KUBOO Identity & Community

Ricardo helped the shop team prepare the welcome kits given to customers when they move in, prepared part of a warehouse to store the set for a theater play, and registered every door in need of a little care.

With the marketing guys, he collected photographic material and accompanied the expansion work at the Carcavelos/Abóboda warehouse, helping enormously to put up essential signage for the new floors to open on time. He also gave a helping hand to the maintenance team who taught him the basic tricks and with whom he painted part of the walls on site. The Carcavelos/Abóboda facility is currently one of the largest self-storage warehouses in Portugal, well marked and thought out in detail!

Ricardo also had the opportunity to volunteer at the Sol Fraterno association, a social solidarity institution friend of ours, which is KUBOO’s neighbor just 5 minutes away from the Carnaxide warehouse. One of KUBOO’s many social solidarity partners.

Among other conditions, Ricardo has autism. He’s a student at IPEIP-As Descobertas, an educational and charitable institution, friend and partner of KUBOO, located in Belém, 5 minutes away from our Carnaxide warehouse.

KUBOO and IPEIP have collaborated on several occasions, having found a positive space to develop advantageous initiatives for the students and the community. For a long time, the two parties had been discussing the possibility of creating a bridge in the pedagogical field by hosting a student at KUBOO to practice and develop social and vocational skills.

Ricardo came as a trainee and left as a friend. Every day began with a powerful ‘Good morning!’ and ended with a heartfelt ‘See you next week!’ The ‘smile’ was a constant during the days Ricardo spent with us.

We miss him!

Not to decide which is the Best Self-Storage, we all know which is the most beloved. But to give space to the football party.

Fans from all over the continent take their jerseys, scarves, hats and flags out of their closets and storage rooms, pack their bags and travel behind their national team in the hope of returning after one full month defending their colors. But I can tell you right now that there will never be a yellow like “ours”.

The favorite teams, of course, always carry the heaviest baggage, a fair load for those who have cabinets full of trophies and cups. There’s also room for the underdogs who win the hearts of even the biggest opponents!

From the goalkeeper to the striker, without ever forgetting that box – to – box midfielder who’s a joy to watch and who carries the ball forward, a bit like KUBOO does in his own game, everyone wants to win with their country’s shirt. Go into space and come back with a shot, an in-extremis tackle or that save that’s worth a goal.

I hope there are Self-Storages out there doing promotions like KUBOO does. I know that our spacious, clean and secure lockers would come in handy for a lot of people during this football festival. Especially since they’re at the friendliest price on the market (more would be left for the beer) and they’re even available for weekly rentals (useful for teams and fans who have to pack their things and go home early).

I suppose there’s enough room for so many people and so much luggage, but I’m sure there’s no space like the one at KUBOO. When they hold a European Championship in Portugal again, we’ll have a word or two to say.

For many years, I was as a pendulum: centered in Lisbon, balancing between the North and the South of Portugal, from the coast to the interior, helping those who needed the most, as I was able to.

I had a small storage, more pantry than garage, where I kept storing and accumulating things until it justified the trip.

Then I’d drive off in my father’s old red wine coloured Corolla and distribute the material in boxes to the Institutions and Solidarity centers with which I made friends along the way.

Now I’m old and tired, have a family and a small farm to care for. I stick to Lisbon.

“Those who give what they have, to more aren’t obliged”

A few weeks ago, one of my nieces came home radiant because “a cube” had prepared a morning of games and activities for the children at her daughter’s school.

As it turns out, this “cube” is actually “a KUBOO”.

A KUBOO which apparently, besides activity days, organizes blood and goods collection campaigns, supports kids’ sports teams, artists and musicians, and even plants trees on behalf of its customers.

And the most curious thing of all? KUBOO’s business is space rental, or as they call them, Kuboos! Small Kuboos, bigger Kuboos, with light, 24 hour access, clean and bug free… perhaps in my heydays of traveling and running around I would have been a part of KUBOO too.

I’m a visual artist and sometimes work confines me to my own space, a small atelier in the garage at home invented from a mess of trunks, shelves and boxes of memories that, for a long time, I didn’t want to store away from home.

In fact, I spent a lot of time in the garage, even when I wasn’t working, going through photo albums, old collections and my father’s belongings, my way of staying close to him.

A while ago my daughter had a health complication and needed to receive some blood transfusions. This made me re-evaluate a large part of my life.

After what happened, I decided to store some of the garage stuff in a mini-storage unit and turn it into a space where my little girl could play to her heart’s content, so that we could also spend more time together.

In my search for storage solutions in the Lisbon area, I came across KUBOO Self-Storage in Carnaxide, quite close to my home, so I decided to pay them a visit.

What was my surprise when, on arriving at the facility, I saw that KUBOO was organizing a blood donation and bone marrow donors registering campaign – I doubt there’s another self-storage in Portugal doing this. It seemed like fate, so I couldn’t stay inside my box any longer!

That same day, I became a client of KUBOO and made the first blood donation of my life! After all, one unit of donated blood is just 400ml that can make a huge difference.

I recently found out that this KUBOO campaign won a social responsibility award, a well-deserved honor for such a noble initiative.

Congratulations KUBOO!

At times, sailors would venture the unknown oceans with no promise of return just for the sake of finding a new world, a space where lands grew different trees, animals grew bigger sizes and people dedicated themselves to new unknown arts and crafts.

Those able to make it back, would arrive stacked with all sorts of new items, spices, textiles and a bunch of useless stuff. Although, decluttering was pretty easy as these last ones were different from most things people had seen at the time, so clearing space was no issue.

Particular and special objects require different care, as you wouldn’t store a roll of cloth that traveled for months through storms and disease in a humid garage or some unsafe storage.

KUBOO came to life as a different storage solution. The idea also had to travel for long months, wander through storms and overcome giant waves. Made from people who see the world differently, for people who see their belongings different from banal things.

“Was it worth doing? Everything’s worth doing if one’s soul isn’t small.”

Nothing but respect for the sea, belief in a group of people and opportunity, brought KUBOO Self-Storage and SailCascais together, for a season of conquests with space for always one more victory.

That’s how Rui, Henrique, Luís and Francisco ended up wearing KUBOO’s colors, sailing the waters of Cascais and being crowned THE FIRST EVER PORTUGUESE J70 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS.

Congratulations to the whole KUBOO Sailing Team and all SailCascais team for a great year!

As Pessoa once asserted, danger and the abyss were placed in the sea, but it was also made into heaven’s mirror.

We won’t sleep on our laurels, we never do. Our mission never changed, and it’s to offer every single person that walks in our store the best experience from beginning to end. To never stress them, to always help them, understand their needs and cater to them.

That’s one reason why Kuboo is the most loved self-storage, but there are many more.

Safety and security: we have 10 times more cameras than any competitor on the market. We are talking about more than 100 cameras per finished facility! We have multiple alarms connected to the central and the Police, and we have many entry access that only our client can open.

We have 5 staff per facility so you will never wait.

We have extensive opening hours and we are always always available 24/7 for anything you may need.

No one can compete with Kuboo.

Nor can they match the cozy design of our reception or of our facilities that makes you feel at home. And of course none of our uber-kind staff.
In Lisbon, Seixal, Carnaxide, Aboboda, Cascais, and soon all over Portugal, you will always have a home away from home to store and secure your belongings for as short or as long as you need, with utmost respect and kindness and in absolute safety.

THANK YOU AGAIN! WE ARE PROUD TO TAKE PORTUGAL TO THE NEXT LEVEL IN WHAT WE DO.

Until next year-

But now we seem to have crossed another barrier, one that makes us proud for Portugal: KUBOO has been chosen among 3 other European self-storages as Finalist in the biggest and most prestigious Self-storage Award ceremony in Europe!

FEDESSA, The Federation of European Self Storage Associations yearly Conference and Awards ceremony taking place this week will crown the winner. But being chosen as one of 4 Finalists among 4,300 other self-storage shops in Europe is an achievement in itself. And we take it as such.

KUBOO is now one of the most loved self-storages not only in Portugal but in Europe! Our hospitality, our creativity, our sense of genuine kindness can hardly be matched, and it makes us happy that the hard work of greeting each of our clients and catering to their every need is recognized worldwide by the industry itself.

We don’t merely serve our clients, we actually help them throughout their move, we facilitate everything for them with the never faltering smile of our Kuboodistas, our exceptional staff chosen for their genuine personalities and ther big hearts and professionalism.

We understand that moving and storing is one of the most difficult passages of life, so we’ve built KUBOO to make sure everyone moving and storing with us is treated with respect and unflinching help. That their belongings are safe, secure, and in the best hands possible.

We can go on but no need, it’s time to celebrate our achievements, time to thank our clients and recognize the hard and generous work of each and every Kuboodista who made KUBOO as it is, beautiful, kind, genuine and attentionate to everything and everyone.

We are proud to take Portugal to the European level. And beyond!
-All made with love in Lisbon-