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Jeff Hodgin
Oct 31, 2018
For RV storage it’s very pricey, but from what I read and from what I observed, it is an unusually high level of service. And they appear to have many satisfied customers.
For self storage space it is quite reasonably priced, but CAUTION...be ready for:
Inconvenience - the self storage rentals are all inside units and to get to your space you drive inside the building, via a single one-lane, one way ‘driveway’, which makes a big loop into and back out of the building (rather like a conveyor belt...one at a time, no getting around the car in front of you). Then when you are at, or near, your space, you stop IN THE DRIVEWAY, and you become an immediate road block for anyone else arriving to get to their space. As you load, unload, or whatever your business, you have to listen for cars that stop behind yours. This will be someone who wants by you to either get to their own space, or to leave the property after they did what they came to do. You cannot just wave them around you because unless you are both in Smart cars, or on motorcycles, they won’t fit! You can tell them that you were here first and that they will have to wait, or you can do the neighborly thing and stop what you are doing, get in your car and drive all the way around the loop to return to where you were. That lets them by. As you circle you are aware that there are hundreds of other tenants in the building and that chances are good that one it two of them will be there in front of you. Now YOU are the one needing by and THEY are the ones who have to stop what they are doing to get into their vehicles and join the fun. in busy weekends there can be a lineup of cars going around the loop, all to let each other by. It’s a regular PITA. And if you are by yourself, you generally leave all your belongings unsecured while you are doing this ridiculous dance. Patti says it’s better if you park outside the building answer that you can park outside the building, but there are only a few parking spaces for customers and apparently no loaner carts available.
Lights - they are on a very short timer and go off after ten minutes. After that you must provide your own light.
Friendly staff - The staff is very nice....until they aren’t. And it can change in a blink. I rented for nearly two years, was totally current on rent, never had issues with staff or customers, always was courteous to let other renters by on the loop, then one day in the middle of the paid month, Patty sends an eviction via email. Two days to clear out or she would throw my things in the dumpster. No reason except some generalities that (a) were not correct and (b) even if true were not violations of the agreement, nor justification for removal. When I tried to get some clarity she seemed to rage, glaring at me all she could manage was to growl “you’re evicted” like some bad haunted house actor trying to sound menacing. Her staff cowered at desks and pretended to ignore. Strange.
So I left. Rented a place on Market
St, for twice the rate, and consider it a bargain. Would not recommend this place to anyone I cared about. If you rent self storage space here, try to visit your space midday in midweek, have have an exit plan, and don’t get too comfortable.