Be aware of the following (long term renter). Owner says he can't (won't) negotiate…read more 1. Changing Prices National self-storage companies use a system called "revenue management" to set their prices. At the national storage conventions, owners take classes about how to use this software to increase revenue by raising prices on customers. What is revenue management? This practice is what airlines and hotels use when they quote you a different rate for the same flight or room based on demand. Big storage companies do the same thing, reassessing their prices hourly. This means if they only have one 10 x 10 unit at the moment you check, it might be priced at $200 a month (compared to $100 last week). You can get the same unit at a company that is not using this software for much less. Why are they doing this? To make sure they are charging you the highest price they can get away with to maximize their revenue. 2. Increasing Rent All the Time When you sign a contract with one of these companies, you think that you've locked in a price for the rest of your lease, right? Not true. Almost all contracts in the self-storage industry are month-to-month. This means they can increase your rent at any time with a 30-day notice. National companies increase rent for current customers frequently, oftentimes twice a year. So, a unit you thought would be $70 per month suddenly costs you $115 per month. If you stay a year with that new rate, you'll be dishing out an extra $540 you hadn't budgeted for originally. 3. Charging High Fees National self-storage companies often reel you in with attractive pricing or a special but get you with fees. You may think you're paying only $70 per month, but wait, there's more: Admin fee ($20-$30) Lock charge ($20-$30) Late fees ($50-$60 for more than 30 days late) Deposit fee ($25-$45) Those fees add up, especially if you stay in your unit for a long time. Your bill inevitably ends up being much larger than you initially planned. 4. Ripping You Off with Insurance The big storage companies try to squeeze every possible penny out of you. One of the ways they do this is by requiring you to buy their storage insurance. While it seems like it adds value for customers, storage insurance is just an additional revenue stream for storage companies. Often, the insurance provider is the self-storage company. Other times, it's a third-party provider that gives the storage company a monthly kickback for selling policies. Public Storage automatically enrolls you in its insurance program, and you have to opt-out later to get out of it. They don't even offer good coverage. When you try to make a claim, you'll find the policy is selective in what it covers. Storage insurance is just an easy way for national storage chains to make an extra $15 to $25 per month from you. In fact, most renters have homeowners or renters' insurance that automatically covers items they've put in storage without additional cost. Our experience in managing 5,000 storage units is that it is very rare -- under 1% -- for something to happen that affects the contents of a storage unit. If you wrap your furniture in thick plastic wrap available on Amazon, and pack all your other items in plastic crates with tight lids, you will avoid almost all of the possible incidents that can affect your contents. That effort would eliminate rodent damage, mildew, and water damage, plus protect against absorbing the smell of the unit. The only thing left that could happen is theft. You have dropped your risk to .1%. Let's look at what would happen if you somehow incurred a loss: If you buy their insurance and stay for two years paying $25 extra a month, and if their policy covers the damage you incur, you have paid $600 for the insurance plus the $100 deductible. So you would have to experience over $700 in damage for it to help you. Do yourself a favor and spend $100 on packing supplies and rely on your homeowners or renters policy. 5. Making You Buy Their Expensive Lock Unfortunately, most national storage companies require you to buy their lock for $15-$20 (or more) instead of providing one to you free of charge. You can get the same lock at the local hardware store for $6.

So easy to register online. Spotless 5x7x8 unit, perfect for OOS student at UMD-CP to store larger…read moreitems for summer. Made our end of year move so much easier! Thank you!

I have a real estate team in the DMV. We sell over 80 homes a year. I highly recommend Dragan and…read morethe team at Zip. My clients have been very pleased with the white glove service and careful approach. If they make a mistake and its rare, they fix it. This is the kind of business I like to work with!

Never again it pays to learn and learn I did . Karma dies not forget address. They act all nice…read moreupfront , no communication poor services no one can tell you when you will get delivery. DO NOT RECOMMEND!!!!!!

I had a very good experience with All My Sons. The team was organized, efficient, professional, and…read moreworked hard throughout the move. I also thought the service was a good value for the level of work they provided. What I especially appreciated was that they worked with me to find a solution when my plans changed. At one point, I was considering storing my belongings at their warehouse for less than a week. Rather than simply taking the additional business, they told me it did not make sense to move everything from the original location into warehouse storage for such a short period because it would unnecessarily increase my costs. That advice was one of the reasons I ultimately decided to use PODS instead. My moving needs did change at the last minute, which made the overall move more expensive than I had originally planned, but that was because of the changing logistics, not because they were trying to increase the price. I really appreciated that they were focused on helping me find the most practical and cost-effective solution. I would absolutely recommend them.

***UPDATE: true to their deceptive character they commented sounding very helpful and like they…read morecared only to email me back and send me jumping through more hoops. All for sure. TERRIBLE business. SO mad at myself for not knowing better.*** I guess I should have come to Yelp before booking. Looks like I am not the only one, don't know if that makes me feel better or worse. When I called Karen was awesome and I was so excited for the service. Silly me. I have moved 10 times before this in as many years. This is BY FAR the worst experience I have had. I KNOW how long it takes to move my place. Not only did this take more than TWICE as long with allegedly a whole other person, they brought a fourth unauthorized guy. And still took more than half the time. One guy sat in the truck most of the time, I have pictures, the others didn't start on my kitchen until the end, had to wait for that....later to find out when I went back to the old apartment they hadn't even finished the whole kitchen ...ran over my allotted time at the building I was moving out of, at my cost. And then they ruined my couch. So I paid DOUBLE what I was expecting, which was already more than what was quoted cause I was adding a little buffer, but ended up tipping a whole additional person because I'm not a jerk. The guys were nice but inefficient. Kept saying this is what you get with a higher quality mover, but it was not even a better experience. They were wasteful with the amount of packing supplies they used, never presented or communicated the prices of the materials they were using, which I was told was included anyway but also others I never approved or asked for. Just popped it on me in the end. Oh and then they say "we are going to adjust your time by 15 min you'll see a refund on your card" and two and a half weeks later still waiting for it to even show pending at least. But you better believe the charge was instant. I was debating sharing my feedback but was so mad I finally emailed the company. But no one had even dignified me with not even an automated response, just silence. So I come here to do something I pretty much never do. But that's how annoyed I am. Sorry but would rather recommend. Cheap Movers, way better. I used last move were a thousand times better and a QUARTER of the price. I'm not even cheap but I hate being taken for a fool, and it turned out to be just that. That's what I get what I get for using hourly movers for the first time, never again. A slow work scam, exactly what I was worried about, but like an idiot I bought into the reassurances Karen gave me but they truly let her down. I hope she knows they're having her selling lies.

I used Dream Team twice, and have been very happy both times. They are very flexible in…read moreaccommodating your needs, no matter how small the job. The first time, we were just moving a mile across town and we just needed help with moving the heaviest items. I will say that the movers were very late, but they did contact me and keep me informed of their slow progress through traffic that morning. The two guys who helped move were efficient, courteous, and professional. For example, before moving my china cabinet, they went over the pre-existing damage, and then made sure I inspected it after the move. For the second move, two years later, we had a bigger move. It took 3 men 6-1/2 hours to load our house into the truck, which was within the range of the quote I was given beforehand. One of the movers was the same as the earlier team (I can't remember his name now, unfortunately), and he was great - friendly and a good leader for his team. They worked really hard, taking virtually no breaks, and were again courteous and professional.

Dream Team movers is the best! My husband and I had a huge move into our new home...zero…read moredamage...patient movers...plus the guys were a lot of fun and positive! The team was very patient and did not mind special instructions....

Great company, who moved me same day between states. Very flexible, friendly and professional. Will…read moreuse them again!

It had been a very long time since I last moved and the last company was all booked up on the date…read moreI was looking for assistance. So after receiving a few quotes from a handful of businesses, I went with Potomac Moving due to the speed of their response, clarity in communication, pricing and overall warmth and professionalism. In our first phone call to walk though my needs, they were very assuring and accommodating, which is a such a relief in the midst of stress and coordination that comes with planning for a move. They were also always very responsive in the few times that I reached out between the time I paid the deposit and the actual move. A night or two before, I sent at email regarding wardrobe boxes, since I was debating whether or not I should buy and have a few delivered to me. The owner responded quickly, assuring me that wardrobe boxes were tried, true and if I wanted to buy any directly from them that I could. That ended up being a great call, because they were able to properly enforce the boxes so that even the boxes filled with my heaviest coats remained in tact. On the day of the move, the movers were communicative regarding their arrival time. They were also very nice and hard working. I had a few large furniture items that needed to be disassembled and they ended up being quite beasts to tackle. But they worked diligently to break them down. Once it came time to move things to my new place, that was a breeze. One gesture that I thought was just so classy, was the owner called in the middle of the move to check-in on how things were going - I really appreciated that. Overall, would definitely recommend PMC - they're easy to work with, fair and transparent about pricing and you're sure to be met with professionalism!

Alex gave me a quote for moving to Hawaii. It wasn't worth the stuffs needed to ship. So instead he…read morereally helped me referring my stuffs to another shipping company that deals with smaller shipments. Thankful for his referra!

If this place calls you and you tell them you're no longer interested and try to end the call, they…read morewill continue to push and push when told "no thank you". Completely unprofessional and an all around garbage company, this place sucks!!

If you (like I) need to print and fax documents (yes some people still want you to fax them -…read moremostly doctors), this place is pretty straightforward and if you encounter any technical difficulties, the staff are promptly helpful. Not the usual "is there anyone around to answer my question" as at so many office supply places. Note: I ended up here after trying in vain to print some documents at the Charles McGee Library across the street. What a runaround! Try the 2nd floor, no, it's on the 3rd. Sorry, this printer's broken. Wait, that printer's available... but, sorry, there aren't any computers available from which to print, etc. etc. Save yourself trouble, even if it costs a few bucks, and just go to FedEx.

Parking can be NOT fun to find in this area for a quick FedEx run, but despite that, this is a good…read moreFedEx. It's spacious with all your office (and snack) needs. You can print, pick up a calendar, or ship something. Sending papers to Portugal was easy thanks to the helpful staff!

I miraculously found Nando's Movers on a desperate Google search after another company (Anytime…read moreMovers) failed to show up. Anytime Movers repeatedly failed to answer calls and didn't respond to my voicemail/email until it was too late. Lo and behold, their phone system wasn't working and they mistakenly booked me for an afternoon spot instead of the morning spot I requested ... absolutely unacceptable. Nando's picked up on the first call and was able to dispatch two movers to my location within 30 minutes as promised. That was a huge sigh of relief because it's nearly impossible to find last-minute help during summer. The rate was very competitive to move the contents of 1-bedroom apartment into a storage unit: $120/hr with a 3-hour minimum. Although I didn't like the 3 hour minimum, the total rate was still cheaper than most other companies since they don't tack on bogus travel/truck or supply (tape, shrink wrap, etc.) fees. In the end, my move only took 2 hours which I was very pleased with. The movers were polite, courteous, and were happy to oblige to any special requests I had. Due to the covid-19 pandemic, I appreciated that they kept their masks on at all times even though it was hot and humid outside. They wrapped my furniture snugly in shrink wrap, cardboard, and/or blankets. Anything that needed to be disassembled was done so in the correct manner. (Typically this needs to be done for IKEA/particle-board furniture, which I had alot of. But since I was moving these into a storage unit and not another apartment, they were fine with keeping most of the furniture intact which I preferred) I was absolutely stunned with how quickly and efficiently they moved my items, it was almost like everything was choreographed. In the end, they got all the furniture and boxes efficiently stacked into a 75 square foot storage unit. I was afraid my storage unit was going to be too small, but they did a great job and I ended up with 10-15 sqft of space still available. Nothing was damaged at either my apartment or in the storage facility. Excellent work. I'd definitely utilize Nando's Movers again if I had to move again. I probably will after the pandemic is over and I return to office work in the DMV area.

A Nando driver drove my wife's car into a curb at the intersection of Conn Ave & Bradley Blvd at…read moreapprox. 1PM on Mon, Sept 21st, damaging the rim and destroying the tire. My son was also in the car and was terrified. The cost to replace the rim & tire is $1,650. That's a tight stretch of road for those who know it, but doesn't excuse bad driving. When I called the corporate office to report it, they said there was no accident so its not their problem. I dont expect them to pay the bill, but how about a little compassion or even an apology? Certainly worth questioning to character of the owners here and would suggest those looking for movers go elsewhere. Brian Kochan