Storage containers
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Benn
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- Location
- Somerset/Wiltshire border
We got few of them never had any trouble straight down onto hardcore not concrete.guess all depends how many you get and if there tucked away or not?
Forever Fendt
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- Location
- Derbyshire
all depends where you are if it works for you or not have 8 here its a bit of handy money
- Location
- south norfolk
I know someone who got a lot as a business.got caught by council and had to pay a lot of money
Nick...
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- Scottish Highlands
I think it can be argued that they are agricultural but otherwise will come under "change of use" so need planning.
Forever Fendt
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- Location
- Derbyshire
ours are on a yard behind a industrial unit we rent out ,the whole area has been valued by the valuation office and pay water rates for surface drainage on the area so there is nothing they can come at us for 2 off the cabins have electric and phone connected at there expense none of them have been any bother at all perhaps if you did it on a farm it may be different but worth a go on a small scale
Forever Fendt
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- Location
- Derbyshire
no concrete needed just some road planning will do helps if its secure 20 quid a week with there own cabin is about right
Benn
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- Location
- Somerset/Wiltshire border
We got three exactly the same in were we rent units out is easy money defiantly worth doing on small scale wouldn't fancy doing it on hundreds containers though I would expect would get all sorts renting container out paying one month rent then dumping there crap in there which you'd have get rid off at an expense
Forever Fendt
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- Location
- Derbyshire
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thats why i only have people who bring there own or buy there own container we only allow shipping containers if they clear off at least you have the container
Cowcalf
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- Location
- North of Scotland
I had 3 with animal feed in and still had to get planning as container not designed for agric use, but I did have a shiite of a neighbour 600 yards away
Forever Fendt
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- Location
- Derbyshire
had one like that parked all old trailers in field at bottom of there garden not how i operate but they got the idea and are ok now
Cowcalf
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- Location
- North of Scotland
I just put a 4 foot high flourescent orange sign with FU2 in big letters so they could not miss it, local police came but said as only the shiites could see it there was no problem.
Forever Fendt
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- Location
- Derbyshire
relations did same on corn bin but was not abbreviated they had to paint it out
roadrunner13
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It's all down to scale and neighbours.
Market rates should pay for the container in about 2 yrs.
The planners could kick off but they are too stretched at the moment.
Be sure to tell the tenants you have a key and reserve the right to check in at any time - plenty of stories of them disappearing leaving them full of tyres / asbestos sheets for you to clear up!
No need for concrete but get them level so doors don't twist and dont buy second hand, it's not worth it. Google nearest docks and buy one ways, prices have fallen recently but haulage obv varies.
It's worth doing but there are risks, good luck
Market rates should pay for the container in about 2 yrs.
The planners could kick off but they are too stretched at the moment.
Be sure to tell the tenants you have a key and reserve the right to check in at any time - plenty of stories of them disappearing leaving them full of tyres / asbestos sheets for you to clear up!
No need for concrete but get them level so doors don't twist and dont buy second hand, it's not worth it. Google nearest docks and buy one ways, prices have fallen recently but haulage obv varies.
It's worth doing but there are risks, good luck
How much
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- Location
- North East
Need planning and are subject to rates also , and the rates are based on enclosed storage not open storage so if your yard was already rated like OP it would be at a higher rate like everything you can or might be able to get away with either for a while but locally a business who has had units on site for years without permission has just had enforcement action taken against the as they did not get a retrospective planning application and subsequent appeal passed so have to move get 30 or more units off site.
Self storage is also subject to VAT unlike renting via lease that is only subject to vat depending on the status of the vat on the property so if you rented a shed on the same property less vat , containers in the yard would have to be plus vat.
It depends on the scale you intend to use as to how you approach it
Ps rating and planning authorities are now using Google earth pro that is more up to date than the images what we can see to drive revenue and enforcement up. There are apparently now even software packages that highlight the difference in the built environment from aerial images , cant see them ever being able to knock on every door that has a shed outside that just appeared but if you had a dozen units I bet they would find you quick enough.
If its viable depends almost entirely on your location
Self storage is also subject to VAT unlike renting via lease that is only subject to vat depending on the status of the vat on the property so if you rented a shed on the same property less vat , containers in the yard would have to be plus vat.
It depends on the scale you intend to use as to how you approach it
Ps rating and planning authorities are now using Google earth pro that is more up to date than the images what we can see to drive revenue and enforcement up. There are apparently now even software packages that highlight the difference in the built environment from aerial images , cant see them ever being able to knock on every door that has a shed outside that just appeared but if you had a dozen units I bet they would find you quick enough.
If its viable depends almost entirely on your location
not sure if your planning laws are different to the english ones but here its the use that counts not what it is, if the rules are the same then they were lying to you simple as that
Strawgalore
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- Location
- South Cumbria
And what's the going rent rate for a 20ft ?
Forever Fendt
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- Location
- Derbyshire
20 quid a week with there own container in a secure yard