Storage for South Reno and Damonte Ranch households

South Reno is one of the Truckee Meadows' newer residential areas. The Census shows about 41,900 people in 16,800 households, nearly 69 percent owner-occupied, with a median value near $667,700. Most homes here are less than twenty years old, with open floor plans, large garages and big furnished rooms. Newer houses tend to be full houses, and when a family relocates or a remodel begins, the volume of furniture is the first thing to size up.

Roughly one in seven moved last year

The 13.5 percent figure means that in a neighborhood this size, thousands of residents changed addresses in a single year. Many were arriving; many were leaving for another part of the valley or another state. Each of those moves has a day when the old house is empty and the new one is not ready, and storage covers that day.

A crew can pack and load in the morning and stack the vaults in Sparks the same afternoon.

Distance and route

The Census point for the ZIP is 9.8 miles and about 14 minutes from 2277 Glendale Ave. That is fast enough for a one-day load and unload, but far enough that a household usually prefers the crew to do the haul rather than trading a trailer back and forth.

In the warehouse, closed wooden vaults of 7 ft x 7 ft x 5 ft are stacked by forklift, and an inventory records what each holds.

Common South Reno storage cases

• Selling a home while the family waits for a purchase to close
• Relocating for a job with the house under contract
• Clearing a garage of furniture that no longer fits
• Waiting on a closing in a new subdivision
• Staging a recently built home with fewer pieces

Getting the count right

Use the storage vault sizer for a first count of vaults, then confirm it at the free in-home estimate. The estimator also explains how long stored goods wait before delivery: about 2 to 3 weeks notice. For homes with more than one storage reason, read storage while you sell and long-term storage.