Strorage opening hours

[JeremyClarksson]

If you keep your van in storage what are the normal opening hours? and can you make arrangements for out of hours pick ups/drop offs etc?

We are generally happy with our local yard but they keep moving the opening hours in and are now requesting vans back before 17:00 unless special arrangements are made. As this is normally only a phone call to warn them we are going to be late and they are generally pretty flexible it is not a massive problem.

I would be interested to get a general feel for what other yards operate?

Thanks

 

[Guest]

My van is on a CASSOA site. The normal summer entry hours are available, ie 9 -5 pm and after hours by pre-arrangement. Nothing untoward in that as it means that someone does not have to sit all hours of the evening waiting on a late arrival. During winter the hours are reduced, and again I do not see a problem with that either. A simple bit of planning, or a telephone call are all that is required to keep both you as a customer, and the site operator happy.

 

[stevebrookman]

Hello,

My storage compound has a powered swipe card entry system that can be used 24 hours a day.

Steve B

 

[Tapestry]

Hi

Our COASSA site hours are 8am to dusk

Annette

 

[JimP]

Our storage is open 8am until 7pm through summer and 9 till 5 over winter, the later opening is very handy, if it were to shut at 5 I would only really be able to access the Van at weekends, this way i can collect on an evening after work which I find really good!

 

[JeremyClarksson]

Thanks for replies on this - it seems that our yards operating hours are not that unusual.

 

[Viking1]

Hi the storage sit were we stor ower van is open 24 hours and we have a swich on a key ring.

Mark

 

[Val & Frank]

Storage Times

Just checked ours.

January 9am 4pm

February 9am 4pm

March 8am 6pm

April 8am 7pm

May 7am 8pm

June 7am 9pm

July 7am 9pm

August 7am 8pm

September 8am 7pm

October 8am 6pm

November 9am 4pm

December 9am 4pm

If your not out by closing time you will need to sleep in your van for the night !!!!!

Val & Frank

 

[jinty0_0]

we operate a storage site if you telephone day before you can get entry to site at any time of day but it is unbeleivable the amount of people that cannot phone to give notice, they just turn up and expect to gain entry. As we also run another business from the same place there is not always someone available to let them in to the compound. We have had a problem with a caravaner saying that he has has items stolen off his caravan so we tend to be with everyone entering and leaving the site.

 

[Jon_5132489]

We have a swipe fob to enable 24 hour access. We find this more flexible as coming back from france may be at 2am and we dont have anywhere else to store our van for the night.

Vicky and Jon

 

[JeremyClarksson]

Thanks for all the comments, I have started looking around for a yard with 24 hr access, hopefully closer to home as well.

 

[GrahamPonty]

Hi Garry,

where are you located.

Frank, I know you live in Pontypridd, where do you store your van.

Regards

Graham

 

[Val & Frank]

Hi Graham,

Sorry can't help we now live in Aberdeen, and the storage times I quoted are up here in the Frozen North !!!!!. ( well that helps keep people away ).

Frank

 

[JeremyClarksson]

Graham

We live in NE Bristol and as we store the van appx 25 miles away on the other side of Bristol we would be interested to know of any storage areas to the NE of Bristol.

Opening hours at the existing yard are causing a few problems as well.

 

[JeremyClarksson]

We have just moved van to storage in the area we want - cost less too!

The farmer is not to worried about times as long as we warn him in advance.

I was getting tired of 50 mile trips across the city to get the van , looking forward to it being a bit easier now.

 

[Barking]

Garry

I store my van in Trowbridge, still quite a distance fro you but the rates are reasonable and there is 24hour access via swipe card. If its close enough let me know and I will dig out the coontact numbers.

 

[JeremyClarksson]

We live in NE Bristol so it would be a bit of a trek, would be interested to know rates though.

Thanks for input.