How Safe Is Your Property?

Recently, across the country, police have taken numerous reports on storage unit burglaries. Several items were taken from a storage unit located in an east coast town property management business. The report said that someone cut the lock from the customer’s storage unit and removed his property. The items stolen include a pair of skis and 3 mountain bikes. The monetary value loss is estimated over 5,000 dollars.

In the same area, several thefts occurred just after the New Year holiday, with one in which reported a 70,000 dollar loss. Thieves broke into a locked storage unit, stole and damaged the self storage customer’s hobby storage items located at the property management business. 

The big issue here is that these self storage and property management businesses advertise and boast that their property is safe and secure, but what exactly does that mean. You can say that your food storage is safe and secure in a Tupperware container; cars are safe and secure because they are locked; computers are safe and secure because of virus protection. But the truth is food still goes bad, cars are still stolen, and computers still catch viruses despite all of the protection. Safe and secure if a very general term, but it convinces people that their storage is out of harms way. Using a rope to secure your boat to a dock will keep it safe from drifting out to sea, but anyone can untie a sailor’s knot and steal it. So if you are renting a storage unit, how do you know your possessions are as safe and secure as led to be by the property management business?

Find out what storage and property management businesses mean by safe and secure. One property management businesses definition of safe and secure may be simply a small padlock. Other definitions may include a fenced in well lighted property. Though these are nice features, the two police reports above took place on brightly lit fenced in self storage properties. But the customer’s storage unit was still broken into despite the property management business offering security. The truth is that self storage and property management businesses can offer more security then padlocks and bright lighting.

A state of the art self storage property should come with state of the art security features. So when you are shopping for a storage unit and the property management business says his property is safe and secure, ask him what exactly is involved. It should include video surveillance. Video surveillance not only keeps an eye on your storage unit, they discourage thieves from trying. A thief is more likely to rob a storage facility without cameras than one with cameras. No one wants to be caught on take doing something that will land them in jail. So they will find an easier target. Also check if they use pin pad access. Only paying storage unit customers have access to these types of property management business facilities. Some storage properties have alarms and motion sensor lighting.

Do yourself a favor. When you shop for a storage unit don’t just shop for the cheapest price, find a place where you will get the best value for your money. Paying a little more per month for extra security may save you money in the long run.

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