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The author aims to elucidate to what extent storage facilities outside home could be utilized in achieving the successful management of durable consumer goods for average families. An investigation was made on the actual status and consciousness of using safekeeping service; the subjects of the study were the housewives living in both detached house and condominium, and a large city and a small local city were respectively chosen as target of survey. The results of the investigation, are as follows :
1) Eighty-nine percent of the housewives are aware of the safekeeping service, but those who have actually utilized it is only 6%, a percentage lower than that of the users of rental goods. In fact, the housewives under study would like to keep durable consumer goods in their household.
2) Seasonable, unused or hobby goods, occupying a large part of their possessions, pose a significant problem for housewives to find storage space. Therefore, they would have to consider the utilization of safekeeping service.
3) Safekeeping service is considered only for a temporary period of time such as at the time of building a new house or reconstructing an old house, as well as for a fixed time of period such as assortments of seasonable dolls.
4) The limited storage space available in condominium is bound to make housewives seek safekeeping service just like they would want to rely on rental service.
5) The terms and conditions to be considered by housewives include charge, reliability, facility, and accessibility.
