Many storage companies require you take their insurance policy for a fee. I'm paying $20 just for insurance.
If you check, your renters or homeowners insurance might cover the stuff. Also, those storage units sell really expensive policies with low payout numbers. If you look at the fine print, it might say something about not storing more than $2000 or $3000 worth of stuff, and insurance won't cover above that. Also, "all dimensions are estimates." I measured a unit I rented once for a move and it was 16% smaller than advertised. Would love a truth in storage law where they have to advertise true sizes. But it gets complex with height. Storage companies are scum usually. Public Storage is the wrost. The reviews are mostly fake. They buy out facilities and ramp up prices. All the while they get cheaper employees and the facilities go to crap. REIT out to squeeze the end users. You can swap units and reset the prices some. They won't give you the rates you find online, but it's helpful. Put everything on wheels to help make it easier!!! You have to either go up or down sizes usually. You *could* use a friend and hand off the account but that might mess with liability/insurance. Unfortunately housing and biz spaces are crazy expensive right now due to lots of political stuff and years of bad policy, so the idea of going out now and buying a building or house with land will cost a _LOT_ unless you are really in the sticks. A lot of people made a ton of money during covid and it's buying everything. - Ethan