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Suddenly responsible for a whole house of belongings you never asked for? Nobody plans to become an executor. One week you are a son or daughter, a sibling, a trusted friend. The next, you are legally responsible for a whole house of belongings, a probate application you have probably never seen before, and a family […]

Outgrown the garage but not ready to sign a warehouse lease? You are standing in the garage with boxes stacked to the ceiling, a spreadsheet open on your phone, and Q4 stock arriving in six weeks. The spare room is full. The office is starting to look like a fire hazard. And the obvious answer, […]

Sorting your student’s summer storage while they’re sitting exams? The call comes in April, sometimes March. Your son or daughter mentions, almost in passing, that the halls need to be cleared by the last Friday of term. The tenancy on the shared house ends in June. There is nowhere for their things to go between […]

When a client’s life ends up in boxes, what do you tell them to do with it? Quick access Client needs a unit now: Get a quote at quote.wigwamstorage.co.uk Find a location near your client: See all Wigwam locations What your client needs to bring: Jump to the access section Check contents protection: Contents protection […]

Tired of wondering whether the van will still be full in the morning? There is a particular moment most sole traders recognise. You are parked up for the night, the van is loaded, and before you lock it you run the same quiet calculation: how much is in there, and how solid is that lock, […]

Completion’s slipped and your own store is already packed? Every removals firm has had that week. The diary is full, the jobs are stacked up from Monday to Friday, and then Thursday afternoon you get a call: completion has slipped. The customer’s goods are off the lorry, the new house is not ready until next […]

Nowhere to keep the kit between contracts, and no lease worth signing? The job is done. The materials that were left over are sitting in the corner of a site that is no longer yours. The next contract starts in three weeks. Your van is already rammed, the garage at home has not seen a […]

How do you clear a house when the family isn’t ready to? Clearing a house after someone dies is unlike any other job. The rooms are full. The decisions feel impossible. And the property cannot wait indefinitely for the family to be ready. If you are the executor, or the house-clearance firm that has been […]

After twenty years, which boxes does nobody ever come back for? A customer came in wanting to store a few things during a house move. That was seven years ago. The furniture went home once the move completed. The photograph albums are still here. I have watched versions of that story play out across our […]