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The handover gap
Keys due back before the new place is ready. Rather than pay a month of overlapping rent, the contents go into storage for exactly the number of days the gap runs.
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Sharjah · Moving Storage
Moving in Sharjah and the Dates Do Not Meet?
We hold everything in the middle.
The lease ends on the 30th. The new place is ready on the 12th. We collect on your key-return date, store it from 12.65 AED per sqft with no minimum term, and deliver when you can actually receive it.
Straight answer first: we are not a removals company. If your old and new places are both available on the same day and you need a van and two men for one afternoon, hire a Sharjah mover — it will be cheaper and it is the right tool. SafeStorage is a storage company. We are worth calling when the dates do not line up and your belongings need somewhere to live in between. That is the job this page is about.
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No minimum12 days is 12 daysnot a month💰
12.65 AEDPer sqft, per monthVAT included🚚
We loadWrapped and carriedyou lift nothing📍
Any addressSharjah or Dubaidelivery is your choiceWhen this is the right call
Three Moves That Need Storage
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Leaving, then deciding
Leaving the country or between jobs and not ready to commit to a new address. Empty the flat now, decide where it goes later.
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Downsizing mid-move
The new place is smaller. Move what fits, store what does not, and take your time deciding what to do with the rest.
Why the gap costs more than you think
Paying Two Rents Is The Expensive Option
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Overlapping rent
Holding the old Sharjah lease an extra month to bridge a two-week gap costs far more than storing.
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Hotel plus a van
The other common bridge — short-let plus twice-hired transport — adds up quickly.
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Not a relative's spare room
Multi-angle CCTV covers every corridor, entry point, loading area and storage zone.
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Delivered when ready
Ask for it back and it is normally at the new address within 24–48 hours.
How the gap works
Four Steps, Two Dates
Tell us both dates
When the keys go back, and when the new place is ready. Rough is fine — they change.
We empty the property
On your key-return date. Wrapped, loaded and out, including the lift booking.
It waits with us
For as long as the gap actually runs. If the handover slips, tell us a new date.
Delivered to the new place
Sharjah, Dubai or elsewhere. It does not have to be the emirate we collected from.
Pricing
You Pay For The Gap, Not A Contract
Storage is billed monthly on the floor space in use. Collection and delivery are quoted separately against your actual addresses. Every number is agreed before anything is booked.
- No minimum term — a twelve-day gap is charged as twelve days
- No penalty if the handover date slips again
- Wrapping and loading included in the collection
- Delivery to a different emirate if you want it
12.65 AEDper square foot, per month
VAT included
VAT included
The Sharjah Move That Never Lines Up
Almost every tenancy in Sharjah ends on a fixed date, and almost no new one begins on that same date. Somewhere between the two sits a gap of days or weeks, and it is the single most common reason people in this emirate call a storage company rather than a mover. The Dubai commute makes it worse: a large share of Sharjah residents eventually move across the border, and cross-emirate handovers rarely align at all.
The instinct is to bridge the gap by paying for the old place a month longer, or by putting everything in a relative's spare room, or by booking a short-let and hiring a van twice. All three cost more than storing, and the last one means paying for transport you could have paid for once. Storage at 12.65 AED per square foot per month, charged on space actually used with no minimum term, is usually the cheapest way through — particularly because the gap nearly always turns out to be longer than planned.
What we do and do not do
We collect from your Sharjah address, wrap and load, store at our Sharjah warehouse, and deliver to wherever you tell us afterwards. We do not do same-day point-to-point removals, we do not quote per truck, and if that is what you need this is the wrong page. Being clear about the boundary saves both of us a wasted call.
Moving questions
Before You Book
Are you a moving company? Will you move me from A to B?
No — and it matters that we say so before you book. SafeStorage is a storage company. We collect from your Sharjah address, store your belongings, and deliver them to wherever you tell us later. If your old and new places are available on the same day and you just need a van and two men for a single afternoon, a removals firm is the right call and will be cheaper. Where we fit is the move where the dates do not meet and something has to be held in between.
Do you have a storage facility in Sharjah, or is my stuff stored in Dubai?
We operate a warehouse in Sharjah, so what we collect in the emirate is stored in the emirate rather than driven to Dubai and back. Your belongings are stored at our Sharjah facility. What we run on top of that is the collection service: our crew comes to your address, wraps and loads, and takes everything to the facility.
How much does pickup from Sharjah cost?
It is quoted on the actual job — your address in Sharjah, 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 12.65 AED per square foot per month, VAT included.
How long does collection from Al Nahda or Al Majaz 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 Sharjah. 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 Sharjah 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 Sharjah.
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 Sharjah 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 Sharjah University City 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.
Where we collect
Moving Out Of One of These?
Tell Us Both Dates. We Will Cover The Middle.
Free quote, no survey fee, nothing booked until you agree the storage and the transport. Monday–Sunday 8 AM–8 PM.