First - I would give both this specific location, and the company as a whole, zero stars if I could.
While I have a LOT to say about my experiences with Public Storage, my main takeaway is this - DO NOT USE PUBLIC STORAGE.
I work in Transportation / Logistics and we tell all of our client to avoid Public Storage like the plague, and for good reason.
Anyway, here is my story;
January 2020
I find myself in need of storage, and end up here. The person at the counter who helps me out is very friendly and helpful, and I end up with a unit that costs $87 per month. It's not a great price, especially for the location and condition of the facility, but hey I was desperate.
Things go ok for a while, although there are some hiccups with being randomly charged rent a few days early from time to time and my rent going up a bit. It's annoying, but hey inflation gets everyone right?
And then we reach this year...
January 2022
As of this month (and another months rent randomly being charged early) my rent was $127 - significantly higher but not completely insane just yet.
Seeing this steep increase, I log online to check my initial rent and see how much it's gone up and notice that my bill for next month is somehow $162 instead. Somehow my rent has gone up by nearly 30% in one month and 86% in the last two years. That's a 43% increase per yer, during a pandemic. If they keep it up at this rate, my rent would be $230 in another year.
There was also zero notice given that my rent would be increasing again - they've apparently just decided to go ahead and bill me more without telling me. Maybe someone can tell me whether or not that's even legal, but for now I'll be cancelling my payment information and emptying my unit out first thing in the morning.
If you need affordable storage - DO NOT USE PUBLIC STORAGE
If you want a storage company that are actually open during their business hours - DO NOT USE PUBLIC STORAGE
If you want a storage company that actually pick up the phone - DO NOT USE PUBLIC STORAGE
If you are incredibly desperate for storage, willing to take the first option you find (and my unit will be available by tomorrow), don't mind a company that double your rates every few years without notifying you, and enjoy spending hours listening to a robot answering machine when you need a human being... STILL DO NOT USE PUBLIC STORAGE.
If you take one single thing away from my review, let it be this;
FUCK PUBLIC STORAGE.
((It's also pretty clear this location are paying to have a lot of reviews taken down - what business that's been open for this many years only has 26 reviews? I'd bet my next month's storage rent that this review will be taken down by then)) read more