Hello Everybody, Chris Town Again, Owner Of Town Construction And Development And Here With Some More Great Tips On How to Protect your Belongings for a Home Makeover/Renovation Seattle/Shoreline Home
The biggest concern of any homeowner during a renovation, aside from finances, is how to keep their things safe. Renovation is, after all, a messy and hazardous business. Furniture can get easily damaged, not to mention smaller items and memorabilia. So, to help you better safeguard your home, here are a few ways to protect your belongings during home renovation!
Try to declutter your home beforehand
Contradictory though it may seem, the first of the ways to protect your belongings during home renovation (At least those you care about!) is to carefully sift through your stuff and figure out what you can do without. Having too many things to keep safe can lead to all sorts of trouble. Chief among them running out of space to store said items. So, we warmly recommend learning how to organize and declutter when renovating your home! With fewer items, your storage solution will not just be cheaper. It will also be a lot safer and simpler to organize.
Turn one of your rooms into storage
Now, this is the simplest solution to storing the things you were forced to relocate from the rooms you’re renovating. After all, rooms in your own house cost you nothing. And they’re right there inside your home, to boot. This will also increase the safety of your items from things such as theft. However, this approach to storage does come with two downsides. The first applies if you’re planning significant renovations in your entire home. You will likely have to switch the room you are using as storage at least twice, which can, admittedly, be quite physically exhausting. The second issue is the potential lack of space. You’re unlikely to have an empty room lying around, so whichever room you use as a storage facility probably has things already in it. Add in what’s potentially several rooms’ worth of items, and you won’t have enough space for everything.
Ask a friend for help
If you run into this issue but are still trying to figure out how to budget for a home renovation, you might want to turn to friends for help. Of course, you should have absolute trust in the friend you are entrusting your items to. And do not forget you should not overwhelm them with stuff, either! Limit the number of boxes you will be asking them to look after and ask several people for help. This way, your friends won’t need to deal with the clutter a ton of your stuff would end up making in their own houses. At the same time, you get to secure the safety of all your belongings on a budget!
Rent a self-storage unit
If you don’t want to impose on your friends after all, and there’s simply not enough (or any!) room in your home, then self-storage units are an excellent choice. They’re also one of the safest ways to protect your belongings during home renovation! Just be mindful of the price! Of course, overly expensive storage units are a bad thing. But, there are reasons to be careful with cheap self-storage deals if the price sounds too good. This can be a sign of a scam. Finally, remember to look into what kind of self-storage unit you need. You can, of course, rent a basic one. However, if the temperatures are extreme, they will be even more so in the storage unit. This means that some of your items might require a climate-controlled unit.
Self-storage units provide professional security!
Look into portable storage
There is still an option if you face the issues with home storage we have already brought up and yet do not want to let your belongings out of sight. You can get a portable storage unit! You should be warned that these units are typically very bare-boned. This means that if your items can’t suffer the extreme temperatures of a self-storage unit, they’ll not fare well here either. A portable storage unit is a lot more convenient when it comes to item transfer, though. Seeing as you can have one plopped right down in your own yard! Loading things into it will be a breeze, and you will always have your belongings on hand if you need them. However, they will be outside of your home. Secured by what will likely be only a single lock. We suggest you keep a careful eye on your portable storage unit.
Use tarps to cover furniture
You might be unable or unwilling to relocate some of your furniture. Be it due to the size or fragility of the pieces. In this case, your best bet would be to utilize tarps as a means of protecting the furniture from damage. Note the following drawbacks:
- Firstly, your furniture would remain in the room housing ongoing renovation. This means that it could easily end up damaged if there is an accident.
- Secondly, tarps, while very effective, are not foolproof. There is every chance your furniture will still be exposed to large amounts of dust and dirt.
- Finally, even if no damage occurs, the presence of furniture will likely slow down your contractors. After all, they will have to go around it while working.
Just be careful so that your furniture does not poke holes in the tarp when you tighten it!
Pack everything into storage containers
Our final suggestion on this list of ways to protect your belongings during home renovation is making judicious use of storage containers. Storage containers, particularly those made of plastic, are great at protecting their contents. They are also almost perfectly sealed, so it is unlikely that any dust or debris will get into them. So, if you do not have space and do not want additional expenses, you can pack your things into them, cover them, and leave them in the corner of the room. Of course, note that there are renovations to complete before moving into your home. If you try to do any of them with your items in the rooms, you will most likely suffer some damage to your belongings no matter what.
Plastic storage containers are also super easy to stack!
Final Words
We hope that you have found at least one suitable solution from this list of ways to protect your belongings during a home renovation. Just remember that while preserving your items is essential, home renovation can put more than that in danger. Look out for your family, and particularly your kids, since a house under renovation can be a dangerous place!
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