CityStore's Self Storage blog

August 20, 2010

Boomerang Automated Storage – ensuring your goods always come back.

Filed under: Other Storage Solutions — Tags: , , — andrewmaxwell @ 5:15 pm

Boomerang

New ideas in the world of self-storage often begin in the US and then find there way to the UK many years afterwards.

The majority of ideas are simple improvements on the well-trodden path of self-st0rage design and build, but occasionally a brand new idea comes around and may re-define the industry. One such idea is the Boomerang Automated Storage facility. (more…)

August 12, 2010

Pogoplug bounces onto the market

PogoPlug

Within the world of file-sharing and data storage the market has changed focus. Rather than companies competing to produce hard drives with a bigger and bigger capacity to store music and photos,  the market is looking for products that make accessing these media items that little bit easier.

The PogoPlug may just be the bit of kit that does just that… (more…)

August 3, 2010

30% of properties for sale see price reduction.

Filed under: Self Storage — Tags: , , , , , , — andrewmaxwell @ 5:52 pm

House For Sale

In an article by The Daily Telegraph, almost a third of all propeties for sale on the market have seen their price reduced amid uncertainty about the current state of the housing market.

From a survey by the property webiste Zoopla, the properties have seen their values cut at least once since they were first listed on the market with highest average price reductions in Rotherham, Manchester and Barnsley, where average asking prices were discounted by 7.1 per cent. (more…)