Self Storage Rental Agreement: Fill & Download for Free

I managed to beat a sleazeball lawyer once.I sold the contents of a storage unit that was many years past due at auction. Actually, sold several dozen units, but I came into this job and immediately realized they needed a “new sheriff in town” so I started laying groundwork for the auction. Went mostly smoothly, except the cleanup of some units has been delayed.Anyway, this unit belonged to Mr. Big. Name changed obviously. Mr. Big took us to arbitration claiming we had no legal right to auction his unit. I brought with me the following:A printout of Chapter 415 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, which governs self-storage facilities.The returned envelopes from the 2 certified letters I had mailed, with receipts from the post office showing I had abided by the timeline set by Chapter 415.An affidavit from the predominant local newspaper including my auction notice, and the date it had run, again in keeping with Chapter 415's timeline.His original signed rental agreement which granted us the right to “dispose of any belongings in unpaid units.” I noted it was non-specific as to how.His accounts ledger and the receipt from the auctioneer showing we made less than the past due balance.Once I got to speak it lasted 15 minutes. The lawyer looked very annoyed. I find myself wondering why he took the case at all. Ah, the power of recordkeeping.

Thanks for the A2A. Living (for a portion of the day) can be witnessed in San Francisco, but it is a faulty approach for these reasons:It is a violation of state and local health codes (no running water).Sleeping, eating (attracts pests and rodents) or housing pets is expressly prohibited in any self-storage rental agreement. Violations can result in immediate eviction due to breach of contract.It is too expensive to make economic sense. Self-storage facilities in San Francisco demand and get per-square-foot rents that are often higher than some Class B office spaces and apartments.Self-storage units are specifically designed to be locked externally and hence lack an emergency option to open the door from inside the unit as you might see in an automobile trunk.That said, I witnessed individuals in certain SOMA area multi-story storage facilities that were clearly spending all or most of the facility access hours inside their units. They would contend their high in-unit occupancy was for commercial and/or personal reasons (curating and organizing inventory).Keep in mind that there are small businesses that need to make frequent access to inventory items during facility hours. This constitutes a high access use, but commercial in nature and therefore legal.

It isn't fishy, just good old corporate M&A. Here's what happened:Uncle Bob’s finally cracks California with $185M purchase - The SpareFoot Storage BeatDespite the folksy name, Uncle Bob's is a pretty big company (500 units in 26 states) that got bigger by buying the Magellan units. The website is here, in case you haven't found it already: Uncle Bob's Self Storage - Rent Storage UnitsSo you probably don't need to worry as much about the new owners being shady operators, and just decide whether the competition will give you a better deal... enough of a better deal that it's worth the trouble of moving your stuff. According to their FAQ all their agreements are month to month so you wouldn't be making a long term commitment if you signed. Frequently Asked QuestionsMagellan apparently kept a couple of locations; maybe one of them is convenient. https://www.magellanstorage.com/locations