I spoke with the owner of this business about storage space and he was very helpful and spent time…read moremaking sure my questions were answered and my site visit was prompt. Nice job.

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Our service at Guardian Storage Shadyside was the best!! They have been great at answering my…read morequestions and communicating what to expect. Filling out the paperwork and getting our unit set up was super simple thanks to Matt! He was awesome and helped answer all our questions. Everyone here has been friendly and kind. I'm glad to have my things stored here knowing they are safe and I'm paying a good price for the unit.

Every person working here is amazing. They were our first contacts after planning the move to…read morePittsburgh, and they really represent the kindness that I've experienced here from the locals. We've used them twice, on separate occasions, over the last 6 months. I highly recommend working with Guardian Shadyside!!

Fantastic service! Great quality! And the price was better than any other company I checked out…read morethere on the web! Super friendly, courteous, and polite! I won't go anywhere else, and recommend them to everyone I know!

I previously rate this company high. However I just found out how poorly the handled my furniture…read more Upon sitting on one of the beds it BROKE!!! Also, I have 3 useless bookshelves. The pins needed to hold up the shelves are missing. Isaiah told me they were in my old home office tape together in a ball. I went back there and found nothing anywhere I looked. Afraid to sleep on either bed that they reassembled. I removed the photos and changed the rating because Jerome from Moving ahead did an excellent job of correcting all our issues. I view the measure of a company not only on the original work but how they handle any issues that occur from the move. Moving Ahead Services did an excellent job correctly every issue we had. I recommend this business.

We used this company recently for a move from our two bedroom loft in downtown Pittsburgh to a…read moretownhouse in Lawrenceville. Overall we had a very negative experience. We had been planning the move with them for weeks. Leading up to the day, we were very straight forward about how much stuff we had and the difficult items we had. In our opinion, this move should've taken 4 hours. It took almost 7. 1. We paid for three movers at $239/hour. Many times throughout the day, one of the guys frequently was standing around on his phone. One of the other guys wouldn't stop complaining. Frequently the two guys I just mentioned were doing the work of one person - such as moving items on dolly to a truck - does that really require two men? We paid for three people, but after considering the poor work ethic of one of them and the fact that two people were sometimes doing the work of one, we really only got 1.5 people. 2. They damaged several pieces of our furniture. And didn't come with enough supplies to protect all of our furniture. (We ended up having to use our own blankets to protect our headboard). See photos provided. There were multiple scratches made to expensive wooden pieces, and giant holes ripped in the bottom of our mattress. 3. My husband called the company in the middle of the move to see if they could have a word with their crew, because at that point we were pretty unhappy. Asked if he could have them please pick up the pace because we were paying by the hour, and it was taking longer than expected (see note 1 about paying for three people but only getting one and a half due to playing around on phone and doing inefficient work). The response from the company was that we had "unrealistic expectations" and they didn't help us at all. So according to this company, expecting to get three peoples amount of work done when you paid three people is unrealistic. Expecting people you are paying hourly to not be on their phones is unrealistic. Expecting people you are paying to be professional and not complain incessantly is unrealistic. They made no attempt what so ever to make things right. 4. By the end of the day, even the crew lead was visibly annoyed by his crew. He was a hustler and the only reason this review is getting 2 stars instead of 1. 5. Forgot to mention the couch. We have a three person seater with a sleeper couch. We warned them ahead of time that this would be the hardest piece to move. Two of the guys tried for about a half hour to get it out the front door before my husband had to go and show them how to do everything. Then they proceeded for an hour after that trying to get the couch into the elevator. We told them it wasn't going to fit and they would have to take the stairs (When we moved into our place 2 years ago, movers took it UP the stairs no problem, very quickly. We are only on the third floor). They repeatedly said "yeah, we're not doing that" and proceeded to complain and take more and more time that WE were paying for. Eventually they had to take the stairs, of course. So it effectively took them 1.5 hours to do something that took a different company (the one that helped us move in) less than a half hour. Overall they started at 8am and ended at 2:45 pm. We paid over $2,000, for a job that took way longer than it needed to. We paid for three men and didn't get the power of three men. We have damaged furniture. And despite all of this, we were told that we had unrealistic expectations and they were happy to take our money. We felt scammed and wouldn't use this company again. Save yourself the time, money, and headache. Do not hire this company.

TL;DR - Movers held our items on the truck until payment was made prior to unloading. Movers had no…read moreexperience moving items (uncovered mattress, face down on the sidewalk with the mover on top of it) They did not understand how to load a truck (small items were loaded first and not stacked). Claimed truck was 'full' despite being half full. Movers were instructed not to unload our items at our destination, UNTIL payment was made (which how can that be if time to unload was not accounted for?). Damaged walls and items. Had to call 2 friends to help unload the truck. Hands down the worst company I have ever worked with.We used them for a move on April 2024 to move our items from our townhome to a house that was 0.3miles away. The move took 6 hours longer than expected, despite having already broken items down and made them easily accessible. The moving crew had 0 equipment and were extremely unskilled in moving the most basic items, including a mattress. They called a week before the move to get an estimated list of items that I would need moved, during which on the phone call that I explained I was currently travelling and can only list of what large items come to mind and approximately 25-30 boxes for the miscellaneous items. There was no follow up email sent to gather a formal list of all the items needing moved. On moving day, movers were 2 hours late and 2/3 workers showed up in an unbranded moving truck that did not have a ramp. I walked the movers through our townhome and showed them everything that needed to be moved. However, it became very apparent that the movers had no experience in how to move out a house. They were unnecessarily wrapping things that didn't need to be wrapped, and did not know how to move a mattress as it took around 30 minutes to get it down 2 normal flights of stairs. It wasn't until hour 2 of 6 of moving out that the third mover showed up. They spent a total of 6 hours trying to move our well packaged and organized items out of the townhome. I spoke with Michael Dunne who asked me what is going on and why is it taking so long to move out. I explained that the movers were disorganized and lost with this move out process, and that the truck did not have a ramp. One of the movers came back to me and said that they couldn't take half of the items I showed them because it was 'not on the list' - the estimate list that I read out over the phone while travelling. We were 5 hours into this move out process that should've taken no more than 1.5-2 hours with any other company. They also claimed the truck was 'full' even though nothing was stacked. I also had to help them move some of the bigger items into the truck myself. 6 hours into the move, Michael Dunne called one of the workers and said they had to move onto the destination right up the street and start unloading. Extremely frustrated at this point, I agreed to move on and we'll come back for the other items ourselves - Michael Dunne got me to schedule another pickup in a few days, during which a $100 deposit was made. When we arrived at the unloading destination, the movers were instructed not to open the cargo door until a full payment of $2081 was made, PRIOR to unloading the items. This was around 2x what was quoted as they were charging for 'extra time' due to their inability to support a proper move-out. How do you know what to charge hourly if you haven't done the unloading process yet? They parked on a very busy street and not our driveway, despite me requesting the drivers to park in the driveway or even our front lawn. They refused, stating "we are not a traffic company, we are a moving company. F**k the traffic". Multiple items damaged, walls damaged, it took until 9:30pm (9.5 total hours) to have 75% of our items moved out of our townhome that we can still see out of the window from our new house. It took multiple emails and phone calls to cancel the follow up move and receive my $100 deposit back. I never received the signed contract at the time payment was made, and emails and phone calls have not been answered.

We've used the Penn Ave facility for a year and finally emptied out the unit. However, the entire…read moretime we've been treated really well, our unit was always secure and the way we left it. when we did have an issue, we were called to be made aware- which we really appreciated. This particular facility has ALWAYS been clean, neat, and well- kept. We've never felt unsafe in the area. w Were absolutely would use this facility again ever we need storage space again.

I would not recommend they tell you your storage is one price and the next month. It's a totally…read moredifferent price. This happened to me on several occasions. I will no longer be rent with them.

I needed a unit at the last minute and the lady in the office had one ready in less than 5 minutes…read more Facility is extremely nice and clean. Easy access. They even have a moving truck that you can borrow. The lady in the office is extremely nice.

At long last, I am finally able to move things out of my storage unit and into welcome use again…read more It's been so long in storage that I forgot/could not find the combination to my lock. I contacted the Waterfront Guardian and Heath assisted me in scheduling a time to cut the old lock off and install a new one. Heath has always been very cordial, helpful, and reliable. It's reassuring to see how much pride he takes in the facility: 1) the signage is very clear; 2) the entire facility is impeccably clean and well maintained; and 3) Heath goes "above and beyond" consistently. He has excellent communication and customer service skills. I strongly recommend this storage option. They offer very reasonable insurance for your belongings and also have excellent locks for sale which are customer friendly and can be customized to your own pin. Definitely five stars!

General Manager Nelson was not helpful at all and was rude and condescending to customers. We…read morecleared our unit on Thursday(still paying for our unit) and returned on Sat to "check out " and end our contract. We went to unit to take a pic as instructed and saw our unit tagged "ready for next customer" before we had even communicated that we were ready to cancell our agreement. General Nelson was condescending and telling us we didn't do it the right way or we didn't understand. clearly we weren't ready to end our contract yet until we went to leasing office so why was it tagged if we hadn't checked out. Horrible experience due to mgmt and will find other places to give our business to. Instead of being condescending and rude he could have just went thru the check out process and said no problem at all , have a great day and gave us our receipt. Needless to say I will not be recommending this place on local campus fb pages.

I have used U-Haul before and they are normally pretty standard and unsurprising. This particular…read moreU-Haul was good too but I didn't like the way owner/staff spoke with me. I enquired if I can pick up the U-Haul in the afternoon and return it by midnight and she rudely declined that. I can understand that it could not be possible but I didn't like the tone in which she responded. I could however see that she was treating other "local" customers well (calling them hon and sweety). So, maybe a bit of discrimination there. I just wanted to take the U-Haul and get out of there. Next time I need a U-Haul, I will probably avoid this location if possible purely because of the rudeness of the staff/owner. Services were good as it is on any other U-Haul location.

Expect that they will increase your rent every 3 months by about $20.00. The facilities are clean…read moreand well managed. The staff is very helpful and friendly. The corporation is very money focused with their phony insurance requirement at they sell and their constant rent increases.

This Guardian Storage used to be an affordable place with onsite staff and a retail store to…read morepurchase boxes, tape, bubble wrap, etc. In the past few years, they closed the retail store, got rid of onsite staff (including managers), and have jacked up prices 10% - 20% each year. Since I started leasing a space here, the cost has increased 81%. Every time I call to discuss the price increases, I'm told that John the manager will call me back. He never does. I'll be looking for another storage place. I recommend others do the same.

I waited till the last minute to reserve a truck, and they called to tell me I couldn't reserve one…read morefor a week because it was so busy (it's summer lease time) but the customer service person helpfully suggested getting one of those U-boxes for storage, which so far has been cheaper and much less worry. I'll warn you it is a bit smaller than a 10' truck, but I was able to pack all of my stuff in it. When I came to get the truck, the guy at the counter was super helpful despite it looking like they were a bit understaffed. Don't remember his name, but he has a huge beard. I don't get people complaining about being charged for a full day, renting these trucks is so cheap to begin with. I read through some of the bad reviews and it looks like the majority are upset about having to talk on the phone for a bit longer than they wanted. If you're moving in Pittsburgh, I'd highly recommend this location for your rental truck.

They sent our uhaul boxes to the wrong storage center. Cost us $2,500 to ship it to the correct…read morelocation. They never told me the place I was moving to didn't do uhaul boxes. Had to rent a truck unload our boxes into the uhaul truck. Then unload the uhaul truck at our new house. All more expenses. I asked the rep what I did wrong when I placed the order. She said "nothing". I was transferred to a supervisor who was supposed to give me some kind of a refund. Didn't accept they messed up. Was told that her supervisor would now call me the following Monday. They never even bothered to call.