Moving to a new house and need a place to store your personal possessions? Getting ready to sell your home and want it empty for showing to possible homebuyers? Or maybe you are remodeling and need to store your belongings in a safe and secure area?
You can solve all of these problems with one easy solution. In 1998 a portable storage unit was founded to make tasks such as these as simple as possible. These units, also known as PODS or Portable on Demand Storage, were founded by Peter Hurst, Roy Courtney, David Revelia and Bill Ash.
In a nutshell, PODS containers are built for the convenience of the user. Once ordered, they are brought to your location in usually about 24 hours. You can keep the PODS for as long as you like, loading it when it's convenient to you. They are stored at floor level, making it easy to load with your personal belongings. Once the PODS containers are packed, their staff will come and retrieve the containers with their cleverly named moving vehicles, "Podzilla".
The PODS containers are locked with your own padlocks, giving you complete control of your belongings. They are kept at a warehouse near your location until the customer needs it again. PODS are helpful in providing options for both Long Distance moves as well as Local moves.
The PODS containers are made of a steel frame, with marine grade wood interior. The container is kept 4 inches above the ground, which insures protection against water damage. They are certified both sturdy and weather resistant. They also have a translucent plastic roof, allowing sunlight to reach through the top, as well as a rollup door on one end.
PODS are basically the combination between a moving truck and a storage container. It provides the usefulness of a storage truck in that it is portable, yet you don't have to drive a huge truck all over the place. And it is useful in respect to a storage container in its storage capabilities, except it is portable. As you can see, this is a very useful service in the event that you are relocating or just need to relieve some space.
PODS containers are easy to book, and as stated earlier, can be shipped within 24 hours. In addition, the PODS are loaded onto a "Podzilla" using a hydraulic lift. This ensures that the container doesn't tilt and provides the assurance that your belongings won't be falling over one another or getting damaged.