by Sarah Thompson | Feb 14, 2026 | Self Storage Guides
My back still hurts thinking about that first storage unit I ever rented. I was twenty-three, moving out of my college apartment, and I just clicked the cheapest option on some website. Didn’t measure anything. Didn’t ask questions. Didn’t even look...
by Sarah Thompson | Feb 14, 2026 | Self Storage Guides
Man, I’ve been there. Staring at a pile of boxes in my garage, knowing I need a storage unit, and then hitting the weirdest question: Where the heck should I even rent this thing? Near my house? Or… near my job? It sounds like a small thing, right? But trust me, where...
by Sarah Thompson | Feb 14, 2026 | Self Storage Guides
Hey there. So I was talking to a customer last week, Sarah. She’s got a four-bedroom house in the suburbs. Her kids are teens now. Objectively, she has space. And yet, she’d just rented a 10×10 unit with us. I asked her why, thinking it was maybe a parent moving...
by Sarah Thompson | Feb 14, 2026 | Self Storage Guides
So, you got a storage unit. Smart move. It cleared out the guest room, saved your sanity during the move, and finally gave your car a spot in the garage. You signed up for, say, three months. You were totally confident. “I’ll be settled into the new place...
by Sarah Thompson | Feb 14, 2026 | Self Storage Guides
Alright. Coffee’s gone cold. Let me just talk to you. My garage was a running joke in my family. My brother-in-law would come over, peek in, and say “Hey, I think I saw Indiana Jones in there looking for the Lost Ark.” Very funny. Not so funny when...
by Sarah Thompson | Feb 14, 2026 | Self Storage Guides
Look, I’m not going to lie to you. Last spring, I shoved my snowblower into the back corner of the garage with about as much ceremony as I’d give a bag of trash. I was done. The gloves were dry, my back was sore, and I never wanted to see the thing again. Fast forward...
The Science Behind Storage Unit Dimensions (2026)
