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Handovers that slip
Furniture held with no fixed end date, delivered back as rooms finish.
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Abu Dhabi · Al Shamkha
Storage for Al Shamkha — we collect, store and bring it back
No driving to a unit. No van hire. No lifting.
Al Shamkha is a fast-growing mainland villa area where a lot of households are moving in rather than out — and moving in needs storage too.
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Pay per sq ftOnly the space you useFree itemised quote🚚
Door to doorCollected in Al ShamkhaWe pack and load🗓️
No minimumStore a fortnightor for years↩️
24–48 hoursTypical retrievalall of it or partWhat Al Shamkha stores
Why People Here Call Us
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Villa-sized collections
240 to 380 square feet, driveway access, a full day.
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Furniture from the previous home
Kept while the new house is furnished properly rather than sold at a loss.
Storage in Al Shamkha, Specifically
Al Shamkha sits on the mainland south-east of Khalifa City, one of Abu Dhabi's expanding residential districts of villa plots and newer housing developments, including the Shamkha South and Alreeman areas. It is largely Emirati and long-settled expat family housing, and a substantial part of it is recent or still handing over.
That produces an unusual share of inbound rather than outbound work. Families completing on a villa here frequently need their previous furniture held while a handover slips or while the new house is fitted out, then delivered back in stages as rooms are finished — which suits monthly billing with no fixed end date exactly. Volumes are villa-sized, 240 to 380 square feet, and the collections are full-day jobs. Two local practicalities: the newer streets are not always on mapping yet, so we ask for a plot or villa number and a landmark, and the drive out from the island is long enough that these are planned as half-day round trips with a mid-morning start rather than squeezed between city jobs.
Where your things actually go. Your belongings are stored at Building 23, Warehouse 5, DIP-1, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. We collect from your address in Al Shamkha, so you do not need to drive anything anywhere. Transport is quoted separately and confirmed before anything is booked.
What the price includes
Everything Except The Bit You Were Dreading
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Collection from your door
Our crew comes to your Al Shamkha address, wraps what is going and loads it.
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Measured, not guessed
Billed on the floor space your items occupy, not on a unit size you have to fill.
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Indoors and covered
Multi-angle CCTV covers every corridor, entry point, loading area and storage zone.
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Partial retrieval
Take back one box or everything, normally within 24–48 hours.
How it works
Four Steps
Tell us what you have
A call, a WhatsApp or the quote form. A rough list is enough for us to size it.
We come to Al Shamkha
The crew arrives on the agreed date, wraps everything and loads the van.
Stored and logged
Items go into the covered facility under camera, logged so they can be found again.
Delivered back
All of it or part of it, back at the address you choose, usually within 24–48 hours.
Pricing
One Rate, VAT Included
Charged on the space your things actually take up. Transport from Al Shamkha is quoted separately and told to you up front rather than added afterwards.
- No minimum storage term
- No charge for the quote or the survey
- Wrapping and loading included in the collection
- Partial retrieval without closing the account
Free quotepay only for the space you use
Questions from Al Shamkha
Before You Book
The street I am on is not on maps yet. What do you need?
A plot or villa number and a nearby landmark. Several of the newer Al Shamkha streets are not on mapping yet, and a crew looking for an address is time you are paying for.
Can you deliver back a few rooms at a time?
Yes, and for a house being fitted out that is the sensible way. Rooms are refurnished as they are finished, and each delivery is quoted as its own job.
Do you have a storage facility in Abu Dhabi, or is my stuff stored in Dubai?
Your things do not stay in Abu Dhabi. We operate the collection and delivery service here and store at our nearest facility. Your belongings are stored at Building 23, Warehouse 5, DIP-1, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. If you specifically want a unit in Abu Dhabi you can drive to, a local self-storage yard suits you better and we would rather say so now.
How much does pickup from Abu Dhabi cost?
It is quoted on the actual job — your address in Al Shamkha, how the access works (lift, stairs, parking) and how much there is to move. We do not price transport from a table, because a ground-floor flat with parking outside and a ninth floor with a booked service lift are not the same job. You get the transport figure and the storage figure before anything is booked, and the number you are given is the number you pay. Storage itself is charged only on the space your items use.
How long does collection from Al Reem Island or Khalifa City take?
What decides it is access, not distance. A villa or ground-floor flat with somewhere to park is quick; a high floor in a tower where the service lift has to be booked and shared with other residents takes longer, and that is the single biggest variable in Abu Dhabi. When we quote we give you a time window for the day and the crew confirms on arrival. Packing loose items into boxes yourself beforehand is the one thing that reliably shortens it.
I'm moving from Abu Dhabi to Dubai — can you hold my things between leases?
Yes, and it is the most common reason people here call us. We empty the property on the day you hand the keys back, hold everything for however long the gap runs, and deliver to the new address once you can receive it. Billing is monthly on the space used with no minimum term, so a twelve-day gap costs twelve days, not a month. If the handover slips again you simply tell us a new date. It works the same in reverse coming into Abu Dhabi.
Can I visit my items? How much notice do you need?
Yes — access is arranged on request rather than by turning up, because your things are stored in a working warehouse rather than a unit you hold a key to. Tell us when you would like to come and we book a slot and have your items ready. 24/7 facility access available for existing customers on request. If you only need something back rather than to see it, delivery to your door is usually the easier answer and is normally arranged within 24–48 hours.
What's the minimum storage period and is there a lock-in?
There is no minimum period and no lock-in. Storage is billed month to month on the floor space your items actually occupy, and you can end it whenever you like with no early-termination penalty. A fortnight is charged as a fortnight. There is equally no maximum — some customers store for years — and you can add to or take from what is stored without renegotiating anything.
Do you store during Abu Dhabi villa or flat renovations?
Yes, and it is one of the steadier reasons we get called here. We can take the whole property or work room by room as the job moves through it, collecting in stages and delivering back the same way, so you are never paying to store more than you need to. Each collection is quoted before it happens. Tell us roughly how long the work is expected to run — and expect it to overrun, which costs you nothing extra because there is no fixed end date.
Is my furniture insured while in storage?
Ask us for the current cover position in writing before you book, and tell us if you are storing anything high-value — art, antiques, instruments, specialist equipment — so it is addressed on your quote rather than assumed. What we can state plainly is how your things are kept: wrapped before they leave your property, stored off the floor inside a covered warehouse rather than a yard or a container, and logged on a signed inventory at collection so there is a written record of every item. Multi-angle CCTV covers every corridor, entry point, loading area and storage zone.
Do you pack, or do I need to pack myself?
We wrap and load. Furniture is wrapped before it leaves the property, and our crew carries it and handles the lift booking and loading bay — you do not hire a van, carry anything, or negotiate with building management. What is worth doing yourself is boxing up small loose items beforehand: it makes the collection faster and cheaper, because you are billed on the space your things occupy and packed boxes stack where loose belongings do not.
Can students at Khalifa University store over the summer?
Yes, and it is what the end of each term looks like here. Paying to hold a room over a summer you are not in the country for costs far more than storing what is in it. We collect from the residence at the end of term, hold the boxes over the break, and deliver back when the new year starts — to a different address if you have moved. There is no minimum term, so a three-month summer is charged as three months. Book the collection date early: end of term is the busiest fortnight of the year and slots go quickly.
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