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Moving to Recovery: The 2014 Housing Market

Home, Moving, Storage | January 12, 2015

2014 was a busy year for house movers, with the UK reaching a 7-year high on housing values and house sales. In the US, sales of houses started to decline, although the value started to creep back up after prices slumped dramatically between 2010-2012. For a huge range of interesting fact about the housing market in 2014, please check out the infographic below: Please include attribution to https://www.binghamselfstorage.co.uk when sharing this infographic. Although not quite as dramatic of a year, houses in the US still increased in value by 6.4% on average. Not bad. Despite houses in America being typically…

How to Preserve, Repair and Take Care of Old Records

Home, Storage, Tips | November 19, 2014

Considering the vast majority of the music ever released is available for our listening pleasure at little more than the click of a button these days, it might seem strange or a bit regressive, to think that vinyl records are more popular now than they have been in decades. But they are. The CD era, which is still hanging on by the skin of its teeth, saw the vinyl record all but forgotten in favour of its cheaper, clearer and more compact (by both name and design) cousin. But once the digital revolution kicked in and CD sales began to…

How to Store a Sofa

Home, Storage, Tips | June 24, 2014

So you’ve decided you need to store your sofa for a while but you’re wondering exactly how best to store that sofa. As your local experts in self storage, we at Bingham Self Storage have written this ‘how to store a sofa in a self storage unit’ guide to make the process as easy and stress-free as possible. There are many reasons that you might need to put your sofa into storage. Perhaps you are redecorating or having an extension built and you need to make some space. Or, you are temporarily downsizing or are in the middle of moving…

Declutter your Home Sweet Home

Home, Storage | March 11, 2014

Why You Should De-clutter Your Home Having clutter in your home can make you feel disorganised, stressed and unhappy. A huge 65% of people feel that their household is disorganised and suffer through these feelings every day. We took a look at the damage clutter can do and came up with some handy tips on how to fight it once and for all. The Negative Impact of Clutter As clutter builds up in the home, finding even the most important of items can become tricky. Car keys, wallets and even important documents go missing on a regular basis. Shockingly, 23%…

How To Declutter Your Home

Hacks, Home, Storage, Tips | February 5, 2014

Every year, millions of home-owners spend their weekends “spring cleaning” – throwing out unwanted junk, organising keepsakes and trying to get on top of the clutter that they have accrued over the holiday period. Instead of just spring cleaning, why not make a resolution to declutter your home once and for all? Read our guide full of decluttering tips and be amazed at the space you’ll suddenly have in your home. It’ll also give you the chance to create your own decluttering checklist hopefully featuring all six of the tips listed below. Decluttering Tips For most people, decluttering is easy,…

Moving House The Stress Free Way

Home, Storage | February 5, 2014

Experts say that moving house is one of the most stressful of life experiences, along with divorce and bereavement. If you plan on moving house soon then you want to make that move as easy and as stress free as possible. Plan well ahead for your move and make sure that you book that removal van early on in the process. Here are some of our favourite ideas for taking the stress out of your move. Early Organisation Start your preparations as soon as you have a date for your move. Make packing and clearing out the house easier by…

Top tips to help declutter your spare room

Home, Storage | January 14, 2014

“What to do with the spare room?” is a question that all homeowners will ask themselves at some point in their lives. A constant bane on our otherwise (presumably) clutter free homes, most spare rooms are so chaotic they could almost resemble the state of the Universe a few seconds after the big bang. Sorting it out therefore is one of the last things we’d ever want to do with our spare time but the New Year is the perfect time to get a fresh start so you can make the most of that otherwise unused room. It’s a big…

The Jobs You Should Never Leave Until Moving Day…

Home, Moving, Tips | December 3, 2013

Moving day can be a stressful time with too much to do and plenty of potential to go wrong. We’ve made a list of some of the things movers make the mistake of leaving until the last minute and suggested some handy tips that can help make your big move run smoothly. 1. Don’t Pack on the Day Packing will very likely take a lot longer than you think. Whatever you do, don’t decide to pack on the day! Allow yourself more than enough time and begin packing your belongings as early as possible. Try boxing up items you know…

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