Legacy Moving & Storage

Legacy Moving & Storage provides moving and storage in the St. George area. Storage between two moves is common enough to have its own name in the trade - storage in transit - and the choice of what kind of storage matters more here than the same choice would in a milder climate.

Context

Storage in transit means the shipment stays in the mover's care between origin and destination, usually in the vaults the goods were loaded into, so it is not unpacked and reloaded and the same paperwork and liability arrangements continue to apply. That differs from self storage, where the customer rents a unit, moves the goods in themselves and takes on responsibility for them. Both are legitimate; they are simply different arrangements with different accountability.

Where the desert asserts itself is in whether the space is conditioned. An unconditioned unit in this valley cycles between extreme summer heat and cold winter nights, at a humidity that stays very low year round. Wood furniture dries out and joints loosen, veneer lifts, and solid tops split. Leather stiffens and cracks. Candles and anything wax-based deform. Electronics, photographs, artwork, musical instruments, vinyl records and documents all degrade under sustained heat. Climate-controlled storage holds a moderated temperature range and is not a premium indulgence here so much as the correct specification for anything that will sit for more than a few weeks. Whatever the space, an inventory listing what went in - most movers produce one as a matter of course - is what makes a claim possible later, and photographs of condition at the point of loading cost nothing.

Related on the site: self storage facilities and upholstery and furniture repair. The directory lists all Moving Companies.

Nearby: Caffe Elevato, MaidPro St. George, Don Pedro's Family Mexican Restaurant.