Home Storage in Tucson – Meet the Shed

July 22, 2009 | By Kelley Koehler | Filed Under Relocating, Tucson Homes Explained

I do a good bit of business from people moving to the Tucson area from back East – whether they’re retiring or moving for a job or just buying a vacation home. Turns out, back East, their homes have this mysterious thing called a "basement."

Not so much here in Tucson. Our homes are largely built on slabs without basements.

Which means those nice folks from back East all of a sudden have to find space to store all their stuff when they move out here.

Newer homes tend to have garages, which can provide some decent storage opportunities. Older homes tend to have carports, sometimes with a little storage room at the back. But by and large, we have sheds. This lovely specimen is one of two in my yard – one for messy tools and bikes and yard equipment, one for household goods and suitcases and random other things. Yes, I have two. But I don’t have a carport or any other storage other than a linen and coat closet in my house.

Sheds can vary widely. I’ve seen some really nice structures that had a full concrete foundation and a real shingle roof, block walls, some even have power and lighting and occasionally some kind of cooling system. And then there are some half-leaning scary corrugated metal things sitting on the dirt.

Then again, moving is an excellent opportunity to get rid of a lot of stuff most people don’t really need. And it feels good to donate it to someone who really does. But I’m sort of a minimalist when it comes to stuff.

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2 Responses to “Home Storage in Tucson – Meet the Shed”

John Kalinowski on July 23rd, 2009 7:49 pm

Kelley – The sad part is, even with basements most of us still have sheds here too! (I’m in Cleveland)
Rental Renegade on July 27th, 2009 12:29 pm

While the size of our homes continue to grow the number and size of storage sheds continues to grow at the same pace {if not more so}.

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