The slow down in the home moving market has resulted in less buyers and sellers available, so when opportunities have come up to sell, many people are completing this transaction even if they do not have a new property to buy.

Suzanne Knowles of Kent Space in Chatham has found storage providing a stimulus for home moving customers. People are taking the opportunity to sell their properties, put their goods into storage and move into rented accommodation.

“Many of our customers are coming to us because they are just are about to complete on the sale of their property and need to store until they move into their next home. The comments we have had reflect how people are making the most of every opportunity to sell.

Rented accommodation is often partly furnished so we have found customers requiring clean, safe and secure self storage where they can access their possessions whenever they need. Also providing home movers with all the packing materials is essential and this is something we always have in stock.
Help with recommendations for good local removal or van hire companies is a regular request too. The demand for storage is certainly positive”.

For more information call Kent Space on 01634 673157
email: sales@kentspace.co.uk

Often the simplest business solutions can provide the greatest impact on the operations of a business. J. E. H.  Security Services and Zest are two companies in Chatham, Kent who have improved their business by using more space.

John Hellyer of J. E. H. Security Services has been in business for 5 years, designing and installing major commercial and residential security systems.

“I set up my business working from home, using a bedroom upstairs as my office. Meetings with engineers, numerous suppliers and clients meant that my house was in constant use. It’s very difficult asking an engineer to take their shoes off before they come upstairs and on top of that our dog would jump all over them. The atmosphere was certainly friendly, but not as business like as I would have preferred.

I decided to look for some office space and came across so many dingy, dark, lonely office blocks that felt like prison cells. I’m now settled into Kent Space with my own fully furnished office, which has glass walls, meeting rooms available if I need them, professional reception services, a communal coffee break out area, free parking and space to store my archive files, samples and anything I want in a self storage unit on site.

Now when I have meetings with my clients and suppliers the atmosphere is professional and I can also switch off from work at the end of the day. The team at Kent Space are so friendly and nothing is too much trouble. There is a team spirit and all the offices get to speak in the coffee area, everyone feels safe and no one feels alone.  Having more space has certainly been a major improvement to my working day”, John Hellyer, J.E. H. Security Services.

Zest which is a full service marketing agency, needed space for quite a different use. They have been established 20 years, have 29 employees and required space to store all their promotional items and arrange mailings.

Alex Hayes, Production Co-ordinator said “We have a busy schedule of production, designing advertising promotions for our clients and creating novel ideas to get response for sales leads. Holding stock is a real issue, and on top of this we need space to sort and pack items for mailings. The variety of products range from brochures, envelopes, letters, jiffy bags, promotional mugs, pens, and a whole variety of gifts. These have to be delivered into store, packed and mailed out.

We decided that we needed more space than our offices could offer and came across Kent Space located down the road in Lordswood. The self storage centre could not be more practical for us. The access is excellent for all our deliveries and the security is vital not only for our valuable products, but also for our own safety when we have to work late. The store is clean and bright and the space allows us to prepare all our mailings easily and efficiently with the stock all at hand.

The staff at Kent Space are very friendly and flexible, and this whole opportunity of preparing our mailings on site has made a tremendous improvement to the way we operate. We have access 24/7 and only pay for the space we use. It could not be better”.

For more information call Kent Space on 01634 673157
sales@kentspace.co.uk