Perhaps you’ve heard of, or read notices online, of storage units being auctioned. Perhaps you have no clue why that happens or what to expect at such an auction. This article will clarify it all for you.
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Traditional storage units transactions.
Here’s how this whole self storage thing works. You, the customer, need to store your possessions for a period of time. Perhaps you are going overseas for a month or so; perhaps you are in between homes, having sold one and waiting for another to become available. Perhaps, like most home owners, you have excess possessions, too many for the storage area at home. Whatever the reason may be, you need to rent a storage unit.
You choose from among the many storage places, sign a contract with stipulates a certain amount of money to be paid monthly, they give you your access key, you load up your items in the storage unit, and at the end of your contractual period of time, you remove your items from the storage unit.
But what if the rental payment is not paid?
The fly in the ointment occurs when you fail to pay your monthly rent, and your agreed upon length of rental is over. At that point the storage company will call you to find out what you plan on doing. If you fail to reply to that call, or to the warning letter sent to you, at some point they will declare you delinquent, at which point your possessions become theirs.
What to expect at those auctions.
Storage auctions are open to the public. No auctions take place behind closed doors. The best way to find an auction in your area is to check local listings and auction websites or give a nearby storage facility a call.
And what if your bid on a storage unit wins? Follow these steps:
- Secure your unit with a padlock
- Bring cleaning supplies and gloves
- Examine the contents and decide what you want to keep vs. sell
- Bring a vehicle large enough to haul items
- Make sure you have a space to store everything
- Think about a way to remove trash—some storage facilities don’t allow you to use the trash cans onsite.
Are these auctions worth bidding on? Most times the items left in storage can be resold and thus your money is recouped. Some rare times a very valuable item will be found, at which time you can thank the gods and celebrate.
A final word about Mouser Self Storage.
Mouser Self Storage and our sister company, Blue Mound 287 Self Storage in Haslet, are locally owned and operated. Call us today and ask us about car storage, RV self storage, boat storage units, small hobby shops, and storage for your household possessions. When it comes to secure self storage in the South Fort Worth area, nobody does it better than Mouser Self Storage.