Sharing a storage unit in Anglet: roommate guide
In a shared flat in Anglet, it doesn’t take long for the living room, hallway and balcony to fill up. One bike per person in the entrance, surfboards in the living room, moving boxes piled up in the spare room… Instead of letting everyone’s belongings pile up at home, you can pool them in a shared self-storage unit, like a common storeroom outside the flat, for example in our Anglet storage centre if you live on the BAB.
Before: when your flatshare in Anglet is overflowing
In many recent buildings around Anglet and Bayonne, you get a nice living area but no cellar or attic. Anything that doesn’t fit in the wardrobe or kitchen ends up on the floor, on top of cupboards or stacked in the guest room. In a flatshare, each new housemate brings more stuff and compromises get harder: whose furniture should stay, where to put sports gear, how to share storage space without constant friction?
- Moving boxes that were never fully unpacked but that no one dares to throw away.
- Duplicate furniture (chest of drawers, coffee table, chairs) kept “just in case” for a future home.
- Bulky sports equipment: surfboards, wetsuits, bikes, skateboards, camping or ski gear.
- Suitcases, travel bags and sleeping bags that only come out a few times a year.
- Seasonal decorations, party dishes and small appliances that rarely leave the cupboards.
- Files, study books and personal or work archives taking over the shelves.
Case study: how a shared unit freed up a whole room
In the Cinq Cantons area, Léa, Inès and Tom share an 80 m² flat. After two years, the third bedroom has turned into a storage room: spare mattress, boxes of memories, Christmas decorations, two bikes, three surfboards and crates of paperwork all piled up together. There’s no space left for the home office they really need. On friends’ advice, they contact a local self-storage company on the BAB and rent a 3 m² unit together in our Anglet centre. Each of them sorts through their belongings, writes their name on the boxes and they agree on simple rules: shared unit, rent split equally, free access for everyone. In half a day, they move most of the excess into the unit: bikes, surfboards, suitcases, memory boxes, seasonal décor. The bedroom finally breathes again, they set up a proper desk and a sofa bed for guests, and they know their belongings are stored dry, under alarm and just a short bike ride away.
- The storage room turns back into a real space: office, guest bedroom or chill-out room.
- The living room and hallway are cleared, so you can move around without dodging bikes and boxes.
- Everyone knows where their things are, which reduces arguments about tidying and sharing space.
- Valuable equipment (surfboards, bikes, camping gear) is kept safe in a secure building rather than on the balcony or in a damp cellar.
- The cost of the unit is shared between several housemates, so it only adds up to a few euros per person each month.
- The solution stays flexible: if someone moves out or needs change, they can adjust the unit size or stop the rental.
Steps to organise a shared storage unit between housemates
- Start by listing the items that really get in the way day to day: what blocks doors, clutters the living room or prevents you from using a room.
- Decide together what must stay in the flat (clothes, everyday dishes, computer, study material) and what can be stored in a shared space.
- Estimate the volume you need using our online storage size calculator: in a flatshare, a few well-organised square metres are often enough.
- Agree clear rules before you rent: how you split the unit rent, who holds the keys, who can add or remove items, how you handle a new or departing housemate.
- Label every box carefully with the owner’s name or the type of content to avoid misunderstandings.
- Make the unit part of your routine thanks to the wide access hours: pop in after surfing, after class or after work to drop off or pick up a bike, suitcase or box.
Want more ideas for saving space on the BAB?
- Regularly sort through what you use every day and what only comes out once or twice a year.
- Choose a small, cost-effective unit to store shared overflow (boxes, leisure gear, seasonal decorations) instead of letting it invade the flat.
- Use the unit’s height with shelves and stable box stacks to make the most of every cubic metre.
- Avoid dark, damp cellars: a clean, ventilated self-storage centre will protect your belongings much better.
- Treat the unit as your external storage room: the more surplus you keep there, the more pleasant your home feels.
If you share a flat in Anglet, Bayonne or anywhere on the BAB, a shared self-storage unit can truly improve everyday life: a lighter home, fewer arguments about clutter and gear stored safely just minutes away. To talk it through with a local, independent team, get in touch with Dans Mon Box or visit our Anglet centre to size the right unit, book online via our booking platform or give us a call on 05 24 33 05 04.