We are currently looking for some cheap storage outside the Melbourne area for at least 2 years.
Has anyone found a storage facility that they thought was good value? Everything in Melbourne seems quite expensive,due to land costs I suppose but I thought if I went out a bit , it should be cheaper. I have had no luck so far though.
Any company that uses @gmail as a company email address loses significant trust.
I understand your position. My experience with Hippo was good. I believe it might just be someone's weekend side business as I think they are only open on weekends. Also, they refunded me unused time without my asking; which gives them a big tick from a customer service perspective. And, you bring your own lock for the container. They could also use a bolt cutter to cut it off; but we had no issues with them - our locks were still on the container when we went back to retrieve our stuff.
Thanks MrH I have sent them an email. Do you remember how much it was for a container?
Sorry, I went back over my emails; but can't find their quote. I paid $190; but can't remember the time period that was for.
They also gave me a $50 refund when I took our stuff out of storage earlier as our renovations were complete. That was a complete surprise as I was not expecting anyone would have refunded anything as we had a contract for a certain period.
Depends on what you are storing? Boxes, boats? cars? House full of furniture?
storing furniture
unless its something 'special', you're best to sell it, bank the money, put the money saved on 'storage' and buy new when you're ready.
Say your $2k couch, sell it for $500, bank the $50/month saving in storage fees, gives you $1700 to put towards a new 'couch'.
Basically is the value of the 'stuff' stored MORE or LESS than the cost of storage? ie You rent a storage locker at $100/m, is the value of the goods worth $2400?
You rent one at $200/m, is the value of the goods worth $4800?
If not, sell everything, bank the money and storage savings.
understand what you are saying. It depends on what we can get the storage costs down to as to whether its worth it.
I've used Hippo Self Storage in the past. http://hipposelfstorage.com.au/
They don't have 24/7 access and basically you rent a container for however long you want. They were much cheaper than the other places when I last looked.