Moving can be expensive. Hiring a professional trucking firm and movers / packing help is costly. It can take several months advance preparation to book trucks, moving equipment, and find or select a moving partner. Many homeowners decide to cut the expense of hiring a professional moving company and go for a DIY solution. While renting a small truck is …
How a Mobile Storage Unit Works
You may have seen them in your neighbourhood – a mobile storage container on a person’s driveway for a week or so and then gone. Mobile units are transforming the way people utilize external storage facilities and the way they move homes. So how does it work? At Calloway storage, we’re pleased to offer mobile storage units out of our …
Pro Tips for Home Staging
As we head towards summer, not only is the busiest gardening season ahead of us, but also the busiest real estate month. Homes look more attractive when surrounded by flowering shrubs and borders, increasing curb appeal and maybe even closing sale prices. If you take a scan through the photos of your local listings you’ll see just how many homes …
When Occupancy Is Delayed – How a Storage Unit Helps
With today’s real estate market, the buyer doesn’t often have a lot of clout in the closing date and when possession can be taken. Buyers are tempted to take whatever date is available and not bother trying to include a specific date in their offer. It means that frequently home buyers are stuck between houses and need temporary accommodation and …
Tips for Moving in the Winter
Moving in the winter is not ideal. Let’s face it. The weather is unpredictable and can slow down the loading and unloading of your household contents – even make it dangerous if there are icy conditions. But, moving in the winter can be better managed with some advance preparation. Here are some tips to help you get ready and manage …
How to Prepare Your Self Storage Unit for a Quick Move This Spring
House prices in Ontario are rising at a staggering rate. A recent report from the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) forecasts that the average price of a home in the province will climb to a staggering $855,218 this year, an unheard of 21.2 percent higher than 2020. Just take a look at this house in Toronto, for example. The semi-detached …
Contactless Moving During The Pandemic
Moving is a fact of life, pandemic or not. And for many people, relocating permanently to central Ontario is a choice destination, as work from home trends continue to be high. But, moving during a national health crisis is not without some challenges. The moving industry is considered an essential service and moving companies have been doing their utmost to …
How a Portable Storage Container Helps You Move
Despite the 2020 pandemic, real estate in Ontario continues to increase in value as demand remains strong in many communities. One trend was people relocating from cities to smaller communities and even rural properties. This was influenced by the larger shift to remote working that many companies implemented during the year. So with an active real estate market likely to …
Tips For Packing a Mobile Storage Container
Portable storage units or mobile self-storage containers have been around for residential use for about 20 years. The are reusable, wind and water tight and primarily made out of steel or composite and wood options. The market for portable storage containers is experiencing rapid growth. Traditionally people had 2 options when they needed to move houses. They either paid for …
Moving? How Staging Can Help Get a Quick Sale.
March and April were cold months, not only the weather but also for the real estate market. Traditionally spring is a great time to buy and sell real estate but this year is a challenge, with Covid causing many people to put off making a transaction. There are signs that this is changing as ‘phase one’ ending of lockdown takes …