Self-Storage Tips for Empty Nesters

Watching your children grow up is one of the many joys of being a parent. You do everything you can to prepare them for living on their own as adults. When the time comes for them to venture out into the world, you’re met with a flurry of emotions, including happiness, excitement, worry, and fear. Being an empty-nester is bittersweet and life-changing on many levels.

At the same time, you may also have plans for your home that require figuring out what to do with the stuff your family, and children, have accumulated over the years. In this blog, we offer several self storage tips for empty nesters.

Making More Room in Your Home

One of the advantages of being an empty nester is that it allows you to reclaim square footage in your house. While you’re decluttering, self storage lets you securely store family heirlooms, furniture, books, and other items you or children may want or need in the future. Choosing a self-storage provider who offers a unit size guide can help you determine the exact amount of storage space you need. So whether you’ve been planning a home remodel for years or have been imagining the conversion of a bedroom to a hobby space, self-storage helps you realize your empty-nester dreams!

Downsizing

Many parents use the empty nest as an opportunity to downsize. But even if you’re moving into a smaller home or condominium, you may have sentimental items you want to hold on to permanently—but that don’t quite fit into your new space. Self storage eases the stress of a downsizing relocation and gives you peace mind knowing your keepsakes are secure and accessible.

Supporting Your Adult Children

You want to support your children even when they’re not living with you. Helping your child lease a self-storage unit short term while they are away at college, looking for a job or a place to live is a great way to lend them a helping hand. Look for a self-storage provider who offers month-to-month leasing and flexible payment options. That way, your child can take over the lease payments if she decides to keep the self storage unit a little longer than originally planned.

For more tips on how self storage can help you during the empty nester phase of your life, please contact us by phone or complete the form on this page.

Sentry Storage Solutions offers self-storage solutions to businesses and residents of the Greater San Diego area and Chula Vista, California.