WeStore - www.westore.co.uk

We've a second child on the way and needed to clear out our spare room. As with so many spare rooms, it was filled with things we don't use but aren't ready to part with. I had everything from old photographs, PS2 games and clothes now out of fashion but too special to give away - all things with only personal value.

We had been considering a storage locker (couldn't face a skip) but found the nearest was in another town with questionable ownership and expensive. Whilst looking for better storage cupboards to keep our things in-house, we found WeStore.

Being a start-up I questioned whether this was any better than our local-ish physical self-storage building but was reassured once I called them. All boxes are supplied free of charge and stored in a secured warehouse with strict security - only certified staff can visit etc. So I ordered three different sizes of boxes, took a few weeks to fill them up (the large one is very large) and then they were collected. All managed through their intuitive dashboard.

It's worked out cheaper than buying a storage cupboard or using traditional self storage companies. I can also request any or all boxes back at any time which is very convenient now having two children to chase around.