Spring Cleaning: How to Use a Storage Unit to Reset Your Home

Spring is the time of year storage units fill up fast in West Michigan. Garages get cleared out, basements get reset, and the things that have been hiding under tarps and behind boxes for six months get a hard look. We see a wave of move-ins from late March through early June every year for exactly this reason.

If you are tackling spring cleaning at your house, the math is usually simple. The garage and the basement get useable again if you can pull two seasons worth of stuff (winter gear in summer, summer gear in winter) plus the things you do not use weekly out of the house. A 6x10 or 10x10 unit is usually all it takes to give a 2 to 3 bedroom home a real reset.

A few practical notes for spring move-ins at Plainwell Self Storage:

Climate is not necessary for most household goods. Our drive-up units handle furniture, kitchen items, kids' toys, holiday decor, sports equipment, and the like just fine. We do not offer climate controlled units. If you have items that genuinely need climate (vinyl records, fine art, antique wood furniture in long term storage), consider a different facility.

Pulling a truck up to your unit door is the fastest way to load and unload. All our units are drive-up. No elevators, no carts up a ramp.

Lock advice: a quality disc lock holds up better than a padlock against bolt cutters. We can help pick one at move in.

Insurance: most homeowners and renters policies extend to a storage unit. Check your existing policy first.

Reservations are easier online. Pick a unit, pay the first month, and you get a gate code to access it the same day. Office hours are 7 AM to 10 PM if you would rather come by in person at 1177 M-89 in Plainwell.