Storage squeeze reflects housing shortage as people wait to buy or rent
“It's tough, it's real tough.” Bejon Haswell/Stuff Storage facility owners in Nelson are seeing more people moving to the region in need of storage while small businesses reeling from the effects of Covid and giving up their units. (File photo) Adjacent to his storage facility, Pearson runs airport car storage business Park and Fly. After Covid hit and people stopped taking long international holidays, he converted that space into more storage. “At first it took awhile to fill them up, now if I buy a container it will be filled within the week. It's crazy. I've just started wait list...
Source: stuff.co.nz