How a storage unit will maximise your business’ office space
Self storage for business needs
Chances are that when you think about self storage units, what comes to mind are boxes of hoarded antiques, spare furniture or piles of home appliances.
The truth is that our Osborne Park storage facility offers immense opportunity for businesses as well. Why should you consider your self storage business needs?
In this article, we’ll break down everything you need to know about using storage units to help improve your business.
Why use storage for business?
1. Space
It doesn’t matter whether you’re a corporate firm needing office space where storage is at a premium or a warehouse or factory with a lot of stock, equipment and machinery, commercial rent is one of the largest areas of expenditure for any business.
Making the most of every square metre of space is essential for your business reaching its maximum potential. By storing many of your business assets, materials or items in one of our undercover storage units you’ll be freeing up important, valuable space for better use to propel your business forwards.
2. Organised organisations
Keeping your office or workspace organised and clutter free is always important, even if it isn’t always easy. With access to a small self storage unit, it’s easy to keep the materials you need on hand without losing access to items you might need in the short to long term future.
De-cluttered and clean work areas have been proven to improve productivity, raise employee morale, as well as enhance the aesthetics of the office for would-be customers, investors or stakeholders. Lastly, but certainly not least, there’s an inherent occupational health and safety risk to having large amounts of items, boxes or material scattered around the place.
How can a storage unit help your business?
There are many ways in which our current business customers utilise our storage units to help them keep various items, assets and material secure.
Promotional items
Whether you have a bulky item, such as banners, lecterns, booths or large graphics, or just want to store some spare boxes of bags, shirts and stationery a self storage unit can accommodate it all.
With easy and convenient access to our Osborne Park storage facility, you can keep some promotional items on hand and the rest of your back-up supply out of the way until you need a top up.
Commercial vehicle
For some businesses, a commercial vehicle is necessary, but they might not have the space to securely park it when not in use. For others, a vehicle is necessary but not often used and they need to store it somewhere where they can enjoy peace of mind that it is protected.
Ezi Storage’s large self storage units are perfect for housing work vehicles of all kinds and sizes.
Paperwork
While the modern business is guaranteed to be at least somewhat paperless, there is still a lot of paperwork that gets accumulated over time. Not to mention that businesses actually have a legal obligation to store their paperwork for a certain number of years. But that’s no reason to take up precious storage space in the office.
Self storage is the perfect option. With a range of solutions, from purchasable storage boxes to filing cabinets and partitions, getting your paperwork out of the way is a must.
Overflowing stock
There’s nothing worse for a business than running out of stock. But not everyone can handle keeping overflowing inventory in their workspace. A self storage unit solves all of those issues. Keep as much back-up inventory, overflow items or season stock out of the way but always on hand.
Furniture
You have enough to do running a business to worry about what to do with your office furniture while the warehouse is being fitted out, the office relocated or the building renovated. With a range of storage units available, there’s a perfectly sized option for everyone.
Even if you’re just storing office desks and chairs while you wait for them to be sold or donated, if the furniture is not currently in use, it’s best to keep them securely offsite and in one of our storage units.
Secure commercial self storage
Ezi Storage’s entire facility is under 24/7 security surveillance. With locked gates, a sophisticated security system and extensive insurance coverage, there’s no better place to securely store your commercial assets, stock or furniture than with Ezi Storage.
Short- and long-term storage
We’re super flexible at Ezi Storage because we understand how agile a business needs to be in the modern market. With both short term and long-term storage options available, you can utilise our self-storage units for whatever length period you need.
Units for all needs
If you’re wondering how much space you’ll need to store your business’s items, use our handy storage calculator to work out what you need.
We even offer single item storage if you don’t have a need to rent out an entire unit. If you do need a whole unit, we have you covered there as well.
Our 9 square metre storage units are the size of a small bedroom and are great for storing furniture or stock. Alternatively, if you want to house a vehicle or even filing cabinets and shelving to easily access promotional items or documentation, our 18 square metre unit offers plenty of usable space.
Contact us for your business self storage needs
If you know exactly what you’re looking for with your self storage or you need some guidance as to the different solutions available and how best to calculate your needs, make sure to get in touch with the Ezi Storage team. We’re here to help you and your business thrive by keeping your workspace clean, organised and perfect for you.