


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.

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.
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.
Cancelling your lease over the summer quickly saves a few months of bare rent. But your bed, wardrobe, kitchen things and boxes of textbooks need to go somewhere. With temporary storage you bridge the summer and get everything back once your new room is ready — without double rent or a full parental garage.
If you go on exchange for a semester or do an internship abroad, you want to leave your belongings safely without anyone having to watch over them. Store your room's contents for the months you're away and pick up where you left off when you're back — everything is still exactly as you left it.
Taking a gap year or moving back in with your parents for a while? You can cancel your room and still keep your belongings for when you start studying again. That way you don't have to cram your parents' garage or attic — and you won't be buying a bed and desk all over again.
A student room is often too small for everything you own. Furniture or items you can't fit now but want to use later in an apartment can be stored temporarily instead of thrown away. That keeps your room liveable without parting with what you'll need again later.
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, and arrange transport with a housemate if you don't have a car.
☀️ Summer between two leases
✈️ Internship or semester abroad
🎒 Gap year or a break from your studies
🏙️ Moving to a room in another student city
By Bram Jansen — Lead Storage Advisor at Inbox Storage. Updated: June 2026.
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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 is what students typically store, how to save, and the questions we get asked most.
An average student room often fits in a few cubic metres: a mattress, a disassembled wardrobe, some boxes and your kitchen things (rough figure — depends on how much you own). Disassemble large furniture and you'll need less space and pay less. Not sure? Work it out in a minute with the calculator.
No. Most students don't have a car, let alone a van — and you don't need one. 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.
Yes, and it's often the smartest way to keep costs down. Does your fellow student also need to store something for the summer? Then share one space and split the monthly cost. Label each other's things clearly so everyone knows exactly what belongs to whom later.
At Inbox you rent from one month and cancel monthly. Whether it's a summer break, a six-month internship or a whole gap year — you only pay as long as you need it, with no long-term contract or penalty. Tailored exactly to the student rhythm.
No car or van? No problem. We collect your things at your room or student house, keep them safe and climate-controlled in our secure hub in Gouda, and bring them back as soon as you have a new room or return from abroad. From one month and cancellable monthly — a perfect fit for your summer break, internship or gap year.
🛏️ 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
Throw nothing out, rebuy nothing — just keep it until your next room.
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No car needed — we collect your room's contents at the door and keep them until your next room or after your time abroad.