Storage With Collection in London: We Collect, Store and Return
Storage with collection in London is a service where JamStorage collects your belongings from your door, stores them securely and brings them back when you ask. It’s also known as valet storage or door-to-door storage. There’s no van hire, no loading to do yourself and no trip to a unit.
You might also have seen it called collection and delivery storage or pick up storage. Whether you’re moving home, renovating or making room in a flat, we do the carrying and the driving. Get an instant quote to see what it costs for the things you want to store.
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The Modern Way to Store
We’re not your typical self storage company, and that’s exactly the point
JamStorage offers a self store to your door approach. We are usually 50% cheaper than normal self storage companies and a lot easier to deal with.
What You Get With Storage With Collection From JamStorage
With JamStorage, storage with collection includes a van for collection and return, a loading service so you don’t carry anything, secure and sealed Jam Pods for your belongings, an inventory completed when your items go into storage, and delivery back to your door whenever you ask for something. Our easy online booking system makes it easy to get started.
Our team arrives in our van on a day you book and does all the lifting, so you’re not carrying a sofa down the stairs or boxes to the kerb. We record what goes into storage on collection day, so you know what we’re holding.
You choose how much to store and for how long. Storing part of your home is a normal booking, and you can add more later by booking another collection. That makes storage with collection and delivery a flexible option for seasonal kit, spare furniture and boxed keepsakes.
With JamStorage, you can request one or two things back at a time, and retrieval works by whatever we collected: a mattress, an armchair or a box. If what you want is packed in a box, you request that box back and we deliver it to your door. We don’t open boxes to search for single objects, because that would mean going through your belongings.
It helps to pack into several smaller, themed boxes rather than a few large ones. Label one for winter coats, one for Christmas decorations and one for camping gear, and you’ll get back the box you need without the rest coming with it.
Self storage that comes to you
Why London Households Choose JamStorage
London households choose JamStorage because we take away the hardest parts of storing things yourself: hiring a van, loading it and driving to a unit.
JamStorage has no walk-in site, so there’s nothing for you to visit. When you want something back, you ask and we bring it to your door.
No van hire. Hiring a van in London is more involved than it sounds. Hire companies set age limits, younger drivers often pay more, and deposits can take time to come back. Then you still have to drive a large vehicle through London traffic.
Parking is rarely complicated. Our team arrives in a small van, so collection day feels closer to a supermarket delivery than a house move. Every street is different, but most collections are straightforward.
Trusted by customers. JamStorage is a Which? Trusted Trader, and we’ve earned hundreds of five star reviews on Trustpilot from customers across London.
Who Storage With Collection Suits
Storage with collection suits anyone in London who needs space for belongings they won’t need for a while, but doesn’t want to hire a van or visit a unit. Most people come to us because something has changed at home.
- Moving home. If your completion dates don’t line up or you’re between properties, see our guide to storage when you’re moving home, or storage when you’re moving out if you’re leaving a rental or family home.
- Students. Between terms, during a year abroad or over the summer, student storage in London means your things don’t have to travel home with you.
- Renovating. Clearing rooms before building work starts keeps your furniture away from dust and damage. Read more about storage while you renovate.
- Seasonal belongings. Skis, camping gear and Christmas decorations sit unused for most of the year, and seasonal storage keeps them out of your cupboards until you need them.
- Decluttering. A spare mattress, chest of drawers or armchair you’re not ready to part with can take up a whole room, and decluttering storage frees up the space without the hard decisions.
- Furniture. Sofas, wardrobes and dining tables are bulky and awkward to move yourself, so see our furniture storage service.
- Businesses. Companies use business storage for documents, archives and equipment they don’t need day to day.
Sometimes storage is needed during a harder time: after a bereavement, when a relationship ends, or while a home is repaired after a flood or fire. We’ll collect your belongings and keep them safe, so you have one less thing to think about.
You can see every way people use the service on our storage options page.
Here’s what we typically collect and store:
Household Items
Sofas, armchairs, dining tables
Beds, mattresses, wardrobes
Kitchenware, white goods, and boxes of personal belongings
Boxes & Suitcases:
Packed boxes of clothes, books, tech, documents
Luggage, sports equipment, musical instruments
Seasonal Items:
Christmas decorations
Winter clothes or summer gear
Outdoor furniture or garden tools
Business Storage:
Office chairs, desks, and furniture
Archived documents, stock, equipment
Event materials, samples, signage
Student Essentials:
Bedding, kitchen kits, books, laptops
Clothes, storage boxes, and everyday items
No matter your situation,
we’ll make storage easy.
Looked After From Collection to Return
JamStorage protects your belongings at every stage. Our own team loads them, records them on an inventory at collection and stores them in secure, sealed Jam Pods under CCTV. Insurance covering collection, storage and return is available, and you can add it when you get your quote.
If you’d rather, you can use your own insurance instead. We keep things flexible.
We’re also certified under the Which? Trusted Trader scheme, which means we’ve been assessed and agree to its code of conduct.
How Storage With Collection Works
Storage with collection works in four steps. You get a quote online, book a collection day, and our team arrives to load your belongings and take them into storage with an inventory. When you want something back, you request that box or item and we deliver it to your door.
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Choose a day that suits you.
We load and take your belongings away
Our team does the lifting and completes an inventory as your items go into storage.
Request things back when you want them
Ask for a box or a larger item and we’ll bring it back to your door.
Here’s how our service stacks up against the typical self storage experience
Storage With Collection Compared With Self Storage
The main difference between storage with collection and self storage is who does the work. With self storage, you arrange a van, load it, drive to a unit and go back each time you need something. With storage with collection, we handle the collection, the loading and every return trip for you.
That’s worth keeping in mind when you compare prices, although with the collection and delivery, we usually still come out cheaper than traditional self storage. The cost of a self storage unit doesn’t include the van hire, a day of loading or the journeys back and forth. Look at the full picture, not just the monthly rate, and you’ll get a fairer comparison.
| Feature | JamStorage | Self-Storage |
|---|---|---|
| Insurance | Available at competitive rates | Usually costly, compulsory & hidden until the last minute |
| Transport | FREE transport & loading provided at competitive rates | Requires organisation of a van |
| Protection | Blankets & ties included with purpose built containers | No protection provided |
| Boxes & Packaging | Competitive pricing and can be delivered to you in advance or upon collection | Expensive and you need to collect from their depot |
| The Price | Substantially cheaper with no hidden costs | Tactical marketing with hidden costs |
| Security | 24/7 CCTV and temperature controlled | 24/7 CCTV and temperature controlled |
| Customer Access | Available upon booking | Immediate, 7 days a week |
| Size | Containers allow for increases and decrease, only pay for what you use | Variable sizes available, but if your volume goes down your cost remains the same, unless you move units |
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What You Can Store (and What You Can’t)
You can store most household belongings with JamStorage, including furniture, household items, documents and archives, equipment and seasonal items. That covers a sofa, wardrobe, chest of drawers or armchair, mattresses, boxed belongings, and seasonal kit like skis, camping gear and Christmas decorations.
A few things can’t be stored because they can leak or give off smells that affect other belongings: compressed gas, including BBQ gas bottles, live plants, lithium-ion batteries, and anything petrol powered or containing oil, such as petrol mowers and strimmers. Garden tools are fine to store, but please keep any batteries at home.
Need boxes before your collection? Our box shop sells moving boxes and packing materials, and you don’t need to book storage to buy from it.
Storage With Collection Across London
JamStorage offers storage with collection across the whole of London, from North to South and East to West. Wherever you live, from a top floor flat in Islington to a family house in Wimbledon, our team will come to your door, collect your belongings and bring them back when you need them.
You can see the areas we cover, including local pages such as Kensington and Chelsea.
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