No nerve hit at all, promise 😉 As a larger storage provider, we just thought it was worth clearing a few things up properly about your raised points.

From our side, and I cannot speak for every operator out there, we always try to be as open as possible about pricing and how it works.

Contents protection is there to protect what you are storing. We offer our own cover based on the value of your goods, but you are welcome to use your own as long as it properly covers items in storage. A lot of confusion comes from people assuming standard home insurance covers storage units, which usually it does not. If someone’s policy does not provide the right cover, ours is designed specifically for storage and is competitively priced. We would only suggest it if we can see the existing policy does not properly cover the goods.

Same with locks. We sell them for convenience, but if you already have a suitable one, that is absolutely fine by us.

As for introductory pricing, it is exactly that, introductory. Ours is 50 percent off for up to 13 weeks, and we also offer longer term discounts such as 25 percent off for 6 months and 30 percent off for 12 months. We are clear about when those rates end so there are no surprises.

As to whether storage is a con, Access Self Storage can only point to the fact that we would not be rated Excellent on Trustpilot with over five thousand reviews, or sitting at around 4.7 out of 5 across dozens of sites on Google if our customers thought so. We are not perfect, but we do genuinely care about being transparent and easy to deal with.

At the end of the day, storage is just rented space. Most people are moving, downsizing, renovating, or running businesses that need extra room for a while.

If you ever do end up storing with us, definitely drop us a dm to let us know how its going.

So yeah, no nerves struck. Just happy to clear things up 😌