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When New Yorkers Choose Long-Term Storage
Between Leases
Your lease ends on the 30th and the new place is not ready until the 3rd. Storage holds everything until you have a door to deliver to. This is the most common reason New Yorkers book long-term storage.
Renovation
Furniture cleared before the work starts, returned when the site is finished. No living around stacked boxes, no finishing-coat damage from items shoved against the walls.
Downsizing
Moving to a smaller apartment does not require deciding what to keep on moving day. Store the surplus and make that decision without a deadline and a moving truck parked outside.
Staging a Sale
A cleared apartment shows better and photographs better. Storage holds everything during the listing, and delivery goes to wherever you are moving next when the sale closes.
Working Abroad
A posting or sabbatical for three to twelve months. Storage costs a fraction of maintaining an empty New York apartment, and your belongings are ready when you return.
Seasonal Overflow
Winter coats, sports equipment, the spare bed — the things a New York apartment has no room for eight months of the year. Store seasonally, retrieve when the weather changes.
Long-Term Storage — From Pickup to Delivery
Tell us what you are storing, where it is, and roughly how long for. We quote the storage and the collection separately so you see both figures before committing to anything.
A crew arrives on the agreed date. Items are wrapped, padded, and loaded as they would be for a move — floors and doorframes protected, fragile pieces handled separately. No van rental, no loading yourself.
Everything goes into a monitored, climate-controlled warehouse in New York. Your belongings are catalogued on intake and held at 55–80°F with stable humidity for as long as you need.
When you are ready, we deliver to whichever address you give us — it does not have to be the same as the collection address. Redelivery is quoted on the same volume basis as collection.
Climate-Controlled Storage as Standard
Climate-controlled storage holds 55 to 80°F with stable humidity year-round. Across New York’s self-storage market, climate control typically costs 20 to 30 per cent more than an unconditioned unit. Our storage is climate-controlled as standard — included in every booking, not an upgrade selected at checkout.
New York summers reach near-100 per cent humidity. Winters, with central heating running, drop indoor humidity to under 30 per cent. Wood furniture swells in August and contracts in February — the finish cracks, joints loosen, and veneer separates. Upholstery and mattresses hold moisture and develop mildew. Electronics and instruments corrode or warp. For anything wooden, upholstered, or electronic — which is most of what people store — unconditioned space is a false economy beyond a few weeks.
Long-Term Storage — What Is Included
Climate Control
55–80°F with stable humidity year-round, as standard. Included in every storage booking at no extra charge.
Secure Monitored Facility
24-hour monitored storage with controlled access. Your belongings are not in a public corridor of self-service lockers.
Itemised Inventory
Every item catalogued on arrival. You know what is in storage — and we do too — before the first month begins.
Monthly Billing
Billed on the volume you store, not on a fixed unit size. A studio’s worth of belongings costs less to store than a three-bedroom.
Door-to-Door Service
Collection from your current address; delivery to your next one. No van rental, no heavy lifting, no storage facility visits required.
Insurance Available
Basic coverage is included. Additional valuation coverage is available for high-value items — ask when you request your quote.
The Moving Company That Also Stores
Big Apple Moving has moved and stored New Yorkers’ belongings since 1979. The same company that moves you handles the storage — one crew, one contact, one chain of custody from your front door to the warehouse and back to your next address.
This matters most when storage is part of a move. The crew that carries your furniture out of one apartment is the same crew that wraps it for storage. When you are ready for delivery, that furniture comes back in the same condition — handled throughout by people who already know what you have and how it was packed.
You are not coordinating two separate companies across a move that already has enough logistics. One call to Big Apple Moving covers the move, the storage, and the delivery.
Long-Term Storage NYC — Frequently Asked Questions
Long-term storage is any storage arrangement lasting more than one month. In New York it most commonly covers the gap between a lease ending and a new home being ready, a renovation, or a period of downsizing or relocation. Full-service long-term storage means collection from your door, secure warehouse storage, and delivery back when you are ready — no storage unit to rent and no van to hire.
Full-service long-term storage is quoted on the volume you are storing, with a one-month minimum. For comparison, a self-storage 10×10 unit in New York averages about $271 per month in 2026 before van rental, fuel, and your labour — costs you pay twice, once moving in and once moving out. Contact us with the size of your storage and how long for, and we will quote storage and collection together.
Yes. All of our storage is climate-controlled as standard — 55 to 80°F with stable humidity year-round. This is included in every booking, not an optional upgrade. Climate control protects wood furniture, upholstered pieces, electronics, clothing, and seasonal items from New York’s summer humidity and dry radiator winters.
Big Apple Moving offers combined moving and long-term storage in New York City. We collect your belongings, store them in a climate-controlled warehouse, and deliver them to your next address when you are ready. The same crew handles the move and the storage — one company, one point of contact, no handoff to a third party. We have provided combined moving and storage in New York since 1979.
Collection works like a move: a crew arrives at your address on the agreed date, wraps and pads your furniture and boxes, and transports everything to our climate-controlled warehouse. Delivery is scheduled when you are ready — it goes to whatever address you give us, which does not have to match the original collection address. Both are quoted on the volume you are storing.
Our minimum is one month. Beyond that there is no fixed commitment — you can store for two months, six months, or several years. When you are ready for your delivery, contact us to schedule it. There is no penalty for storing longer than originally planned.
Wood furniture, upholstered pieces, and mattresses are most at risk from humidity and temperature swings — wood expands and contracts, veneer separates, and upholstery develops mildew. Electronics corrode in damp storage. Photographs, artwork, documents, and instruments — particularly pianos — are sensitive to both heat and humidity. Seasonal clothing stored in unconditioned space can develop odour and mildew. For any of these, climate-controlled storage is not optional beyond a few weeks.
Use the form at the top of this page, or call 212-365-0707. Tell us what you are storing, where it is, and roughly how long for. We quote the storage and the collection separately so you can see both figures before committing. We have been storing New York belongings since 1979 and hold a 5.0-star rating on Google with 2,300+ reviews.
