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Wine storage in Melbourne

Temperature-controlled wine lockers at some self storage sites. What matters: whether the site says its wine storage is temperature or humidity controlled, and how its cover treats wine.

What to check

  • The 12-month total for any size
  • Climate control
  • Insurance

Ask before you sign

  • What temperature and humidity are the wine lockers kept at, and is it monitored?
  • Does your cover include wine, and up to what value?
  • 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.
  • Climate control: from each operator's own page. Where it says nothing, the table says "not stated".
  • 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 15 sites in all, 13 with a price for this

Site12-month totalClimate control Insurance
Fort Knox Self Storage ScoresbyScoresby $341 1 m² Climate-controlled units (some units) 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 ElthamEltham $546 1 m² Climate-controlled units (some units) 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 RingwoodRingwood $914 2.25 m² Climate-controlled units (some units) 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 West MelbourneWest Melbourne $1,000 1 m² Climate-controlled units 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 Glen IrisGlen Iris $1,068 2.4 m² Climate-controlled units 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,...
National Storage BrunswickBrunswick $1,156 2.4 m² Climate-controlled units 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,...
StoreLocal HallamHallam $1,177 3 m² Climate-controlled units StoreLocal does not sell cover or require it; the agreement makes insuring your goods your responsibility.
National Storage CanterburyCanterbury $1,504 3 m² Climate-controlled units 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,...
National Storage South MelbourneSouth Melbourne $1,684 2.25 m² Climate-controlled units 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,...
StoreLocal OakleighOakleigh $1,692 4.5 m² Temperature and humidity controlled units (some units) StoreLocal does not sell cover or require it; the agreement makes insuring your goods your responsibility.
National Storage RichmondRichmond $2,028 2.25 m² Climate-controlled units 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,...
National Storage HawthornHawthorn $2,480 2.25 m² Climate-controlled units 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,...

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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