Ymir Joesph

Hello there everyone! My name is Ymir, and I have been in tbhe storage business for over 20 years! Now , I know that when most people think of storage they only think of one or two kinds different methods to do it, but that is far from the truth! From my professional point of view, I have found that slef storage is BY FAR the ebst option, wheather you are doing it for a business, travel, moving or anything of the sorts! I will share some fantastic information with you all now on what makes self storage different than the other common methods! And if you are interested, message me for some awesome storage units clearwater fl This comes from the people over at unclebobs.com. : What is self storage? If you're thinking, "Well, it's where you rent space to store your stuff yourself," you're missing an important part of the equation. You see, when you rent self storage space, there's a contract involved, written by lawyers, and that makes the answer a bit more complex. The Self Storage Association (SSA), the industry's not-for-profit lobby organization, defines self-storage as "the term applied to facilities offering rental on a month-to-month basis where the tenant applies his lock and has sole access to his unit." That's an important legal distinction because it protects the self storage facility from creating a condition called bailment, whereby it would assume responsibility for the care, custody or control of a customer's goods. Unlike a dry cleaner, for instance, who might be liable for burning a hole in that cashmere sweater you dropped off, the self storage facility has no responsibility for the care of your stuff, other than what's stipulated in the rental contract. Instead, you're required to provide proof of insurance (or purchase it from the facility) before you can rent the storage unit. In other words, you're responsible for the care of your own stuff. And once you've signed the contract, the storage facility owners won't enter your unit unless they have really good (as in legally defensible) reason to think you're violating the terms, which will stipulate materials you can't store and activities you can't conduct from the rental unit.

Okay, legal stuff out of the way. The basic function of self storage is to offer people a secure place to store possessions they don't have room for where they live or work, or that they don't need on a daily basis. Most facili