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In Ottawa, storing your RV and/or boat for the winter doesn’t mean that it’s out of commission for a few weeks, it means it’s in storage for a few months! RV and boating season in Ottawa comes to an end usually when school gets back in session. For those ambitious adventurers, Thanksgiving often marks the last big hurrah. Choosing a location to store your RV and/or boat should be no small decision. These items are a significant investment, and your Storage centre needs to offer you the very best. Read on to learn about what your RV and boat storage centre needs to have.

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Chances are you Ottawa storage unit is full. It’s packed to the gills and you may not even know what’s in there! When was the last time you reorganized your storage unit? Or when was the last time you went in there to find something only to spend three hours wading through furniture and kitchen appliances? Keeping your storage unit organized means more than labelling a dozen boxes. It also means liquidating things you no longer need. Selling items in your storage unit is one way of not just keeping your storage unit tidy but maybe even turning a profit!

How To Sell Unwanted Treasures

One word: online. I don’t need to tell you that the internet is a fantastic place. Not only can you find everything on the internet, but you can also sell just about anything. That mismatched set of teacups that you started collecting as a little girl, those hand carved figurines from your trip to Florida, even your antique exercise bike! Someone out there wants to buy it. The trick is finding them!

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Before you bring your trailer to Ottawa’s Acceptable Storage where it will be kept safe and secure over the winter season, there is still time for one more adventure! You don’t have to make it a cross country adventure or anything, but before it starts snowing in Ottawa, we encourage you to bottle up as much summer sunshine as you possibly can!

Ottawa and the surrounding area has dozens of cultural, recreational, and commercial activities just waiting to become your Long Weekend destination! And with a trailer, you are lucky to have just a little more flexibility than those relying on campgrounds and hotel rooms. Read on to learn about some of our favourite last minute road trip destinations in and around the Ottawa area!

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With summer coming to an end, it’s time to find a home for all of your summer toys. We’re talking about your kayaks, canoes, and boats. Acceptable Storage is Ottawa’s leader in safe and reliable self storage. In addition to heated, non-heated storage units and RV storage, we also offer secure boat storage options. We’ll even shrink wrap your boat for $2.50 per square foot! But before you bring your boat to our Bank Street location, there are a few things you Read more

With so many decisions to make when choosing a storage unit, simply deciding on a heated versus unheated unit can have your head spinning. At Acceptable Storage not only are all of our units safe and secure, but we also offer both heated and unheated units at a variety of price points.  So, what details do you have to take into account when deciding whether or not to opt for a heated storage unit? We have all the answers.

Temperature

The first thing you should do is take a look at your climate. As you know, Ottawa and the surrounding area is downright cold over the winter! A heated storage unit keeps the temperature not only predictable, but also constant. A climate controlled storage unit will keep the entire area in between 13 and 30 degrees celsius all year round. With Ottawa’s varying temperatures all year round making sure that elements don’t take a toll on your belongings is important.

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One of the beautiful benefits of an Ottawa storage unit, is the freedom it allows you to have in every other aspect of your life. Read more

Finding a place to keep your RV safe and protected over the winter doesn’t have to be a challenge. At Acceptable Storage, we offer safe and reliable RV and Trailer storage to Ottawa and the surrounding area. We offer our clients over 700 numbered RV sites on just over 20 acres, ready to house your trailer until you need it again! 

Ottawa RV Storage Fees

Acceptable Storage offers our valued clients five different parking sizes to accommodate a large variety of trailer sizes. With rates beginning at just $45 per month, you can choose Acceptable Storage with comfort and confidence. Furthermore, our state of the art security system is guaranteed to keep your trailer safe. We also offer Shrink-Wrapping services for tent trailers beginning at $2.50 per square foot!

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The first ever self- serve storage facility was built in 1958 in Fort Lauderdale. For a few decades, storage facilities were a novelty, acknowledged by most and used by few. Then, came the 1990s when we simply couldn’t keep up with the demand for remote storage space. From 2000 to 2005, 3,000 new storage facilities were built each year in the United States alone.  

Today’s population is not only more mobile than ever before, but we own more things. From electronics to furniture, and a whole lifetime’s worth of memorabilia it’s not a wonder that storage lockers are more important than ever before. Travelling for months on end while you sublet your apartment and put your belongings in storage has become the norm, not just for jet setting young adults but for families and professionals as well. But it’s not just travellers who keep storage lockers full, it’s also your average Canadian. 

The Necessity of Ottawa Storage Solutions

According to one study by the Canadian Association of Accredited Mortgage Professionals, the average Canadian will own 4.5 to 5.5 homes in their lifetime. It can be hard to believe, but 14% of Canadians move once every year, meanwhile, 28% of homeowners in Canada will move once every five years. Chances are, these homeowners aren’t moving from house to identical house. With every move, and the passing of every year, the chance of requiring a bit of extra storage space increases. 

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