The Triangle's spring move-out creates a simultaneous crunch across two of America's top universities. Duke students in Durham and UNC students in Chapel Hill are both clearing out within days of each other, flooding the same limited supply of rental trucks, storage units, and moving help. At Duke, residence halls like Kilgo, Bassett, and the Keohane Quad have specific move-out windows that compress thousands of students into the same few days. At UNC, the dorms along South Road and Stadium Drive face the same bottleneck. And because Chapel Hill and Durham are only 12 miles apart, they share the same pool of resources -- and the same supply shortages.

Storage Scholars serves both campuses with a single, comprehensive service. We pick up from your dorm room or apartment, pack and label everything, store it in a climate-controlled facility, and deliver it back when you're ready. No renting a truck when every vehicle in the Triangle is already claimed. No driving between Chapel Hill and Durham trying to find an available storage unit. No leaving your stuff in a garage where North Carolina's summer heat and humidity will do real damage. One booking handles everything, whether you're at Duke, UNC, or anywhere in between.

The Triangle's summer climate is a genuine threat to unprotected belongings. Durham and Chapel Hill sit in the North Carolina Piedmont, where summer temperatures regularly reach the low-to-mid 90s and humidity stays persistently high from June through September. Inside a non-climate-controlled storage unit, those conditions create an environment where mold grows on leather and fabric, wooden furniture absorbs moisture and warps, electronics accumulate condensation, and adhesives on book bindings weaken.

Storage Scholars provides fully climate-controlled storage designed for Piedmont summers. Our team coordinates with both Duke's and UNC's housing calendars, arriving at your room with packing supplies and handling the entire move. Your belongings stay in a temperature- and humidity-regulated facility for the full summer -- protected from the conditions that damage belongings in the Triangle's hot, humid months.

Duke and UNC both draw heavily from out-of-state. Duke's student body includes students from all 50 states and over 80 countries. UNC has significant out-of-state enrollment as well. For students moving from the Northeast, West Coast, or internationally, shipping belongings ahead is far more practical than driving across the country with a loaded car. Our ship-to-school service lets you box up your belongings at home and ship them ahead. We receive your packages at our Triangle facility and deliver them directly to your dorm room on move-in day.

Chapel Hill and Durham have distinct logistical profiles, and our team knows both. At Duke, the West Campus residential quadrangles have Gothic architecture with narrow doorways and stone staircases. East Campus has different access points and loading zones. In Chapel Hill, UNC's campus sprawls across steep terrain -- carrying furniture up the hill from South Road to Hinton James is a workout that defeats most DIY moves. Off-campus housing in both cities adds another layer: the Ninth Street area in Durham, the Franklin Street corridor in Chapel Hill, and the growing number of apartment complexes along 15-501 between the two campuses all have their own parking and access challenges. We handle it all.