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The "Mon Hangar" solution: An online storage platform

Published at April 26, 2022 by Loanne Le Cunff
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The "Mon Hangar" solution: An online storage platform
Summary 
1. Earn money by renting out your unused buildings
2. How the online storage platform works
3. Who rents storage space?
4. Insurance of the building and stored goods
5. Current activity
6. Discover the different financing solutions available

Earn money by renting out your unused buildings 

"My Hangar" offers you the opportunity to earn additional income by renting out a hangar, a warehouse or even a piece of land to private individuals (wintering of motor homes, caravans, boats, etc.) or to professionals (transporters, construction companies, storage of raw materials, storage of equipment, etc.). As such, we have included it among the alternative financing tools.

 

How the online storage platform works 

Mon Hangar offers an internet platform, www.monhangar.fr, to allow farmers to rent storage space. While the solution is based on a website, each farmer benefits from personalised support from an advisor. 

For this start-up, this service is a real link between farmers, individuals and companies. The use of unused space on a farm or in a vineyard as storage space is part of a circular, social and solidarity-based economy. 

The website allows the rental advertisements to be highlighted and goes further by assisting owners and tenants in all the procedures related to the rental. Thus, Mon Hangar offers the different parties the possibility to :  

  • Contractualise (storage contract, inventory of fixtures)

  • Check the seriousness and solvency of the tenant

  • Guaranteeing payment

The site offers a simulator of the income you can earn from renting out your building. 

Owners can expect to receive between €2,000 and €4,000 in additional income per year, or even much more depending on the surface area of the buildings. For example, renting out a closed building of 1,000 m² (such as a disused industrial henhouse) can generate an income of up to €1,400 per month. 

Who rents storage space?  hangar stockage bâtiment agricole

It is estimated that 1.2 million people own motorhomes, caravans, boats, vintage vehicles, .... And many of them need a place to winter or store their vehicles. 

There is also a high demand from professionals. These are transporters who need to store their vehicles or goods, construction companies, etc. There are also slightly more unexpected requests from cinema companies (for the storage of sets), airfields (storage of planes and gliders), car accident management companies, etc. 

How does the rental of your building work?

Do you have an unused farm building? The process is simple:

  1. You create your ad in a few minutes on mon-hangar.fr 
  2. My Hangar then searches for tenants 
  3. Mon Hangar presents you the profile of the tenant and the project 
  4. You are free to accept or not the proposal which is made to you 

Mon Hangar allows you to manage the activity very simply because the platform provides the following services:

  • Payment guarantee: 0% default guarantee

  • Billing

  • The storage contract

  • The state of play

  • The provision of a secure messaging system allowing you to chat without having to share your personal details

The service is 100% free for the farmers.  Mon hangar is remunerated by a commission paid by the tenant of between 10% and 20% depending on the amount of the rental.

Insurance of the building and stored goods

The issue of insurance is important for both the building owner and the tenant.  The storer must have liability insurance to cover his liability as a custodian of non-agricultural goods. The value declared to the insurance company must correspond to the value of the goods stored.  

The hirer must have taken out liability insurance corresponding to the goods stored. In addition, he must have an insurance contract with the following damage guarantees: fire, theft, vandalism, storm and hail, attacks, flooding, natural disasters, electrical damage, technological disasters, material breakage. 

Current activity

Mon Hangar quickly benefited from very strong visibility thanks in particular to a report broadcast by TF1 in January 2022 which enabled it to accelerate its growth. 

The site currently has around 600 advertisements for premises for rent throughout France, covering 200,000 m² of buildings. 

Demand from tenants, both private and professional, is very strong. Many contracts are already active or are being finalised in the coming weeks and months. 

The second version of the site, which provides even more services, will be released very soon and the site's ambition is to expand throughout Europe. 

Une belle croissance et des perspectives de revenus intéressantes pour de très nombreux agriculteurs

Contact 

Website : www.monhangar.fr 

Email : bonjour@monhangar.fr 

Phone number : 02 46 84 03 54 

Adress : 1, avenue du Champ de Mars 45000 Orléans 

 

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