Ideal Space for a Showroom/Training room 1,000 Sqft available to rent by the day, week or month within the premises of Elephant Self Storage. No additional costs, ESB, Rates, Security and Maintenance included. Facilities included kitchen and common areas, separate entrance & street parking.

Our location is about 10 minutes from the M.50 motorway, beside bus route from city centre no. 27 and is within walking distance of shops, a gymnasium and swimming pool, sports grounds, and supermarket.

Contact Jude 01 494 0000 or email info@elephant.ie

Elephant Self Storage 17 Hibernian Est, Off Greenhills Rd, Tallaght, Dublin 24

Using a professional Movers and storage service has been designed to take the stress out of moving, providing you with professional assistance every step of the way. Additional Services - packing supplies available to buy, packing your goods, collection of old fruniture and waste disposal.

Micks Moves

 Micks Moves is a family run Home and Business Professional removals in Dublin & Nationwide throughout Ireland.

They work alongside Elephant Self Storage and have been highly recommended by our customers. Services included packing, furniture removals, Commercial removals & pallet removals.

They will advise you over the phone or for larger moves call out to you and

give a FREE quote and advice.

Contact: Michael 086 2623365

Email: mohanfamily@eircom.net

Website: www.mikesmoves.eu

We are acutely aware of the excess capacity of 15-20,000 rooms nationally. What is of interest to us is whether or not they are fundamentally viable on a medium-term basis; in other words, whether they are capable of generating sufficient sustainable cash flow to service the debt associated with them. With that in mind, we will review in detail the business plans of the debtors and assess rigorously their price and occupancy projections for the hotels. As there has been much misinformed talk of NAMA keeping so-called zombie hotels on life support, let me be clear about this point: if debtors cannot demonstrate that their hotel businesses are viable, NAMA has no intention of pouring taxpayer’s money into black holes. In fact much of the so called predatory pricing is in our view driven by non NAMA Hotels.”

 This is an extract from a recent speech given by Mr. Daly, the Chairman of the Government body NAMA, set up to acquire loans from the banks and secured on property. The intention of NAMA is to hold onto the assets until they can be sold sometime in the future, hopefully at a profit.

 The above article shows many hotels in deep financial difficulties. They are either in the hands of NAMA, foreign banks or are being managed by receivers. Some should be shut down but the philosophy of the government is to “wait for economic value”, based on the questionable belief that in time property will once more grow in value and then they will be able to sell these hotels at a profit. (In time we will all be dead). The implications for the once dynamic tourism business are terrible.

The self storage sector is aware of the problems of the hotel industry and is reacting accordingly. In an earlier article we warned our industry leaders about this. The reaction from some of our colleagues was horror that we should raise such a terrible scenario for the self storage industry. They were afraid that we would damage the sector. However, is it not better to face up to the dangers and take appropriate action now rather than bury our heads in the sand?

It is not an accident that Elephant Self Storage coined the catch phrase “The Hotel for Your Goods”. A modern self storage facility is very like a hotel. Both share much in common. Instead of “storing” people a self storage “hotel” provides rooms for people to store goods. The economics of running a hotel and running a self storage facility share much in common. Therein lies the problem

Both businesses have substantial fixed costs including rent or loan repayments on premises, capital investment in fitting out the premises, staff wages, parking, depreciation, wear and tear, rates, electricity, security, administration costs, housekeeping, insurance, maintenance, and of course marketing costs. Both businesses depend on occupancy levels. Critical to both businesses is the income generated from letting the rooms. If the occupancy level is not sufficient to cover costs or if the rental income from letting the rooms is insufficient then the business fails. That is what is happening to hotels in Ireland.

So far only one self storage facility has followed the route of the hotel industry. A very large facility in Dublin went into receivership last year. It was charging too little for its rooms and the occupancy level was too low to cover its fixed costs. The rest of the industry comprised of about 22 facilities spread around Ireland is aware of the dangers and has learnt some lessons from the causes of the hotel crisis.

Everyone knows costs must be kept under a tight rein. Marketing must be designed to show the advantages and benefits of self storage, not just to the important bread and butter business of home owners, but crucially must be directed towards business and professionals. Here the industry is making sound arguments for using self storage such as the saving in rent costs and flexibility in leases. In a normal business premises about one third of the space known as the “common area” is used for moving about the building and covers corridors, hallways, loading areas, toilets, reception, lifts, and so on. In a self storage centre there is no charge for this wasted space. There is an immediate saving in costs of one third. The space rented in self storage is 100% usable.

The cost of security in most businesses is extremely high. In a self storage facility it is included in the rent.  Elephant has over 80 CCTV cameras monitoring our premises at all times. We also have an outside firm monitoring on 24 hour basis, with the ability to call the Gardai if they suspect something. Other business costs when renting typical premises have to pay rates, electricity, maintenance, premises insurance, cleaning, heating, parking, wifi and so on. However when using a well organised modern self storage facility there is just one charge and it includes all these hidden substantial overheads.

The modern progressive self storage business has taking steps to avoid the fate of the hotel industry by showing the many reasons why intelligent business owners are increasingly using self storage. Here in Elephant we have added a Business Incubation Centre for small business, and a Business Centre for our more established clients. We have a large trade showroom for exhibitions or conferences and a training room for about 75 people. Businesses can locate their entire operation in our facility with the flexibility of changing space from time to time and the option to stay as little as a day at a time.  

When you are considering where to locate your business or just to meet storage requirements, consider the lessons of the hotel industry with cancelled wedding receptions and a receiver appointed out of the blue. If you are offered a price by the self storage facility which seems too good to be true, then that is just what it is. Your storage operator has to manage the business in a sustainable manner or else NAMA will come calling. Be alert!

Student Deal - Storage Rooms & FREE Collection service*.

Students!

Going Home or Travelling for the summer?

Need Storage?

Secure Own key Storerooms. 

€10 - €12 per week!

FREE Collection Service

Students store their personnel belongings in secure own key storerooms, nobody else has access to their room. Our facility has 800 rooms, it’s very clean and dry and security is at the highest level. This storage is hassle free and easy to organise.

4 Easy Steps to Storing

1. Pack your belongings

2. Meet us to show ID and sign in

3. We will arrange collection time.

4. You lock your unit

We are now offering a FREE Collection service for students, when they prepay for 3 months.

Go to www.elephant.ie

info@elephant.ie or ph: 01 494 0000

How to book either book online

Storage Rooms

Tom the founder of UMove has 1st hand experience  in storage and delivery services. U-Move is a new affordable service designed for the current difficult economic times. They provide a unique, cost effective, friendly moving and delivery service to domestic and business clients.

'U Pack | I Help'

U Move Check out the website.

SPECIAL RATES for March €40 per hour!!

To Book - CALL TOM 085 761 2632

Elephant Self Storage has a range of boxes of all shapes and sizes, perfect for carrying light or heavy goods.

You can buy online using your credit card or call to see us at our self storage premises in Tallaght.

Click here to buy packaging online!

Some useful tips on buying boxes!

- If you are packing items to sell on Ebay you should use double-wall boxes
If you are sending fragile items by post you should use double-wall moving boxes

- You need to wrap fragile tape around the whole of the box so that items don`t fall out.

- Use bubble wrap for glass or breakables. Double-bubble-wrap for safety.

- pack your boxes fill the space with papaer or bubble wrap to ensure that nothing can move about.

- Put a layer of bubble wrap on the bottom of boxes containing fragile items to cushion them from knocks.

- Take a digital photo of the contents of each box and put a print-out on the outside of each box so you know what is inside.

- If you're moving home put immediately required items,( e.g. kettle, toaster, cups, teabags) in a box that you take in the car with you!

Please don`t hesitate to ask for our advice on packaging. We don`t just sell you boxes! We sell you our experience.

Thank you Letter from SVP

To all the generous people who dropped off toys at Elephant Self Storage in Tallaght, thank you from the St Vincent de Paul. John Brady has ensured the toys will be disturbed to children in need this Christmas in the Tallaght area.

Jude O'Meara

John Bradley of the St Vincent de Paul is collecting up all the toys and distributing to the local children in need this Christmas.

Thank you on behalf of the children & the St Vincent de Paul.

The Elephant Self Storage team.

'TOYS FOR TUBS' - Third week now and the presents are pouring in. Thank you to all the generous people who have dropped toys off at Elephant Self Storage and other self storage centre’s around Ireland in association with the Irish Self Storage association.

We are storing the toys in a secure, dry and clean storage room ready for collection on the 8^th December 2010.  Plenty of room in the storage unit so find out how you can Join In!!!

Count Me In!

Ryan Tubridy from 2fm wants lots of toys for Christmas. Not for himself, but for all the children around the country who will be in need this Christmas. We're working with our friends in St Vincent de Paul to make sure that no child is without a toy this Christmas morning. Are You In?

For more info on the Toys For Tubs appeal, click here!

TOYS FOR TUBS  FOR SVP - GIFT IDEAS:  

 No large presents – size wise..   Vouchers are perfect.

 Click to download the Toys for Tubs for SVP Gift List Nov 2010.doc

Get what you would like …for yourself or family…

Ask in your local BOOKSHOP. Book sellers are always able to recommend good books for kids of particular ages, and they will know what is popular.

Vouchers… ‘One for all’ are great. … and they can be used in a variety of shops and not supporting any one store/company.

Do not wrap the presents… unwrapped

Minimum value €10.   

New- no second hand toys………  please

Thanks 

 Elephant Self Storage team