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Does anyone have any recommendations on safely storing shipped items? Interested in places near the northern Pacific Coast.
Do not know if it is of any assistance to you, but I do know of some bodegas (storage units) near Tilaran next to Lake Arenal. Get in touch with Rene Aoki at Rico Realty (Ricorealty@hotmail.com) if you are interested.
If you’re shipping a shipping container and using a Costa Rica-based shipper, then they will offer you storage.
You included the word “safely” in your original question. We had some of our household goods stored for over a year. In that time, temptation overcame the shipper’s staff and some of our things were opened and rifled through. A few things were stolen.
The moral of this story is to seal everything within an inch of its life. Use heavy tape on every seam on every box. Then, take an indelible Magic Marker and sign your name across the box and the tape, so that it will be immediately obvious if the box has been opened. That may be enough to discourage tampering.
Thank you both for your information. I had talked with a CR Shipper who mentioned possible storage in and around the San Jose areas.
There are other possible options that could work for you and did for us. We bought our 28′ Great Dane container with wheels, wired the interior for lights, sound, fan, and packed it over 9 months time utilizing evry square inch of space. The container was shipped to Limon, it was not unpacked, and it was delivered from Limon directly to our home South of Turrialba. I also shipped a 40′ container that we did not own, it never went to San Jose and was brought directly to our home to be unloaded.
You do not want your stuff going to San Jose and it does not have to go to San Jose.
The beauty of owning your container is that you now have a very secure bodega. You can unload it at your pace, nothing gets stolen.
The unit is in high demand here and you can sell it for a profit. The trucker who delivered it wanted to buy it, we have had many offers from various truck related people, but it is too valuable to us as a bodega.
Areca, thanks for sharing that info. Overall, how would you rate you move process and movers? We are expecting the entire move to take about 6-8mos.
I have sent 3 shipments. Read my blog, http://costaricamountain.blogspot.com/ start at bottom and work your way up, I give detailed instructions on how to have success when moving. My success, was near perfect. Crowley was the ship I used and they made their mistakes every time, but they are who ships out of Fort Lauderdale. I had reservations, everything was there, the paperwork was right, and the containers, 3 different times, did not get on until the next ship. Why? I think they over book and I am a person not a regular shipper. My Costa Rica broker was perfect every time. If your stuff gets in, unopened, and delivered to your door, that is perfection. I have done it 3 times now. If you need more detailed info contact me off of the forum. It was a learning curve, I spent 2 years doing my research, and I got it right. I thought perhaps the first one was just luck, we were holding our breath. Unloading it would have been a nightmare, we spent 9 months packing 30,000 pounds of tools, we could not unload it. I have since sent 2 more shipments. Perfect.
Ginnee y Felipe Hancock
areca@ix.netcom.com
Finca Quijote de Esperanza, SA
Costa Rica
http://costaricamountain.blogspot.com/
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