is not like they are any better. You’ve been trying to figure out what exactly that smell is that is coming out of the front foyer.  

It’s like a weird mix of sweat, stale popcorn, and if you didn’t know better, lager. It is especially bad when the 12 hours or so after they get back from the arena.  

Also, there was that time the dog grabbed one of the hockey sticks and ran through the house causing havoc.  

If only there was a better way to store sports equipment. I mean, not everyone has a garage.  

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Storage: Not just for your bachelor apartment couch you cannot bear to throw out

When most people think of storage, they have an image of either really old and outdated furniture that has been stuffed into a square room and forgotten about or a chaotic room full of cobwebs and newspapers from 1986.

You can do that with your storage unit if you want – it’s your space – but the reality is that there are plenty of ways to use a unit in a day-to-day fashion.  

Rather than a place to put things you can’t use, consider it an extension of the space you live in. It can be a place where you put things that you only occasionally use, like golf clubs or smelly hockey equipment.  

With locations across Canada, you can bet that you will never be far away from that equipment when you need it without it being in your way in your living space.

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Not everyone likes Winter

We Canadians talk a big game when it comes to Winter.  

We’ve earned it. This country thrives on ice and snow. Just look at our Winter Olympians for evidence. And even if you’re not winning medals, you’re probably out skiing, snowshoeing, ice fishing, playing shinny, etc., all Winter long.  

You are Canadian. Winter is just the time of year when the ice at the lake is frozen. However, your summer sports, gardening, lawn, boating, etc. equipment isn’t so tough. And, since you want that equipment to be as good as new when the snow melts, you’ll want to make sure that it is stored safely over the colder months.  

That’s where a heated storage unit can come in handy. Rather than throwing your summer equipment into a cold shed or, worse, under a tarp in the backyard, keep the in a safe, secure, and toasty storage unit you find on MoveBuddy.com.

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The constellations reveal themselves one star at a time…

Whether you call it a cottage, camp, cabin, or chalet there’s something very Canadian about a beautiful summer weekend out on the lake.  

It might be because those days are so few that we find them so precious. As stated, we embrace our Winters, but that doesn’t mean that we don’t appreciate our Summers. We often go all out to make sure we have all the best equipment needed to make sure the memories we create are happy ones.  

But realistically, we can only fully utilize our weekend lakeview escapes for about ¼ of the year. The rest of the time, we’ll need to find a place to safely keep our equipment so that it’s ready to go when you open it all back up after the thaw.  

So, when you’re done enjoying Winter, it’s switcheroo time. Move the Winter equipment out of storage and into the garage, and the Summer replaces it in the storage facility.    

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Movin’ on up!

Your deluxe apartment in the sky is a lot of things, but big is probably not one of them. As more and more of us move into condos that are in the core of this country’s biggest cities, we find ourselves with less and less space.  

You can purchase storage in most condo buildings, but it’s very expensive. It can often add as much as $25,000 to your mortgage.  

So, why not rent from one of the multitudes of storage options that you’ll find on MoveBuddy.com. You’ll be surprised to find out that many locations are located right downtown in all of Canada’s biggest cities!

Whatever the problems in your living space are, it’s likely that having more space can help!  

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