Until recently your bank would be your first port of call if you needed to store expensive jewellery or important legal documents.<\/p>\n
You’d pay a small annual fee to open a safety deposit box and access it during branch opening hours.<\/p>\n
But the spiralling cost of running high-security vaults has led many banking giants such as Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds and RBS to stop offering this service.<\/p>\n
Some still cater for existing customers but others have phased out the service, forcing people to move prized possessions.<\/p>\n
World-famous department store Selfridges has offered safety deposit boxes since 1909. Prices range from \u00a3180 to \u00a3600 a year and you can access your valuables Monday to Saturday between 9.30 am and 6 pm.<\/p>\n
Each box is operated by two keys and can only be accessed when accompanied by a custodian. Harrods customers have been able to store their valuables in its strong room for 121 years.<\/p>\n
It has two sizes available: a small box measuring 4.25 in by 4.75 in by 17.5 in for \u00a3450 a year, and one measuring 4.75 in by 6.75 in by 17.5 in for \u00a3750 a year.<\/p>\n
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