So I'm getting into the whole base building and keep putting up and ripping down my base.

Each time I tear it back down I 'store' the item in the 'workshop'

So here I am in sanctuary I build a pub/hotel sort of thing, and then decide I wanna move to red rocket.

Here's the thing, I had a mirrored ball ( disco ball) in that pub and 'stored' it once I tore it down!
Now I'm at red rocket and the disco ball is not an option as I don't have enough copper.

I was under the impression that things stored in the workshop were able to be 're-used ' later at your leisure, but this doesn't seem to be happening for me.

Also on the wooden walls, when you select them there is a value in brackets, yesterday In the brackets it showed (187) Today when builibg at red rocket after storing everything (72) What is that about?

If my things are stored why can't I access them?!
Is this a bug?

TLDR - Items I'm storing in wokshop are seemingly unable to be used later for me!

Thank you for reading!

Are your settlements linked? You can link each settlement via the help of a settler and then you can access storage in Sanctuary from another storage at a different settlement site.

Regarding the brackets, I believe that's how many you are currently able to build, given how many resources you have. If you have enough for 3 walls it'll be like, (3) then (2) so on..

I'm on my mobile so I can't quote.

What I'm saying is, any item I build and then store < that's the important part, I'm storing, not scrapping! So I should be able to used those stored pieces.
It should not be costing me resources when making a wall I've already stored, I tried it in sanctuary too, and it shows less than yesterday, it doesn't make much sense.
Also the discoball, I'm wondering if wven though I'm pressing 'Store item in workshop ' if the game is just scrapping them and not giving me the parts?
Where else would the discoball go?

I even went to the sanctuary workshop and transferred all items to me, my weight went from 194 -857 and walked to red rocket and there was literally no difference.

Come to think of it, same thing did happen to me, regarding a power armour work bench, stored one from Red Rocket settlement to place in The Castle, and it does say I don't have enough materials, even though all of my settlements are pretty much linked, could be a bug. Or we're missing something completely obvious, haha.

It's really doing my head in.
I really don't get it

I scrap almost everything I find, made a long overencbered walk back to sanctaury from places to scrap things and it all seems to be for nothing if I don't like what I've built.

I know 100% if storing items works I should have at least 80 walls waiting to be used, about 60 floors if not more and probably 40 roofs.

It's honestly a joke.
I see people with these huge builds and it convinces me this is a bug or as you say "missing the obvious " Or that they're on P.C so they can remove limit and smash as many items down as they want!

Don't you need rank 2 of local leader to build, therefore store, the power armor crafting station?

I've got local leader maxxed, or atleast high enough to build stores and everything else.

I don't think stored building structures are shared (including small ones like furniture or decorations). Only items.

Took a quick look at the wiki. It does say "This perk also allows you to share junk between settlement workstations". Seems like arras is correct.

Ah, so it'll be sitting in Red Rocket settlement then, awesomesauce.

Regardless of being able to share junk/ structures between settlements, I've literally lost items I've built in sanctuary...