# Storage Unit Inventory App, Plus a Free Printable List > To keep track of what is in a storage unit, make the unit a room in Hoardo, number every box, list what goes in, and search instead of unpacking. A printable inventory list on this page gets you started. Published 2026-10-08 by Hoardo. Original: https://www.hoardo.com/articles/storage-unit-inventory-app A storage unit inventory app is for the room you rent by the month: the one with identical cartons, a roll-up door and a lock whose code you must not write on the unit. Hoardo does that job for free. The unit becomes a room, every carton a numbered box, and a search on your phone tells you which box holds the tent without a Saturday spent unpacking. If you want the short version of home storage, the [guide for real people](https://www.hoardo.com/articles/storage-organization-for-real-people) is the habit. This page is the same habit aimed at a rented unit, including a free storage unit inventory list you can print. ## How to keep track of what is in a storage unit 1. **Treat the unit as one room.** In Hoardo, make a room named after the unit ("B14", "Gate 3, unit 12"). If you have two units, make two rooms. 2. **Give every real box a number.** Write it on the carton, then add that number in Hoardo. The name can wait ("Christmas", "Camping"). An unnamed box still shows as "#12". 3. **List what goes in.** Type it, say it, or [scan the open box with a photo](https://www.hoardo.com/articles/ai-photo-scan-box-contents) before you tape it shut. 4. **Note the place.** "Left wall, second stack" saves you shifting four towers for one carton. 5. **Print a QR label** and stick it on the end that faces the aisle. Point the camera at it next visit and the list opens. 6. **Search from the car park.** You do not need to remember which stack. Hoardo does. Set the fullness so a packed carton looks packed. When you pull something out, take it off the list, or tick it onto a packing list if it is coming home for a season. *A rented unit as a room in Hoardo: every carton numbered, with how full it is.* ## A free storage unit inventory list (printable template) Walk the unit with this list. Tick what you actually have, leave the rest blank, then make a numbered box in Hoardo for each tick. It is a paper start, not a second system. Hoardo is the list you search later. **Seasonal and holidays** - [ ] Christmas / holiday decorations - [ ] Halloween / costume box - [ ] Summer garden / patio - [ ] Fans, heaters, extra blankets **Camping and outdoor** - [ ] Tent and poles - [ ] Sleeping bags and mats - [ ] Stove, fuel, cool box - [ ] Bikes, pump, helmets **Clothes and linen** - [ ] Off-season adult clothes - [ ] Kids clothes by size - [ ] Spare bedding and towels - [ ] Coats, boots, ski wear **Kitchen overflow** - [ ] Small appliances (waffle iron, mixer) - [ ] Extra glasses, crockery, pans - [ ] Preserves, dry goods you are storing - [ ] Picnic and party kit **Documents, photos, media** - [ ] Tax and house papers (in a plastic box) - [ ] Photo albums and loose prints - [ ] Cables, old phones, chargers - [ ] Books, games, vinyl, discs **Sports and hobbies** - [ ] Ski / snowboard kit - [ ] Ball sports, rackets, boots - [ ] Craft, tools, spare parts - [ ] Musical instruments and stands **Furniture and leftovers** - [ ] Chairs, table leaves, spare lamp - [ ] Flat-pack leftovers and fittings - [ ] Empty suitcases and bags - [ ] Things waiting to sell **The unit itself** - [ ] Unit number and facility address - [ ] Who else has a key (not the code on this paper) - [ ] Access hours and gate instructions - [ ] Insurance note / photos of valuables Print it, take it to the unit, and copy the ticks into Hoardo the same day, while the boxes are still in front of you. *One carton in the unit: Christmas, counted, ready to search from the phone.* ## What belongs in a storage unit inventory (and what does not) Catalogue the boxes you would hate to open by mistake: seasonal decorations, camping, off-season clothes, kitchen overflow, documents in plastic, sports gear. Skip the bag of tangled hangers. Put documents in a plastic box, not cardboard. Note that they exist. Do not write account numbers or lock codes in the list you print and carry. Things you plan to sell can sit on a selling list in Hoardo. The public page shows the sale, never the unit number. ## Why a spreadsheet fails in a corridor of boxes A sheet in Drive is fine until you are standing in the unit with dusty hands. It has no QR label, no photo of the carton, no search that names the box. Phone notes scatter. The [roundup of home storage apps](https://www.hoardo.com/articles/10-apps-for-home-storage-organisation) is blunt about the rest. Hoardo is a [home inventory app](https://www.hoardo.com/) built for this shape: rooms, numbered boxes, photos, labels, search. Items and users, no paid plan. ## Free for every carton in the unit [Hoardo](https://www.hoardo.com/) is free, with rooms, boxes, items and users, and one photo per item. A second unit does not cost extra. Image and voice recognition and the AI chat assistant are included. For the habit without the rented door, see [storage organization for real people](https://www.hoardo.com/articles/storage-organization-for-real-people).