Container or Indoor Self Storage?

In short: A storage container is a drive-up unit: you park beside it and load straight in, and ours are 20ft insulated containers at £130 a month including VAT. Indoor self storage puts your unit inside a building, usually reached along corridors or by lift, and often comes in a range of smaller sizes. Which suits you depends on how much you have, how you will load it, and how often you need to visit.

Container storage at Temple Bruer

  • One size: 20ft x 8ft x 8ft, 160 sq ft of floor and 1,280 cubic feet, enough for an average three-bedroom house
  • Park right beside your container and load from your car or van, with no corridors, lifts or trolleys
  • Single use containers lined with spray-foam insulation to reduce condensation
  • Recording CCTV, security lighting and your own padlock and key
  • £130 a month including VAT, plus a £50 refundable padlock and key deposit

Indoor self storage

Indoor units sit inside a warehouse-style building. You usually unload at a loading bay and take your things to the unit on a trolley, along corridors or in a lift. Indoor sites often offer a range of unit sizes, which can suit someone with only a few boxes.

Which is right for you?

  • A whole house or a lot of furniture: a 20ft container takes it in one go, and loading from the van door saves hours. See what fits in a 20ft container.
  • A van full of tools, stock or pallets: drive-up access matters more than anything; a container takes about 10 pallets.
  • Worried about damp: ask any provider how they deal with condensation. Ours are insulated; our damp page explains how.
  • Only a few boxes: a smaller indoor unit may cost you less than a whole container.

Before you choose, compare the whole cost, not just the headline: our prices page sets out exactly what you pay, and do storage containers get damp? explains how our containers stay dry.

Questions people ask

Is container storage cheaper than indoor self storage?

It depends on how much space you need. Our 20ft container is £130 a month including VAT for 160 sq ft, about 81p per square foot. See our prices.

Can I drive up to a storage container?

Yes. At Temple Bruer you park right beside your container and load straight in.

Do storage containers get damp?

A plain steel container can. Ours are spray-foam insulated to reduce condensation, and they are waterproof and ventilated.

What if I only have a few boxes?

A 20ft container may be more space than you need. Call us on 07720 449888 and we will tell you honestly.

Next step: see our containers

Look at our insulated 20ft containers, then check whether one is free on the container page.