Spaceways or YouStock? Compare storage in London
Spaceways works well for storing a few boxes. But when you also have furniture, appliances or a whole flat to store, YouStock offers the same doorstep collection and delivery without the box-only limits, so you can store anything in London from a single bag to an entire home.
Both come to you, no van needed
Neither service asks you to do the heavy lifting. You pick a time, and a team turns up at your address to load everything away. Your belongings go straight into secure storage, and whenever you want them back, a quick request brings them to your door.
In a city like London, where parking is tight and a hired van can swallow a whole weekend, that convenience counts. YouStock keeps you posted at each stage, from pickup to return, so you can hand over a stack of boxes or a room full of furniture and simply get on with your day.
YouStock stores furniture and large items, not just boxes
This is the biggest difference between the two. Spaceways is a storage-by-the-box service: you store in their boxes, and anything else has to be under 25kg and light enough for a single driver to carry. It is a neat fit for a few boxes, luggage or a student’s belongings over the summer.
YouStock is built for more. Alongside boxes, it stores furniture, appliances and bulky or heavy items, right up to the contents of a whole flat. If you need to store a sofa, a wardrobe, a bed frame or a washing machine, that is a difference that matters. With YouStock, you are not limited to what fits in a box.
With both, you only pay for the space you fill
Neither service charges you for space you are not filling. Spaceways prices per box: you add the boxes you need and pay a set monthly fee for each. YouStock prices by volume: your quote reflects the exact space your belongings occupy, and it flexes if you add or remove items along the way. Two routes to the same principle, paying only for what you genuinely store.
The bigger saving is often the one that never reaches the invoice. With collection and delivery built in, you skip van hire, fuel and an afternoon of loading and unloading. If you are a student watching every pound, or storing for months rather than weeks, those avoided costs quietly add up.
Only YouStock gives you an online photo inventory
When YouStock collects your belongings, each item is photographed and added to an online inventory you can view any time from your account. You always know exactly what is in storage, and you can request the return of a single item or your whole collection in a few clicks, without trying to remember what went where.
Spaceways lets you manage and select your boxes online, but does not offer this item-level photo inventory. If seeing your things at a glance and picking exactly what you want back matters to you, this is a clear point in YouStock’s favour.
| YouStock | Spaceways | |
|---|---|---|
| Doorstep collection and delivery | ✅ | ✅ |
| Pay only for the space you use | ✅ | ✅ |
| Secure storage facilities | ✅ | ✅ |
| Online photo inventory of your items | ✅ | ❌ |
| Stores furniture, large and heavy items | ✅ | ❌ |
| Wide network of UK regional locations | ❌ | ✅ |
YouStock vs Spaceways, side by side
Both services share the same convenient model. Here is where they line up, and where they differ.
Still weighing it up? A quick quote is often the fastest way to decide.
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Whether it is a few boxes or a flat full of furniture, the fastest way to know if YouStock suits you is to see the price for your own load. Get an instant quote from your inventory, or book a call and we will answer anything this comparison left open.
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YouStock vs Spaceways: FAQs
For small, box-sized loads the two are closely matched. YouStock becomes the better alternative once furniture, appliances or a whole flat come into it, since it stores large items, photographs each one in an online inventory, and also runs facilities across France, Belgium and Monaco.
Spaceways charges per box at a fixed monthly rate. YouStock charges for the volume your belongings actually take up, quoted from your inventory and adjusted if that volume changes. A couple of boxes suit the per-box model well; mixed or larger loads often map more closely to paying by volume. The surest way to compare is to get a quote for your own items from each.
Yes, and it is the main reason people pick YouStock over a box-only service like Spaceways. YouStock takes furniture, white goods and awkward or heavy pieces alongside your boxes, so a sofa, a wardrobe or a whole flat clearance can all go into the same storage.
Spaceways is a storage-by-the-box service, so most of what you send goes inside their boxes. Anything outside a box needs to be under roughly 25kg and light enough for a single driver to carry, which rules out most furniture and heavy items. YouStock has no such box-only limit, which is worth knowing if your list runs bigger than boxes.
Yes. Both YouStock and Spaceways pick up from your address and return your belongings on request, so neither asks you to hire a van or visit a unit. YouStock keeps you updated from collection through to each redelivery.
Both give you online visibility, but in different ways. YouStock photographs every item it collects and adds it to an online inventory in your account, so you can browse your belongings visually and request any single item back. Spaceways lets you manage and select your boxes online, but without item-level photos. If seeing your things at a glance matters, that visual inventory is a YouStock advantage.
Both are popular with students and both collect and deliver. Spaceways leans into by-the-box summer storage, handy for a few boxes between terms. YouStock suits students who also need to store furniture or larger loads, and its photo inventory makes getting one or two things back mid-term straightforward. The right pick depends on how much you are storing and for how long.