Antique & Fine Art Storage Services
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Specialist Art and Antique Storage Solutions
Your most important possessions are often delicate items that are the most fragile, particularly those with significant sentimental or financial worth. Whether it’s a collection of fine art paintings, pictures, mid-century furniture, antique sculptures, or historic books, your delicate high-value items deserve good care while you don’t have the space for them. Regular storage containers and standard self-storage facilities are not equipped to provide the level of precision protection that such items need, which is where Abels comes in as a premier UK firm.
With our wealth and depth of experience in moving and storing high-value antique items, our teams are professionally trained to handle private collections for every customer. Every item is handled with the utmost care, wrapped in protective materials, and packed with meticulous detail using bespoke crates, ensuring that there is absolutely no room for error. We aim to offer complete peace of mind while you’re away, moving, or renovating.
Our Accreditations
Storage for Every Occasion
Our fine art storage and antique storage services are suitable for any occasion. It might be that you’re keen to safeguard your fragile book collection while moving house, not sure where to put your fine china or porcelain, or your renovation project is risking your private fine art collection. No matter the size or length of time you need storage for, Abels is here to help.
Climate-Controlled to Museum Standards
Light exposure, including ultraviolet light, can cause permanent fading and damage to paintings, textiles and works on paper over time, and this damage cannot be reversed once it has happened. Museum conservation guidance, such as the Bizot Green Protocol used by National Museums across the UK, recommends keeping relative humidity within a stable band of around 40% to 60% and temperature between roughly 16°C and 25°C, with minimal daily fluctuation, to protect paintings and other organic materials. Our climate-controlled storage is designed with these principles in mind, so your artwork and antiques stay in a stable, protected environment rather than an accessible but unsuitable spare room, garage or attic.
Short-Term or Long-Term Storage
Whether you need short-term storage for a house move or renovation, or long-term storage for a lasting collection, our team can advise on the right option; see our short-term storage and long-term storage services for more detail.
Preserving the Value, Integrity, and Security of Your High-Value Collection
Here at Abels, we pride ourselves on protecting your belongings as if they were our own. Security and safety are both top priorities for your private collections. This means that the things that are worth the most, even just to you, are completely protected. This could include secure, temperature-controlled storage services for:
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Classic cars and motorbikes, veteran cars and vintage motors
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Antique furniture, wood dressers, cupboards, cabinets, drawers, and shelves
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Fragile books
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Porcelain collections
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Coin collections
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Vintage and antique glassware
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Sculptures
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Fine art paintings, delicate pictures, and rare artist original works
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Mid-century classics and collector pieces
London Storage Services
Based in London? Our premium storage solutions are suitably located and professionally managed for clients across the capital. Whether you’re in central London or the surrounding counties, we offer easy access, secure storage, and discreet service to meet the needs of collectors, investors, and private owners alike.
Why Choose Abels?
As experts in handling all kinds of items, from furniture to grandfather clocks, we are the logical choice for storing your most prized possessions. Our purpose-built facilities are fitted with the technology to contain your items at a maintained temperature and moisture level, exactly what you need for even the most fragile collections. Regular checks for pests, dust and changes in condition are part of how we look after items in long-term storage, not just at the point of collection.
With accreditations from the British Association of Removers (BAR) and the Fédération Internationale des Deménageurs Internationaux, Abels is also recognised and accredited in the business (FIDI). We are also one of a very exclusive group of movers that have received a Royal Warrant.
When we knock on your door, you won’t be worried about our accreditations. The friendly, reliable faces of our professionally trained teams are ones you can trust. Each and every team goes through rigorous training at our very own Abels training school to prepare them to handle your every requirement.
A very calm and stress-free move
Professional, responsive, courteous and careful – we just had a very calm and stress-free move using Abels and would not hesitate to recommend them. Every interaction I had with the people in the office and the movers was positive. Thank you Abels for making what is a stressful event, moving house, a very easy day!
Kate Gallaway
Very professional
The end to end service with Abels Removals was carried out in a manner from the initial survey, placing the order, Admin support through to the move itself. The Abels removal team worked tirelessly in order to complete the move on time despite encountering problems at the vendors property. My advise is to place your house in the hands of a professional removals company such as Abels to ensure it all goes smoothly on the day. I have no hesitation in recommending Abels.
Malcolm Humphreys
Very highly recommended
Abels has assisted me with three house moves over the past ten years, using its storage facilities on two occasions. They are the best. From beginning to end the service provided is superlative. Everything is done with care, courtesy and professionalism and nothing is overlooked. The team on my recent move was quite brilliant and really went above and beyond. Moving house is very stressful and you need the reassurance of an outstanding company like Abels to help ease the process. Very highly recommended.
Paula Aston
Very professional, flexible and organized
Abel’s were great throughout the entire process. The crew were very professional, flexible and organized. They handled all our items with extreme care and delivered in impeccable state. Our move required a lot of flexibility and they made sure they worked around this and not inconveniencing us throughout the process. Very highly recommended. 5-star quality and service. Will not go anywhere else in the future.
Waleed Jabsheh
Norfolk to Shetland Islands
We were moving from Norfolk to Shetland Islands and chose Abel’s due to their international reputation. Our goods were delivered on a very wet and windy day but all arrived safe and sound after storage. The two men from Abel’s were careful, courteous, cheerful and professional under very difficult circumstances. Our thanks for a complete job well done from start to finish!
Heather Billington
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