Helpful Hints

• Spray wooden furniture with a good polish. Cover with cardboard or
  drop cloth
• Use cardboard liberally inside unit – use it to protect wooden furniture,
  and place under soft furnishings, mattresses, etc.
• DO NOT store food items
• Defrost refrigerators/ freezers, leave the door open, and do not put a
  towel in the bottom of the refrigerator to soak up water
• Ensure water has drained from washing machine hoses before going
  into storage
• List contents of boxes on all sides, number and seal with tape
• Use boxes, plastic bags or clothing bags for storing clothes

• Do not set mattresses directly on concrete floor, store on edge vertically

• Keep all items off the floor if possible to allow air movement
• To stop rusting of exposed metal, use a light coating of oil
• Plan your storage space. Place items you may need access to in the
  front and allow for walkways
• Make an inventory of your stored items and keep in a safe place
  elsewhere
• Stack lighter boxes on top of heavier ones
• Wrap pictures and mirrors in cardboard and mark “FRAGILE” and stack
  on end
• Large appliances can be used as packing cases for blankets towels and
  clothing
• Shovels, rakes, hoes, etc, can be stored together in an empty rubbish
  bin
• Tables with removable legs should be ‘broken down’ to save space
• Do not place heavy or sharp objects on top of upholstered furniture
• If using a dehumidifying product, place in area where it will do no
  damage if it leaks
• Clean lawn mower blades and empty fuel from tank

• Give leather goods a treatment of avocado oil or other leather
  preservative

• DO NOT store paint or any type of corrosive. Containers may break
  down and contents will leak over your furniture and into other units
• Gas bottles must be emptied and valve left open