How Much Storage Space Do You Need for Your San Diego Home?

Published: July 01, 2022

Finding more storage is difficult, and if you’ve ever expanded space before, you know how difficult it is to have enough of it. Finding storage might be time-consuming and costly in terms of both effort and money.

That’s why UNITS Moving and Portable Storage of San Diego offers a simple technique for estimating how much storage area you’ll need.

You can figure out how much storage space is needed for each room in your house once you’ve decided what you want to save and store. The following are some storage needs per person that might be used as a starting point when calculating how much storage capacity is required:

• Bedroom: 50 cubic feet (for clothes)
• Master Closet: 150 cubic feet (for clothes and shoes)
• Kids’ Rooms: 25 cubic feet (for toys)
• Dining Room: 10 cubic feet (place settings + storage for china, silverware, and serving dishes)
• Living Room: 20 cubic feet (entertainment storage including TV stand, storage for music and games)
• Smaller Spaces: No less than 5 cubic feet (storage for linens, storage for pots and pans)
• Laundry Room: 100 cubic feet (storage + laundry equipment storage)
• Garage: ____ (dependent upon storage needs of homeowners such as bikes, tools, etc.)

This is only a suggestion. Storage space requirements vary from family to family. For each person, a self-storage facility may contain up to 300 to 600 cubic feet of storage space.

As expensive as storage may be, it’s more than simply a way to fill up space; it’s also an investment that indicates the value and desire of your home!

Still unsure of what size portable storage container you need? UNITS Moving and Portable Storage of San Diego can help! Contact us today and learn more about the different services we offer.