Need more storage

[chris142]

Rant on..We are full! My wife won't part with anything so my garage is packed to the ceiling. I inquired with 3 storage container places and all 3 said they can't deliver to me and won't sell one out right.

Having a shed built on site is too expensive. The cheap metal and plastic sheds blow apart on our 50 mph winds

I am no carpenter so me building anything is out. Rant off

 

[619DioFan]

If I read this right you said you looked at buying a 20-40 foot shipping container and no one will sell you one ? seems odd. call apple valley transfer and storage , they are an atlas vanline agent. ask them if they have any used lift vans for sale. a lift van is a wooden crate - 7 feet tall x 7 feet deep and a little over 3 feet wide. we use them to ship hhgs overseas. get 3-4 put them at your place ( you can get fancy and pour a slab ) fill em up. they are usually not that pricey used.

 

[Viper98912]

Your problem is you have a bunch of junk you don't use yet don't want to get rid of it.

One of the funniest things about this country is that people PAY to store stuff THEY DON'T USE. Don't get me wrong, some people have legitimate issues where they have to quickly downsize, or have to temporarily store stuff during a move, or have personal family members' possessions that are just too emotionally connected to get rid of. For the rest of us, we just outright pay to store junk we don't use. I don't think any other country in the world does this.

Nonetheless, why don't you look into buying a sea container? I thought you could get old used ones for cheap?

 

[Blind1]

Sounds like divorce is your only option.

 

[chris142]

The problem is that my house can't be acessed by a 65 ft long truck. They use the same 65 ft long truck to deliver the shorter 20 ft containers too. The **** she has stored was her grandmothers furniture.

I don't need it around but it has sentimental value to her.

 

[bri_man57]

I can understand your wife's hang ups, but if it's as bad as it sounds, you're gonna have to deal with it at some point. Are you concerned that adding more storage will simply bring more stuff? I recently moved and threw away a bunch of stuff after toting in around to 4 different house in 7 years, moved to Colorado, and still have my storage. Right now the motrocycles are parked in there for winter, but I need to downsize it again as it's just too much money wasted. I'm going through everything I want to keep, and making an inventory of it all so I know where to look if I need something.

If you're dead set on adding storage, I would look into containers again and see if there is a different way of having it delivered.

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[el monte slim]

Take your wife out to dinner and have a heart-to-heart conversation. First, be sure to acknowledge that you understand and sympathize with her sentimental attachment to her Grandmother's furniture. Calmly explain that use of the garage has become severely limited due to storing things that aren't being used. Tell her you've explored options for alternative storage, but erecting something onsite is cost prohibitive, and paying for offsite storage rental becomes expensive in the long term. Ask her to think about honoring her Grandmother's memory through an act of generosity, by donating the furniture to a family in need, or an organization that serves them. Offer to take pictures of everything before it's dispersed, and if possible, include some shots of the people or organization that receives the donation. She can look at these pictures from time to time, and think of her Grandmother, knowing she did the right thing.

 

[Miss the Pontiacs]

Why can’t you get a tow truck to drop it off??

 

[imjustdave]

forklift can move empty ones.


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[TractorJeff]

Take your wife out to dinner and have a heart-to-heart conversation. First, be sure to acknowledge that you understand and sympathize with her sentimental attachment to her Grandmother's furniture. Calmly explain that use of the garage has become severely limited due to storing things that aren't being used. Tell her you've explored options for alternative storage, but erecting something onsite is cost prohibitive, and paying for offsite storage rental becomes expensive in the long term. Ask her to think about honoring her Grandmother's memory through an act of generosity, by donating the furniture to a family in need, or an organization that serves them. Offer to take pictures of everything before it's dispersed, and if possible, include some shots of the people or organization that receives the donation. She can look at these pictures from time to time, and think of her Grandmother, knowing she did the right thing.

This!

 

[GMCGarage]

Rant on..We are full! My wife won't part with anything so my garage is packed to the ceiling. I inquired with 3 storage container places and all 3 said they can't deliver to me and won't sell one out right.

Having a shed built on site is too expensive. The cheap metal and plastic sheds blow apart on our 50 mph winds

I am no carpenter so me building anything is out. Rant off

can you park her car outside and tell her that she can fill that spot. That might make her aware of her hording.

 

[Cryptic1911]

I've seen tow truck/roll backs deliver 20ft containers, so that might be an option

 

[ace10]

Agree with the dinner and heart-to-heart.

If there are twenty pieces that aren't needed, then maybe set a goal for just keeping the most "cherished" five or two or one.

 

[eljay]

Sounds like divorce is your only option.

Now, that will empty the whole garage!!

But seriously, a wise friend once told me: "you will always fill as much space as you have."

What this means, is that getting more storage will not solve your problem. You will empty the garage, fill that storage and continue filling the garage and you will be back with the same problem, but now you will also have a giant storage container in your yard.

You need to rationalize an emotional situation. Not easy.

 

[niget2002]

Easy...

Get rid of all your furniture and move the grandmother's furniture into your living room. Then you're actually using the sentimental **** instead of letting it rot in the garage.

 

[LeeG]

Rent storage space to store the stuff. This allows her to look at a monthly bill and decide how much it really means to her.

 

[gunguy]

if she has hoarding tendencies, it may require professional intervention. If she is a hoarder, you'll never have enough space.

Good luck.

Jim

 

[turbodave]

We got tired of paying for a storage unit and bought a lightly used cargo trailer. I parked it next to the garage and used some blocks to level it and keep the weight off the tires and suspension when it sits. Mine is just a little 6x10, but it has been handy for storage, and in a few years when we move to a bigger house (hopefully with a basement) we can probably sell the trailer for about what I paid.

 

[chris142]

can you park her car outside and tell her that she can fill that spot. That might make her aware of her hording.

All our cars sit outside! Hers will not fit in the garage. Too tall.

 

[chris142]

Why can’t you get a tow truck to drop it off??

The people that sell containers deliver them too . they will not let me cash and carry one.

 

[chris142]

Rent storage space to store the stuff. This allows her to look at a monthly bill and decide how much it really means to her.

It was in storage. She pulled it out and brought it home.

 

[finn]

Get rid of the ****.

You will never have enough room to store things if you can’t part with things you don’t use, and admittedly won’t use.

The idea of selecting a few things with sentimental value and moving them inside your house, displacing something else, has merit.

If you can’t do that, the sentimental value excuse is just a dodge.

 

[NUTTSGT]

What kind of furniture are we talking about ? Run of the mill stuff or actual antiques ?

 

[Miss the Pontiacs]

Sounds like divorce is your only option.

Then you won’t have to worry about the house either, anymore

 

[Burmashave]

It was in storage. She pulled it out and brought it home.

Without consulting you?

 

[LeonardY]

Have neighbor that has the same problem. Kids bikes hang in the garage from when they were 2. There in their early 30s now.
I told him to wait until she goes out and get a junk company. Clean it out then make it look like the house was ransacked.

 

[ckessel]

I had use of a 30x40 turkey shed back in the late 90's to 07 in Ramona Ca. Had my 70 Challenger, done car other than some up grades, in it along with tools/equipment/parts/old hard to get Mopar stuff I had collected for 20+ years. We had to evacuate in 10/07 due to a wild fire coming our way. What do you take/leave? You only had 1-2 hours. Loaded up clothes, computer, dogs/cats, food for them, guns, important papers then leave and hope for the best. When we were able to return a week later, the house was fine other than ash/debri being blown past the doors/widows from the 100mph+ winds. Inside the garage on the house it looked like it snowed with ash/debri almost a foot deep. The barn my car was in was 1/4 mile away. Melted steel, aluminum and ash. Now I don't hoard anymore. I was always "gonna move the car and treasures" to the house garage, with some stuff getting trashed on the way. Didn't follow through. In the barn I had engines/blocks/transmissions/driveshafts etc. Driveshafts blew apart like pipe bombs. 54 residences went up in flames. My friend John and his wife had to evacuate with whatever they could toss into luggage. Came back to a burned out shell. No more stuff from a lifetime lived, just memories.
Another time in my life I was used to store my older brothers treasures. He was never around to help whenever I moved. Don't do that anymore for anybody.
I paid $120 per month back in the 80's to store a 50 Ford F1 plus other treasures since I didn't have space. Could not work out of the storage unit. 10 years at $120 a month. $12k flushed away. Sold the truck for $100 as thats all I could really get out of it as I wanted to be rid of the money wasting.
Moral of the story, if you can't clear it out when you have to evacuate, have to leave in a hurry or have not touched/used it in a years time you need to boot it.