I have read many reviews on here and wondered if the users writing them were just, well, negative all the time. I am generally a positive person, looking to save some money, believe that many mom and pop stores want to give good service to get repeat business, and want people to learn from my mistakes. I was never late with a payment and never complained about Airport Storage until now. Hopefully you will find this review helpful.
Synopsis: AIPRORT STORAGE DOES NO PEST CONTROL WHAT SO EVER! DO NOT USE!! They do not do pest control and on top of that they lied to me several times that they did or they would take care of the issue. I had rat, not mice, rat droppings all over the place and roaches. Luckily I caught it in time so my couch was not ruined all though some of my art pieces were, and there were rat dropping and urine on my table (which I cloroxed). Ran into other customers who had the same issue.
Detail: As of 12/9/2012 they still did not have rat stations out and they said they would last week. About 2 weeks ago after a big storm I went to my storage to make sure there were no leaks, there were none, however there were rat droppings and urine on my table. I called the next day and front desk person stated they had not baited since it was raining and they would that day. Well I went in that weekend, 2 days later, and I did not see any trap stations or bait out. I ran into some other tenants and they stated they had rat issues and they had not seen any pest stations out for months.
This past weekend 12/8/2012 I went and looked at other Stoage locations in Livermore and they showed me the pest control bills, the outside rodent stations, and numerous places put rodent bait inside the lockers when new tenants move in. AIPRORT STORAGE DOES NO PEST CONTROL WHAT SO EVER! Even though I asked when I first moved in, they said they did.
In short I have reliable sources stating they have not baited for months, the management has lied to me stating that they do in fact do pest control but nothing has been done, and finally the front desk person told me they would do something and they did not. This is par for the course because back in Aug my door was broken. I called the front desk to report it and the gentleman stated they would schedule something and give me a call. I did not hear back for 3 weeks. When I called again a nice young lady helped me out and stated she did not hear of any request but she took care of it within a couple of days. It took about 4 weeks to get a door repaired.
In summary I would not use this place to store your valuables. They can get damaged from pests and vermon. Also they are all outside lockers, while this seems attractive at first, outside lockers actually get dirtier quicker cause dirt flies in the cracks when it's windy.
Finally the over all payment method seems "shady". They only take cash or check and you have to mail it in or drop it off. No credit cards at all. "What's shady about that you ask?" They don't send you a monthly bill of any kind. You have no reciept of payment and further more they are quick to auction off your stuff. If you don't pay by 15 days they lock your stuff up, no letter. After a certian amount of time 20-25 days they can put your stuff up for auction and they do it quickly, and they send no letter. Basically if you are out for a month due to a major emergency you could lose everything with no communication at all. They don't even have auto bill pay from a credit card.
Seriously avoid this place. Go some where else. Livermore has some great storage places way better than this. I thought I could save 20-30 a month but it's not worth it. The stress of wondering if your stuff is ruined, did the check go through, etc. Just go some where else. read more