How to Store Summer Items

How to Store Summer Items It’s time to store summer items away. But what if you don’t have enough space in your home or garage? Self-storage is a great option that allows you to keep your belongings safe and secure until next season. Here are some tips on how best to store your summer items: […]

Boxes or Totes? Which is Best?

Are you planning to move? Clean out the basement? Organize the garage? Whatever your reason, you will be packing things up to place into your self storage unit. So you ask yourself, “Boxes or totes, which is better for me?” To make this easier for you, we have listed out the pros and cons of […]

Self Storage Auctions

When storage renters don’t pay their rent, auctions happen. In British Columbia, the lien law allows self storage operators to place a lien on the contents of a unit once the rent has become a full 30 days past due. Contain Your Stuff Penticton has auctions many times each year. Self Storage Auctions We give […]

How to Vacate Your Storage Unit

Foremost, we don’t like to see you go! However, we understand that many people use self storage on a temporary basis to get them through certain situations: buying and selling a home, downsizing, marriage/divorce, home remodelling, estate storage and so on. Whatever the reason for vacating your storage unit, there are some things you need […]

Storing Valuable Artwork

One of the things customers often need to consider when putting valuable art works in self storage is how to best protect those items from the ravages of time. Contain Your Stuff Penticton is here to help you with your artwork storing needs. Artwork Storage Tips Prepare Preparing individual art pieces for self storage is […]

Accessible Self Storage

When you are thinking about using self storage, do you need accessible self storage? Of course, you do! But when do you need it and how often? This can have a significant effect on your choices and when you eventually store. If you need access every day, then you do not want to have to […]

How Much Storage Space?

Many times in life we find we need extra self storage space. At Contain Your Stuff Penticton we see people come in when they downsize to a condo; a death of a relative; a live-in relationship goes sour. Life happens. We also see people with hobbies or an eBay or other resale businesses. How Much […]

We Have The Most Secure Storage in Penticton

There are many reasons people use self storage, but one of the key reasons people put their stuff into self storage is to keep it clean, safe and secure. To keep your items safe and secure requires action by both the tenant and the storage facility. Keep in mind that not all self storage facilities […]

A Camping Storage Guide

Summer 2021 is fast approaching us in the Okanagan and that means camping. If you haven’t booked a camping site yet, it’s not quite too late, head to the government’s site and get booked!  If you are more of a camping off the beaten path, that’s great too. All that camping gear gets in the […]

Self Storage For Temporary Workers

Every so often, we have to move around for work. Don’t risk storing your valuable items with friends or inside your home. If you need to move temporarily, self storage is your most affordable and secure option. We offer insurance and peace of mind while you are away. Penticton is ideal for temporary workers. Most […]