{"id":28490,"date":"2016-01-18T11:01:33","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T03:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/?p=28490"},"modified":"2016-01-18T11:26:06","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T03:26:06","slug":"spaceship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/2016\/01\/spaceship\/","title":{"rendered":"Saving Space, Saving Memories with SPACESHIP"},"content":{"rendered":"
Space is a premium in land scarce Singapore and even more so in newer homes where the total floor area have shrunk over the years.<\/p>\n
No matter what form of accommodation we have \u2013 apartment, house or flat, all families run out of space very quickly and having that extra bit of space is always a welcomed luxury.<\/p>\n
For families with young children, it\u2019s a struggle each and every year to create space especially since our eldest have entered formal schooling. We needed to create space for a proper study desk, for shelves to store her books, stationeries and, of course, space to play. The need for more space became more acute with the addition of a lively toddler in the household. We needed space for him to crawl, run, tumble around and space to store those bulky toys after they have been outgrown. I believe parents with young kids would totally identify with us.<\/p>\n
How about space for ourselves? Let\u2019s not even get into that.<\/p>\n
In the bid to create space, sometimes we struggle to decide what to do with items that may not have any current functional use but certainly have sentimental value. These range from our children’s art pieces, infant clothes, books and toys from special relatives\/friends, cards, mementos from trips, old photos (wedding and honeymoon photos included) etc\u2026 Throwing or giving some of these items away seem such a heartache as these items are tied to deep, strong sentiments. <\/p>\n
What profound joy it would be, for instance, if we could show our children the clothes they used to wear or toys that they used to play so that if God permits, we can hand these down to our grandchildren!<\/p>\n
Then there are also bulky items which we need only on seasonal basis such as cold wear (for winter holidays) and festive decorations (e.g. Christmas Tree). These inevitably take up quite a bit of our living space. During our recent move in Nov 15, we revisited that hard struggle again.<\/p>\n
Thankfully we discovered Spaceship<\/a>.<\/p>\n What is Spaceship<\/a>?<\/strong><\/p>\n Spaceship<\/a> is a local Singaporean tech startup. A full service valet storage company which aims to make customers’ lives easier by offering one-stop, easy storage solutions. So far they’ve stored NSmen\u2019s barang barang, students’ stuff over the summer vacation, helped make people\u2019s homes more awesome by keeping the non-essentials out of sight and help power small business\u2019 logistics operations.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n How is Spaceship different from other Storage Facilities?<\/strong><\/p>\n Spaceship<\/a>‘s online website<\/a> allows customers to manage inventory easily. Pictures and names can be added to boxes, complete with lists of everything that\u2019s inside \u2014 right down to the item categories and brands – so that we can remember (and retrieve with ease) what we have stored! <\/p>\n When we want the items, Spaceship<\/a> will deliver them back to us (at a fee). Customers can also retrieve stored items from the warehouse directly with advanced notice.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n What can we store at Spaceship?<\/strong><\/p>\n Customers can store pretty much anything with Spaceship<\/a> (except for illegal stuff , living things, edibles, perishable items, hazardous materials, liquids or anything flammable). <\/p>\n How does Spaceship work?<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Free transportation of water and dust resistant storage boxes to customer’s homes (or offices) and picking the boxes up within a specific number of days. In this case – 14 days.<\/p>\n 2. Once the boxes are packed, the transport team will label, seal and transport them back into Spaceship<\/a>‘s secured warehouse for storage (insurance included).<\/p>\n 3. All the items and boxes are digitally inventorized. From a single dashboard, customers can see and manage all items in storage. Retrieve by the item\/box or get everything sent back from a click of a button.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n How big are Spaceship<\/a>‘s boxes?<\/strong><\/p>\n Spaceship<\/a>\u2019s standard boxes can fit 15 pairs of shoes or 50 story books or 30 shirts or 10 sweaters. Their storeroom plan fits half a bedroom worth of stuff. Their bomb shelter plan fits one bedroom worth of stuff. Their apartment plan fits two bedrooms worth of stuff. Don\u2019t know how many boxes you need? Order more, they only charge for the ones we use.<\/p>\n Spaceship<\/a> can also store a range of odd-shaped items (e.g. bicycles, furniture, luggage, golf bags etc). Customers may request for a quote on special\/bulky items.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n How much does it cost?<\/strong><\/p>\n Customers are charged by the number of boxes they occupy, on a monthly usage based on a transparent and straightforward flat-rate.<\/p>\n