If you have ever emptied a motorhome at the end of the season, you will know how much it holds. Bikes, paddleboards, bedding, guitars, inflatable kit, the dog's entire travel wardrobe. It is a lot. And once it is all out on the drive, the question of where it actually goes tends to loom rather large.
Most storage sites will take the vehicle. Fewer have a sensible answer for the contents. At SOS Storage in Kingskerswell, both problems have the same solution, and it is a straightforward one.
The Vehicle Gets a Proper Hardstanding Pitch
Your motorhome is stored on a level hardstanding pitch, which matters more than it sounds. A flat, firm surface keeps the habitation area in good shape over winter and makes it much easier to hook up a trickle charger if you need one. No uneven ground, no waterlogged grass, no awkward levelling blocks left in place for months.
The site is gated and accessible seven days a week from 7:30am to 8:30pm, so you are not wedded to office hours if you want to pop in and check on things or run the engine.
The Contents Get a Locked Container on the Same Site
This is where it gets useful. Rather than distributing your motorhome's contents across a spare bedroom, a garage, a shed and a neighbour's garage, you can put everything into a container right there on site. Dry, lockable, and sitting next to the vehicle it belongs to.
Paddleboards, bedding sets, inflatable kayaks, camping chairs, outdoor kit: all of it stores well in a container because the environment stays consistent. There is no damp creeping in, no frost on the sleeping bags, no mystery smell developing in the guitar case over January and February.
Why Keeping It All Together Makes a Real Difference
The practical benefit of having the vehicle and its contents on the same site only becomes obvious when spring arrives. You are not making three trips to retrieve things from different locations before you can actually leave. You drive in, load the container straight into the motorhome, and you are ready to go.
It also means you can be a bit more thoughtful about what you store and how. If something needs to come out mid-winter, a wet suit that turns out to be needed for a December surf trip, for instance, you can get to it without disturbing anything else.
What to Think About Before You Book
It is worth doing a rough inventory of what you typically carry before you decide on container size. A motorhome that travels with a family tends to accumulate a surprising amount of gear, and it is better to have slightly more space than you think you need than to start wedging things in awkwardly.
Think about anything that should not go into a container: lithium batteries, certain aerosols, and perishables are the obvious ones. Everything else, bikes, boards, soft furnishings, kitchen kit, seasonal clothing, is generally fine and will come out in exactly the condition it went in.
If you want to talk through the right combination of pitch and container for what you have got, get in touch and we will sort out a quote.