Houston, TX University Storage
During your college years, you’re bound to be moving around a lot. Not only is it a tiring and stressful process, but it’s also expensive. Houston is a pretty big city (the fourth largest city in the nation to be exact) so it’s kind of hard to get around it, especially if you’re lugging around the stuff you keep in your dorm room. There’s actually a pretty simple solution to all of your problems right here under your nose. We would recommend that you put your stuff in self storage. If you don’t exactly know what we mean by that, here are some tips to help make your life a little easier, and to save some money while you’re at it.
Why Would a Student Need to Use Self Storage?
In Houston, there are thousands of college students. Houston is home to three major universities with extremely high enrollment rates. Check this out: the University of Houston has an enrollment of 32,915, Sam Houston State University has an enrollment of 16,819, and Rice University has an enrollment of 3,926. That’s over 50,000 students coming to universities with all of their belongings! First of all, find a storage unit as soon as you can so you’re not stuck sleeping next to your mountain bike. Luckily, Houston also has a plethora of storage facilities that can accommodate all of its inhabitants’ needs—473 to be exact. Instead of moving your things back home at the end of every school year, move them into a storage facility near your university so you don’t have to break your bank with ridiculous moving costs over the span of four years. The cost of your books can do that for you. But be weary, Houston is known for its horrible humidity, so you don’t want to come back to a moldy storage unit after a relaxing summer. There’s a solution to that as well: climate controlled storage units. Given the severity of the weather, most storage facilities in Houston have the option for climate control in all of their units. Consider storing your things at Public Storage, which is only 5.3 miles away from the University of Houston.
Speaking of breaking the bank, be sure to ask about student discounts and back to school specials when looking around for a storage facility. You should also ask about possibly sharing a storage unit with someone. Who knows? Maybe you and your roommate can share more than your dorm room.
The Important Stuff
There are a few things that you should be sure to look for when considering a storage facility. The first, and possibly the most obvious one is safety. Most storage facilities take great measures to ensure the safety of their tenants’ belongings. You will find that there are places that have 24-hour surveillance cameras, foot patrol, gated entry to the facility, and managers that live on site. The crime rate in Houston is surprisingly high; it’s safer than only 4% of cities in the U.S. We don’t want to scare you, but we would rather have you be safe than sorry when it comes to storing your things.
Another thing to consider is storing at a facility that allows for 24-hour access to your unit. You’re up late studying and you have a sudden urge to go through your collection of Yu Gi Oh cards for inspiration? Well you can actually do that if you have 24-hour access to it.
Lastly, you need to figure out how to make your payments. Chances are that during your midterms and finals, you’ll be so in over your head with studying that you’ll forget to pay rent for your storage unit. You can easily avoid this by finding a facility that offers online bill pay, which you can probably set to automatic payments. You should also look into lease terms. Most facilities in Houston, and storage facilities in general, have month-to-month leases, so if you only want to store your things over the summer or while you’re studying abroad, you don’t have to waste your money signing a lease for the whole year. Isn’t self storage amazing?
