Storage price rises: avoid them, and what you can do
The prices on this site are those offered to new customers. A rise for a tenant comes by notice under the agreement. Here is what each operator's terms say, and what to ask before and after you sign.
If you get a rise notice
StoreLocal: 28 days' notice of a rise. If you object, you can end the agreement before those 28 days are up and leave on 24 hours' notice.
must provide at least 28 days' notice to You of any fee increaseStoreLocal managed-site terms, read 8 Nov 2026
If You object to the fee increase, You may, before the expiration of that 28 day period, terminate this Agreement and move out by giving no less than 24 hours' notice to UsStoreLocal managed-site terms, read 8 Nov 2026
If the Storer objects to the increase, the Storer may, before the expiration of that 28 day period, terminate this Lease and move out by giving no less than 24 hours' notice to the FO.StoreLocal owned-site lease, read 8 Nov 2026
Wilson Storage: New customers' monthly rent is locked for at least 6 months; the notice period for later rises is not published.
Guaranteed Lock-In Rates relate to monthly rents not increasing for at least 6 months.www.wilsonstorage.com.au promotion terms (at the foot of its privacy policy page), read 8 Nov 2026
Public Self Storage: no notice period for rises is published. Ask before you sign.
Before you sign
- Get the monthly rate after the offer in writing, and how many months the offer runs.
- Ask whether the rate is locked, for how long, and how much notice you get of a rise.
- Ask whether you can leave without the full notice period if you do not accept a rise.
Can you negotiate?
None of the eight operators whose terms we have read publishes a negotiation policy. What you can point to is the new-customer price for your size at the same site and nearby sites, which every results page here shows with the date we read it. Each facility page records every change we see in those prices: 14 so far across 1001 advertised prices since 7 November 2026.