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Our experts provide tips, advice and helpful information on general matters related to storage.



Kiwi Self Storage Transitions to LED lighting to meet Sustainability Goals

Kiwi Self Storage is meeting its goals for sustainability as a Toitu Carbonzero certified self storage organisation. Part of the process of certification involved an audit of all the areas of the business and their contribution to the organisations carbon foot print.
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Reserve a unit

Making the decision to put your belongings into self storage is an investment and we know that you want to be sure that you’re choosing the right place for you.
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Decluttering your lounge

The lounge is where you want to go to relax. You want a calm tidy space where you can unwind with family. It is where you entertain guests. It is the last place in your home that you want to be messy. Lets take a look at how you can easily make your living room the calm comfortable sanctuary it deserves to be.
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Decluttering your garage

Storage space around the home very quickly becomes a premium, and the garage is renowned for getting a large portion of random stuff. This can quite easily become a huge mess, and often times the family car cant even fit in there anymore. Lets run through some tips to get the whole lot sorted.
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Downsizing your home

There are numerous reasons people decide to downsize. For example, often when kids have all grown up and you do not feel like maintaining a large house anymore, moving to a smaller home or even an apartment where you have no maintenance to do, can be an attractive option. Self storage can help with the process.
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Decluttering Your Bedroom

Is your bedroom starting to get a bit crowded? Wardrobes overflowing? Storage space at maximum capacity? Lets try and declutter your bedroom. Bedrooms tend to be spaces that fewer people see on a regular basis. The school holiday's start on 9 July, so it's an ideal time to get the family stuck into decluttering
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Decluttering Your Kitchen

A clean and clutter free kitchen is really what everyone hopes to achieve. You do not want to be shuffling items around and struggling to find items while you are cooking. And a clutter free space is pretty impressive to guests when they visit. Lets take a look at what we can do to declutter our kitchens.
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Tips to safely use a trailer

As a part of making our customers self storage experience as easy as possible, each of our Wellington and Auckland storage facilities have trailers which customers are able to use for moving items in and out of their self storage units. Using a trailer does take some getting used to so we have put together some tips for safely using our trailers for your stored items.
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