Property does not only comprise of tangible things like houses, cars, furniture, currency, investments etc and such property are not the only type that can be safeguarded by law. Other types of property which are non- material in form also exist. They are termed intellectual property and these are also protected by the law. The three primary types of intellectual property rights are patents, trademarks and copyrights.

The concept of self storage warehousing is becoming increasingly well known with companies and households adopting it as both a long term and short term solution to meet their storage needs.