Working harbour, tight streets, salt in everything.
Brixham is a proper working port rather than a seaside town with boats in it, and that shapes what people need to store. Gear, spares, seasonal equipment and the sheer volume of kit that comes with anything marine — none of which fits in a cottage on a steep street with no off-road parking.
The salt air is relentless. Anything ferrous stored within sight of the harbour corrodes noticeably faster than the same item kept a few miles inland, which is why we get boat owners willing to make the twenty-minute run rather than keep a trailer at home. Moving gear inland for the winter is straightforward, unglamorous maintenance that materially extends how long it lasts.
Brixham housing compounds it. Fishermen's cottages and terraces climbing the hill from the harbour were not designed around garages, lofts or driveways, and the ones that do have space rarely have dry space. A dry, locked steel container twenty minutes away is often the first proper storage a household has ever had.
