The checklist
- Planning: is open storage permitted on that land for your use? Unauthorised yards get enforcement notices, and the tenant has to move.
- Hours: are there limits on when vehicles can come and go?
- Access: can your biggest vehicle get in, turn and get out without reversing onto the road?
- Surface: will it take your plant in a wet winter without rutting?
- Security: perimeter fencing, your own gate, CCTV and lighting.
- Insurance: does your policy cover kit stored off your own premises, and what security does it require?
- Power and water: available now, or only on request?
- Dry storage: can you add a container to your plot?
- Terms: notice period, deposit and what happens if you need more space.
- Exit: what condition must you leave it in?
Questions worth asking the landlord
- How long have current tenants been there?
- Who else is on the site, and what do they do?
- How are gate codes and access managed?
- What happens if a neighbouring tenant blocks access?
Our yards
Our yard plots are individually gated inside a palisade-fenced site with 24/7 CCTV, on compacted hardstanding, on a rolling monthly licence with no solicitor fees.