I agree with Connie, Monique is the BEST! I've been to several Public Storage facilities and rented from 2, but Monique the BEST employee of P.S. that I've ever met. She is helpful, kind and honest about what you're getting. I appreciate that she was informative about pricing and options without pushing an up-sell on me. I did rent from another nearby P.S. location b/c the space was significantly lower for the couple months I need the storage, but again, I agree with Connie I would have rather rented with Monique because she was so much more personable without being a "salesperson". Sadly, I have to save $$$ where I can.
(***** 5 STARS for Monique! Give her a raise public storage!*****)
The units are clean and the security of the property feels more solid than other storage places. Everything is kept up and they have a good selection of unit sizes. Not the cheapest place around but a very solid choice. If you need a climate controlled unit (for preservation of textiles or various art supplies, antiques etc) this is one of the few companies that provides that option.
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My 3 Stars are for P.S. itself. They are NOT a company that cares about customer loyalty AT ALL. They're only interested in hooking new customers with their 1st month promotions. I have a space over on Jefferson Rd. and they jacked up my rent by 17% after only 6 months in my space! The employees at that location gave me your run of the mill "we can't explain when they'll raise rent, it's corporate" non-explanation. I rented from P.S. in Berkeley, CA for several years and only had my rent increase by a small percentage each year, once a year.
I also had to deal with the bureaucracy/semantics of not being able to get the 1st month promotional rate for my new space in Irvine when I moved down from Berkeley. Because I had moved out of my unit up north less than 7 days prior I wasn't "qualified". So I waited that extra 5 days to move in because it saved me over $100 to do so, but it was a huge inconvenience. I was also told that my partner couldn't sign up instead of me to "qualify" for the rate because he was with me when I had this ridiculous conversation with the employees at P.S.
I understand that P.S doesn't want people hopping from location to location every month to "scam" the $1 or 50% 1st month deals, but honestly, who has the time to space hop that much!? Wouldn't it be more logical to perhaps give a leeway of say a 50 mile radius? Or a 2-3 month minimum commitment to qualify if you have had/have another unit? People do move significant distances and do need to take their things with them. When we do move we have to pay the current rental rate of the new location any way. In the end P.S. is coming out on top anyway. I had an employee of an unnamed location in CA tell me that P.S. make $200,000 a MONTH on that location alone in rentals. Sooooo P.S. ain't hurtin for money at all.
Due to my experiences this past year with P.S the corporation, I'm trying to downsize quickly enough to get rid of this unit and stop giving my money to Public Storage. For $260 a month I could find a new apartment with an extra room for my own onsite storage. read more