The Space Station alternative that brings your belongings back, not just away
Space Station will come and collect your belongings, which already puts it ahead of most self storage. But its free removal service runs one way, from your place to their space. YouStock handles the whole round trip, there and back again, whenever you ask. Here is where each one leads.
Both will move your belongings into storage for you
Space Station is one of the few self-storage companies that does not leave you at the wheel of a hired van. Its free removal service takes your belongings from your home straight into your unit, and the company reckons it saves customers a meaningful sum against hiring transport themselves. YouStock does the same thing: a team arrives, wraps and loads what you are storing, and takes it away.
So the hardest part of storing, the getting-it-there, is handled either way. The question is what happens the day you want something back.
With YouStock, the van comes back too
Read Space Station’s removal service closely and it goes one way: from your place to their space, directly into your new unit, subject to terms. Getting your belongings home again is a trip you arrange, and pay for, yourself.
YouStock treats storage as a return journey. Whenever you want your things, a team brings them back to your door, and you can ask for one box, one armchair, or the entire load. Nothing sits behind a second removal bill. If you are storing during a renovation or between homes, that return leg is not a detail: it is half the job.
Both supply the boxes and the packing materials
Nobody enjoys hunting for cardboard. Space Station runs a box shop at its stores, selling packing essentials alongside the storage itself. YouStock brings boxes and protective materials to you, and its team can help wrap and pack your belongings before they are loaded.
Whichever you choose, the practical business of protecting your things is taken care of, and you are not left improvising with old supermarket boxes.
With YouStock, pay for the space you fill and see every item online
Space Station sells rooms in set sizes, from a 10 sq ft locker to a 320 sq ft unit, and its calculator helps you pick the nearest fit. If your belongings leave a third of that room empty, the empty third is still on your bill.
YouStock charges by the square foot your things actually occupy, with no rounding up to the next size. And because every item is photographed at collection and listed in your online account, you can see precisely what you have in storage and request any single piece back. Storage priced to what you store, and visible from your sofa.
| YouStock | Space Station | |
|---|---|---|
| Collection from your home | ✅ | ✅ |
| Delivery back to your door on request | ✅ | ❌ |
| Online photo inventory of your items | ✅ | ❌ |
| Charged by the sqft you fill, not a unit size | ✅ | ❌ |
| Humidity-controlled units | ✅ | ✅ |
| Walk-in access to your own unit | ❌ | ✅ |
YouStock or Space Station: which fits your situation?
Both will come to you. Here is where they diverge.
Want humidity-controlled space you can walk into, or storing outside the South East? Space Station has that covered. Want your belongings brought back to you without arranging a second van? That is YouStock.
YouStock is rated Excellent by the people who use it
The clearest measure of a storage company is what its customers say afterwards. Here is what YouStock’s say.
If you would rather not organise a van to get your belongings home again, YouStock quotes in a minute. Price it from your inventory, or book a call and we will explain how collection and delivery work.
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YouStock vs Space Station: FAQs
It is designed to get your belongings into storage: Space Station describes it as running from your place to their space, directly into your new unit, subject to terms. Bringing your things home again is a separate journey you arrange yourself. YouStock includes both legs: collection from your door, and delivery back whenever you ask.
With YouStock, yes. Each item is photographed at collection and listed individually in your account, so you can request one box or one piece of furniture and have it delivered back, leaving the rest in storage. With a self-storage unit at Space Station, you travel to the store and retrieve it yourself.
Yes, and it is one of their genuine strengths: their units are humidity controlled and temperature measured, which they highlight for furniture and valuables. YouStock keeps belongings in secure, covered warehouses. If controlled humidity is a specific requirement for what you are storing, it is worth asking both what they can offer.
Space Station rents units in fixed sizes, from 10 sq ft up to 320 sq ft, and gives you an instant price online for the size you choose, so you pay for the room whether or not it is full. YouStock charges by the square foot your belongings actually fill, with collection and delivery included. To compare properly, get a quote from each based on what you are really storing.
Both will collect, so both work at the start. The difference shows at the end. With YouStock, your belongings are delivered back to your new or refreshed home as part of the service, and you can have them returned in stages if you want. With Space Station, the return trip is yours to organise, so factor that into the cost and the timing.
Space Station sells boxes and packing materials through its box shops. YouStock brings boxes and protective materials to your door, and its team can help wrap and pack your belongings before loading. Either way, you do not have to source the cardboard yourself.