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Storage during a separation

Short notice, and sometimes two people with a stake in the goods. What matters: whose name is on the agreement, who else can get in, and how quickly you can leave.

What to check

  • The 3-month total for room for a one-bedroom flat
  • Letting someone else in
  • One-off and extra fees
  • If you fall behind on rent

Ask before you sign

  • Only the person on the agreement can authorise access: can the other person be added, or kept out?
  • How much notice do I give to leave, and are unused days refunded?
  • Can I authorise someone else to get in while I am away?
  • Is there a sign-up, admin, deposit, lock or cleaning fee, and how much?
  • How many days late before you lock me out?
How we check
  • Totals: offer months, then the standard rate, plus one-off fees the operator publishes with an amount.
  • Letting someone else in, One-off and extra fees and If you fall behind on rent: 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

Site3-month total Letting someone else inOne-off and extra feesIf you fall behind on rent
Troon Self Storage Altona NorthAltona North $288 12 m² You can share your code or card; you are responsible for whoever uses it. Monthly rent includes GST and everything you must pay; late payments incur fees (amount not published). Bring your own lock. Late payment can restrict access; continued non-payment can end the agreement and your goods can be disposed of. Day counts are not publishe...
National Storage CampbellfieldCampbellfield $312 13.5 m² Not published A one-off move-in fee of $24. The fee schedule also lists a $4.40 monthly administrative fee without saying who pays it, late fees of $11 to... Owing money for 42 days or more makes your goods "abandoned goods": National Storage may then dispose of them, store them elsewhere or sell...
StoreLocal MordiallocMordialloc $317 13.5 m² You decide who has access. Your agreement names an alternative contact who can remove your goods if you cannot. No deposit, say its location pages (the agreements keep a deposit clause "if any"). A late payment fee is in your schedule; the amount is no... 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...
National Storage EppingEpping $342 13.5 m² Not published A one-off move-in fee of $24. The fee schedule also lists a $4.40 monthly administrative fee without saying who pays it, late fees of $11 to... Owing money for 42 days or more makes your goods "abandoned goods": National Storage may then dispose of them, store them elsewhere or sell...
StoreLocal CampbellfieldCampbellfield $345 13.5 m² You decide who has access. Your agreement names an alternative contact who can remove your goods if you cannot. No deposit, say its location pages (the agreements keep a deposit clause "if any"). A late payment fee is in your schedule; the amount is no... 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...
Roomia South MorangSouth Morang $362 13.5 m² You can share digital access; your alternative contact can collect your goods only if you walk away from the lease or die. No admin fees, says its location page. The lease has a deposit, a cleaning fee and a late fee whose amounts are in your schedule, and may ch... After a breach notice of at least 14 days, Roomia can sell your goods and set the proceeds against what you owe; any surplus is returned wit...
Public Self Storage EppingEpping $363 10.35 m², a unit open in business hours only, with an offer the operator's own terms disagree on Not published A one-off cleaning and admin fee of $20 plus GST. Paying late can cancel that month's discount. Not published
StoreLocal HallamHallam $378 13.5 m² You decide who has access. Your agreement names an alternative contact who can remove your goods if you cannot. No deposit, say its location pages (the agreements keep a deposit clause "if any"). A late payment fee is in your schedule; the amount is no... 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 EppingEpping $392 12 m² You decide who has access. Your agreement names an alternative contact who can remove your goods if you cannot. No deposit, say its location pages (the agreements keep a deposit clause "if any"). A late payment fee is in your schedule; the amount is no... 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 SunshineSunshine $395 12 m² You decide who has access. Your agreement names an alternative contact who can remove your goods if you cannot. No deposit, say its location pages (the agreements keep a deposit clause "if any"). A late payment fee is in your schedule; the amount is no... 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...
Fort Knox Self Storage BraybrookBraybrook $402 10.5 m² Anyone you give your key and code to can get in; your agreement also names an alternative contact. $28 one-off admin fee, which includes a lock. No security bond. Late fees apply (amount not published); $60 if you do not use your PIN at th... 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...
StoreLocal Narre WarrenNarre Warren $410 11.25 m² You decide who has access. Your agreement names an alternative contact who can remove your goods if you cannot. No deposit, say its location pages (the agreements keep a deposit clause "if any"). A late payment fee is in your schedule; the amount is no... 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...

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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