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I get around 50-60 enquires a year for personal self storage, I cant always help but try and put customers in the right direction. In the past 6 months I’ve been going to Big yellow in Edinburgh just off Calder road. My first impression was how clean/ new it looked.. shame not everything was up to scratch from this modern secure storage. Being a removals guy  I sometimes get the cold shoulder from certain types of people, that’s OK ..I don’t care, that’s there problem- not mine. When you are in a Self storage place I’m used to being shown the storage unit with the customer to make sure its suitable for the volume, then being left to pack the storage unit so customer can deal with the self storage contract for whatever size is agreed that normally takes 5/10 mins. Being ignored is rude… being treated like you don’t matter is rude, that’s how I felt on 3 occasions visiting this big yellow facility by this staff member. Oddly one of my customers said how this person came across to us - so its not just me !

I told the ”lady” my issues and what i thought was wrong, being rude not showing us the storage unit on arrival  and not doing this and leaving us standing waiting was unprofessional. She was quite unpleasant in her response.. trying the old its MY fault route she was very busy and that was that.. but I kept my cool and told her I was going to complain to her manager ,who apparently had just left the company, even though her reply was feeble/ child-like.. matching her (he might just complain) excuse when she apologised to me when I was leaving (a relatives death) but doesnt add up as she is like that all the other times ive been here. I don’t like this place because of her…it wasn’t busy when we arrived we were the only people there - she was just being very ignorant. I bet if I was one of the cliques that are regulars here she would have bent over backwards to make sure I wasnt waiting over 10 mins.

Big yellow- big put off!

I’ve noticed on a National Business for sale site someone offering franchises for £8000 to be part of a so called successful Dan the man with a van (who?) if you look you will find one guy doing this down south and its not a success, well certainly not they way he’s suggested…. he’s trying to dupe people/mugs into paying him money for nothing, you would be better spending that cash on your own common sense – not on that idiot  lining his pockets… if he was national and eveyone knew his name (cheers) – yeah a little maybe, but not this bloke.

I also noticed someone up north suggesting they have a successful business formula and are expanding into franchise – well let me advise you the easiest way to find removals work without the hassle of  websites/ads/ all the other costly expense involved if you are legititmate is to subscribe to removal quote sites that offer you customer leads for a price. They advertise on Google adwords / national press for a ONE STOP shop  for movers looking for a quote. Normally costing £50-150 a month depending on how busy it is and how good they are at advertising, best stick with the bigger compaines – not those other wee shady scams  – this is their so called successful formula subscribing to those sites and deciding they are a success, yes thats hard work isnt it ! Don’t be duped by  grant Bovey types of the removals world,  the classic confidence trickster!

Home removalsCustomers seem to have this misconception a Luton van fits all removal jobs: let me tell you this is not the case. You have various sized Luton’s and every vehicle has a weight/load limit – having a tail lift decreases that limit to even less load weight/capacity.

The majority off small removals companies’ man with vans  use 10ft Luton’s (old ford transit with a box) not that great for a proper average home move unless you do 2-3 or more trips in it. The capacity is around 13-14 cubic meters and they all have weight limits, some no more than a smaller panel van. You will not get a one bed roomed flat in the small Luton unless you have little or no furniture and little possessions. You would normally need 14-20 cube to move a one bed roomed flat maybe a two if you are very lucky.

If you are moving a 2/4 or more bed roomed property you may/will need a 7.5 ton van,  twice the capacity of a large Luton van and it can legally take the weight involved. A lot of movers over pack the van and don’t actually think about the weight of the load if its going a short distance it might be fine but on motorways long distances it might become a problem especially if you are stopped by vosa . The next step is the big companies who run 13+ ton trucks, don’t be fooled by removals firms with Luton’s saying we can do it, unless it’s a big Luton – yes they can do it but it may take 2 or more trips and you might just not have time for that!

Man with vans mostly use panel vans: again only good for moving very small removals single items to mostly lightly furnished properties. The most useless van of all is the standard transit van; strangely people set this as the standard for moving home!? It has a low roof 1.4m height you can’t even stand up in them; if you can’t stand up straight in a van its no use in my view and just think you can even get a mattress in them without bending it, unless its a single mattress ! - capacity is only suited to very small jobs and is a waste of time for any small flat moves and a waste of time for customers as well who may not know whats needed to move the volume in volved. Panel vans can go up to 17 cubic meters so make sure the van/truck for the job is right.

Some companies say we use a 3.5 ton vehicle - yes, well you will find most vans bigger that a transit van are 3.5 tons but that doesn’t mean they can carry that weight. It will normally be 1200-1500kg unless the vehicle has been modified to carry more weight and if it was a tail-lift even less weight !

I would suggest this site its free and will save you a lot of money rather than using a local Edinburgh removal company to take small volume a long distance for 100s of pounds

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So if you live near a football/rugby stadium or indeed an area that large events occurs like T in the park or the Edinburgh Marathon think about finding out of anything is on when you book the Home removal .

Ive just recently returned from exeter and luckily Glastonbury had finished!

Well I suppose it does depending on situation… You could have a block 5 high or you could have a block 14-20 levels high. That’s when it becomes a real issue, depending on what part of town you are doing the flat Removal in e.g. the good/bad parts, it’s probably best to start after 9am, most of the residents who work will have used the lifts and you could have a good run. The removal is done in no time with little interruption. On the other hand places like Gilmer ton to the North,calders/wester hailes on west side of Edinburgh may have issues. It’s best to start very early before the natives awake, normally around 10-12 I find.  The lift can sometimes vanish for up to 5 mins at time, this really ads the time on for the movers (This is when the hourly raters come into the own) plus you also have the nuisance factor that some kids/adults who see someone is moving home deciding that’s pressing all the buttons just for the hell of it is quite amusing! So next time a customer moving home says don’t worry there is a lift, have a little chuckle how little they know.