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After moving around when she was a little girl with her mother Kathy was happy to be settling down in one space. Growing up with just her and her mother had been one adventure after the other. Her mom would find them an apartment and they would stay there for a year or so. Then her Kathy would come home from school to find her mother packing and knew that they were moving on.
When Kathy went to college she had a hard adjustment period of staying in one spot for four years, but eventually she grew to love staying in one spot. When she graduated she decided that she was going to stay in town.
She moved out of the dorms and into an apartment with her friend. That lasted for a few years until her room mate got married. Now Kathy was on her own and loving it. She had a small one bedroom apartment but she liked having her own space. She rented a Scarborough Local Storage five by five unit to have extra space.
Her mom teased her when she would call saying that she was thinking about staying in one spot like her daughter. That maybe she would find a house of her own and rent a Scarborough Local Storage unit like her daughter. Put down roots and stay a while. Of course Kathy knew that she was just kidding. That in seven or eight months her mom would be packing. That was just how she was. Kathy however was content to stay in Scarborough for now.
Living in the suburbs of Scarborough was the perfect spot for Lenny and Mercedes. They were expecting their first child, and they had found a great house that was a good place to start a family. it had plenty of bedrooms and had a great back yard that they could picture their children playing in. it was in a good school district and was only a forty five minute drive to Scarborough where Lenny worked. Mercedes was looking for a job closer to their house where she could be closer to home and the baby.
They finished signing the papers on their house and could not wait to move in. to help them out in their move Lenny found a portable Scarborough Moving Storage unit. You load up everything that you have and they move it to your new location so you can unpack. It was a great solution for Lenny because Mercedes could not lift anything or move much.
The day that they were to move they loaded the final boxes into the Scarborough Moving Storage unit and drove to their new house. Lenny had a few guys to help him lift the furniture and heavy boxes. Mercedes was under strict orders from all the guys that she was not to lift anything that was bigger than a shoe box. She laughed when they said it, but the guys were quite serious. Every time she tried to lift a box one of the guys would be there to take it from her and shake their head at her to tell her no. That night as Mercedes sat on the couch to rest she was so thankful that they had been there to help Lenny.
Lilly was stuck in traffic on her way to work. There was an accident on the highway and it was closed down for as far as you could see. She had already called her boss and he told her just to be careful and he had heard that the highway was shut down so he had already gotten a few calls.
She turned off her car because she had not moved in twenty minutes. They were at a complete stand still. She could see a few buildings from where she was parked. There were a few restaurants and a Scarborough Storage company. It was still early in the morning so there were not many people eating or going to storage yet.
An hour later the city began to come to life a little bit more. More people were going into the restaurants for breakfast and she could see two cars at the Scarborough Storage unit. She assumed they were the people who worked there but she could not see them.
She was not sure how much longer it was going to take to get off the highway but she hoped that no one was hurt. She had seen two ambulances and two police go down the shoulder of the road so she assumed that it was serious. Every once in a while she would hear sirens but she could not see anything.
Two hours after she had parked the traffic began to move. She made it to work and tried to find out what had happened. No one was sure what had caused the accident but thought that it would probably be on the local new later that night.
What do you do with an entire house full of stuff? That is what Beth and her sister Ami were trying to decide when their mom was moved into a residential care facility. She had fallen and broken her leg and her wrist. She had never recovered fully and she just could not take care of herself any longer. She still had a sound mind but even she agreed that she just could not stay by herself any longer.
At the residential home she was allowed to bring her own bed but the rooms already came furnished. There was a lot of furniture left that Beth and Ami wanted to keep but they just did not have enough room for. Some of it they could sell or give away but some of it was family antiques.
They decided to find a Scarborough Furniture Storage unit to hold all the things that they wanted to keep. If they split the cost it would not be that much money per month.
They looked for a Scarborough Furniture Storage that was in between their houses that had the amenities that they wanted and with a good price.
When they moved the furniture they wanted to keep into storage they decided what to do with the rest of it. They were able to clear out the house and clean it up a bit. They planned to put it on the market and sell it. The money would go to help pay for the room for their mom.
Living in a sorority there is not much space for all of the girls. There are only three single rooms in the house. One for the president, one for the vice president and one for the social chair. All other girls had to share a room. When Kate moved in as a sophomore she barely had any space in the room. It got a little better when she was a junior. Now she was the president and had her own room. However she still remembered how it was to be a sophomore.
She brought up the idea of renting a Scarborough Household Storage unit for all of the girls to share. They could section it off into areas and that way every one would get equal space and it would be easy to divide up the payments. When she brought up her idea to the girls for a vote they all loved the idea and the motion was passed. They found a ten by thirty unit at a Scarborough Household Storage company that was close to campus. They divided it up into equal sections and each girl was responsible for keeping her area clean and organized. They also had to have their payment in on time to be able to keep their space in the unit.
All of the girls that rented a space loved having more space. They loved that fact that Kate had come up with such a great idea. It showed how much she really cared about the girls. Looking out for them on small things like more storage space.
When David first moved to Scarborough he was a little nervous about not knowing anyone. He was not good at unpacking and knew that it would probably be a few months before he finished unpacking everything. He moved here for a job opportunity and was excited to get a start.
His apartment was right across from a Scarborough storage unit. He thought that it would be perfect if he got his apartment unpacked and needed more space. Every day that he came home it seemed like he had to drive around for twenty minutes to find parking. It seemed as there was not enough parking for everyone in the apartment complex. Some night when he got home from work he would have to park far away from his apartment. It was not a bad walk unless he was carrying work home with him or groceries.
It occurred to David that the storage unit across the street was closer that where he had been parking all week. He called and talked to the manager about whether they had Scarborough Car Storage space. They did have outdoor storage available. David thought about his options and decided that it would be nice to have a spot that no matter how many people were there he would have a space close by.
He told the manager of the Scarborough Car Storage unit that he would take a spot. It turned out to be the perfect solution. He always had a spot when he got home from work.
It was Josh and Jessicas first Christmas together. Right after Thanksgiving they went out and bought a tree and all of the decorations that went with it. They bought decorations and lights and a little stuffed moose that Josh bought for Jessica. They spent the rest of the day decorating their apartment and it was a winter wonderland. That night they made hot cocoa and curled up on the couch together and watched a Christmas movie with nothing but the tree lighting the room. It was such a perfect night.
When the holidays were over they put all the ornaments back in their boxes. All of the lights were wrapped up neatly so that next year they would not have to spend house untangling them. The tree was taken down last and all of the boxes were sitting in the living room. As they looked at the boxes they realized that they had no where to put them. They were so excited about their first Christmas together that they did not think about where to keep the tree when it was not being displayed.
They tried to put it into the hall closet but it was too big. They decided to look into a Scarborough Local Storage unit that was close to their apartment. They just needed a five by ten Scarborough Local Storage unit to keep their boxes. It turned out to be the greatest idea because it was basically another closet space for them. They were able to get their decorations in and the extra boxes of things that were in the hall closet. It was a great storage solution.
When people want to find Scarborough car storage, they do not have far to look. We are right around the corner located on Sheppard Avenue East. You cannot miss us even if you tried. We like the fact that we are so very convenient to almost everywhere in the area. When we ask people why they decided to rent with us, this is what the usually tell us. If that is the reason that they wanted to rent with us, that is completely fine. That is why it is good for us when people are looking for Scarborough car storage they can get to us very quickly.
Being a convenient place to store their car, customers have considered us the best option for their car storage needs. Depending on the customer we want to give them what they are looking for. Some people want to ensure that their car is going to be secure and that is right up our alley. Some people want to come and get their car whenever they want to. That is no problem for us either. If the customer asks for it, we are able to give them twenty four hour access to their car. For most people our regular access hours are 6am to 9pm, are great times for people to get in and out of our facility. There is little quarrel with our access hours or other amenities that we have. Our facility is outstanding and we as managers here are pleased to say we value each and every potential customer and their belongings. We convey those thoughts to each person that inquires about our storage facility.
After a stressful few years in a bad marriage Carol was beginning the process of rebuilding her life. Her ex-husband had moved out and she was left with a house full of bad memories. She was now determined to turn the house in to a relaxing spot just for her.
Everything that was her ex husband had left behind she boxed up. All of the bed room furniture that was in their room, and anything that reminded her of him was loaded up and moved into a Scarborough storage facilities unit. Carol was giving her ex two months to come and get his stuff from the Scarborough storage facilities unit and then everything was going to be taken to charity.
Carol and her sister Helen set out to repaint and renovate the house. They repainted every room, bought some amazing furniture and before you knew it the house was completely different.
Carol was excited to be making new and happy memories in the house. She was going to enjoy being happy again. She was even looking forward to going on a weekend get away with her sister now that she only had to answer to herself.
It turned out that her ex never did come and pick up his stuff and true to her word two months after renting the unit she took everything in it down to a charity. They were happy to have such a wonderful donation and she was happy to be rid of all the baggage.
We are very flexible when it comes to our presentation on selling our facility. We like the fact that people want to hear different things that we have to say to them in order to get them to rent. We are always trying to be better than the other Scarborough storage facilities in our presentation so the customer will rent with us. We feel that we do a great job building value and we do a good job building rapport with the customer. We would say that our customers do agree with that statement.
Right now in this economy we try to determine whether or not to just give the caller the price instead of trying to sell our facility. We know that the other Scarborough storage facilities do not always give the best presentations on their storage facility but we do not want to talk to much to where the caller is overwhelmed by what we are saying. We also do not want to seem like our facility costs so much due to our long list of amenities the customer does have when renting here. Sometimes we just want to give out the price to the caller so they know upfront how much it costs in order to rent. We like the idea that they know what they are getting for the price, but we also do not want to stall too long to where the customer does not want to rent from us.
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