We collect your things from home, in Milan and the nearby provinces. We keep them in our warehouse and bring them back when you want them. You pay a monthly rate for the space they take up, plus a one-off pickup.
From€49.00/month VAT includedfor 1 m²
Where we started. June, a student living away from home in Milan: the room contract runs out, exams aren't over and a year of stuff won't fit in a suitcase. Warehouses rent whole units, landlords rent whole rooms. For the contents of one bedroom there was nothing.
Exams still going, suitcases too small and parents a few hundred kilometers away.
Doorstep storage for students already existed there. In Italy nobody did it.
Our first pickups were in the neighborhood we lived in.
We collect from anyone with things to put away: homes, families, offices and businesses, from Novara to Brescia. It starts at one square meter.
These are cases we have really handled. Each one taught us something that is now part of the service.
Francesco Nigro
Founder of Smoves · Bocconi student, living away from home
Giulia Massari
Partner at Smoves
End of June in Milan, as a student from out of town. The room contract was running out, exams weren't over and a year of clothes and books no longer fitted in the suitcase I had arrived with.
I looked at how people managed elsewhere. In the United States there were already services that collect students' things and keep them until they're needed. In Italy there weren't, so in 2026 we started one in Milan.
Giulia joined as a partner when the idea had to become a real service, and she set up how it runs.
From there the service grew beyond students. Today we also collect for people renovating, people moving, people leaving for a few months, and for offices and stores. It still starts at one square meter, and the trip to the warehouse is ours to make.
It all started that June, but today the goal is for everyone: to make life a little simpler, one box at a time.
The same commitments are written in the contractual documents of this site.
What's included, what we add on a quote, and what we don't have.
We come to any address, in Milan and the provinces around it. At pickup you or someone you've delegated is there. Space goes from 1 to 30 square meters, and you ask for the redelivery when you need it.
If the wardrobe needs taking apart we handle it. We do full moves too.
Every box is labeled and logged at pickup, and you open the list on the site, in your account. We're the ones who go to the warehouse.
In an indoor, dry warehouse with access control, cameras and an alarm. Every box is labeled and logged at pickup, and you'll find the list in your account. The warehouse isn't open to visitors: if you choose the doorstep service, we go there for you. The full commitments are in the contractual documents.
You pay a fixed monthly rate for the size you take up, plus pickup and transport once at the start, and the redelivery when you ask for it. The quote gives you the figure before you book. If you have plenty of stuff, a car and a year ahead, a traditional unit may cost you less.
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You get the quote online. Then we pick up, and your things come back when you ask for them.
First pickup reschedule free, with 48 hours' notice
