I am in disbelief that this place actually has 4 stars with 35 reviews. I have rented more than a dozen storage units throughout my life and I would rate it by far the worst. I chose it because I could get a 10x10 with an online rate of $104 with only $1 for my first rent. I pulled it up on Googlemaps and it looked like a reasonable distance from the 5 so somewhat easy access. Only there is nothing easy or convenience about this center.
1. It's about 4.5 miles from the freeway and with traffic it seemed much farther. Still... good rate. I decided to live with that.
2. Only one parking spot by the office (unless you qualify for the handicapped parking) and every time I was there, the parking was occupied.
3. Minor inconvenience but you actually park and walk over to enter your key code. I've always been able to reach the keypads from my driver's window.
4. Access only available when the office is open. Not convenient since most people also work during their office hours.
5. Very dimly lit with timer controls. I've only rented from one other place that had such dim lighting. This is a big issue when there isn't lighting in the units themselves. I was told that there is always plenty of light to see inside the units, but this is just not the case. I used the flashlight on my phone to make sure I didn't leave anything behind when I moved out. Also, if you're a woman and have ever walked the halls of a dimly lit storage building, it's creepy!
6. Poor access and availability of cart (notice that was singular - they have ONE). You have to go park your car and then walk back to the office. Hand over your driver's license to get their small cart. We're not talking taking a few steps. It's literally walking all the way around their building. Now if they're not otherwise occupied, they will open the exit gate so that you do not have to walk all the way around to get back to your car and unit entrance. Keep in mind, you still have to bring the cart back and then get back to your car.
7. Now this is the one that just took me over the edge and was my deal breaker - having gotten their one small cart from the office, I loaded it up twice with large plastic tubs from my car. But when I got to the building/unit entrance, I noted that there is an actually step to get up inside and to the elevator. No ramp. No gentle incline. And not even the kind of step that you can get a running start and 'jump' the cart up. I had to physically lift one side of the cart up the step while loaded down with heavy boxes. Are you kidding me? And this was just my first load. All the really heavy stuff was yet to come.
8. When I decided dealing with their setup, processes, limited access and complete and total lack of convenience was just not worth the money I was saving, I went back to move out my things. That's when I found out that they only have one cart and it was already in use. Apparently one of their elevators wasn't working. Thankfully not the one closest to my unit. But it did require me to hand-carry all of my things to my car.
Seriously nothing about this place has the renter in mind. Everything about my experience was the opposite of convenient. The place I decided not to move from has code entry from your car, more than enough carts of varying sizes at each elevator so you literally have door-to-door assistance with what you need to move (no office visit required), motion-censored and bright lighting and access from 5am until 9pm. I'm paying $50 more and it is worth every penny!
I've rented storage that I wasn't completely satisfied, but this was the bottom of the barrel for me! read more