To The Loft

Imagine.
Ten years ago, you wouldn’t stay in someone's home whom you didn't previously know. You couldn't rent their car or their valuables. Yet now you can, and do! So, imagining being able to rent someone's unused space to store your excess items isn't too hard!

Welcome to the Future New Zealand, ‘To the Loft’ is here. And about time to! A while ago, founder Cameron Wislang was moving into a small apartment in Auckland’s CBD to be closer to work. Coming from a larger house, he was slightly materially over committed! So, he decided that he needed to store some of his more sentimental items. But here was the problem. Already paying sky high Auckland rental prices, he found storage facilities in Auckland were all the same, every time he went for a new quote the price seemed to just keep rising.

Out of frustration Mr Wislang came up with a peer to peer storage model, where someone with unused space could rent it out at a fair price to those looking to store their items. Fast forward to March 2017, and he takes his Idea to Auckland’s Startup Weekend accelerator where he met now Co – Director, Louise Hejinen. Through this weekend of tough challenges, they managed to make it out the other side winning first place and awarded praise from some of New Zealand’s top entrepreneurial minds.

Since then the pair have been working tirelessly to bring a top-quality product to market which would be a first of its kind in New Zealand.
“We have made sure that ‘To the Loft’ is a product that will work securely and seamlessly with the New Zealand market place, which hasn’t been easy, but definitely worth it” says Mr Wislang. “The top priority for us has and always will be the safety and trust of our customers. We have extremely robust checks in place to make sure your items or your home will be safe.”

The founders fondly think of ‘To the Loft’ as an “Airbnb for storage” and have now successfully launched the service and found an overwhelming demand. Looking to the future Mr Wislang commented; “We have many different partnerships and collaborations coming up that are all very exciting but we will keep that to ourselves for now! Watch this ‘space’!”

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