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Understand how your Self Storage billing Works!

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Long Island Self Storage billing

Not all Manhattan Self storage providers are created equal when it comes to rates and billing. Many Manhattan mini self storage providers offer various features and benefits than NYC Manhattan Self Storage locations.

One of the major aspects of NYC self storage is to look for the best facility that fits your needs. And one of those needs is to know how the facilities generates their billing.

We at  A Space Place Storage would like to share valuable information about self storage billings so you can  truly understand how you are paying and also how much you are paying.

Let say that you rent a unit in the  middle of the month, most Manhattan Mini  Unit Storage sites prorate your move in. This way you only pay  for the remaining days of the month. Many costumers like this since they are paying for the unit for the first half of the month. It does not really make sense to pay for the time that you are not storing. Prorating your move  also helps your wallet and end of months bills.

Many Manhattan Mini Residential self storage provider do their month billing on the 1st of every month, they actually will not typically prorate the move out. The prorating changes if you are only there for couple of days, then that could potentially be different.

There is they small change that  you will find a facility will prorate the move out and you only pay for the time that you are renting. In most cases the facility will ask that you pay for the rest of the month even if you are not there. Unlike A Space Place Storage, manhattan self storage that prorate at the end tend to be unfair.

Leases are typically month to month so you can leave at the end of your prorated time. Knowing how your billing works at your self storage facility is crucial.  Before you leave, the manager will make sure that you understand the billing cycle.

Organized Living Equals Happier and a Longer Life

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Manhattan Climate Self Storage

A Space Place Storage compile a survey and found similarities between happy city living and the number of local  self storage providers in the area.

Forbes Magazine, the top 20 worst cities, have a lower  number of storage units – usually, lower than the national average.

Out of those 20 worst cities, the top  ten cities have an average with 5.82 square feet of self storage per person.  Lets face it, if you want to go live in a happier city, best way to find out if by searching the amount of self storage location in the area  (more the merrier). The next city which land on number 9  Lincoln, Nebraska,  were a person has an average of 13.25 square feet. This number  close to double the national average.
By why is this happening? What statistic is there to support this? Perhaps an  uncluttered life is a happier and longer life?

Actually, yes. Organized leaving tend to have a positive psychological and physical effects on a person’s life. A study done by  Professor Howard S. Friedman and graduate student Margaret L. Kern, where they studied  8,900 participants. In this study the the average life span of an organized person is about two to four years in comparison to an an unorganized individual. The study concluded that  individuals have better health habits and less risk-taking. Also, it suggested that those people then to  travel life pathways toward healthier psychosocial environments. The result that makes more sense is that those selected people who tend to live longer have a  stable jobs and marriages –which leaded to  good health.

Do not stress your self or your  heart, which shortens your life span. Stop and get a storage unit to avoid  an unorganized trap life.
The answer is clear: self storage for your stress inducing excess is the way to go.

Marketing Self Storage to New York and Long Island College Students Part 2

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College Self Storage For Student

To really make an impact with fliers, its is very wise to tell a college student, or a employee who is a college student to enter the dorms and  slide fliers through the cracks  and bottom of doors in student-heavy neighborhoods and apartment complexes. You can also asked the student to place  fliers on community bulletin boards along the college were it is permitted.

There is also an alternative from going around placing fliers on student doors;  student newspapers or magazines. Our long island college student self storage specials reach out to the whole community when an ad is posted on  newspaper. Regardless if it is on the internet or local newspaper, you will get exposure to a large number of people.

Today, everything if done via  a computer. We can not stress the fact of the importance of having a self storage website. Provide your viewers with plenty of details about your facility.

As mentioned before an easy and free online marketing idea is to list your units on Facebook Marketplace. Another huge part of reaching out to college student if via text.

Creating a mobile text messaging function can increase your sales since mobile is the way to go for students. A  simple call-to-action on your website or a “text ‘collegesavings’ to 12345 for 15% off student storage” can bring in more profit to your New York Self Storage location.

There is one way to get if no the entire college to rent from you;  work directly with the university to promote their offerings. If allowed, you can post your sales and saving on the  “Student Life” resource section of the university website. This strategy can also place your flier in dorm mailboxes.

Manhattan Mini Climate Self Storage Solutions Part 2

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When people are new to the storing business, many times they are not sure weather to make that step. However, try to see what and how your competitions are using self storage for their business objectives.

Everyone wants to save money, therefore, when thinking about storing, make sure to make a thorough evaluation of the features in your safekeeping units without raising the price substantially. Many self storage units in long island tend to drop the  rates over competitors, to gain that extra edge in the competition.

This will help you attract more customers. In any case, the wide array of benefits that these units have to offer will far outweigh the additional amount of money you may have invested to get this feature. There can be a wide array of things that may need the climate control feature. Some of those things may include fine

  1. furniture
  2. fine linens and clothing
  3. retail inventory items
  4. oil paintings
  5. mattresses
  6. musical equipment.

It is true that not all items that your customers are going to store will need this feature. Therefore, it is very important for you to keep this feature optional.  You can obviously charge an additional fee if the customer opts for climate control units. They will also be willing to pay this additional cost because they will consider it as an investment to keep their belongings safe for a longer time.

Overall, you should always look at the competition in your area in order to find out the kind of services they are offering. In order to give a kick start to your business, you should focus on providing some additional services at a very affordable cost.

For example, if your competitors are not offering the facility for climate control spaces in their facilities, you can easily win more customers by offering this feature in your facility.

Manhattan Mini Climate Self Storage Solutions

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Manhattan Climate Self Storage

Climate control units in Manhattan is one of the most important features to look for when thinking about safekeeping sensitive things. Most NYC commercial storage location offer special units that are equipped with heating and air conditioning.

More people today are renting climate controlled units  becuase it will keep their furniture safe and fresh. Since heated storage is becoming a must in the mini self storage world, storage stores are now implementing this types of units to attract more customers and keep  existing customers also satisfied. A Space Place Storage understand that climate control units are an essential feature to offer.

The amount of stuff that People these days are storing  tend to stay in storage for months and some times even years. During that long period of time, if the unit is not air conditioned, items can be exposed to excessive humidity, may get ruined.

Most of the items that have to stay in storage to preserve its value are  electronic items, clothing, books, and even furniture. A unit with climate control feature keeps such items in the same condition for as long as they are stored.

Meet Your Customers Demands

Climate control self storage maintains various factors, such as dust, wind, humidity, and temperature. It is very important to have a system to control these factors in order to prevent the stored items from warping, getting mildew or mold.

The  temperate that a unit  could damage items is when the temperate is above eighty degrees or falling below sixty degrees.

Your customers will love such features, as when they store their belongings in a controlled climate, they will have the peace of mind that their possessions are completely safe and secure.

Benefits of Business owners utilizing self storage

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New York City Business Self Storage

Many Manhattan business owners seek the service of affordable self storage in order to be able to  purchase an office or warehouse space to store their products.  All professions from electricians, contractors, wood workers, handymen, dentistry suppliers, vending machine operators, to  hobby or thrift store operators are the highest amount of people who use self storage units to store their product and or supplies.

Manhattan Self storage units from A Space Place Storage is one of the most effective way to store your supplies without the hassle of renting limited office space or a  warehouse. Many public warehousing storage tend to overprice for what you need.

Have you even thought of using a self storage unit for your products and supplies?

Our Manhattan Self Storage Services has one of the largest vast variety and sizes of self storage units at the most affordable rate. When looking for a new york city business storage, try to  look around your area or  close to your home or business region and compare the prices with business storage store outside your area. Compare the prices and make your decision form there .

One of the biggest thing to do when shopping for a storage place, is to actually visit the location check out the prices in the spot. Our file and record storage units will surprised you when you see the savings on a large unit compared to renting an office or warehouse space.

Also, try to see how the costumer service is from the storage place you plan on renting. Many times, a good manger will go the extra mile to see you rent from them. Ask if they accept delivery of  products or supplies to the office. That is one of the biggest perk that our Manhattan Business Mini Self Storage offers to all business that store with us. No tall Self storage facilities often accept packages or entire deliveries for you and place them in your unit for your convenience. Storage facilities will also pick up file storage in some cases for the tenants just to be as accommodating as possible

Long Island Moms need Residential Storage Too!

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Mom Needs Residential Self Storage Too

Noreen Smith, a Long Island Mom who is a  Secret Shop Specialist who relates the need for residential self storage to moms.

Welcome to A Space Place Self Storage blog, we are Long island top storage tips, and advisory.
New York Moms are on the move, from taking kids to soccer practice to cleaning the house, Long Island mom’s are one of the selective group that believe it or  not could use self storage units.

Many families live in small house, or apartments  in order to save money. However, when downsizing, mothers tend to want to keep everything due to the relationship they have with a special item. The solutions is either, throwing it away, selling it, or storing it.

In the last 5 months, A Space Place Storage conducted  a survey of our tenants who are moms, and asked them the real reason why they chose a self storage units. 20 % of the mother confessed that their husband do  not let them keep things in the house. Therefore, renting a small 5×5 storage unit is plenty enough room for the smaller things in life. 40 % of the mother questioned said that they are storing their oldest kids stuff. This mean college students who are off to college or have moved out out of their parents house, therefore, mother do not want to throw away their oldest child books, trophies and other memorable things.

The remaining 40 perfect were hardworking moms who have their own business. This tend to be either Avon Subscribers, or door to door seller of cosmetics, and electronics.

Long Island Mothers are the hiding storage groups that starting to become a trend. We asked the mother that storage at our Commercial Self Storage Office, that if it was not for self storage, would have they thrown away the stuff?  More than half the mother said that they would have either find a place where to store, perhaps a small section of their home. The other half, explain that they would have sadly thrown away the stuff or either give it to some else. There was however a small percentage that said they would have done a garage sale to get rid of the things.

Residential Mini Self Storage Units are perfect for Moms who have a lot of memories or keepsakes in boxes. Think of storage as storing things to  make more room for boxes of memories!

Transition to Civilian Life with A Space Place Self Storage

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There are hundreds of people that serve diverse parts of the US Army who are from Long Island and New York. Many have being stationed overseas  for over 10 years and now it their time to come back home. As more and more soldiers return home their military career has prepared them for  obstacle in life. However, its a very hard and emotional transition when preparing to conquer the civilian business world with the training received for the past 10 years.

Soldier return home with the hope to see their families and moving on with life. Many move out of their home to a bigger one of a smaller house since wife sometimes stay with the parents of the husband thus moving out once arrival.

Many soldiers want to store their army equipment in storage in order to either avoid bad memories and in a way its a good way to start fresh  in their minds. Our Long Island Residential Self Storage prices and amenities are one of the best in all of long island and new york city. .

A Space Place Storage offer  nearby residential storage near Melville, New York self storage. Many Long Island House household storage facility has great rates and the space needed to store all of his belongings are just perfect.

In the other hand, there are soldiers who move back to the states and are unable to find a place to stay. In such occasions, a self storage unit if very useful to keep your things safe and secure until an apartment is found.

To make your move in day faster and affordable, we offer a Free Move in Truck for our Long Island and New York City Tenants. Each of our units are clean and ready for you to  unpacked. We at A Space Place Storage make your transition to civil life  as smoothest and. We have the best residential storage unit waiting for you.

4 Tips For Effective Long Island Self Storage Unit Usage Part 2

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3. Dishes, Glassware, Mirrors, Paintings, Etc
Storing fragile items can be stressful and in many cases expensive if not storage in the proper manner. When your packing: Glass items or other fragile items , A Space Place Storage advices you to take additional care when packing them for a self storage unit.

Purchase additional packing material such as:

  • bubble wrap
  • Tape
  • Boxes
  • News Paper

Making the extra purchase can end up saving you more money by protecting your glass or sensitive items.  Also, we must stress the  importance to fill in any gaps or spaces within the boxes to help prevent them from shifting.

One important tip that we give, is to stack fragile items on top of more stable items. Unfortunately , people often forget to do this , and end up damaging their items.  Stacking  your fragile items on top of harder and more stable boxes give a  higher chance that the boxes could stumble over as time passes.
4. Electronics Long Island Self Storage
Heat, Humidity, and dryness can damage your Electronics if not storage the proper way. All electronics when stored,  need to be given additional care.  One easy trick is to wrap yo electronics in bubble wrap and store them in a correctly proportioned box. Also, if you have expensive electronics, you may want to storage them in a climate controlled room.

Air conditioned rooms preserve electronics better than non climate storage units.

Additionally, if any of the electronics have batteries in them, make sure that they are removed before storing them. Otherwise the batteries can leak acid and destroy all surrounding electronics and other items.

A Space Place Storage hope that you try to  follow these simple tips. If done so ,  your self storage unit will  protect your items more  effectively. Do no  overlook the importance of protecting your items when going to storage. The main part of having a good storage unit is to pack correctly when moving items into a self storage unit. Your  items in storage units could end up in storage unit anywhere from days, months, to years.

4 Tips For Effective Long Island Self Storage Unit Usage

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On your moving day to your self storage unit, it doesn’t have to be more different than when you are actually moving.  A Space Place Storage encourages everyone to packaged all of your furniture and items correctly and arranged in a way that ensures all of the contents are completely safe.
From mini storage to climate controlled self storage unit, avoid packing your belongings incorrectly to avoid damaged over time. A Space Place Storage have added  tips to make the usage of your self storage unit more effective and safe. 

1. General  Long Island Mini Storage Packing Tips

We can not stress how  important is to  use the correct packing accessories to safely store your stuff  for a  long period of time.

This may include:
  1. Cartons
  2. Boxes
  3. Bubble wrap
  4. Plastic covers

Make sure that when packing cartons or boxes, you pad the box if there is any items that can break.

If boxes are not completely filled and pad,  your boxes runs the risks of bend, tip, or collapse which can damage whatever is in them. Additionally, labeling the boxes and cartons can save you time when you need to search for a few particular items.

 

2. Furniture Household Self Storage:

When moving and storing furniture, make sure to completely empty of all of their contents. Otherwise,  there is a greater chance that they may become warped because of the additional weight. One good idea is to remove pieces, such as the legs of table, it can help to save space.

Finally, always try to keep your furniture clean. Since your moving it, clean the back or parts that you do no see. Its a good way to keep the unseen parts clean and like new. This will further prevent the chance of mold, bacteria, or attracting vermin.