Dates seldom mesh cleanly during a home change. A closing gets pushed, a Briargate lease opens on the wrong day, an application board takes its time, or a spring snow on Monument Hill shoves the move-in later. Each time a gap like that appears, your belongings move into a climate-controlled warehouse Checkmate runs itself right here in Colorado Springs, which keeps a whole household out of a friend’s garage and clear of paying rent twice. We own the building and staff the floor ourselves; no one leases you a cubby and then points you toward a stranger.
Climate control is not a perk here, it is the whole reason for the service, thanks to the high-desert air. Set timber furniture, fabric, and paper in an unconditioned bay and the parched altitude by itself can crack a joint, while damp and ice bring on warp and rust, and a server or screen simply does not belong in a freezing space. Everything enters wrapped and logged, readied as if it had a long road ahead, then put up on racks and bedded on quilts instead of heaped in a corner. The piano shows it clearest: dry air pulls its tuning off, so an upright or grand sits under humidity control, in the care of the same piano crew that practiced that very lift.
One company watching the entire gap
And here is the real benefit. You never sign the lot over to a chain and then hire a second outfit to drag it all back out weeks later. One Checkmate crew brings it in, holds it safe inside our building, and delivers it the day your new address frees up. A lone invoice, a lone company, a lone written figure across the whole gap. As soon as the date is firm, the truck reloads and we shrink-wrap the load, leaving no window where your things rest somewhere with nobody on record answering for them. For a piano or a server rack, that is the true comfort, since it waits indoors under our eye rather than parked at some roadside lot.
What never enters the warehouse
A short roster keeps the floor secure. Nothing hazardous passes the door, so solvents, propane, paint, gasoline, and live ammunition are out, and spoilable groceries plus potted plants have no business on a warehouse floor. Items you use often are wiser to keep with you, since both the rate and the handling assume the load stays put until move-in day.
What the warehouse costs
Climate-controlled space comes to about $110–$260/month depending on the unit you need, listed right next to the move. Coverage spans the whole gap. You carry $1M in cargo coverage. Released value applies underneath at the basic $0.60/lb, full-value protection is yours on request in the 1–3% band, and the claim window holds open 9 months. A single figure covers the full arc, the trip out, the wait, and the trip back.
Want it held while your dates settle? Phone (888) 711-4778 for a quote on the warehouse alongside the move.
What Checkmate Brings
- A climate-controlled warehouse owned and staffed by Checkmate in Colorado Springs
- Each piece padded and logged before it ever goes up on a rack
- Humidity control that shields a piano and your timber from the parched altitude
- Breathing room in the schedule when a closing slides or a lease misses by a day
- One crew bringing it back the day your next place opens up
- A lone invoice tied to the entire stretch between homes
- A single figure spanning the arc: trip out, the wait, trip back
What You'll Pay
Local crews from $130/hr — or a flat written rate
Two-mover crew, the truck, pads, and dollies all included.
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