There are other storage providers in the area. I'd check them out first before coming here. I believe the other CubeSmart on 40th street is owned and staffed by the same people. The staff is friendly enough, but my rates were raised without much warning a few months after my move in. I also did not receive the advertised "1 month free."
I had an upstairs unit, near the older of the two freight elevators. This particular elevator was the one that seemed to be out of order every other time I visited the unit.
The skylights near my unit in the upstairs hallway were busted out, then later covered with plywood. I don't know if this was the result of a burglary, but it was a little unsettling.
I had to request that the hasp on my unit be changed, because it offered no protection from bolt cutters. To their credit, this was handled by the maintenance staff.
The numeric codes on the exterior doors for the hallways are laughably simple, and are never changed. On more than one occasion, I witnessed trash/drug paraphernalia in the stairway landing for the upstairs hallway. The locals definitely have access to the hallways. Be aware of this.
The exterior lighting was poor for the majority of the time I had my unit, but they did remedy that, perhaps to deter the druggies that liked to hang out in the stairwell.
Also, as far as move out goes, the facility charges $40 for use of the box truck, and gives it to you for an 8 hour period. You also get 50 miles before having to pay mileage. Seemed like an ok deal. The problem was, I happened to need to rent the vehicle on a Sunday. In my case, due to the shortened Sunday hours, the truck was only available from 11 am to 3 pm -- half the hours of any other day of the week. When I asked, as a customer of 2 years, if I would receive a discount on the $40 charge, since I was only getting half the standard time, I was literally laughed at and told "no, we don't do that."
Notwithstanding that encounter, the staff is personable enough, and I didn't get my stuff stolen. Both are of these are definite pluses.
The problem is, the owners have no compunction about gouging customers on unit rates or on the truck rental. The next time I need a storage unit, I will be looking elsewhere. read more