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Remote education, which entered our lives in the pandemic, also affected many sectors. University students studying outside the city turned to warehousing instead of renting out houses. “The demand for storage from students has increased by 72 percent,” said Ulaş Gümüşoğlu, CEO of Depo Palas.

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ISTANBUL (TR) - University students, who had to continue their higher education remotely due to the pandemic, found the solution in the warehouses to get rid of the house rent. Students, who prefer to keep their belongings in warehouses until the day they return to school, started a serious increase in demand in the storage sector. Ulaş Gümüşoğlu, CEO of Depo Palas, which has been serving in the field of logistics and storage for 40 years, said, “The demand for goods warehouses increased by approximately 114 percent during the pandemic process. Students who locked their belongings in warehouses until they returned to their schools had the biggest share in this increase. Storage demand from students increased by 72 percent.”

They paid 300 TL instead of 1,500 TL for house rent.

Ulaş Gümüşoğlu said that until now, warehouses were requested for the storage of home or office belongings mostly due to reasons such as assignment and going abroad, “This year, we encountered a very rare painting and university students became our customers. University students often bought their belongings from auctions so that they would be more economical, and when they finished school and graduated, they sold these items and returned to their hometowns. This year, however, the situation was very different. Especially in metropolitan cities such as Istanbul, Izmir and Ankara, where rental prices are increasing day by day, warehouses have been the savior of students who continue their education from a distance. Considering that the lowest rent is 1,500 TL per month, the students preferred to pay 250-300 TL warehouse rent instead of paying this.

Beware when choosing a warehouse!

Ulaş Gümüşoğlu also gave suggestions to those who want to receive this service so that they do not become victims of bad service: “It is very important to make a complete contract before delivering the goods, to keep this contract throughout the rental service and to make sure that an insured service is received. At the same time, it is necessary to see the physical conditions of the warehouse to be rented on site and to look at details such as humidity, ambient temperature, camera system, sufficient space and cleaning. As Depo Palas, we want our experts to see the goods, prepare an appraisal report and create an offer after contacting the requesters. Then, we determine the transportation day and we carry out the whole process from packing the goods to the transportation of the goods to the locked warehouses with a specialist staff. in Turkey with the storage room system, which we have signed an agreement with, we provide service with rooms in appropriate architecture for the storage needs of household goods of all volumes. With these rooms, which differ from rental containers of the same volume in terms of height, we enable more goods to be stored.”