Fashion, handbag and shoes storage in Hong Kong – what to expect, and how to pack and organise
- Companies such as Pakt, Apple Storage and In N Out Storage provide solutions ranging from simple storage lockers for clothes to low-temperature wine rooms
- For best results fold clothes Marie Kondo-style, stuff shoes with newspaper, keep a photographic inventory of items stored and colour-code storage boxes
The prolonged pandemic – now in its third year – has prompted some people and families in Hong Kong to consider leaving the city temporarily.
Some are looking to move out of their flats and place possessions they don’t need to take with them into storage until they decide to return, from clothes and sports equipment to furniture and even wine.
Others are keeping their apartments but want to store their belongings in safe and air-controlled facilities, especially during the summer months when humidity in Hong Kong can wreak havoc on clothes and leather goods.
Premium services offer complete solutions: Pakt, for example, will collect and dry clean clothes, then hang them in cloth bags in temperature-controlled rooms – and provide a photo of each item for clients’ records. It also has special rooms to store furs and luxury handbags that are all set at different temperatures and humidity levels.
