SK Oakleigh, VIC
I would never have thought Storage would be an issue in my
life. Who would?
In the past 3 years I’ve had 3 major experiences, one, when
my mum passed and dealing with her Estate fell to me. One when I applied for a
part time job and found how hard it is to get past being over 50 and most
recently when putting my home of 18 years on the market.
The first of these was stressful. I had lost my mum and had
to deal with her property as her Executor. It wasn’t easy to decide on the
distribution and dissemination of property I was acutely aware she had loved
for a large part of her 92 years. When it all got too hard I opted for the
seemingly easy solution of short term storage to give me time to deal with the
logistics and my emotions. Short term soon became a monthly account and a
problem I really did not want to deal with until one fine day my beautiful wife
looked at an account over my shoulder and said, “What on earth are you still
paying that for?” Needless to say once Management was on my tail I dealt with the
balance of the property within 14 days. It just took some motivation and a kick
in the butt.
The second experience was stressful. I had closed my own
business and needed to find part time work to keep cash flow coming in to pay
the bills. Applications went in and were ignored. Some were responded to and a
few even lead to interviews but it always seemed I was not quite what they were
looking for. Funny how being over 50 and having a very strong background in
business management seems to make you unsuitable for part time work! Finally I
got a call from a lady at Storage King who said she’d like to meet me to
discuss an application I had sent in a month or so earlier. One thing led to
another and you now find me at Storage King Oakleigh 3 days a week and I am
grateful for the opportunity afforded almost 2 years ago now. I had the motivation I just needed the
opportunity.
The third experience is stressful, and is happening right
now. Our family is grown and gone and the 5 bedroom monstrosity is just too big
for she, me and the dog. We’ve already bought the new place and have had to
face up to a de-clutter and facelift for our home so lovingly untouched for 15
of the past 18 years. Two mortgages, the question of how much to spend on
“dressing” the old ranch and the sheer enormity of addressing the eclectic
collection of items from a large and busy part of our lives is daunting to say
the least. First thought as a Storage Professional: “I need to get rid of what
I no longer use or need and store the things I want to keep but are getting in
the way of marketing the house effectively to prospective new owners”. So a
storage unit is rented and we are racing towards a date with an auction
somewhere around mid-October. We have the motivation. We need the income to start
exceeding the outgoings.
So I now have experience with Storage on several levels and
know that it is often a solution to a very stressful time. It has provided me
with security, comfort and opportunity at times I would not have coped without
it. It has given me the time to develop the motivation I needed to deal with
change in my life. All in all these are pretty powerful things we offer our
customers.
Beware who you call “a Storage Professional” lest you
flatter them!