StorageCheck

Furniture storage while you renovate

Renovations run late, so cost the longer stay too. What matters: the 6-month total, a rent rise mid-way, damp and pests for furniture, and drive-up access for bulky items.

What to check

  • The 6-month total for room for a three-bedroom house
  • Drive-up
  • Climate control
  • Price rises
  • Insurance

Ask before you sign

  • Are the units checked for damp and pests, and how often?
  • If the job runs over, can I stay month to month at the same rate?
  • How much notice do you give before a rent rise?
  • 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.
  • Drive-up and Climate control: from each operator's own page. Where it says nothing, the table says "not stated".
  • Price rises and Insurance: from the operator's terms, with its own words on each site's page.
  • Sites with a price come first, then those whose pages state more of the must-haves above, then the lowest total.

The 12 that fit best 135 sites in all, 42 with a price for this

Site6-month totalDrive-upClimate control Price risesInsurance
StoreLocal OakleighOakleigh $1,526 18 m² Drive-up units (some units) Temperature and humidity controlled units (some units) 28 days' notice of a rise. If you object, you can leave on 24 hours' notice before the 28 days are up. StoreLocal does not sell cover or require it; the agreement makes insuring your goods your responsibility.
Fort Knox Self Storage ScoresbyScoresby $2,439 18 m² Drive-up units Climate-controlled units (some units) 28 days' notice of a rise. If you object, you can leave on 24 hours' notice before the 28 days are up. 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 HallamHallam $2,862 18 m² Drive-up units Climate-controlled units 28 days' notice of a rise. If you object, you can leave on 24 hours' notice before the 28 days are up. StoreLocal does not sell cover or require it; the agreement makes insuring your goods your responsibility.
Fort Knox Self Storage RingwoodRingwood $3,243 18 m² Drive-up units Climate-controlled units (some units) 28 days' notice of a rise. If you object, you can leave on 24 hours' notice before the 28 days are up. 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...
Roomia Clyde NorthClyde North $1,733 18 m² Drive-up units Not stated on the operator's page One month's written notice of a rise. After your first month you can end the lease on 14 days' written notice. Optional StoreReady goods protection (not insurance), up to $100,000, arranged through GSA Insurance Brokers: the first $100 of a claim is y...
StoreLocal EppingEpping $1,737 18 m² Drive-up units (some units) Not stated on the operator's page 28 days' notice of a rise. If you object, you can leave on 24 hours' notice before the 28 days are up. StoreLocal does not sell cover or require it; the agreement makes insuring your goods your responsibility.
StoreLocal CampbellfieldCampbellfield $1,760 18 m² Drive-up units Not stated on the operator's page 28 days' notice of a rise. If you object, you can leave on 24 hours' notice before the 28 days are up. StoreLocal does not sell cover or require it; the agreement makes insuring your goods your responsibility.
Public Self Storage EppingEpping $1,773 18.3 m², a unit open in business hours only, with an offer the operator's own terms disagree on Drive-up units (some units) Not stated on the operator's page Not published Not published
StoreLocal Pakenham SouthPakenham $1,832 18 m² Drive-up units Not stated on the operator's page 28 days' notice of a rise. If you object, you can leave on 24 hours' notice before the 28 days are up. StoreLocal does not sell cover or require it; the agreement makes insuring your goods your responsibility.
StoreLocal SunshineSunshine $1,944 18 m² Drive-up units Not stated on the operator's page 28 days' notice of a rise. If you object, you can leave on 24 hours' notice before the 28 days are up. StoreLocal does not sell cover or require it; the agreement makes insuring your goods your responsibility.
StoreLocal Narre WarrenNarre Warren $2,010 18 m² Drive-up units (some units) Not stated on the operator's page 28 days' notice of a rise. If you object, you can leave on 24 hours' notice before the 28 days are up. StoreLocal does not sell cover or require it; the agreement makes insuring your goods your responsibility.
Roomia Sunshine NorthSunshine North $2,160 18 m² Drive-up units Not stated on the operator's page One month's written notice of a rise. After your first month you can end the lease on 14 days' written notice. Optional StoreReady goods protection (not insurance), up to $100,000, arranged through GSA Insurance Brokers: the first $100 of a claim is y...

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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