Have you recently went through your home and cleaned up some of its messiness, yet now you don’t know what to do with all the extra stuff that you came across? If so, there are several tips you can follow to make choosing a self-storage unit service provider simple. It is always important to keep in mind that price rates should not be the determining factor when choosing between storage facilities.
Use the Phone Book
In today’s tech-savvy world, many people often forget about pulling out the ole’ phone book and searching for service providers the old way. The yellow pages are usually full of local self-storage unit companies. After identifying all local storage unit providers, it is wise to contact each of them and ask for unit prices. It is important to ask for prices of every sized unit that they offer. For those providers of air-conditioned and non-air-conditioned, it is also smart to ask them what the price difference is between these two types of storage units. In many instances, you will likely find the price difference between them is only a few dollars per month.
Go Online
After searching the phone book, don’t forget to go online and do a quick Google search. Your search should look something like the following: “Pittsburgh self-storage unit”. Of course in your case, it would include your local city name. You don’t have to use Google, but this is a recommended suggestion. If you want to, you can also include your state name in your search request. By typing your zip code into the search request, you can receive results that tend to be even more accurate. Don’t be overwhelmed by the results that you receive, as it is likely that you will receive thousands. Instead, take your time, get phone numbers from several storage companies, and ask them for their price rates. Many of these service providers will even have their own websites in which you can receive a free storage quote. Furthermore, there are some sites that will allow you to type in the type of storage unit you need, and then it will provide you with quotes from local storage unit service providers.
Take a Walk
If there is a certain street or road that you would like to store your items in, take a walk down the road and see if there is a storage unit service provider. If so, get some price quotes and see if their rates fall into line with your budget.
Portable Units
The industry of portable storage units is growing, and this is mostly because these types of unit are very convenient. Service providers of portable units drop off a unit at a person’s house. Once a person fills up the unit, the service provider then comes and picks the unit up. The unit can either be transported to its final destination or back to the service provider’s storage facility until it is needed at a new location. Since the portable storage industry is in its growing days, service providers often offer great discounts to both new and returning clients.
Talk to Your Friends
Good service providers of self storage units will have good word-of-mouth advertising going around about them. Their customers will be happy, and you should find it simple to obtain a good reference for them from one of your friends, family members, or co-workers. In many instances, even if they do not have a reference for you, someone they know will.
Other Considerations
You should always make sure that you store your items in a unit that is located within a safe location as well as one that is properly ventilated. Many times, it is best to make sure that a storage unit is being monitored by security cameras; this helps identify thieves in the event they were to rob you of your items.
It is also important to consider the height of your storage unit. While a five by five unit does mean you will have 25 feet of storage space to store you items, it actually means you will have 25 square feet of floor spacing. Your room may have 7 foot ceilings, or in some cases 10 foot. The higher the ceilings, the higher you will be able to stack your items. Always check on the ceiling height.