Storage query

[jhb171achill]

Bit of an offbeat one here; my layout room has been invaded by half a house full of stuff - long story - unrelated to the railway.

I need to find a semi-long-term storage facility, dry & insulated, somewhere broadly near Malahide to put stuff in for maybe a year or two. Looking up websites, it is clear that storage facilities run a cartel. None publish their prices - you have to ring them, which as a separate issue means you get bombarded with junk email and endless marketing calls for weeks afterwards; plus the prices they all quote are several light years above ridiculous.

Anyone know of somewhere sensible in the area? Until or unless I can get a whole pile of stuff out of the house, there will be no more Dugort Harbour progress for a long time to come!!

 

[David Holman]

Stuff! The bandof our lives, JB - we all have way too much of it.

Be ruthless? Easier said than done.

Reorganize? As above

Dig down? Expand upwards or outwards? All down to money...

Don't envy you.

[DJ Dangerous]

How about moving Dugort to Malahide, merging it with the Casino railway, and renting out the Dugort room to OTHER suckers looking for storage?

If only you knew somebody involved enough...

Oh, wait...

[jhb171achill]

18 minutes ago, David Holman said:

Stuff! The bandof our lives, JB - we all have way too much of it.

Be ruthless? Easier said than done.

Reorganize? As above

Dig down? Expand upwards or outwards? All down to money...

Don't envy you.

Gonna have to be a combination of (2) & (3) - nowhere to expand to!

9 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

How about moving Dugort to Malahide, merging it with the Casino railway, and renting out the Dugort room to OTHER suckers looking for storage?

If only you knew somebody involved enough...

Oh, wait...

There's barely enough room in the Malahide Casino for THEIR stuff; and they wouldn't take kindly to me rolling up with a bed, a settee, and boxes and boxes of books, cutlery and bedside lamps.......... an exercise bike, rocking chair and whatever else oul junk is up there festering away...........

[Gabhal Luimnigh]

I'll soon have a wagon for Dugort!

[Der Rechtsanwalt]

Contact a local auctioneer. There are loads of vacant commercial properties around with extra space. You could do a deal with someone for a secure location with a short term letting. You’ll probably need to arrange your own insurance though. Be mindful though that these are commercial lettings and consumer legislation doesn’t apply. 

[jhb171achill]

17 hours ago, Der Rechtsanwalt said:

Contact a local auctioneer. There are loads of vacant commercial properties around with extra space. You could do a deal with someone for a secure location with a short term letting. You’ll probably need to arrange your own insurance though. Be mindful though that these are commercial lettings and consumer legislation doesn’t apply. 

The update is that Living-In-Daughter managed to downsize a lot of her stuff and things are way better now. Work is about to recommence on Dugort & Castletown. Still some trackwork and wiring, with help from my Learned Friend, to whom I owe very many, many pints at this stage!  After that, scenery, and the endless queue of half-finished kits. I'm sure I've a dozen Provincial Wagons at least to do - I need to discipline myself not to get any more until all I have are fully running.....

And a wait, of course, for RTR D16s, D17s, D14s, G2s, maybe a WLWR G3, J18s, J5s and so on........