Self Storage

A public storage facility, also known as self storage or mini storage facility, is a business that rents rooms (or units) to people and allows those people to store items in the room, a kind of shared warehouse.

Description

A self storage business rents small end user controlled compartment space to a retail customer or business. The space is typically secured by the end users own lock and key and the facility operator does not have casual access to the contents of the space unlike in a warehouse. Their is no bailment created and the self storage operator never takes possession, care or custody over the contents of the unit. The self storage operator provides the space and some means of access to it. Public Storage has storage solutions nationwide for all your self storage needs.

Self Storage Today

Self storage facilities were often located on cheaper, less desirable land, such as under a freeway, near an airport, or on the outskirts of town. The facilities will have a catchy name of the U store it variety. More recently, in many metropolitan cities where competition among storage companies is fierce, better parcels of land near residential and commercial areas are being converted into self-storage. Moving trucks and vans may be also be available for rent e. g. the facility may include a U-haul or other truck rental franchise.