One Trick For Clearing Out Your Garage, Ready For Renovation

If you need more space or could benefit from an extra room, then renovating your garage can be a perfect way to take advantage of space that is often remarkably wasted.

An RAC study found that over half of the UK’s garages are not actually used to store a car, either because the household does not have one, or because the outbuilding has become a makeshift storage space instead.

However, whilst those piles and piles of junk can be an intimidating part of spring cleaning, here is one simple trick to make it so much easier, with the reward being a space you can do anything with.

5 Piles That Could Make A Garage Renovation Easier

Ultimately, whilst not everyone can undertake an aggressive KonMari-esque decluttering regime, an easy way to get started is to separate everything in your garage into five piles. 

Start in this order and see which of the five piles everything in the garage should be placed in. 

Bin

Probably the biggest pile by the end of your clear out, the bin pile is for everything that is broken, useless, long obsolete or otherwise gathering a thick layer of dust and potentially a little layer of rust as well.

You do not even need to be aggressive with this; you would be surprised how many broken pieces of furniture and loose cables from old units we throw out.

Give To Friends

Once you have sorted out the outright chaff, look at what is left and see if there is anything that you know your friends, neighbours, loved ones or members of your family would like.

Sometimes, people need power tools that you have but are not using, equipment for crafting hobbies that you did not have time for or useful accessories for your car that you no longer use.

Let them know you’re having a clear-out, and they will get in touch if they want anything.

Sell

There are a lot of online websites, such as Facebook Marketplace and eBay, where you can sell items you do not need. You can even ask for them to be collected by the buyer if you do not want to worry about postage for larger items.

Donate

Charity shops are often more than happy to take working, sellable items off you, whilst others, such as Sue Ryder, can sometimes offer free collection of furniture.

Keep

Finally, anything you think you will use in the next year should be kept.

Anything you want to keep is worth keeping, including power tools, craft and hobby supplies you know you will get back to, Christmas decorations, sports equipment during the summer, and exercise equipment that had to be put in storage.