How we price
Two prices, and where they come from
You pay a one-off price for the supplies and a monthly storage fee. Both are built from the published prices and estimates listed below, plus our margin. Price confirmed before you pay.
Sources
Where the numbers come from
- SSA UK Annual Industry Report 2026 — average revenue £27.40/sq ft ex VAT
- whatstorage London comparison, Jan 2026 — Big Yellow 10 sq ft £24.60/wk, 35 sq ft £48.90, 100 sq ft £147
- Storage Locator London medians — 25 sq ft £37.80, 50 sq ft £58.62, 100 sq ft £95.24
- Storage Locator UK — 25 sq ft median £23.77
- Prepared Britain — ReadyWise 120-serving bucket, £329.99 (24,360 kcal)
- Tesco porridge oats — £0.85/kg
- Tesco Easy Cook long grain rice, 4 kg — £4.75
- Tesco 5 L still water — £1.50
- Safestore licence agreement, Dec 2025 — food must be in hard plastic or glass; no power banks or fuel
- Safestore branch pages — names, addresses and coordinates (schema.org data), October 2026
- Shurgard UK branch pages — names, addresses and coordinates (schema.org data), October 2026
- Access Self Storage branch pages — names, addresses and coordinates (schema.org data), October 2026
- Big Yellow locations via OpenStreetMap / Nominatim — © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
- Be Ready checklist, GOV.UK — 3 days of supplies; 3 litres of drinking water per person per day
- Cabinet Office, 22 October 2026 — Households encouraged to take small, simple steps to stay prepared in an emergency
- postcodes.io — postcode and outcode lookup
- Map tiles — © OpenStreetMap contributors
Assumptions
What we've estimated
- Volumes (water 0.044 cu ft per litre; food 1.1 cu ft per 24,360 kcal; equipment 2 / 4 / 8 cu ft per tier) are estimates.
- Equipment costs (£150 / £450 / £1,200 per tier, scaled by household) are estimates.
- Outside-London storage is estimated at 0.629 × London rates (UK vs London 25 sq ft medians).
- Tinned & bulk staples at £1.00 per 1,000 kcal is an estimate (a blend of oats £0.85/kg, rice £1.19/kg and tins).
- Tinned & bulk volume (0.6 cu ft per 24,360 kcal) is an estimate. 1 tray = 10,000 kcal.
- 75 sq ft (£76.93/wk, interpolated) and 150 sq ft (£138.10/wk) London prices are estimates. Above 150 sq ft we use several 150 sq ft units.
- Size comparisons (wardrobe, shed, garage and so on) and the unit drawings are estimates for illustration.
- See your supplies: kit is £450 and 4 cu ft per two people (estimate); the water filter option stores 25% of the water (estimate).
- Floor area assumes crates stacked 6.5 ft high at 70% packing efficiency — an estimate.
- Water: 4 L per person per day at £0.30/L. Months are 30.4 days. Meals are three per person per day.
- Fuel, power banks and batteries are kept at home, in line with typical storage licence terms.
- The custom builder uses the same food, water and kit rates as See your supplies; its Standard tier matches the packages.
- Year one = the one-off supplies price + 12 × the monthly storage fee, using the rounded prices shown on each package.