{"id":689,"date":"2021-11-26T08:28:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T08:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/?p=689"},"modified":"2021-11-30T09:18:59","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T09:18:59","slug":"open-for-business-edinburghs-largest-outdoor-container-storage-facility-plans-to-double-in-size","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/open-for-business-edinburghs-largest-outdoor-container-storage-facility-plans-to-double-in-size\/","title":{"rendered":"Open For Business: Edinburgh\u2019s Largest Outdoor Container Storage Facility Plans To Double In Size"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Sterling Sinclair Removals (SSR) has opened Edinburgh Self Store, the city\u2019s largest outdoor container storage facility.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Covering a 1.4-acre site close to the city centre, Edinburgh Self Store is located less than a mile from Haymarket \u2013 making it handy for people living within and outside the Capital.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The facility has 100 units in place at the moment, with plans to more than double this number to 270. Each unit measures 1200 cubic feet, enough to store the equivalent of the contents of a 3-bedroom property.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The watertight containers all have anti-condensation lining offering a safe storage space for both business and domestic purposes.<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scotsman.com\/webimg\/b25lY21zOmFiOTZjZmJhLTk5MWQtNDgxMy04NTg0LTI1MWNhMjNkZmNhMjo0ZGI3MThmMy1lMmViLTQwMzMtYTlkNC0wZmFkODVlZGM0NWU=.jpg?width=640\" alt=\"Neil Adam Sinclair has invested \u00a3500k in the Gorgie Road facility\" width=\"2\" height=\"2\" name=\"Image4\" align=\"bottom\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Customers can drive their vehicles right up to their container and will have access 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, with the floodlit site enjoying state-of-the-art security.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Owner Neil Adam Sinclair has invested \u00a3500,000 in the new venture on Gorgie Road and believes it\u2019s just what the city needs.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>&#8220;This will help create a number of local jobs and you won\u2019t find anything like this so close to the centre of Edinburgh,\u201d<\/i> he said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&#8220;A lot of storage sites like this can be difficult to access but people can walk here if they want. You won\u2019t necessarily have to rely on transport to check on your container, which is ideal with everyone wanting to be more eco-friendly.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Whatever purpose customers require the containers for, they can be guaranteed their unit will not be shared with anyone else which hopefully gives them peace of mind as the sole key holder. It will be their own safe space, whether for the short-term or the long-term.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">About Neil Adam Sinclair:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Sinclair, a former Scotland U20 rugby star who also played for London Irish, Rotherham and USA Perpignan, is delighted to add Edinburgh Self Store to the SSR portfolio which also includes Stirling Self Store, Letford Removals and Larbert Carriers.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Based in Edinburgh, the 28-year-old started out in business five years ago after retiring from the professional game.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&#8220;It\u2019s funny looking back to 2016 when I began my removals business as basically me and a van,\u201d he said. \u201cThe journey I\u2019ve been on from that point has been exciting, although like everyone else there have been challenges along the way, especially in the last 18 months or so.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&#8220;When the pandemic struck I was concerned about how to keep the business running and was looking at the prospect of letting staff go. That\u2019s when I thought about going into providing storage solutions. The removals and storage businesses dovetail nicely and I want to make the whole process as stress-free as possible for customers. As a result, I was able to retain the staff and have actually had to recruit additional staff members with things expanding &#8211; we now have 250 storage units across the company.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotsman.com\/business\/open-for-business-edinburghs-largest-outdoor-container-storage-facility-plans-to-double-in-size-3466638\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Source<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sterling Sinclair Removals (SSR) has opened Edinburgh Self Store, the city\u2019s largest outdoor container storage facility. Covering a 1.4-acre site close to the city centre, Edinburgh Self Store is located less than a mile from Haymarket \u2013 making it handy for people living within and outside the Capital. The facility has 100 units in place at the moment, with plans to more than double this number to 270. Each unit measures 1200 cubic feet, enough to store the equivalent of the contents of a 3-bedroom property. 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