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Long-term storage while you are overseas

A year or more away. What matters: the 12-month total, how much notice you get of a rise, who can get in for you, and what happens if a payment fails while you are away.

What to check

  • The 12-month total for room for a one-bedroom flat
  • Price rises
  • Letting someone else in
  • If you fall behind on rent
  • Insurance

Ask before you sign

  • Can I sign and pay online from overseas?
  • Can I name someone here who can get in and deal with you?
  • Do you email before you lock a unit or start a sale?
  • How much notice do you give before a rent rise?
  • Can I authorise someone else to get in while I am away?
  • How many days late before you lock me out?
  • Do I have to insure my goods?
How we check
  • Totals: offer months, then the standard rate, plus one-off fees the operator publishes with an amount.
  • Price rises, Letting someone else in, If you fall behind on rent and Insurance: from the operator's terms, with its own words on each site's page.
  • Sites with a price come first, lowest total first.

The 12 lowest totals 135 sites in all, 80 with a price for this

Site12-month total Price risesLetting someone else inIf you fall behind on rentInsurance
Public Self Storage EppingEpping $1,893 10.35 m², a unit open in business hours only, with an offer the operator's own terms disagree on Not published Not published Not published Not published
Troon Self Storage Altona NorthAltona North $2,016 12 m² Long-term customers get locked-in pricing; the notice for a rise is not published. You can share your code or card; you are responsible for whoever uses it. Late payment can restrict access; continued non-payment can end the agreement and your goods can be disposed of. Day counts are not publishe... Troon does not sell cover; check whether your home or business insurer can add storage.
National Storage CampbellfieldCampbellfield $2,040 13.5 m² After the first month, 14 days' notice of a rise. If you don't accept it, you can leave on 7 days' notice. Not published Owing money for 42 days or more makes your goods "abandoned goods": National Storage may then dispose of them, store them elsewhere or sell... You must keep your goods insured, with your own insurer or through National Storage: $17.50 a month for up to $5,000, $22.50 up to $10,000,...
Fort Knox Self Storage BraybrookBraybrook $2,048 10.5 m² 28 days' notice of a rise. If you object, you can leave on 24 hours' notice before the 28 days are up. Anyone you give your key and code to can get in; your agreement also names an alternative contact. Late payment suspends your access and the unit can be overlocked. After 42 days and 14 days' notice your goods can be sold; any surplus is r... Optional protection cover: first month free (up to $50,000 of cover), then $15 a month per $5,000. Who underwrites it, the excess and whethe...
StoreLocal EppingEpping $2,156 12 m² 28 days' notice of a rise. If you object, you can leave on 24 hours' notice before the 28 days are up. You decide who has access. Your agreement names an alternative contact who can remove your goods if you cannot. If you fall behind, access can be stopped and the unit overlocked. After 42 days in default and 14 days' notice your goods can be sold; any... StoreLocal does not sell cover or require it; the agreement makes insuring your goods your responsibility.
StoreLocal MordiallocMordialloc $2,216 13.5 m² 28 days' notice of a rise. If you object, you can leave on 24 hours' notice before the 28 days are up. You decide who has access. Your agreement names an alternative contact who can remove your goods if you cannot. If you fall behind, access can be stopped and the unit overlocked. After 42 days in default and 14 days' notice your goods can be sold; any... StoreLocal does not sell cover or require it; the agreement makes insuring your goods your responsibility.
Fort Knox Self Storage Dandenong SouthDandenong South $2,220 10.32 m² 28 days' notice of a rise. If you object, you can leave on 24 hours' notice before the 28 days are up. Anyone you give your key and code to can get in; your agreement also names an alternative contact. Late payment suspends your access and the unit can be overlocked. After 42 days and 14 days' notice your goods can be sold; any surplus is r... Optional protection cover: first month free (up to $50,000 of cover), then $15 a month per $5,000. Who underwrites it, the excess and whethe...
National Storage EppingEpping $2,259 13.5 m² After the first month, 14 days' notice of a rise. If you don't accept it, you can leave on 7 days' notice. Not published Owing money for 42 days or more makes your goods "abandoned goods": National Storage may then dispose of them, store them elsewhere or sell... You must keep your goods insured, with your own insurer or through National Storage: $17.50 a month for up to $5,000, $22.50 up to $10,000,...
Fort Knox Self Storage Coburg NorthCoburg North $2,307 10 m² 28 days' notice of a rise. If you object, you can leave on 24 hours' notice before the 28 days are up. Anyone you give your key and code to can get in; your agreement also names an alternative contact. Late payment suspends your access and the unit can be overlocked. After 42 days and 14 days' notice your goods can be sold; any surplus is r... Optional protection cover: first month free (up to $50,000 of cover), then $15 a month per $5,000. Who underwrites it, the excess and whethe...
Fort Knox Self Storage KeysboroughKeysborough $2,318 10 m² 28 days' notice of a rise. If you object, you can leave on 24 hours' notice before the 28 days are up. Anyone you give your key and code to can get in; your agreement also names an alternative contact. Late payment suspends your access and the unit can be overlocked. After 42 days and 14 days' notice your goods can be sold; any surplus is r... Optional protection cover: first month free (up to $50,000 of cover), then $15 a month per $5,000. Who underwrites it, the excess and whethe...
Public Self Storage BraybrookBraybrook $2,333 10.5 m² Not published Not published Not published Not published
Public Self Storage HallamHallam $2,333 10.5 m², a unit with an offer the operator's own terms disagree on Not published Not published Not published Not published

Totals assume you give notice on time. Each site's page has the operator's own words for every column, with the page and the date we read it.

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