Climate-controlled storage on a month-to-month basis, no long-term contract.
One written number, no walkthrough required.
Closing dates don’t always line up. Sometimes the new place isn’t ready, the old lease ends before the new one starts, or you just need your belongings out of the way during a renovation. Universal Moving Services offers short-term, climate-controlled storage on a month-to-month basis so you’re not locked into a long contract for what’s usually a temporary gap.
Storage works cleanly alongside a move we’re already handling – your belongings go straight from the truck into secure storage without a separate hand-off to another company, and come back out the same way when you’re ready. No re-explaining your inventory to a new set of movers.
| Situation | Typical duration |
|---|---|
| Closing date gap between homes | 2-6 weeks |
| Home renovation or staging for sale | 1-3 months |
| Downsizing before a long-distance move | 2-4 weeks |
| Apartment lease overlap | 1-4 weeks |
Climate control matters more than people expect in the Philadelphia area – summer humidity and winter cold swings can warp wood furniture and stress electronics in an uncontrolled space. Our storage keeps temperature and humidity steady year-round, which matters as much for a piano or antique dresser as it does for a box of photographs.
Good to know: There’s no minimum commitment beyond a single month, and most customers use the space for four to eight weeks between a move-out and move-in date.
Downsizing before a long-distance move is one of the more common reasons customers use short-term storage. Rather than forcing a decision on every item before the truck leaves, it can be easier to store what you’re unsure about and sort through it once you’re settled into the new home.
Access is simple to arrange rather than a hassle bolted onto the move. If your plans shift and you need items sooner or later than expected, we’d rather hear about it and adjust the pickup or redelivery date than have you stuck working around a rigid schedule that no longer matches your actual closing or move-in date.
Storage is a natural add-on to an interstate move when your delivery date lands before your new home is ready, and it works just as well for a local residential move with a gap between closings. If you’re storing a piano or a gun safe specifically, those get handled with the same specialty equipment described on our piano moving and safe moving pages before they ever reach the storage unit.
Get a free quote and let us know your expected timeline so we can line up pickup, storage, and redelivery without a gap in coverage. We’ll build the schedule around your closing date, not a generic drop-off window.
One number covers the crew, the gear, and the care — nothing itemized after the fact.
Best moving experience I have had - and I have moved a lot! The estimate was easy and timely, and the crew of four movers were highly professional, friendly, careful, respectful, and efficient. And a very reasonable price. Highly recommend!
They moved our furniture front a house to an apartment. On time courteous,friendly. Did a better job wrapping and protecting our furniture than the name moving company that moved us 1300 miles with storage. Very reasonable price. Highly recommend.
Louis and Ethan we very efficient and professional. Fast, respectful and caring of my items. Their boss Paul met at the storage and helped unload and was very neat loading and unloading. Would definitely use them again and recommend using them. Thank you
One honest Philadelphia crew for every kind of move across Greater Philadelphia.
Crews who know Philadelphia's rowhome blocks, narrow streets, and parking permits cold.
Licensed long-haul moves up and down the I-95 corridor and beyond, on our own federal authority.
Full household moves handled room by room, from twin rowhomes to Main Line colonials.
Walk-ups, tight stairwells, and building certificate-of-insurance paperwork, handled routinely.
Every box packed, labeled, and wrapped before moving day even starts.
Upright, baby grand, or antique uprights moved with skid boards and rigging built for stairs.
Send your pickup and dropoff and our Philadelphia office sends back a written flat rate — usually within the hour.