General storage questions

lotsoflego · 2013-06-02T04:30:12.000Z

Hi everyone! Sorry if this has been posted before. I looked through previous threads but didn't find one specifically about this. I've read through the storage wars article on the main site and it was very helpful! However, I have some questions about storing in my garage. I've jumped into this lego investing stuff recently and we've got quite a bit of space taken up by legos now. My husband is getting a little concerned the legos will take over soon, so I need to find a solution. ;P We want to follow the storage wars article and purchase some home depot storage shelves, and possibly also store the legos in boxes (either 1:1 shipping boxes, or perhaps in larger boxes with a few sets each). We'd like to store all this in our garage. We're in california so the temp isn't too extreme in either direction, but we ARE headed into summer. We're concerned we'll store them out there and then when it comes time to sell them, realize we've made a huge mistake! Is there any major concern in the garage? Will heat damage the bricks? Will being in the shipping boxes help? Would putting it in a bag and THEN a box help? I am concerned for the boxes as well, but REALLY concerned about the bricks/stickers/etc, since that would totally destroy the value. Any tips? Does anyone else store in their garage? We were also thinking of renting storage, but the climate controlled ones are pretty expensive, and since we're still relatively small time investors, it would cut into the bottom line in a big way (like 80$/mo!). So i'm not sure if a non climate controlled storage would be any better than the garage anyways? We have decent garage space (with a little clean up!). Thanks for any advice you may have!