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If you’re in need of storage in London, Attic Self Storage has a range of interesting tips, ideas and motivational blogs for you to read. We cover everything from helpful tips & hints, to fun, interesting and local event-driven content in our short, easy to read blogs.

Attic on the Airwaves

When BBC Radio London needed an expert to talk about storage last Wednesday evening, guess who they turned to? None other than owner and MD of Attic Self Storage himself, Mr. Frederic de Ryckman de Betz. What an honour, a privilege and a chance to plug our business! You can hear what Fred said about […]

Remembering the Women of World War One

This Sunday, 11th November, it will be 100 years since Armistice Day brought The Great War to an end. To mark the event, and to honour some of the forgotten heroines, Attic Self Storage is remembering the women of World War 1 by unfurling commemorative banners on the side of our buildings in Wick Lane, […]

Bonfire Night Burning Bright

Whizz, bang, ka-boom! Whoosh, crackle, pop! Remember, remember the 5th of November they say. But with the amount of fireworks lighting up the sky over the past few days it’s hard to forget that it’s that time of year again. You might not see effigies of Guy Fawkes being burnt quite as much these days, […]

Things That Go Bump in the Middle of the Week

Half term may have finished, but the horror is far from over for the nation’s parents. Hordes of ravenous sweet-devouring undead zombie school children are set to be roaming the streets in full costume this Wednesday evening as Halloween returns in all its gory. It seems to get bigger and more Americanised (Americanized, even) every […]

Sustainable Self Storage

Here at Attic Self Storage we do everything we can to run an eco-friendly low-impact energy-efficient sustainable storage business that is kind to the local environment and really respectful to the wonderful wider world that we’d like our children to inherit. We pride ourselves on providing sleek, clean, state of the art storage facilities that […]

September Storage: Shine on Harvest Moon!

This month the Harvest Moon is due to grace London with its presence on the 25th of September. This is the full moon nearest to the Autumn Equinox, and it marks the end of summer, the start of werewolf season, and the perfect time to de-clutter and sort your September storage before it gets too […]

Tis the Season to be Sorting Xmas Storage

“Hang on a minute”, I hear you cry, “summer is barely over and you’ve already started banging on about Christmas, that’s a bit blooming premature isn’t it?” Well no, Rudolf, it’s not. Not if you own a shop, run a business or happen to be a market stall trader who has to stock up ready […]

Carnival 2018 Soon Come!

After the past few months of blazing hot weather, it will no doubt bucket down with torrential rain or start snowing or hailing or something freakish because this weekend is Notting Hill Carnival, which is officially the end of the summer if you live in London. It’s almost a tradition that everybody gets drenched to […]

Pride 10K Run, LGBT Q and A

Attic Self Storage proudly sponsored the Pride Run 10k in Victoria Park again last weekend. This was the 15th edition of the annual race that attracts many repeat runners as well as enthusiastic sets of new legs every year. Happily, one of our most friendly, energetic and bubbly managers – Sonia – was there with […]

2018 Hockey Women’s World Cup

Oh dear. England has been knocked out of another World Cup. This time it was the women’s hockey team, who gallantly made it to the quarterfinals, and then lost 2–0 to defending champions Netherlands at Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London A mini match report Lidewij Welton scored […]

Attic in the news: Financial Times

Attic Self Storage is in the news again, this time in a very well written article in the FT’s weekend magazine. The article covers the industry from the very beginning in the UK, and seeks to understand the rapid growth of what remains a relatively new industry in the UK. From the first self storage […]

The Interactive Guide to London

Attic Self Storage is delighted to bring you the second in a series of useful guides to London. This one is designed to help you pinpoint the perfect place to live in London, if London is where you’d like to live. We’ve conducted our own research, crunching numbers from official data as well as a […]

Commemorate Moon Day 2018

Did you know that this Friday, July 20th is Moon Day? No, that’s not some flimsy excuse to drop your trousers and flash your naked backside at the neighbours. It is in fact the 49th anniversary of the day the first man set foot on the moon, so show some respect. The Eagle has landed […]

Pro Touch SA Invitational Festival 2018

With Fifa™ World Cup football fever gripping Russia, it was nice to see some serious soccer skills on display much closer to home recently. The Pro Touch Soccer Academy (PTSA) Festival took place on the pitches on Market Road, just around the corner from Attic Self Storage King’s Cross on the 10th June. Football’s coming […]

Attic Self Storage Makes Father’s Day

This week’s blog is dedicated to all the dads in the world. Happy Father’s Day fellas! This Sunday is your special day, and Attic Self Storage is here to help you get the very most out of it. After they’ve brought you breakfast in bed, bring your family on a day trip to either King’s […]

Hackney Rugby Football Club Awards

Saturday 12th May was awards time at Hackney RFC. The day kicked off with the different age groups playing tag rugby and then just before the awards presentation the parents, coaches and players played an energetic tag game that certainly got the blood pumping. Great fun. Please put your hands together The awards themselves were […]

Home Sweet Home Storage

Do you ever get the urge to up sticks and skedaddle for six months? Shake your life up and relocate to somewhere altogether sunnier and less Brexity? Let out your home and let your hair down for a bit? Having a house full of stuff needn’t be the thing that stops you. Attic Self Storage […]

A Great Day for England

Was Monday 23rd of April 2018 potentially the most patriotic day of the year so far? Did you put a rose in your buttonhole, stand to attention and celebrate all the super Englishy things that were being commemorated on that day? If not, here’s a quick reminder of what you missed: Saint George’s day St. […]

In Tune With Your Music Storage Needs

If you’re a musician looking for rehearsal or storage space, we’re all ears. Rock, soul, jazz, folk, funk, punk, electro, afrobeat, classical, reggae, country, blues, we don’t care what you play, we’re here to help you conquer the world. Need a music practice room? We can help. Looking for somewhere safe and secure to store […]

Attic Self Storage is Ten Years Old

Ha-ppy Birth-day to us Ha-ppy Birth-day to us Ha-ppy Birth-day dear Attic Self Storage with no fuss! Attic Self Storage celebrated the tenth anniversary of officially opening our doors on the 2nd April 2018. Ten whole years. A decade of doing business. Hip hip hooray! Something great came from 2008 2008 wasn’t a vintage year […]

Feefo Gold Trusted Service Award 2018

Yesssss! Get in! We’ve just won another award. Not an Oscar or an Emmy or a Bafta for pretending to be someone we’re not, but a Feefo* Gold Trusted Service Award for being exactly who we are – a self storage company in London obsessed with providing the best customer service we possibly can. (*FYI […]

King’s Cross Area Guide

We are fabulously proud, and more than a little bit chuffed, to announce the release of The Attic Self Storage Guide to the King’s Cross Area. It has been many months in the researching and photographing and writing and making, but it’s finally ready for you to discover in all its glory. How to get […]

Women’s Week, Mother’s Day

Well that was quite a week for women one way or another. Let me mansplain, in case you missed it: Thursday March the 8th was International Women’s Day, which celebrates the achievements of all the women of the world. Sunday March 11th was Mother’s Day, which celebrates that special lady who gave birth to you. […]

A Busy Time for Business

February has flown by and the month of March is upon us. Before you know it March will have marched past and it’ll be April all over again. For a lot of companies this is the end – and beginning – of the financial year and a time when even the most organized office can […]

How Green is My Storage?

Our company livery may be a gentle shade of turquoise, but the heart of our business is solid green. When you rent a storage unit at Attic Self Storage you’re buying into our sustainable storage philosophy. We believe that we should do our utmost to have a positive impact on the planet where we do […]

Fall in Love with Self Storage

Love is in the air this week. Or maybe in the post (if anyone still remembers what a stamp is). St. Valentine’s Day on Wednesday, February 14th is a time for giving – cards, chocolates, cuddly toys, flowers, romantic dinners, hugs, kisses and declarations of eternal devotion. However, if you really want to impress, why […]

Let There Be Lumiere

The dark days of winter can really start to drag at this time of year, but something brilliant is heading your way. Lumiere 2018 is about to brighten up London’s streets, buildings and public spaces with a free nocturnal festival exhibiting the work of the world’s leading light artists. From Thursday January 18th until Sunday […]

The Carnage After Christmas

Their tattered remains litter our city streets. They lie discarded on the pavements; dumped in the shadow of the wheelie bins; balanced atop piles of black refuse sacks. Chopped down in their prime only to be thrown away. Cast aside now they are lifeless, emaciated and dried out, limbs twisted and broken. Like soldiers fallen […]

Start the Year as You Mean to Go On

No, not with a lingering hangover, but with a feeling of joyful optimism and a determination to squeeze the most out of this shiny brand new year. Put 2017 and those left over turkey sandwiches behind you. There are 362 days of opportunity ahead. It’s time to grab January by the scruff of the neck […]

Roman Road Christmas Fair

Our tree is up, the fairy lights are lit, and reception is piled high with bubble wrap and boxes. To cap it all off with a frosted icing, we’ve already had snow in Bow. You couldn’t ask for anything more festive than Attic Self Storage in Wick Lane right now. Except, perhaps, for the Roman […]

How Flexible is Our Flexible Storage?

Imagine something really, really flexible. The trunk of a rubber tree in a hurricane; The tongue of a chameleon catching a cricket; The knee joints of a contortionist squashed inside a fish tank; The thumbs of a teenager dumping her boyfriend by text; A six-foot snake side-winding through silvery sand; An eel slipping through fronds […]

The West Handyside Canopy Market

Just down the road from Attic Self Storage in King’s Cross, tucked in between Waitrose and Central Saint Martins under the West Handyside Canopy, is a mouthwatering monthly market. Canopy Market, as it’s called, is open on Friday 24th (12–8pm) Saturday 25th (11–6pm) and Sunday 26th (11–6pm) of November for three days of full-on foodie […]

Hyde Park Winter Wonderland 2017

In case you didn’t get the e-mail, Christmas is just around the corner. Attic Self Storage will be open throughout the festive period if you’re looking for a magical storage experience. But if you’re after yuletide shopping and seasonal entertainment, you might be better off heading to Hyde Park – Winter Wonderland opened at 5pm […]

Remember, Remember the Whole of November

November really is a month for remembering stuff. Last weekend we marked the failed attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament with Bonfire Night celebrations (hope you managed to catch one of the spectacular firework displays we posted about last week). In case you forget your history, the ringleader of the plot was a […]

Guy Fawkes or Bonfire Night

This is the weekend to keep the pets indoors and your eyes on the skies. Historically the 5th of November is a day to celebrate the failure of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 when Guy Fawkes was stopped from blowing up King James 1st and the Houses of Parliament – hence Guy Fawkes Day or, more […]

Attic Self Storage wins FEDESSA Charity Initiative of the Year 2017

Attic Self Storage Founder and Director, Frederic de Ryckman de Betz, collects the award and a cheque for £3,000 for Artbox London at the FEDESSA conference in Berlin. Attic Self Storage has won the prestigious FEDESSA award for Charity Initiative of the Year, 2017. Presented in Berlin, Germany the award follows hot on the […]

A Halloween Horror Story

It was the night of Halloween and a creeping fog had descended, blurring the orange glow of the street lamps. Little Jenny was dressed as a zombie bride. Her older brother, Paul, for reasons best known to himself, was wearing full England strip and had half a football pulled down on his head with “red […]

What Are You Doing For Half Term?

Half term can be a full on nightmare if you’re a parent. How do you keep your little ones amused? What do you feed them? Where can you take them for a day out in London without spending a fortune? (Have seen how much they charge for a child seat, box of popcorn and bucket […]

Festival Season Isn’t Over Yet

Just when you thought it was time to wash the glitter off your cheeks, take the flowers out of your hair and put the glamping gear back into storage, another festival is about to burst into life on the streets of London. The Bloomsbury Festival 2017 Just down the road from Attic Self Storage in […]

24 Hour Self Storage. Why Settle for Less?

There are some companies that restrict your access to your storage to a certain amount of hours every month. Or they’ll only let you in at certain times of the day. Which isn’t very helpful if you suddenly remember at 11.30pm at night that you need that special titanium thingy-me-bob from your storage unit for […]

Searching for Secure Business Storage in London?

Running a business is hard enough without having to contend with the sticky tentacles of thieves and burglars stealing it out from under you. We don’t want to scare people into becoming our customers for secure business storage, but the truth is crime is on the rise across the capital and across the country. No […]

Graffiti Art at Attic Self Storage Kings Cross

Around the World in 80 Walls

When you look at a wall, what do you see? Brick, concrete, a superficial layer of plaster, or something deeper and altogether more symbolic? Walls protect us and define our living spaces, but they can also divide, restrict and imprison us. From the perspective of most street artists, however, a blank wall is an empty […]

King’s Cross Classic Car Boot Sale

Do you like car boots? What about car headlights, chrome bumpers, alloy wheels, exhaust manifolds and supercharged engines? If you answered ‘yes’ to any of the above, we have a right treat in store for you this weekend. Or, to be more accurate, the treat is just down the road from our King’s Cross store. […]

Shoe Storage Ideas that will Make Your Heels Click

If you’re not careful the shoe situation in your home can spiral out of control! Whether you’re a fashionista with a high heel addiction or a bustling family of 6, either way, piles upon piles of shoes dominating the doorway or making your cupboard chaotic isn’t a good look. Read on to discover creative and […]

Notting Hill Carnival – Personal Tribute

After the tragedy of The Grenfell Tower fire in June of this year, the return of carnival to the W10 and W11 area will come as a welcome relief for an awful lot of the residents. It’s a time for the community to come together in a spirit of happiness, celebration, unity and healing. Second […]

Working From Home: Create a Clutter Free Haven

Office work often equals noisy colleagues and constant interruptions. Working from home can offer a chance to concentrate in silence and be more productive. At the same time, working from home can present its own temptations and distractions. Daytime TV, your pet dog or even last night’s leftovers in the fridge can be all too […]

Top Tips for a Stress Free Move

Moving house can be pretty daunting. Packing up the entire contents of your life’s belongings into a removal van and leaving the familiar for the unfamiliar is no easy task. It’s any wonder that, alongside divorce and death, moving house is generally considered one of life’s most stressful events. Here at Attic Storage we’ve identified […]

The Great British Apple Festival

No, this isn’t a get together for computer geeks with a penchant for Macs over PCs. This is a festival for fruit freaks. Just check out some of the scrumptious celebrities on the guest list: D’Arcy Spice, Edward VII, Claygate Pearmain, Bramley’s Seedling, Kidd’s Orange Red, Blenheim Orange, Cox’s Orange Pippin, Laxton’s Superb, Egremont Russet, […]

What Would You Do With More Space at Home?

Whether you need to accommodate your growing family, or you like to collect clothes or hoard household antiques – all of us could use a little extra space at home. Combine this with the fact that house prices are surging yet we’re generally getting less space for our money (especially in locations like London), extra […]

The Clock Tower Festival

It’s festival time again. This Sunday, July 30th, The Clock Tower Festival comes back to Caledonian Park in Market Road, N7 9PL from 12 noon until 6pm. It’s a 5-minute walk from Attic Self Storage on York Way, so if you’ve got stuff in storage with us you can visit your storage unit and enjoy […]

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