A safe place for your house between sites
Secure, gated yard storage for relocatable houses, cabins, buses and motorhomes at Te Hana, right off State Highway 1 just north of Wellsford. Park it with us while your new site is consented, prepared or sold.
The entrance off Silver Hill Road
From truck to yard in four steps
- Get a quoteEnter the floor area and how long you need, and the price works out as you type.
- Sign the storage agreementFill it in and sign online, then pay the first month in advance.
- Book your transporterYour house mover delivers to 3 Silver Hill Road at an agreed time.
- We look after the yardUse your lock box code any day, 7 am to 10 pm. After your minimum term, give 7 days' notice when you're ready to move it on.
Good for
- Buyers waiting on building consent or site works
- House movers and relocation companies needing overflow space
- Owners selling a removal house who need somewhere to show it
- Developers clearing a site before construction starts
- Cabins, sleepouts, site offices and transportable units
- Registered buses and motorhomes needing a secure park
Priced per day, by size
Houses are charged per day by floor area, and buses and motorhomes by length. Stay 3 months or more for the standard rate, or from 1 month at the short-stay rate. Storage is invoiced monthly and paid in advance. All rates are plus GST.
| What you're storing | Standard, 3+ months | Short stay, 1–3 months |
|---|---|---|
| Houses & buildings, per m² of floor area per day | ||
| Any house, cabin or building | $0.18 / m² min $12.00 a day | $0.22 / m² min $15.00 a day |
| e.g. tiny house, 50 m² | $12.00 | $15.00 |
| e.g. standard house, 120 m² | $21.60 | $26.40 |
| e.g. large house, 180 m² | $32.40 | $39.60 |
| Buses & motorhomes, flat rate per day | ||
| Motorhome / campervan, up to 8 m | $5.00 | $6.00 |
| Bus / large motorhome, over 8 m | $7.00 | $9.00 |
Introductory rates, all per day plus GST. Minimum stay 1 month. Stays of 3 months or more get the standard rate.
What you get
- A bay on a flat, metalled gravel yard
- Locked security gates and an electric fence
- Security cameras and a nightly security patrol
- Your own lock box code, with access 7 am to 10 pm daily
- Free listing on our Houses for Sale page while stored with us
Buses and motorhomes must be
- Currently registered (licensed)
- Holding a current WoF, or a CoF for buses and heavy motorhomes
- Paid up on road user charges, if it's diesel or over 3.5 tonnes
- Insured for the whole time it's stored
Before your house or vehicle arrives
- Sign the storage agreement online
- Send proof of public liability insurance
- Complete a short site induction
- Pay the first month in advance
Removal houses at our yard
Houses stored with us can be advertised here by their owners. Contact the seller directly to arrange a viewing at the yard.
Post your house
Storing a house with us? Add it here with a few photos and a price. We check each listing before it goes live.
Yard storage licence
Read the terms, fill in your details and sign below. You'll be able to save a signed copy.
Terms and conditions
Supplier: VHM Limited, trading as Te Hana House Storage
Yard: 3 Silver Hill Road, Te Hana, Auckland
1. Licence to occupy
The Supplier gives the Customer a licence to keep the house or vehicle described below in the yard. This is a licence, not a lease. The Customer does not get exclusive possession of any part of the yard or any interest in the land, and the Supplier may move it to another position in the yard if reasonably needed.
2. Storage fees
The Customer pays a daily storage fee plus GST at the rate for the term chosen. Standard rate, for a minimum term of 3 months: houses and buildings $0.18 per square metre of floor area per day (minimum $12 per day), motorhomes and campervans up to 8 m $5 per day, buses and motorhomes over 8 m $7 per day. Short-stay rate, for a minimum term of 1 month: houses and buildings $0.22 per square metre per day (minimum $15 per day), motorhomes up to 8 m $6 per day, buses and motorhomes over 8 m $9 per day. A short stay that runs past 3 months moves to the standard rate from then on. Fees are invoiced monthly and payable monthly in advance. The Supplier may change its rates with 30 days' written notice; if the Customer does not accept a change, they may end this agreement before it takes effect without paying for the rest of the minimum term.
3. Access to site
General access to the storage yard is permitted between 7 am and 10 pm daily, unless otherwise agreed with the Supplier.
4. Security and site access
Each Customer is given the padlock key lock box code. The Customer must disable and re-enable the electric fence on entry and exit. A security guard patrols the yard nightly. The yard is monitored by security cameras. Footage is used for security and is handled under the Privacy Act 2020. Ask the Supplier if you want to know more about it.
5. Third-party access
Third parties may only enter the site if accompanied by the Customer. The Customer is responsible for making sure everyone entering under their authority follows these terms.
6. Insurance
Before storage starts, the Customer must hold public liability insurance and insurance for the house itself, and give the Supplier evidence of both. The Customer must keep this cover in place while the house is in the yard.
7. Buses and motorhomes
Any bus, motorhome or campervan stored in the yard must be currently registered, hold a current warrant of fitness or certificate of fitness as the law requires for that vehicle, have road user charges paid where they apply, and be insured for the whole storage period. The Customer must give the Supplier evidence of these before the vehicle arrives and whenever they are renewed. The Supplier may refuse entry to, or ask for the removal of, any vehicle that does not meet these requirements.
8. Site induction
The Customer, or a representative, must complete a site induction before accessing the storage yard.
9. Prohibited activities
The Customer must not carry out repairs, dump waste, store vehicles other than an approved bus or motorhome under clause 7, live or stay overnight in the house or vehicle, connect services, or do anything hazardous or disruptive on site.
10. Liability and risk
Everything stored is at the Customer's risk. The Supplier is not liable for loss, damage or theft unless it is directly caused by the Supplier's gross negligence.
11. Emergency access
The Supplier may access, move or secure any stored item without notice in an emergency or where required by law or regulation.
12. Unpaid fees and lien
The Customer grants the Supplier a lien over the house or vehicle and anything stored with it, to secure all storage fees and other amounts owed. The Customer agrees the Supplier may register this on the Personal Property Securities Register. If fees are overdue by more than 60 days, the Supplier may give the Customer written notice. If the amount owed is still unpaid 30 days after that notice, the Supplier may sell it, keep what it is owed plus its costs of sale, and pay any balance to the Customer.
13. Ending the agreement
Either party may end this agreement with 7 days' written notice, but the agreement cannot end before the minimum term chosen (1 month or 3 months) is up. If the Customer removes the house or vehicle before then, storage fees for the rest of the minimum term are still payable. The Supplier may end the agreement earlier if the Customer breaches these terms. The Customer must remove the house or vehicle and everything else they've stored, and leave the area as they found it.
14. Dispute resolution
Any dispute must first be referred to mediation. Neither party may start court proceedings unless mediation has been attempted in good faith.
15. Force majeure
The Supplier is not liable for failure or delay caused by events beyond its control, including natural disaster, fire, flood, accident or government action.
Get a storage quote
- Yard
- 3 Silver Hill Road
Te Hana
Open in Google Maps - Chat
- Use the chat button at the bottom of any page for a quick answer.
- Phone
- 021 353 355
- Enquiries
- Send us a message with the form on this page. We reply within one working day.
- Access
- 7 am to 10 pm daily for customers, using your lock box code. New visitors, please book through the enquiry form or chat.
- Getting here
- Turn off State Highway 1 at Te Hana onto Silver Hill Road. The red gates are just over the railway crossing. Transporters should confirm the route and gate time with us before travelling.