Book the storage at the same time you book the crew, not after. When your dates do not line up, we load your belongings once, place them in a sealed vault, and deliver them when the new place is ready.
One company, one inventory, no second move to arrange. We have run that sequence through more than 10,000 moves since 2013, and the part people get wrong is almost always the timing, not the storage itself.
Decide Whether You Need Storage Before You Book
Storage requests in the Salt Lake Valley cluster around three situations. A closing date slips and the old house has to be empty on a Friday that no longer matches anything. A home sells faster than the next one becomes available, which happens often here. Or a renovation starts before the family is ready to live around it.
All three share one feature. Your belongings have to leave one address before the next address can take them.
That gap is the only question worth answering first. If the new place is genuinely ready on move day, storage adds cost and handling you do not need. If there is any real chance of a gap, plan for it now rather than at eight in the morning with a loaded truck in the driveway.
Our climate-controlled storage in Salt Lake City is built to sit inside a move rather than sit beside it, which is why we price and schedule both together at the quote.
How Our Vault Storage Works
We store in wooden vaults rather than open warehouse floor space. Your belongings go into a vault at your address, the vault gets sealed, and it stays sealed until delivery.
Nobody is walking past your furniture, and nothing is restacked between your move-out and your move-in. That single detail removes most of the handling damage that storage normally introduces.
- Each vault measures 7 by 7 by 5 feet, roughly 245 cubic feet
- Every vault is tagged and inventoried before it is sealed
- The warehouse is monitored around the clock
- Belongings are loaded once at the old address and unloaded once at the new one
- Storage runs short-term or long-term depending on when you need delivery
Vault count is what drives your storage quote, so an accurate walkthrough matters more here than on a straight move. A three-bedroom house rarely fits what people assume it will.
If you are weighing whether to rent a unit yourself instead, the differences between self storage versus full service storage come down to how many times your things get carried, and every carry is a chance for damage.
Why Climate Control Matters Through a Utah Winter
Utah punishes stored belongings in a way milder states do not. A warehouse that tracks outdoor temperature swings from well over ninety degrees in August to below freezing in January, and the moisture moves with it. Solid wood expands and contracts until joints loosen. Veneer lifts. Leather dries and cracks along the seams.
Electronics, artwork, musical instruments, vinyl records, and candles are the items we see damaged most often after a winter in an unconditioned space. None of that damage announces itself on delivery day.
It shows up weeks later when a dresser drawer no longer closes square or a guitar neck has shifted. Conditioned storage is not a premium add-on for valuables, it is the baseline for anything made of wood, paper, or electronics sitting through a Salt Lake winter.
Planning a move with a gap in the middle?
Call us at the quote stage, and we will price the move and the storage together, so you are not stitching two vendors into one schedule.
What Storage Changes About Your Moving Bill
Local moving labor is billed hourly in 15-minute increments with a three-hour minimum, and travel time is billed separately. Breaks come off the clock. Multiple stops cost nothing extra, and stretch wrap is included. Your deposit locks both the rate and the crew, so the number quoted in October is the number you pay in December.
Storage sits on top of that as its own line, quoted on vault count and duration at the time of your estimate. What catches people out is the second labor charge. A move into storage and a later delivery out of storage are two crew days, not one, and a quote that shows only one is incomplete. Ask for both numbers up front.
If your closing date is the thing in motion, our guidance on how to handle a gap between closing dates covers how far the schedule can flex before it costs you.
Questions to Ask Before You Hand Over Your Belongings
Ask whether the company owns the warehouse or rents space in someone else’s. This decides who is accountable when something goes wrong, and it is the single question that separates an accountable mover from a middleman.
Ask for the inventory in writing before the vault is sealed. Ask what notice is needed to schedule delivery out, because a storage company that needs three weeks is no help when your closing moves up.
Then ask about the show rate on confirmed bookings. Storage doubles your exposure to a no-show, since you are now depending on the same company twice.
We have never failed to arrive for a confirmed, deposited booking in more than a decade of operating, and we carry a 5.0 rating across 3,701 Google reviews at our Salt Lake City location alongside an A plus rating from the Better Business Bureau.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long can I keep my belongings in storage?
Storage runs short-term or long-term, and the length is your call. Some customers store for nine days between closings. Others store through a full renovation. Your vaults stay sealed either way, and the rate is quoted on vault count and duration at your estimate.
Do I get a list of what went into storage?
Yes. Every vault is tagged and inventoried before it is sealed, and that record is what we work from at delivery. Ask for a copy before the crew leaves your old address so you have it in hand rather than after the fact.
Can I access my belongings while they are in storage?
Vaults are sealed to protect the contents, so access is arranged rather than walk-in. Tell us at booking if you expect to need something mid-storage, and we will pack that vault so the item is reachable without unsealing everything.
Is climate-controlled storage worth the difference in Utah?
For wood furniture, electronics, artwork, instruments, and anything paper, yes. Utah swings from above ninety degrees in summer to below freezing in winter, and the damage that causes appears after delivery rather than during storage.
Does storage have to be booked with the move?
No, but booking both at once is cheaper in handling and simpler in scheduling. One company loading, storing, and delivering means your belongings are handled twice instead of four times, and one deposit locks both halves.
Contact Us
Tell us your move-out date and your best guess at the move-in date, and we will build the quote around the gap rather than around a date nobody can promise yet.
Best of Utah Moving & Storage
Address: 859 S 600 W, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Phone: (801) 871-5221
Email: contact@bestofutahmoving.com
Hours:
- Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Saturday, 8:00 am to 5:30 pm
