storage facilities in da Da Nang

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6 years ago

Hi i am dimitris. i would like to know if there are any storage facilities in da Da Nang that i can rent. i need like 4 m3 for 3-4 months thanks.

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toufas Member

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6 years ago

Thanks a lot.
I actually relocate from Hoi An to Da Nang but i need to go back to Greece for 3 months and when i am back i will move to my new place .

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THIGV ViP

4427POSTS

6 years ago

I suspect that the reason that storage rental business don't seem to exit in Vietnam may be that urban locals use their parents homes in the country to keep things they need to store if moving temporarily out of the country.

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RCrash Active member

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5 years ago

I too would like to find this. Some enterprising expat (or local, although the concept is certainly a little foreign to the locals I know) should get on this.听 While not immediately a fit for the locals, it will catch on over time.听 I saw in Ha Noi the first western style one open up kingkho.com/en/听
Completely modeled on the USA type.听 Right down to the promo material. So its on its way.

Guest2023 Guest

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5 years ago

RCrash wrote:
I too would like to find this. Some enterprising expat (or local, although the concept is certainly a little foreign to the locals I know) should get on this.听 While not immediately a fit for the locals, it will catch on over time.听 I saw in Ha Noi the first western style one open up kingkho.com/en/听
Completely modeled on the USA type.听 Right down to the promo material. So its on its way.

I thought about this many years ago, but the cost was too much. Whoever set that one up has deep pockets.

phikachu Serial expat

352POSTS

5 years ago

I鈥檝e wondered this myself, I use a lot of self storage for business in the UK. It鈥檚 a lucrative but saturated market here. I鈥檓 suprised noones doing it Vietnam. I think enforcing what they can and can鈥檛 be used for over there would be too problematic. Imagine if the unit next to you was storing perishable goods that attracts rats and pests.

I鈥檓 not suppose to store alcohol in some of the units I have in the UK but they turn a blind eye and I give the staff a bottle or two of moet every christmas.

robscold New member

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5 years ago

"I鈥檓 not suppose to store alcohol in some of the units I have in the UK...".

What is their reason for that?

phikachu Serial expat

352POSTS

5 years ago

Here we have a few big companies.

Lok N Store, they have a no liquids or foods policy. The manger turns a blind eye and I can store alcohol as long as I'm not selling it (personal storage).

Access storage is more flexible with liquids but you have to let the manager know. My neighbour there stores a lot of wine with the managers permission and the correct license.

Ready Steady Store, are easy going but I'm not sure on their exact policy.

Safe store, strictly no liquids or alcohol.

I have units with all these companies, I still store alcohol in. them.

The main barrier is to do with licenses. In order to sell alcohol you need two licenses, a personal one which can be done online and a premise license which requires an application with the local council. This then requires input from the self storage place since that's the "premise". If you're to legally store it with them. I do not have a premise license and I do not actually sell the alcohol, but I sure get a lot of it. If you're a good customer, most will accommodate you to help you get a premise license.

THIGV ViP

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5 years ago

#10

phikachu wrote:
The main barrier is to do with licenses.

I thought Premier Boris promised you that all that bureaucracy would go away after Brexit.听听

phikachu Serial expat

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5 years ago

#11

THIGV wrote:
phikachu wrote:
The main barrier is to do with licenses.

I thought Premier Boris promised you that all that bureaucracy would go away after Brexit.听听

Don't know about that. Maybe as a way to reopen bars and pubs with more social distancing...when I talk about license to handle, store and sell alcohol, I'm not really refering to opening a bar but more online selling and off licenses.

I shift a lot of barware accessories and occasionally and indirectly can get a lot of free or at least very cheap alcohol. All legit so they didn't fall off a back of lorry and all duty paid, I just can't sell it so... we drink it and store it. Obviously, I don't have all these units just for alcohol. Barware is just a small percentage of what i do.

I must have been through about 1000 bottles+ of kronenberg cider and brewdog ipa. We (staff, family and friends) drink these. I also get 70cl Jack Daniels for about 拢4-6. I like drinking JD myself too. I can get bottles of moet for 拢5-10. They RRP for 拢35 so if the offer comes, I'm not going to say no even if I don't drink it or can't sell it.

I'm on the market to buy a commercial unit so with a more permanent location, I'd invest in a premise license then so i can begin selling what I can collect and haven't already drunk.