Many self storage tenant have a storage unit during a particular stage in life – marriage, divorce, temporarily relocating for a job, the kids are off to college, or sadly, the death of a loved one. Then there are the life-long storage tenants that enjoy the convenience of hiding away their lesser used items out of site (OCD de-clutterers). Even these avid self storage users probably only frequent their storage units on occasion to swap out summer and winter wardrobes and exchange Fourth of July American flags for Christmas lights. Then there are the self storage freaks, life myself, that know entirely too much about all things self storage.

I have had a storage unit with Storage Outlet since 2007, and through a few different facilities I’ve learned a thing or two. Hopefully you can benefit from my self storage journey!

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard about the tiny home trend, and maybe you’ve even heard about retrofitted shipping container homes. Part of the draw to living in a shipping container is that apparently there are a lot of unused containers lying around, so you can buy them really cheap – and they are sturdy as all get out. A lesser known use for shipping containers (unless you really have your pulse on Southern California self storage) is storage units. So, here’s the good, the bad, and the ugly, about storing your prized possessions at a containerized self storage facility.

Once or twice in your life you will have to turn to storing your belonging with a storage company, since it isn’t something we do every day finding a starting point can be difficult.