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There may be times when your house or garage is simply too full of stuff to make use of the available space. While your first temptation may be to purge most or all of it, your first action should be to locate a self storage facility to store your things. However, throwing your stuff in your car and heading out to find someplace to put it is not the ideal way to ensure its safety. After all, you wouldn’t put your belongings under a tarp behind the garage and you don’t want a storage unit that is essentially the same. Continue reading →
Are you looking to rent a storage unit and have no idea what size storage unit you need. Well there are several new Apps for you smart phone that will help you determine the correct size storage unit and keep inventory. Continue reading →
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When you send your kids off to college you likely need to rent a small trailer in order to transport everything they need. Their furniture, belongings and many other items needed to fill up their dorm room, can take up too much space for your car. The kick is during several times a year when the dorms close and you have to move the student back home, lugging all of that stuff back with them.
An option to renting another trailer during every break in classes is renting a self-storage unit in which to store everything. Continue reading →
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Abandoned self-storage units are gaining a reputation of being the place to go to find left-behind or forgotten treasures. Television shows have shown that many expensive items are sometimes left behind when owners move or pass away and the owners of the storage facility auction the items left behind as a means of recovering their loss from unpaid rent.
Not all abandoned storage units contain expensive items, but some may contain merchandise that can be used by others or sold by other means. Nearly every community has storage facilities and when rent for a locker goes unpaid the facility owner can file a lien against the renter and, after the time established by the state’s law, can auction off the contents to recover the lost rent and retake ownership of the unit. Continue reading →
Deciding how to make space around the house can be easier when you consider using self-storage lockers, but remember that larger items can also be put into storage. Cleaning out the kitchen cabinets is one thing but large items such as boats, trailers and even collectible automobiles might have a better home in a self-storage locker. Continue reading →
Ray Self Storage Facility
When considering placing some of your belongings in a self-storage facility, one of the things you will want to consider is the security measures in place to protect your property. Many facilities do not accept responsibility for any loss or damage to your property, while others, for an additional charge, will provide a degree of protection up to an agreed-upon dollar limit. Continue reading →
Climate Controlled Self Storage Units
Many people prepare for seasonal changes by placing some of their belongings in a self-storage facility and regardless of the season, precautions have to be taken to protect their items. For example, winter can be brutal on belongings in self-storage units, especially if they lack any form of climate control.
Before putting anything in self-storage units in the winter the first thing you need to consider is how the cold weather will affect the stored items. Certain things can survive exposure to extreme temperature changes and some cannot and knowing the difference can be the difference between a successful season and heartbreak when the weather gets warmer.
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