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How did five old Tewkesbury houses come through renovation unscathed? The Wigwam Tewkesbury team has supported more than 50 period-property renovations since 2022. Last reviewed: June 2026 | 14 min read | For Tewkesbury and Cotswold period-property owners planning a renovation Tewkesbury has more Georgian and medieval buildings per street than most market towns of […]
Is thousands of pounds of camera kit really living in your spare room? You spend a Saturday shooting a ceremony from six in the morning until the couple leave the reception. You drive home in the dark with two camera bodies, four lenses, a pair of lighting stands, softboxes, flight cases and a backdrop rolled […]
House just flooded or caught fire — what do you do in the first hour? If your home has just flooded or caught fire, the first few hours feel like chaos. The house is damaged, half your belongings are at risk, and everyone seems to be asking you questions you do not yet have answers […]
Moving somewhere with no loft — where does forty years of it go? Most family homes keep their secrets in the loft. Forty years of things end up there because the loft is patient. It holds the Christmas decorations, the boxes of school reports, the dining chairs nobody sits on any more. It does not […]
What happens to the things that won’t fit but you can’t quite let go of? There is a particular kind of morning that comes during a retirement move. You are standing in the dining room of the house you have lived in for thirty-odd years, looking at a table that has hosted every Christmas, every […]
Who says sorting forty years of life has to be done in a weekend? Downsizing is not a weekend job. A typical UK downsize takes somewhere between six and eighteen months between deciding to move and fully settling into the new place, and many of those months are spent gradually sorting through forty years of […]
Paying office rent to house boxes nobody’s allowed to throw away? Most practices reach the same point eventually. A corridor stacked with archive boxes. A filing room that was supposed to be a meeting room. Files nobody can throw away, because the rules say so, quietly consuming floor space the practice is paying rent on. […]
Is the climate-controlled upsell even written for a British winter? You have probably seen the question come up in your research. Half the results tell you climate-controlled storage is essential. The other half want to rent you one. Most of what you have read was written for somewhere with Texas summers and Minnesota winters, and […]
How do you actually paint a room that’s still full of furniture? You have been planning the decoration for months. You know the colour, you have the brushes, and you have a fortnight set aside. The only problem is that the room is full of furniture, boxes, the lamp your mother gave you, and a […]
Customer Reviews
Lovely clean place and the app was faultless.
Highly recommended.
Once contract in place very easy app use to access site and unit, very clear easy to follow instructions. Very happy and would definitely recommend
Update: Sascha and Selina helped me out and fixed the issue Thank you guys!
Very easy access with parking right outside the door.
Plenty of trolleys, so no need for muscles ! It maybe a little more expensive than some others, BUT the cleanliness & ease of use perfect.
The staff are VERY patient, explaining how each unit works.
It is great to know the manned office hours & how to make contact if not.
Plenty of accessible hours too.
Ps.... they do like a biscuit or 2 in the office I hear !
Units were good and secure.
only critisms - lights turned off automatically too quickly and no onsite toilet.
I Highly recommended this company.