Two “2-bedroom” moves rarely need the same size unit. Guessing from bedroom count alone is how people end up either paying for empty space, or turning up short on moving day.
Moving from a furnished flat or storing lightly? 75 sq ft. Moving a fully furnished house, appliances and all? 100 sq ft. Garage, shed or loft coming too? 125 to 150 sq ft.
What Size Storage Unit Does a 2-Bedroom Home Actually Need?
As of 2026, a 2-bedroom home doesn’t need one number, it needs a fork: 75 sq ft for a lightly furnished flat or move-light situation, 100 sq ft for a fully furnished house with white goods, and 125 to 150 sq ft once a garage, shed or loft is added to the move.
Fork Position One: A Lightly Furnished 2-Bed Flat or Move-Light Situation
A couple leaving a furnished flat, or storing only major furniture and boxes, typically needs 75 sq ft.
What fits in 75 sq ft
Bed frames and mattresses, one sofa, a dining set, a chest of drawers per room, and 15 to 20 boxes, with no white goods included. This band suits a couple renting a furnished flat, where appliances are staying with the property, or anyone consciously moving light rather than bringing a full house’s worth of furniture. Moving from somewhere smaller still? Our 1-bedroom flat size guide covers that shortcut.
Fork Position Two: A Fully Furnished 2-Bed House
Most 2-bed house movers, as opposed to flat movers, land here: 100 sq ft.
What fits in 100 sq ft
Everything in Fork Position One, plus a washing machine or fridge-freezer, a second sofa or armchair, a wardrobe per room, and 30 to 40 medium boxes. This is Wigwam’s own “full bedroom set” tier, scaled up to a 2-bed’s worth of rooms rather than one, and it’s the band most 2-bed house movers, rather than flat movers, actually land in once appliances and a full set of furniture are accounted for. White goods are the single biggest reason a house move outgrows a flat-sized unit, one washing machine takes up more real floor space than a full box of clothing.
Fork Position Three: A 2-Bed House With a Garage, Shed or Loft
Garage, shed or loft contents push a 2-bed up a full band, to 125 to 150 sq ft.
What fits in 125-150 sq ft
Everything above, plus garage tools, a bike or two, garden furniture and loft boxes. This is the swing factor that catches people out: two houses with the same bedroom count can need a full size band apart, purely because one has a garage or loft full of things the other doesn’t. Need a bit more room than that, or moving from a 3-bed instead? Our 3-bedroom house size guide uses the same swing-factor logic one band up.
| Fork position | Size | Typical contents | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1: Light or flat | 75 sq ft | Beds, one sofa, dining set, 15-20 boxes | Furnished-flat movers, light footprint |
| 2: Full house | 100 sq ft | Plus white goods, second sofa, wardrobes, 30-40 boxes | Most 2-bed house moves |
| 3: Plus garage or loft | 125-150 sq ft | Plus tools, bikes, garden furniture, loft boxes | A 2-bed with an outbuilding to clear |
Seeing the Fork Applied: A Real Bath Move
Picture a couple moving out of a 2-bedroom terrace near Wigwam Self Storage Bath. This is an illustrative scenario, not a named real customer.
Walking through the fork
If they were leaving a furnished flat with a light footprint, 75 sq ft would have covered it. As a fully furnished house move with appliances, they landed in the 100 sq ft band, the Bath medium-unit pricing sits right in that range. Had a garage full of tools and garden kit been part of the move, they’d have booked 125 to 150 sq ft instead.
Why the fork matters
Two “2-bedroom” moves can differ by a full size band depending on furnishing level and whether a garage, shed or loft is involved. Booking by bedroom count alone, without checking which fork position applies, is exactly how readers either overpay or run out of room on the day. The same logic holds whether you’re moving out of a Reading flat or a Bath terrace.
Booking Confidence: Minimum Stay and Getting a Refund If You Don’t Need It All
Wigwam’s minimum stay is two weeks. If your move wraps up early, unused paid days are refunded once you’ve given notice and vacated the unit, those are two separate steps, not one blurred promise.
What if my move takes longer or shorter than planned?
Exchange and completion dates rarely align perfectly. Because the minimum term is short and unused days are refunded, booking slightly early or slightly generous doesn’t lock you into paying for a month you don’t need. That’s a genuinely different position from many storage contracts elsewhere, where a fixed multi-month term means guessing wrong on timing is a real cost, not just an inconvenience.
Once you know your fork position, get a price.
What Comes With Every Wigwam 2-Bed Unit
Access runs 6am to 10pm, seven days a week, via smart entry, not round the clock, but enough to fit around a moving-day schedule. Every unit is individually alarmed.
Getting your things there
Before moving day, Wigwam’s Box Shop has boxes and packing materials sorted, one less thing to source separately.
Which Guide Do You Actually Need?
This page is the fast, bedroom-count answer. Moving from something smaller? See the 1-bedroom flat guide. Need a bit more room? See the 3-bedroom house guide. Home doesn’t match a typical 2-bed? Our room-by-room moving guide walks through atypical homes. Want to see exactly what fits, item by item? Our itemised 100 sq ft vs 150 sq ft breakdown goes deeper.
Booking With Confidence
Booking slightly generous is low financial risk given the refund for unused days, so getting it close enough today beats stalling on the decision. Still between two fork positions? Call 0800 2545585 and the team can help you land on the right one.
Get a price for your 2-bed move.
Frequently Asked Questions
Book the larger of the two, unused paid days are refunded if you don’t need the space, or call the team to talk it through.
Yes, that’s Fork Position Three, 125 to 150 sq ft, to account for tools, bikes, garden furniture and loft boxes on top of the house itself.
Yes. Unused paid days are refunded once you’ve given notice and vacated the unit.
Access runs 6am to 10pm, seven days a week, via smart entry, not 24 hours.
