Thursday, October 29, 2009

Sold My House - Now What?






Under normal economic times, when a homeowner decides to sell their house they usually purchase a new home at the same time. Possessions were typically transported either two ways - hire a moving company or rent a truck and move yourself. The recent collapse of the housing market has altered this entire cycle. When people find success selling their home they are reluctant to purchase right away due to fear of their net worth dwindling further. They do not want the market value of their new home to decline shortly after purchase. These former homeowners are downsizing and renting smaller places or moving in with relatives. This lifestyle change has created a new stress for former homeowners - what do I do with my possessions?

Until recently, the only solution to handle this dilemma was to rent a truck and store at a self-storage facility. The nature of the process creates a tremendous amount of stress. Besides finding and dealing with multiple providers, you only have a short amount of time to get your possessions into storage to be cost effective. This usually needs to be done on the weekend taking away your valuable free time. Imagine the cost of renting a truck for a long period of time!

The introduction of the portable storage concept is designed to make the moving and storage experience stress free. Portable storage integrates moving and storage making it a "one stop shop" provider. You rent a container which can be moved anywhere at anytime t0 accomodate your schedule. A container can be used for on-site storage at your premise, moved to any other location, or brought back to a provider's facility for long-term storage.

Many Orlando homeowners in the above mentioned circumstance are using portable storage solutions from UNITS Mobile Storage of Orlando to store their possessions. They like that a portable storage container is brought to their premise, they can take their time filling the container, and is brought back to a storage facility until the time to be re-delivered to a new a location.

The fee structure at UNITS Mobile Storage is easy to understand. Fees are comprised of monthly rent for the container and delivery fees to move it. In many cases, portable storage ends up being more cost effective than truck rental and self-storage combined. Term of service of highly flexible usually on a pay as you go monthly basis. Deals can be negotiated for long-term commitments.



If you are need of a moving and storage solution in the future, consider using portable storage container from UNITS - taking those stressful headaches and turning it into a piece of cake experience.