Dubai May 13th, 2010: Rapid urban growth in emerging nations has rarely been accompanied by foresight and planning. As economies expand, pulling more and more people into towns and cities in search of jobs and prosperity, the up-shot has too often been vast development and smaller living areas. Along with these, comes the bane of reduced storage space, which now has to occupy ever-increasing paraphernalia that are pre-requisite to modern living.
Recession or no recession, self-storage always seems to have the upper hand. Human tendency naturally leads a person to store and preserve rather than to discard and this thought led Niall Matthew Grannell to come up with the concept of ‘Over the Bonnet Storage'. This unique concept allows residents of apartment towers to use the space above their basement parking bay that they own or lease as an easily accessible self storage space. Thus, the name ‘YourSpace', for it explains the concept behind company, while the term ‘SpaceBox' as an apt description for the actual storage solution.
With the impending implementation of the Strata Law, the SpaceBox will provide a perfect solution to the legalization that residences can no longer store items with the common areas of the building including the basement parking areas. Speaking with the largest Strata Management company in the country, YourSpace was able to clarify that there will be no implication with regard to residences installing a SpaceBox in their parking space. The Strata Management company added that the SpaceBox will only help enforce the impending Strata Law as residences will now have a viable option to store their items onsite in their own building.
Be it traditional office documents or camping gear or the ordinary charcoal grill, the ‘SpaceBox' can certainly accommodate any personal or commercial item into a specially-built high-grade steel-self storage box that sits above the bonnet of a parked vehicle in the parking space. The self storage box is supported by columns that can be adjusted to match the height of any car's bonnet, providing ample clearing space.
Niall Matthew Grannell, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) – YourSpace Storage Solutions, opines that “Yourspace is the first company of its kind to set up in the UAE and now has a GCC wide "Registered Design" for its product range. As such, we are the exclusive manufacturers and distributors of these innovative storage units that are now on their way to revolutionize the storage industry across the Middle East. Currently in the UAE, offsite storage facilities in Dubai are at 80% capacity and 100% capacity in Abu Dhabi, even with the recession there is still a huge demand for storage space as there is such a high concentration of apartment towers in the UAE region”.
Speaking about its core advantage, he adds, “YourSpace offers for the first time, a personalized self-storage unit for residents to store all of their belongings, securely and conveniently in their own car parking space, With the cost of offsite self storage facilities in the Al Quoz industrial area, ranging from Dhs 8,000 to Dhs 12,000 annually, our company offers the SpaceBox self storage unit at a 61% cheaper rate than offsite storage facilities with twice the convenience of being onsite in your own apartment building.
The self storage box or ‘SpaceBox' is manufactured from high grade steel and is designed to sit free standing in a parking space with no bolting or attachment to the floor or walls required. This adds more convenience to storage issues as when a customer moves home or apartment, the ‘Spacebox' moves with them. YourSpace does all the hard work and organizes the re-installation anywhere in the UAE.
Established in 2009, YourSpace Storage Solutions is already gaining in popularity by responding to the growing self-storage needs of residents in Dubai and the UAE. It brings a unique solution in that it allows residents to make the best use of the space that they own by clearing out all the stuff that is used occasionally. The fact that these self storage boxes are accessible right there in the parking bay makes the ‘SpaceBox' all the more effective in solving the storage problems while bringing in added everyday convenience. Starting from a cost of just Dhs 10 per day, YourSpace offers one of the most competitively priced storage solutions in the UAE with three standard sizes of the SpaceBox that suit the majority of parking spaces in the UAE. What's more, the dimensions of the self storage box allow any car, whether 4x4 or SUV, to fit under the SpaceBox.
It is not just the individuals, but also real estate companies that are showing a growing interest in this concept. Having a SpaceBox pre-installed is proving to be one of the deciding factors for tenants when choosing between similar apartments to rent. After all, everyone can use a bit of extra space for themselves and YourSpace is here to offer just that.