Last Sundays Perth Newspaper – The Sunday Times ran an article by Hayley Bolton about how Perth Home and Business owners are making up to $500 a month renting out their spare space. Shed a nice little earner Empty driveways, garages and sheds around Perth are being turned into cash cows. Scores of people are [...]

Huge price variations – some more than 100% – have been highlighted by SpaceOut in their latest Australia Wide Self Storage Price Survey. The new nation-wide survey reveals some shocking results, with the most expensive storage facilities (in Sydney) charging more than $800 a month for a single garage sized space. The new survey data [...]

Unless you happen to live next door to a storage facility, chances are that you will have to travel a little (or a lot) when you need to find self storage space. But a new online service has just added hundreds of new storage locations throughout Australia (maybe even in your suburb or street), and [...]

SpaceOut was featured in – Turn Your Castle into a Cash Cow on tonight’s  A Current Affair program on Channel Nine. The story covered a range of opportunities to make money out of your home. House Swap – If you’re planning a holiday, you don’t have to necessarily pay out of your own  pockets for [...]

SpaceOut was featured in today’s Sunday Newspapers (Australian Wide) in the highly regarded  Value Hunter section.  Value Hunter is a consumer advocacy column that has been appearing since the beginning of 2009 in all News Ltd Sunday newspapers. The Value Hunter Column provides useful, simple, and  practical information about how to make and save money. [...]

With the move to higher density apartment living – and in recognition of the need that people have for extra storage space, a new apartment development proposed for The Gap in Brisbane has announced that they plan to include extra storage . Owners of the 66 apartments in the Verve development will be offered an [...]

You will have quite a few choices when it comes to storing your things. If you’ve never used storage before, here is the list that will simplify the process and help you on your way: 1. Do you REALLY need to store your stuff? Is this stuff you will ever use again? You should establish [...]

A THIRD of Melbourne bedrooms are now unoccupied, according to a state department report. As the Government extends the city’s urban growth boundary by thousands of hectares, a Transport Department report showed there were already 1.3 million spare bedrooms in existing suburbs, enough to accommodate projected population growth during the next 20 years. Almost 70 [...]

Right now, there are 1.3 Million bedrooms in Melbourne that are not being used. This accounts for nearly a third of all bedrooms in Melbourne, and highlights what a massive opportunity there is for these home owners to convert that unused space into an extra income. An article in today’s Melbourne Age Newspaper – Room [...]

Often we are asked what type of people use SpaceOut and for some of the reasons why people use us.  We are getting in touch with members and will be relating some of their “stories” on this blog in the future, but in the interim, I’ve outlined below a selection from some of the many [...]