We are renting the band storage space at Storexpress in Etna. We rented a 14x15 space to share between two bands for a very competitve rate compared to other places around Pittsburgh.
When I first contacted Storexpress I spoke with Giovanni, and continued to work with him through the process. We were looking at 3 different spaces around the city, although between all of us, this was the only one we hadn't practiced in previously. Any musician in Pittsburgh who's used rented storage knows, most of them are deplorable and your equipment is very likely to be stolen or ruined by water. I personally used the Storexpress Southside before because I knew it was clean, dry, climate controlled, and SECURE!
Well Etna is even better than Southside. The band rehearsal facility is brand new, and separate from the normal storage... its situated very nicely between a big warehouse and the highway, and isnt even visible from the main road. No one would know it was band storage space unless they personally rented there. The floors are finished linolium and the walls are nice painted drywall, and the units have A/C and heating. I cant mention how it fairs in the summer, but its February and been in single digits recently and our space is always happily warm.
There are many other bands in the space and from what I can tell everyone really likes it as much as we do. Between both our bands, this is by far the best practice spot in Pittsburgh compared to any other rentable self-storage. Its also fairly convenient to get to from downtown or Lawrenceville, where most of us are from read more