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Student storage: between rooms, internship or a gap year
Heading abroad for an internship, taking a gap year, or stuck between two rooms over the summer? Cancelling your student room doesn't have to mean everything goes to your parents' garage — or that you toss your stuff and buy it again later. This guide shows when student storage helps, how to move your room smartly, and how to keep the costs down.
Moving tipsExternal storage
Moving
June 24, 2026
Luuk Kamman
6 min
Student storage: between rooms, internship or a gap year
Heading abroad for an internship, taking a gap year, or stuck between two rooms over the summer? Cancelling your student room doesn't have to mean everything goes to your parents' garage — or that you toss your stuff and buy it again later. This guide shows when student storage helps, how to move your room smartly, and how to keep the costs down.
Moving tips
External storage
Moving
June 24, 2026Luuk Kamman
STUDENT STORAGE: WHEN IT HELPS
Short answer: student storage helps the moment you cancel your room (temporarily) but want to keep your belongings. Think of the summer between two leases, an internship or semester abroad, a gap year or a move to another student city. You only pay for the period you need it and don't have to throw anything out or buy it again later.
☀️ Summer between two leases
✈️ Internship or semester abroad
🎒 Gap year or a break from your studies
🏙️ Moving to a room in another student city
1. SUMMER BETWEEN ROOMS
Cancelling your lease over summer easily saves 2-3 months of bare rent. With temporary storage you bridge the gap between two rooms — without double rent or a full parental garage.
- Bed, wardrobe, kitchen things, boxes of textbooks — all in one storage
- Bonus: no hassle with subletting (often not allowed by the landlord)
- Back in September? New room ready and belongings returned on the day
2. GOING ABROAD
Exchange, internship or studies abroad — leave your things safely without needing someone to watch them.
- Store your room's contents for the months you're away
- Everything stays exactly as you left it — dry and secured
- No parents worrying about your boxes in their garage
3. GAP YEAR OR BACK HOME
Gap year or back to your parents — cancel and keep your things. That way you won't be rebuying a bed and desk later, and your parents' attic stays empty.
4. A ROOM THAT'S TOO SMALL
Room too small for everything you own? Furniture or items you want to use later in an apartment can be stored temporarily instead of thrown away. Calculate via how much storage you need — usually a few cubic metres is enough.
MOVING YOUR STUDENT ROOM
A room moves faster than a house, but a few tricks make it smoother. Sort your things first — you have less than you think — and disassemble your wardrobe and bed; that saves a lot of space. Schedule the move at a quiet moment outside your exams, label your boxes (see also our packing guide), and arrange transport with a housemate if you don't have a car.
By Bram Jansen — Lead Storage Advisor at Inbox Storage. Updated: June 2026.
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SMART AND AFFORDABLE STORAGE FOR STUDENTS
Student storage needn't be expensive. Store only what you really keep, rent small and short, and share the cost with a housemate who also needs space. Below are the questions we get asked most by students.
🛏️ Store: bed, disassembled wardrobe, boxes of books, kitchen things, bike
🚫 Not: perishables, flammable items, plants or animals
👥 Share the cost with a housemate in one space
📦 Rent small and short — pay only for what you need
HOW MUCH SPACE DO I NEED?
An average student room often fits in 4-8 m³ (rough figure — depends on how much you own). Disassemble large furniture and you'll need less space and pay less. Not sure? Calculate via how much storage you need in a minute.
DO I NEED A CAR OR VAN?
No — and you don't need to. With storage that comes to you, we collect your things at your room or student house and bring them back when you need them again. No rental van, no hauling across town.
CAN I RENT WITH HOUSEMATES?
Yes — and it's often the smartest way to keep costs down.
- Share one storage with a fellow student who also needs space
- Split the monthly cost — often less than a beer a week
- Label each other's things clearly — who has what, no discussion later
- One picking up earlier? Arrange it upfront so the rest stays put
HOW LONG AM I TIED IN?
From 1 month, cancel monthly. Whether it's a summer break, six-month internship or a whole gap year — you only pay as long as you need it, with no long-term contract or penalty. See what storage costs per month for the price for a student-size unit.
HOW STUDENT STORAGE WORKS AT INBOX
No car or van? No problem. We collect at your room's door, keep everything climate-controlled in Gouda, and bring it back once you have a new room or return from abroad. From one month, cancellable monthly. Tight student budget? The Dutch Nibud student budget guide helps you understand your monthly outgoings — storage as a replacement for double rent often fits better than you'd think.
Throw nothing out, rebuy nothing — just keep it until your next room.
Calculate your student storage price in 60 seconds at Inbox Storage.
Student storage that comes to you
No car needed — we collect your room's contents at the door and keep them until your next room or after your time abroad.
- Throughout NL and Belgium
- Collected at your room's door
- Climate-controlled, secure storage
- From 1 month, cancel monthly