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The eagle-eyed of you out there might have spotted McCarthy’s in the press a bit this last week! We were delighted that the Yorkshire Post’s business supplement interviewed our MD Mike about the company celebrating its 50 birthday, and then last week’s property section also carried some advice from us around how to declutter ahead of a Spring move.
We thought it was full of useful hints and tips (we’re not just pretty faces you know…), so we reckoned it might be useful to use a version of it here on the blog.
If you’re looking to make a move this year, and you haven’t done so already, now is the time you should be getting your home ready to put on the market. And while Phil and Kirsty may still insist on location, location, location, they’d also tell you the key to a saleable property is to declutter, declutter, declutter. With more and more ‘stuff’ in our homes, it’s easy for even good-sized rooms to start to look small.
Sellers keen to get the best price for their property are increasingly removing what they can and storing it completely separately. We find we have a flurry of self storage customers at this time of year, linked to planned home moves. People take all the non-essential items out of their home, so they can have the photography taken by the estate agent and do viewings, confident the house is looking its most spacious best. But there’s no point piling it all in a garage or cupboards – potential buyers are bound to take a look there, and it only highlights to them a possible lack of space. So, getting it away from the property altogether makes sense – and of course, with self storage, you know it’s safe and you can get access whenever you need it.
So here are our top tips for clearing out and decluttering a home ahead of putting it on the market:
Hopefully, with your house looking its post-clear out best, you’ll be moving in no time! And we happen to know a pretty good removals firm we’d recommend…
Jodie and Sarah were fantastic. They managed to sort out a storage unit for me straight away and even stayed after they should have shut to help me out. I would have been absolutely stuck if they hadn’t gone the extra mile.
It’s rare these days to get that level of service. MASSIVE thank you.
Really good service and would recommend them without hesitation
The staff are friendly and helpful (Huddersfield). My belonging are very safe and secure with loads of cameras and you can't enter without a person code. The storage rooms are nice and dry so all the stuff are safe from damp and mold ect.
I would definitely recommend and the price was great.
The Storage Centre, Meanwood Road,
Leeds LS7 2AH
Removals:
0113 262 3000 /
0113 262 4000
Email Leeds removals
Storage: 0113 26 26 500
Email Leeds storage
Opening Hours:
Monday-Friday: 08.00 to 17.30
Saturday: 09.00 to 16.00
Bank Holidays: 10.00 to 14.00
The Storage Centre,
Ripon Road,
Harrogate HG1 2BS
Self Store
01423 625 000
Van Hire: 01423 625 000
Email
Opening Hours:
Monday-Friday: 08.00 to 17.30
Saturday: 09.00 to 16.00
The Storage Centre, Kirkgate,
Wakefield WF1 1UW
Self Store
01924 566 939
Email
Opening Hours:
Monday-Friday: 08.00 to 17.30
Saturday: 09.00 to 16.00
McCarthy's Storage World
Phoenix Retail Park
Leeds Road
Huddersfield
West Yorkshire
HD1 6NE
Self Store
01484 248 006
Email
Opening Hours:
Monday-Friday: 08.00 to 17.30
Saturday: 09.00 to 16.00
Bank Holidays: 10.00 to 15.00
McCarthy's Storage World
Water lane
York
YO30 6PQ
Self Store:
01904 221 600
Van Hire: 01904 238 333
Email
Opening Hours:
Monday-Friday: 08.00 to 17.30
Saturday: 09.00 to 16.00
Sunday: 09:00 to 14:00