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How to preserve personal belongings or business records stored in garage

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Ever wonder how to preserve your personal belongings or business records in garage keep moisture out.

I "haul in normal bricks" elevate all my boxes off flooring stacking on top of single layer. It allows height prevent any damage to items stored if I don't want use shelving.

Garages can have all kinds of moisture:

Car with rain dripping off it

Opening garage door with weather

Hot water heater installed in closet it should start leaking
Pet food I maintain in large plastic trash cans

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23 Comments on How to preserve personal belongings or business records stored in garage

OCT

Keeping pet food and fish food in a garbage can keeps it fresh and away from rodents

Russ I don't care if my garage is "fashion forward" just clean and neat THEREFORE OLD trash cans once scrubbed and etc. I use for all kinds of storage and "stuff" even lawn equipment to stabilize w/o "falling over"

Pet food stored in older containers.

OCT

Lynn - You know the rule , when you start storingin the garage it is time for a BIGGER house !!!

Laura YOU ARE GREAT... at least I know I can park my car in there. vs. other homes WOW amazing what in there

OCT

Thanks Lynn - I learned the hard way at my old house. I don't remember if it was the first or the second flood in my garage that prompted me to get everything off the floor, I just remember how many things i had to throw out and what a mess it was.

Dan OHHHHHHHHHH I hear you... when you are crying with a shovel due to water damage of personal items,,,, we had moved items briefly in garage for construction years ago... water heater leaked ... not happy

Hi Lynn--

Good advice to get everything off the floor. I use plastic boxes--yes, it's more expensive, but what cost losing personal items with so much sentimental value??? I also found these great rolling racks (I used to have a store, so I'm really into rolling racks of all kinds...) I can tuck them against the wall and pull them out when I need that specific racks contents.... Like most Americans, I still have tooooo much stuff, but I'm working on it!

Tamara LOL... I keep a dolly AND all boxes a certain size ... therefore If I can't pick it up move it then too big of item for storage...

Lynn--Keeping the boxes the same size is really important! I used to think if I couldn't move it myself I didn't need it... moving between all those remodels got old! But now, with this green project, I did some major furniture pieces to stage it... hopefully, when we get an offer, the buyer will want the furnishings!

Tamara you go roll into cost of home.... WOW it nice home

I love new TV flat screens, and stereos HECK with my mere over sized weight of 105 LBS I can aul them off than movers hauling huge pieces.

OCT

Lynn--On this one, I'd probably offer it as a separate package. OF course, if the price is right, I might include it!

Tamara, place in MLS FREE FURNITURE with purchase... they give cars...

Yes, I've seen cars, ski lift tickets, vacations, all the trimmings. Funny, many of those still don't sell. We actually have a category for furnished, partially, negotiable or none... Some of our sellers leave the silverware and snowblowers!

Tamara, OK included a years worth of domestic labor, cooking, cleaning, mark up home include furniture.

Hmmmm that's not an angle I had considered before.... Some of my buyers would probably love it, others would negotiate a winter's worth of shoveling the decks and entry too!

Tamara.... could work try it see what happens WHOLE new marketing concept created by the

" Realtor 007 Team"

In this market, always looking for new ideas... Speaking of 007 Team, where is Rob?

Not sure where Rob is I congrat's him on 200K mark, few other not heard,,, should go post babe pictures on his blogs LOL...

He might be busy with $8K mad dash for home buyers closings...

Of course I rather slacked off on A/R after I reached 200K mark busy with closings and etc.

Busy with closings is good. He'd posted some really cute Friday stuff a couple of weeks ago and one that cracked me up last week... but I haven't been here as much myself!

Tamara... I will on Thursday or Friday direct link you to a funny post I will do on Rob's blogs...

Lynn-- I can't wait, but be careful, you know what they say about paybacks!

OCT

Tamara, some of pictures on Facebook, WOW of others I almost refuse have anyone taking a picture of me unless it's on my own camera

I am amazed at the distortions of some digital cameras... I have been shocked and dismayed!

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