Self Storage Units
Secure Self-Storage Units
Self-storage units allow renters to access their items anytime during regular business hours. They are able to store items like vehicles, furniture, clothing, documents, and so much more. The Storage Mall offers access to facilities in several states; reach out to our team to find a location near you.
Storage Facility Locations
It is key to find a storage facility near your home or business. This helps to simplify and streamline access. Our self-storage locations include:
Our Self Storage Locations Include:
Understanding Self-Storage Units
Self-storage units provide space for individuals to store personal or business belongings. A storage facility, also referred to as a self-storage unit, is rented on a month-to-month basis. Unlike services like pod storage solutions, where the customer has limited access to their belongings and relies on the storage provider to store and manage their belongings, a self-storage unit offers you, the customer, much more control. You can pack and arrange the unit however you’d like and access your belongings at any time during the location’s open access hours.
Reasons for Renting a Storage Unit
Moving
Storing your belongings while moving to a new home, transitioning between leases, living in temporary housing, and relocating across the country are among the most common reasons for renting self-storage. Instead of renting a large moving truck to transport your belongings, simply use a temporary storage unit. Leases can be as short as a few months or as long as a few years, depending on availability.
Life Transitions
Whether it is divorce, downsizing for retirement, managing a family member’s estate, or recovering from a natural disaster, life changes often come with unexpected storage needs. A storage facility offers a practical way to temporarily safeguard belongings while you reorganize your life. By offering secure, flexible spaces, storage units help simplify logistically challenging life transitions.
Decluttering
Does it feel like your house is shrinking around you? Or maybe it’s your office that somehow keeps getting smaller. Decluttering and removing unnecessary items from your space will help you work better and live more peacefully.
Apartment Living
Renting a self-storage unit can make apartment living more accessible, especially if you live in a studio or one-bedroom apartment that doesn’t have much extra space. Renting a storage unit allows you to hold on to special items that you don’t want to sell but can’t fit into your small apartment. You can store these items for as long as necessary at a storage facility.
Storing a Vehicle
The Storage Mall offers storage for cars, motorcycles, RVs, boat storage facilities, trailers, commercial vans, and more. Each of these vehicles and watercraft can be stored safely within an indoor vehicle storage unit or an outdoor parking space. This flexibility makes it easy to store a range of vehicle types based on your needs.
Home Renovations
Remodeling a home can take weeks, months, or even more than a year. Optimizing your current space by moving items such as appliances or boxes into a self-storage unit helps you keep it tidy and functional throughout this period of change. It also helps protect your valuables during the demolition phases of renovations.
Business Storage
Small- to mid-size businesses and contractors often use commercial storage units to store inventory, materials, files, equipment, or business vehicles. Many storage facility locations offer units in a variety of sizes, allowing businesses to select one that suits their needs. Facilities with extended access hours also cater to businesses with varied schedules.
College Storage
Freeing up space in a dorm room, heading home over the summer, or studying abroad for a few months are reasons college students rent storage near their university campuses. Renting a student storage unit around the corner from your local college campus means you won’t have to worry about overstuffing your car and not having room to make it home. This also helps free up space at your parents’ residence and makes moving back into the dorms or an apartment near your college campus much easier.
Military Living
Active-duty service members and military families typically move every few years, relocating to different bases. As these changes can be drastic, military storage is beneficial when relocating. Flexible lease terms are useful for military families who need short- or long-term storage depending on their orders.
What Can and Cannot Be Stored in a Unit
You can store almost anything in a self-storage unit, but there are a few exceptions we would like to note. The exceptions are anything dangerous or illegal. Of course, some items fall into a gray area, so be sure to ask the storage facility manager before renting a unit to see what’s allowed on the property.
Items you can store include (but are not limited to) furniture, appliances, electronics, clothes, business inventory, and sporting equipment. Storage for cars also allows you to keep vehicles and boats in a secure location. Other items include medical supplies and construction tools. Items you cannot store include (but are not limited to) food, drugs, vehicles not in working order, and anything that’s flammable or combustible (i.e., gas, propane tanks, car batteries).
Understanding Storage Unit Access Types
Outdoor or Drive-Up Access
Similar to a garage space in your home, outdoor storage units with drive-up access are ideal for their convenience. At most storage facility locations, you can drive your vehicle, including moving trucks and semi-trucks, directly up to the storage unit. This helps to simplify the loading and unloading process.
Indoor Access
Indoor self-storage units are located inside a building, as the name suggests. This makes them more like walk-in closets than garage spaces. Not only does this provide protection from the elements, but it also means having access to self-storage features like climate-controlled storage. Renters often choose climate control when they have valuable cars, instruments, or documents they want to protect from intense heat or cold.
Rent Your Unit From a Storage Facility Today
When you need extra space during a move or life transition, a reliable storage facility provides a simple way to keep your items organized and accessible. Along with allowing you to store traditional items, storage facility locations also provide boat storage facilities or storage for cars. Contact us today to rent a storage unit or to learn more about our variety of self-storage solutions.