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Secure Residential and Commercial Public Self Storage Services and Facilities in Pembroke Pines, Hollywood and Miramar, FL

Most households and families these days have a problem with home storage space. If this is an issue simply with expanding families and possessions, it becomes even more crucial when moving house. Somehow, one always seems to have more things than can be accommodated in the new place.  While in the process of moving and settling down, one would need even temporary storage space. Even businesses often find need for additional storage space. For many people, storage solutions come in the form of secure residential and commercial public self storage services and facilities. Fortunately, these are available most everywhere, including Pembroke Pines, Hollywood and Miramar, FL.

Secure residential and commercial public self storage services and facilities are housed in a storage building with individual storage units or storage containers. Storage rental can be made for mini storage similar to the size of lockers or for huge storage spaces. You can even rent storage space for motorcycle storage. Common sizes of storage units are 10 feet by 5 feet which is like a closet, 10 feet square, 10 feet by 20 feet which is equivalent to a one car garage, 15 feet by 20 feet, and 20 feet square which is like a two car garage.

A typical public self storage unit is windowless, has a wire mesh or chain link ceiling and has a roll up metal door similar to a one car garage door. It is kept secure by a lock that only the renter holds. Facility management does not have access to each self storage unit.

Nowadays, many public self storage services and facilities have advanced security features. They may have computer-controlled electronic gates to the individual storage units, using a key card, proximity card or biometric means of access such as fingerprint or hand scanning. This ensures that only the tenant can access his or her rented unit. They may also use surveillance cameras and sophisticated alarms to complement their security personnel.

Many things have indeed changed in public self storage services and facilities. In the early days, most of these facilities were drive-up single story units relying on natural ventilation. Today, especially in urban areas, many public self storage services and facilities are housed in tall buildings. There are loading docks on the first level where rolling carts and moving dollies may be provided for the complimentary use of clients. Elevators or freight lifts are available to bring the goods to the appropriate floors. Climate control is also used because most units are located in the interior of the building.

The demand for public self storage services and facilities has grown so much in the United States that statistics show one in every ten households renting a self storage unit. Numbers also point to about 40 million people in the US moving every year, creating even more need for public self storage services and facilities.

In fact, as early as the end of 2007, 9,514 companies have already developed 52,000 public self storage facilities totalling 2.2 billion square feet of storage space in the United States. This land area is thrice the size of Manhattan Island.

Many residential and commercial public self storage services and facilities combine their storage and moving services. They provide moving u-haul trucks rentals as well as moving supplies such as boxes. In some cases, the trucks are provided for free. In other companies, the supplies can be bought even without availing of storage services.

So if you are moving, or if you simply find that you are running out of home storage space, you need not worry. You can find secure residential and commercial public self storage services and facilities in Pembroke Pines, Hollywood and Miramar, FL.