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Bands are charged using a week numbering system. Week One starts on the first Monday of the week in which the 1st of January appears in each year. Bands pay a pre arranged fee for storage for each week number. The smallest time unit charge for any band is one week, the only exception being when a band is on a lockout system, or is rehearsing on several consecutive days in a row.
The service:
The system we have at The Joint is effectively a roadying and storage service. When you store with us we put your gear in the room for you. We also take it out of the room for you, and put it away in locked storage bays. The idea is to save the band time so that you can take as much advantage of rehearsal time as possible. We do however ask the band to pack their gear away properly and safely at the end of their rehearsal so that we can move it around without risk to the gear. This means for example that we ask you to put leads in bags and fold up the legs on kickdrums if you don't have cases.
Keeping track:
Because of the volume of equipment traffic in and out of the building, we have very strict proceedures in order to keep track of every item of band equipment stored at The Joint. It is therefore, the bands responsibility to let Joint staff know about what gear they are taking in or out of the building in the form of a written list which they sign out of the storage bay.
When a band is lending gear to a friend or asking someone who we dont know to do a collection please advise Joint staff in advance so that we know to allow the gear to leave the building. We need a description and name, and some private information such as date of birth to help us ensure that your gear is safe.
Access:
The Joint is 2 minutes walk from King's Cross station, and is outside the congestion charge zone. Drivers with splitters or any large lorry can load in and out directly so long as we have warning.
Opening hours:
The Joint is open from 10am through to 11.30pm on all days apart from Saturdays, when we close at 8pm and Christmas when we close for Christmas week and the New Year. If there are any exceptions to this we will contact you in advance. Clients may collect and deliver gear anytime within our opening hours. It is, however, extremely helpful if clients let us know when they will be moving gear so that we can plan our storage accordingly.
24 hour access:
If clients wish to return gear when we are closed they will be required to arrange this in advance and will be asked to pay a prearranged sum for every half hour outside opening hours. We recommend that clients arrange an optimum time for late or early opening since staff will not stay beyond the arranged times, and clients will still be charged. Price available on application.
Costs:
We have 2 storage systems. You can either have exclusive use of a cage or bay or you can share a cage and take advantage of the reduced cost of itemised storage. This means we can cater for almost any need. Prices range between £3.50 and £30 per week plus VAT. See our storage costs for more details.
Contract:
As soon as a band begins to store gear at The Joint it is understood that a contract has been formed as per our terms and conditions.
If your band's needs are not answered by our system, please contact us. We are adaptable and can usually find a way to help you with long or short term storage.
For more information, please see the storage section of our FAQ page.
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