College Storage: What You Need to Know

You need to make places for all the stuff that your children had taken to the college dorm rooms during the last fall. May be your SUV would look small comparing to what they have got - a TV, a mini refrigerator, a bicycle, dozens of books and God knows what. After all, what goes around comes around.

You need a strong plan to handle the situation. There are two options - keep it there or bring it back home.

One of the easiest ways to solve this problem is to rent a place. If you are lucky, you might get a place for rent inside the school campus only. If not inside the campus, then definitely you can try out some off-campus facilities. A lot of rent can be saved if you share your space with a friend or two. Different sites like www.moving.com and www.extraspace.com provides information about available spaces for rent along with discount coupons. Some companies are even available to assist you to move your things from the dorm to the storage.

Get rid of the load as quickly as possible if you are planning to bring it home. The items, which are no longer used or required, should be given away instantly. Some prefer to give away old furniture and appliances in charity. Keep your eyes glued to the bulletin boards for a used futon, which you will need the next year. You might strike a good deal here.

These items can be accommodated inside your garage or basement. You should keep all those stuff in a single place so that you do not have to labor much when you search for a particular item. Every dorm room needs a plastic storage bin. Never let anyone to throw away perishable stuff inside the bins.

You must clean all your appliances before storing them. During summers, if you don't clean and dry up the mini refrigerator and microwave properly, they will start stinking. You also need to laundry the beddings before storing it away.

Lofting of dorm beds are sometimes allowed to the students in some colleges to give the students ample of leg space inside the room. But before the end of the semester, the lofted bed needs to be disassembled. The students are provided with tools to do this. The bolts and screws can be stored inside a zip lock bag. Once the bed is disassembled, make a plan to get rid of the bed quickly and to gather important stuff that is required for the next year.