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    4.4 (74 reviews)
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    Al self storage

    Fun and very friendly Location is very good and right off oceanside blvd Love the location

    Hey folks... For some of the best prices on Tall Wardrobe Boxes, Lg, Med, & Small boxes this is the place. Prices less than other facilities & if you buy 10 any size you also get a 25% DISCOUNT. I'm a Single Senior & Jim in the office was nice enough to load wardrobe boxes in SUV for me!! Also Amy in front ofice with him is professional & knowledgeable & she will show units with you. I couldn't have been more ''pleased.' Sincerely, Shelley Malone

    Very helpful staff. Quick and easy assistance in providing the correct sized storage unit for our needs.

    This was 8x15. Sorry, nothing inside for size comparison.
    Joshua W.

    Great experience. I can't recall the 2 guys' names working behind the desk but they seem like great guys. They answer all questions and seem to care about you. We walked up and they showed me the different sizes of units before we chose, which really helped. I recommend going with the size up. You always seem to have more than what you think you have. The units themselves were climate controlled (kept cool). You need your own specific round lock. They have some available for $12-13. The have smaller push carts to use with the freight elevator. I didn't have any troubles with either. The freight elevator was smaller so getting a couch and a few other long items were challenging to get to the second floor. Make sure to bring your strong best friend to help. I wouldn't have been able to do it without mine and I'm grateful for that.

    Although they promote safety with  security cameras and secure gates , cars are vandalized. The staff emphasized they cannot ensure safety.
    Sanna M.

    Initially, they assured me safety is a priority. Despite the "cameras" and "secured" gate, my vehicle was vandalized. The staff refused all and any assistance; zero footage.

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    4 months ago

    Super quick and easy! Clean storage units and really convenient location. Would recommend

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    6 months ago

    Super easy process and quick! Staff was super helpful and made the process easy to follow.

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    5 months ago

    Amazing service! Jim was so quick to help us and show us the unit we wanted! 10/10 service!

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    10 months ago

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    11 months ago

    Amy was very sweet and attentive and helped me with our storage unit been renting here for years and it's always clean and safe.

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    2 years ago

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    8 months ago

    Amy and Laura were very helpful setting us up with a new unit! 10/10 would recommend this A-1!

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    8 months ago

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    9 months ago

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    1 year ago

    Frist off I would like everyone to know the staff is very helpful , kind & will help U in anyway they can !!!

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    We're so glad you had a pleasant experience with our team, Lucky!

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    Staff was friendly and helpful and the facility is well kept. Would definitely recommend!

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    2 years ago

    Great service, front desk personnel are awesome. I highly recommend! Thanks for all your hard work.

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    Katie, thanks for your praise and kind comments about our team!

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    6 years ago

    Amazing customer service from David and Jim. Reasonable price for unit and will definitely continue to rent one with them !

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    7 years ago

    Tracy was so helpful! She even saved us money on a lock. Thank you again for making us feel appreciated as a returning customer!

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    I'm so happy to hear we were able to help you, Robert. Welcome to A-1!

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    Tracey and Jim were fantastic to deal with from the moment I walked in to inquire about renting a unit there.

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    Packing Bees Movers

    Packing Bees Movers

    (335 reviews)

    As first-time movers, my husband and I were understandably nervous about the process, but Packing…read moreBees made it such a positive experience from start to finish. Peter was warm, welcoming, and professional from our very first consultation. He took the time to thoroughly explain everything, ensuring complete transparency throughout the process with no surprise fees. He was also incredibly patient and understanding regarding the moving situation we were dealing with, which helped ease a lot of our stress. We were especially grateful for the excellent availability--Peter was able to arrange a moving team for us on short notice. On moving day, the three movers who assisted us were polite, courteous, and respectful. They handled our belongings with care and took extra precautions when shrink-wrapping our furniture to ensure everything was properly protected during the move. Even in the truck, items were secured tight to ensure a safe travel to our destination Overall, the entire experience--from the initial consultation to the final box being moved--was smooth, professional, and pleasant. I highly recommend Packing Bees to anyone, especially first-time movers looking for a reliable company and a stress-free moving experience. Thank you to Peter, the moving team and Packing Bees for making our move such a positive one!

    A friend recommended Packing Bees and they were great! Spoke with Peter on the phone and he…read moreanswered all my questions and set up the appointment. Movers arrived on the early side of the set time window and got right to work. L was great. I was concerned everything wouldn't fit into my POD, but he got it all in with room to spare. Happy with the service.

    Carlsbad Self Storage

    Carlsbad Self Storage

    (202 reviews)

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    Had an amazing experience here the process is very easy and fast . Sarah was super friendly and…read morehelpful and made my move so easy and stress free. She took the time to explain everything in detail I highly recommend this place !

    I had everything I own stolen from two separate units…read more I stored my belongings here for over 20 years, paying roughly $40-50k over that time. In the end, about $50,000 worth of my property was stolen from my two units, including irreplaceable items from my late father and grandparents, original artwork, and a career's worth of work samples (50+ snowboards). Their cameras only cover the outside of the buildings. Other storage facilities advertise interior cameras as a safety feature; this one doesn't have any. The front gate regularly allows multiple cars to pass through with one code entry, and the building doors themselves don't require an entry code or are usually propped open - essentially, anyone can enter the property and the buildings with zero verification that they should be there. Their website and payment system make you re-enter your payment information after you've already entered it and clicked confirm. I spoke to them about this numerous times, explaining that it's confusing; no retailer ever makes you reconfirm a purchase. Their response was that they didn't want people double-charged. I'd much rather be double-charged than robbed blind. Read into this however you like, but only my wife, myself, and their staff knew I had these units. I generally came midweek/mid-day and was careful not to leave anything of visible value in the hallways. My units were across the building from each other, and there was no obvious way for someone to know which units to target. My theory - and the detective on my case agreed it was plausible - is that I forgot to confirm my payment on their website one time, sending my unit(s) to pre-lien status. I paid the moment I got the notice, but the damage seems to have already been done. The thieves went through every single box in one unit, but stopped a third of the way through the other, leaving thousands of dollars of stuff untouched. Why? It's almost like they were told to stop for some reason. Maybe after a payment was made? When I reported my theft to the front desk, one employee was genuinely shaken, but the manager had an unmistakable "oh, sh**" look and showed zero surprise that I'd been robbed. To make it worse: insurance requires receipts and proof of ownership for decades-old belongings, much of it from people no longer alive to help me prove what I owned - capped at $5,000 on a $50,000 loss. Two decades of trust, gone. The place looks nice, but not everyone has a nice experience. I left one star, I wish I could leave less.

    A SMART MOVE

    A SMART MOVE

    (115 reviews)

    Carmel Valley

    Had a local move in San Diego - these guys were awesome!…read more Daniel and Marcos were my movers and they were incredibly professional and did a great job wrapping, protecting and moving my stuff. My experience summed up - stress free and easy! Just the way a moving company should be.

    My wife and I hired A SMART MOVE for our family relocation after receiving explicit verbal and…read morewritten estimates from their sales rep, Tony. We even walked through our entire home on FaceTime to show them every item, including our kids' cribs and a Murphy bed, which they assured us they would assemble. The actual move day was an absolute disaster: Unannounced & Fraudulent Charges: They hit us with thousands in undisclosed "Double Drive Time" and transit labor fees. The crew spent nearly 4 hours stuck in traffic and pulled over by law enforcement, and they billed us for all of it. Operations Coordinator LJ admitted on a recorded line that these travel fees were omitted from our initial disclosures, yet management refused to fix the bill. Post-Move Portal Editing: Once we raised a dispute, the company retroactively edited their dynamic online portal to add "Double Drive Time" language that wasn't there when we signed. Unfinished Job & Abandoned Belongings: The crew walked off the job, leaving our children's cribs incorrectly put together in the wrong rooms, recliner chairs unfinished, and our Murphy bed in pieces on the floor. No-Showed After Promising a Fix: They gave us a written promise to return on Friday at 2:00 PM to finish assembling our furniture, then completely ghosted us, leaving us without beds for our young kids over the weekend. Save yourself the stress and financial headache. Do not hire this company.

    The Rock Movers

    The Rock Movers

    (498 reviews)

    I have never used movers in the past, and looked around and I'm extremely happy I went with The…read moreRock Movers. Taras and Yuri packed up everything extremely quick, put moving blankets on and wrapped everything so nothing would be damaged in transit. Also they were both funny and Taras's laugh made the stressfullness of moving that much easier. He also had badass SpongeBob socks which I highly approve of. The entire process from booking to completing the move was great. Thank you so much Yuri and Taras, you guys are legends! Highly recommend The Rock Movers and will make sure to tell all my friends about them!

    First of all I want to express how thankful I am for The Rock Movers…read more Being a full-service moving company, I needed someone to help me pack AND move due to a recent injury crippling me right before I was scheduled to move. Their reliability and ease of setting up the packing and move when I was not even able to be present and the timing was truly helpful. It was more expensive than I had ever paid for movers, even without the packing, and that's honestly why I could not give them full 5 stars. As a military member going through an honorable discharge to help my family in crisis while already injured myself, I had to empty out my own savings and my children's I had saved up over a 9-month deployment in the combat zone to move back to my family when they needed my help, not even sure if I could then provide for them. So while I really thank them for the job they did, I never financially recovered from that and I do ask Rock Movers to consider the vets or military members in San Diego and to complete a weight estimate for them to be reimbursed.

    Silver Linings Transitions

    Silver Linings Transitions

    (75 reviews)

    DISHONEST COMPANY. TAKES ADVANTAGE OF ELDERLY WITH DEMENTIA…read more My father, who had dementia, contracted with this company to move to his household items to a nursing home. The company pushed for an in person estate sale DURING THE HEIGHT OF COVID in 2020. Almost no one came to the estate sale, so it only earned $400. However, they billed $3000 just expenses toward the estate sale, resulting in a loss of $2600. After my father passed they hounded me for payment (including additional charges to move his materials to his new home, which is reasonable). Of course, my father had dementia and had no ability to sign a contract, but not wanting this to have this drag on I paid to leave this behind so I could grieve. This business claims to provide compassionate service for the elderly, but our experience showed otherwise. They exploited my father's situation, pushing unnecessary services onto him and charging exorbitant fees, all while providing negligible results. They failed to respect my family's needs and showed no accountability for their actions. If you are looking for a service that genuinely cares about its clients, I strongly advise looking elsewhere. SHAME ON JAMI SHAPIRO THE FOUNDER. NOT TRUSTWORTHY AND DISHONEST AND WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOUR LOVED ONES. Update: I'm sharing a disparaging remark that Jami made about me when I reviewed her service with the better business bureau. She knows nothing of the situation in our family, the sacrifices we made in our family, the hardships that I endured to care for my father. Hire her team if you want someone who makes nasty comments like this after your loved one passes away. None of this changes the fact that: 1) My father had major neuro-cognitive disorder when he signed a contract with this company, 2) The "estate sale" they encouraged was against his financial interest. 3) When my father passed they threatened to take the estate to small claims court when I questioned the legitimacy of the estate sale that only racked up expenses. I paid for her services in full so that we could grieve but we never forgot how they took advantage of us in our grief. This is textbook elder abuse, which is why I am reviewing and rating her company to warn others of this practice. Update: Jami continues to lie in her review. "Arranged for the sale of the car" this is something I did alone as I held power of attorney. I agree that she provided necessary moving services, which we were happy to pay for, that is not in dispute. We thank her company for this. The dispute is over holding an estate sale that earned very little in revenue insufficient to offset the costs of estate sale, and then threatening (very quickly, when I asked any clarifying information about the bill) to take us to small claims court so shortly after my father's move and his passing. That is not compassionate care. This could have all been prevented had her team donated my father's possessions rather than held an estate sale. Furthermore, her condescending remarks towards me reveals plenty about how she thinks of her customers.

    Silver Linings is a wonderful resource. After the movers left, the daunting task of tackling…read morestacks of boxes, unpacking and organizing everything was discouraging. The challenge just sat there. Then I discovered Silver Linings. They were professional, patient, understanding and went the extra mile in their work. They helped better place furniture, organzed all closets, hung the pictures, got rid of what was unwanted, assembled shelving in the garage, put together some purchased furniture. They anticipated, advised and accomplished. They were, indeed, the silver lining to the challenge of moving. Dr. Michael Harris

    A-1 Self Storage - selfstorage - Updated September 2026

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