RMV mobile storage van in front of stacked storage containers

Hornchurch Storage Services

Always professional

Insured & protected 24/7

Storage to your door

Containers at your property

size and dimensions

Figure out the best size for your items

Storage Container

The 35 sq ft

1 Container

Perfect for Students, mini removals, overflowing house belongings.

£19.99Buy
Storage Container

The 70 sq ft

2 Containers

Perfect for 1 bedroom flat, low amount of furniture

£39.98Buy
Storage Container

The 105 sq ft

3 Containers

Perfect for 2-bedroom flat, medium amount of furniture and belongings

£59.97Buy
Storage Container

The 140 sq ft

4 Containers

Perfect for 2-3 -bedroom property, high amount of furniture and belongings

£79.96Buy
Storage Container

The 175 sq ft

5 Containers

Perfect for 3–4-bedroom property, high amount of furniture and belongings

£99.95Buy
Storage Container

The 210 sq ft

6 Containers

Perfect for 4–5-bedroom property, high amount of furniture and belongings

£119.94Buy

Not sure? Use our free storage calculator

We have offered storage to your door in Hornchurch for over 15 years, and the calculator below helps you estimate your volume.

Storage Collection Rates

  • 1 container£140VAT incl.
    Up to:
    1.5 hours*
    Team
    2 men
    Van
    1 van
  • 2 containers£190VAT incl.
    Up to:
    2 hours*
    Team
    2 men
    Van
    1 van
  • 3 containers£290VAT incl.
    Up to:
    3 hours*
    Team
    3 men
    Van
    2 vans
  • 4 containers£390VAT incl.
    Up to:
    3 hours*
    Team
    3 men
    Van
    2 vans
  • 5 containers£490VAT incl.
    Up to:
    3 hours*
    Team
    4 men
    Van
    3 vans
  • 6 containers£590VAT incl.
    Up to:
    3 hours*
    Team
    4 men
    Van
    3 vans

Extra info

*If loading takes longer, additional time will be charged in 30-minute increments.

Our rates cover container delivery and loading only. Packing, furniture dismantling, and wrapping are charged separately.

RMV Storage

See where your things are kept

Rows of wooden storage containers inside the RMV warehouse in Rainham
Inside our warehouse in London
RMV mobile storage van in front of stacked storage containers
We collect, we store, we return
RMV team member moving storage containers with a forklift
Containers are moved and stacked by our own team
RMV mover loading wrapped belongings into a storage container
Your belongings are wrapped and loaded with care
Storage container loaded on an RMV mobile storage van
The container comes to your door
Pack like a PRO boxes on a trolley next to the RMV van on a London street
Collected from your street, anywhere in London

Got questions?
We've got answers...

  • Where is your storage site located?

    35a Marsh Way, Rainham RM13 8UH
    Take a look at our London Storage Unit

  • What is the size of each container?

    Each container is 155cm (5 feet) wide x 215cm (7 feet) deep x 245cm (8 feet) tall. This is 3.3 sq metres (35 square feet) and 8 cubic metres (280 cubic feet).

  • Is there a storage depot in Hornchurch?

    No. The nearest is at Romford off the A124, then Dagenham or Thurrock. We deliver a container to your RM11 or RM12 address and load it there.

  • How many containers does a Hornchurch house need?

    Three cover a two- or three-bedroom semi between Abbs Cross Lane and Suttons Lane, and four to six the detached houses in Emerson Park and towards Upminster.

  • Can storage help when a Hornchurch chain stalls?

    Yes. Chains here are often long, from Elm Park to Harold Wood to Gidea Park, and storage holds your furniture until your link completes.
    Hornchurch removals

  • Is it possible to fit large pieces of furniture inside?

    Yes, it is very unlikely that an item of furniture will not fit.

  • Do I need to come to the storage premises if I’ve booked a removal and storage combined?

    No. We can take your items and place them in storage without you being there. You can sign all the relevant documents online.

  • Is the storage site safe and secure?

    Yes, they are fully alarmed with CCTV. The premises are protected by security fencing and gates as well as the required safety measures.

  • Is it possible to access my belongings once they are in storage?

    Yes, with at least 36 working hours' notice (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm). There is a fee of £5 (VAT incl.) per container each time.

  • Are there any restrictions on what I can store?

    Yes, there are a few exceptions, please refer to our terms and conditions

  • When I want to remove my belongings from storage permanently do I need to give you advance notice?

    Yes. To end your storage, please give us at least 10 working days' notice, as set out in our terms and conditions. Storage is charged until the notice period ends.

  • Are my items insured?

    Yes. Each container has insurance for a total value of £2000. You can also purchase extra insurance if your items are worth more.

  • Do I need a padlock?

    No. Each container has is own self-locking system.

  • What's Storeo?Storeo

    Storeo is the RMV app for self storage in London. Keep track of everything on your own portal:Your storage agreementYour bookingsYour paymentsStorage returns and moreDownload Storeo on the App StoreGet Storeo on Google Play

  • Extra info:

    Customers must fill out a detailed inventory list (provided by us at the time of the booking) and give it to our team when they come to collect their items.

  • Things to consider:

    At Rmv we pride ourselves in providing a competitive price to everyone. Please consider before booking storage with us that our facilities are designed for long term storage or with minimal to no access. A fee is always applied for handling of containers, and we require 36 working hours' notice for retrieval.

RMV worker in front of stacked storage containers in the RMV warehouse

Self-Storage Hornchurch

Storage Collected from Your Hornchurch Home in RM11 and RM12

Hornchurch has no purpose-built walk-in storage facility of its own. The nearest branded depot is Shurgard at Romford, off the A124 toward Gidea Park, and beyond that the options jump to Dagenham or Thurrock, both the wrong side of the A13 for anyone loading a hired van on a residential street in Emerson Park or Elm Park.

The A12 and A127 sit either side of the borough and reaching any depot during peak hours means slow traffic through the Gallows Corner roundabout or along Hornchurch Road. Storage with RMV in Hornchurch skips those steps completely. The container is delivered to your RM11 or RM12 address, our team dismantles, wraps and loads, and we transport it to storage.

About Hornchurch Storage Services

When it is time, we deliver the same container to any address you name. It saves the van hire, the fuel and the trip to a depot.

RMV, an AIM-accredited mover, has offered storage and removals across London for more than fifteen years. Our Goods in Transit and warehouse-keeper liability cover is comprehensive, and the facility has 24-hour camera monitoring, alarms and security fencing. CCTV monitors the site 24 hours a day, alongside alarms, fencing and access-controlled gates.

When weighing up whether storage is worth it, look for verifiable credentials rather than discounts that soon reset. Our About Us page has the full company background.

Hornchurch Storage: What You Pay

Every container has the same footprint, 155 cm by 215 cm (35 sq ft), and is 245 cm high. The price is £19.99 per container each week, so a two-container booking is £39.98 and a six-container one £119.94.

Everything is in the price: our crew collects from your RM11 or RM12 address, dismantles and wraps furniture, transports it and brings it back later.

No promotional rate that rises later, no access fee each visit, no extra for weekends. Customers searching for cheap self-storage or affordable self-storage in RM11 will find that the total cost undercuts walk-in depots once you add the van hire, fuel, and loading labour those facilities assume you will provide.

To find genuinely cheap storage, add up everything, not just the price per square foot.

Our no contract storage units are rented month to month. There is no minimum term and no exit fee; you can cancel at any time: give at least 10 working days' notice, and storage is charged until the notice period ends.

Use it for a few weeks between homes or for a year or more while working overseas.

Container Sizes for Hornchurch Homes

It holds a studio flat or a large bedroom's contents. Plan on two containers for a one-bedroom property.

Three cover a standard two- or three-bedroom home, the dominant format in the 1930s and 1950s semi-detached streets between Abbs Cross Lane and Suttons Lane that define most of RM11 and RM12.

Four to six containers absorb the larger detached houses found across Emerson Park, the properties along Nelmes Way, and the family homes toward Upminster and Cranham.

Whether it is a few boxes or a whole household, you book only the containers you fill. The online calculator gives you a container count and price from a quick room and furniture list.

Storage During a Hornchurch House Move

Hornchurch’s property market covers a wide band, from the ex-council terraces around the Mardyke Estate to the detached houses on half-acre plots in Emerson Park, with the 1930s semis that line roads like Wingletye Lane and Haynes Road sitting in between. Chains in this part of outer London tend to be long, a first-time buyer in Elm Park depends on a completion in Harold Wood, which depends on a sale in Gidea Park, and when one link stalls, everyone needs somewhere to put their furniture. Storage bridges the gap so you do not need a temporary let or a spare room at family.

We load your belongings into containers on moving day through our Hornchurch removals team, store them, and deliver once you have the keys. Because one team does the removal and the storage, there is no handover between firms.

Smaller jobs follow the same model. A single room clearing ahead of a garage conversion, furniture removed for a new kitchen fit, or belongings that will not fit a downsized property near the High Street, our Hornchurch man and van collects, loads, and delivers to the facility in one trip.

Storage between houses is one of the most common RM11 bookings, and the combined approach shows why removals and storage works better under a single provider, same fleet, same crew, same insurance, rather than two separate bookings with two separate companies.

It turns storage units for moving into one phone call, and shows that removals and storage can be handled by a single provider.

Who Uses Self-Storage in Hornchurch?

Storage facilities near Hornchurch serve a suburban borough where most homes have driveways, but many have converted their garages into living space, removing the one storage area the property was designed to include.

Homeowners across RM11 and RM12 use furniture storage during kitchen extensions, bathroom refits, and the increasingly common garage-to-bedroom conversions that require the entire ground-floor side of a property to be cleared. Landlords managing rental properties along Station Lane and the streets near Romford town centre rotate tenant furnishings between lets.

Student storage London serves the Anglia Ruskin and University of Essex students who rent in the RM postcodes and need somewhere to hold belongings during summer breaks or placement years.

Business storage units serve the independent retailers and trades businesses along the High Street and the light-industrial units off Airfield Way and the A1306 corridor toward Rainham.

Document storage and archive storage suit the solicitor offices, dental surgeries, and accountancy practices that operate from converted frontages along North Street and Butts Green Road, premises with limited floor space and years of physical records to retain under regulatory requirements.

Seasonal storage works for any Hornchurch household managing garden tools, barbecues, outdoor furniture, camping equipment, and the accumulation of family belongings that suburban living generates but suburban houses no longer have room to hold.

Vehicle storage suits residents who keep a classic car, a project vehicle, or a caravan they cannot leave on the driveway under Havering planning rules.

Bike storage units serve the cycling commuters heading to Hornchurch or Elm Park District line stations who lack covered parking at home.

Garage storage units appeal to trades professionals across the RM postcodes, electricians, plumbers, and builders who need a secure place for tools and materials without committing to commercial yard rent. We keep containers dry, clean and ventilated, and insure each one to £2,000, with top-up cover available.

Packing for Storage

For long term storage, a little care before loading goes a long way. Cover mattresses, wrap glass and china individually, and drape dust sheets over upholstered pieces.

Packing can be done by our crew on the day, by our Hornchurch packing service beforehand, or by you with supplies from the Packing Shop delivered to your RM11 or RM12 address.

Packing advice and the items covered by standard insurance are explained on our blog. The cost is one question; how well things are packed decides how they come out.

Coverage Beyond Hornchurch

RMV collects from every postcode across Havering and the surrounding boroughs. The same container service runs in Romford, Upminster, Dagenham, Harold Wood, and Ilford.

Our international removals service can take your belongings from Hornchurch to almost any destination, customs paperwork included. Goods that stay in the UK remain in storage at the same weekly price, a practical long term storage solution for people moving overseas.

One fixed weekly rate, full insurance, our crew doing the loading and no contract: that is self-storage Hornchurch with RMV, for anything from boxes to a whole house. No driving to Romford or Thurrock, no queuing for a corridor unit, no padlock to lose.

Book your Hornchurch storage online or by calling 0208 0900 232, and the container comes to you. Ready to rent a storage unit? Get a free quote today.

Storage tips

Storing it the right way

Is it worth storing?

Ask two questions: would you buy it again today at full price, and would storing it for as long as you expect cost more than replacing it later? Irreplaceable items, and records you must legally keep, sit outside that test.

Is storage worth it?

Your container is yours alone

Each container is allocated to one customer and sealed after loading, so nobody else has access to the contents. Containers are stacked inside a monitored, alarmed and access-controlled warehouse, not left in a yard.

How container storage works

Getting your things back

Containers are stacked, so give 36 working hours’ notice to visit your container or for a return delivery, including part returns. Load anything you might need during storage last, so it sits at the front, and keep an inventory.

How container storage works
Checkatrade reviewer, CM23

RMV Storage and Removals were recommended to me separately by a friend and a neighbour. I cannot fault them. We used their removals, packing and storage services. They were brilliant, efficient, took pride in their work, would ask my thoughts on where things should go, worked carefully around our baby; and they rebuilt the furniture they dismantled.

Bonus was they were really good value compared to their competitors. RMV made a highly stressful time a lot easier and we are so grateful. I would not hesitate to use RMV again or recommend them to others.

5 Star Ratings

Packing Shop

Large Removal Packing Kit

15 small boxes, 15 medium boxes, 10 large boxes, 5 extra-large box, 1 roll of bubble wrap (100m by 500mm), 6 rolls of packing tapes (2 fragile and 4 brown), 2 sharpie marker, Ream of Paper 500 sheets.

£ 169.99
Large Removal Packing Kit