Neighborhood Storage Offers Convenient Way to Keep Holiday Surprise Under Wraps

OCALA, Florida – This holiday season Ocala resident Amanda Perry originally found it hard to keep friends from ransacking her room for the gifts she says are “perfect”. Now she has them out of her place -- and into a self-storage unit, like those offered by locally owned and operated Neighborhood Storage Center -- to hide the gifts until Christmas Eve.
During the holiday season, the spaces often used to store business inventory, furniture and household items are becoming temporary locations to hide and wrap gifts for kids and larger items like televisions, computers, and cars for adults.
"It’s a great idea because then you don’t have to worry about people finding presents," said Perry. "You can still have the element of surprise on Christmas."
Bonnie Benton, who manages one of the thirteen Neighborhood Storage Centers in the Ocala area, said the closets were especially popular at her facility last year. In addition to the Santa’s Closets she organized free photos with Santa Claus to be offered at the Belleview Neighborhood Storage Center during the holidays. “It is exciting to share in the joy of the holiday season with our customers.“
Mike Scanlon, president of the Self Storage Association, said the storage industry's busiest time is from spring through fall when people are most likely to be moving, though there is a bump in business around the holiday season. "There’s not many places to hide that stuff around the house if it's a bike or some kind of sporting good item, things you just can't hide in the back of a closet," Scanlon said.
At Neighborhood Storage Center Santa’s closets start at 50 cents per day. During the month of December, if a new customer donates a toy to Toys for Tots, the facilities will waive the $10 administrative fee. “It really is a small price to pay for keeping the Christmas spirit,” smiled Benton.
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Neighborhood Storage Center is a real estate company specializing in the acquisition, development, and management of self-storage properties in Ocala and Marion County. The company owns, has interests in, or manages thirteen facilities containing over 500,000 square feet of storage space. For more information, visit our website at www.neighborhoodstorage.com or call 1.866.766.6482. All unit sizes are approximate.