AAAA Self Storage and Moving

So far so good, AAAA!
After months of boxes piling up in our guest room, I finally decided it was time to snag a storage unit. I don’t know that I’ve ever seen the bf as happy as when i told him we were getting our guest room back (…ok maybe that’s an exaggeration but he was really freakin’ happy). It was seriously at the point of having to jump over cardboard and squeeze between containers in order to even enter the room. Yea, it was bad.
Now I’ve rented storage units before, but this time I decided to do a little shopping around before committing to a storage facility. I had two non-​negotiables: 1) a climate-​controlled unit and 2) easy accessibility with long hours 7 days a week. After looking at a few other options, I finally ended up at AAAA on Chamberlayne Ave. Sure, it’s not the best location in the world, but I’m not planning on being there alone at night so convenience trumps atmosphere. From the moment I walked in the office door, I was impressed. The entire facility is climate-​controlled and the main office even offers a business center complete with free wifi, printer and fax service, and a conference room that customers can reserve for business purposes. Doubtful that I’ll be needing these, but still a cool feature to have available. As if that wasn’t enough, they also accept shipments on your behalf if you leave them a key to your storage unit. Now that feature I might actually take advantage of, since I have a lot of boxes mailed to my home. Imagine not having to cart multiple boxes to storage every few weeks! For me, that’s a spirit-​lifting concept.
I met with Leonda and she was extremely friendly and professional and honestly played a large role in my decision to rent with AAAA. Service is everything and I really appreciated her answering all of my questions and showing me multiple units before I made my final decision.
As for the units themselves, AAAA offers a variety of sizes depending on your storage needs. I only needed a 5×5 space, so I ended up choosing a unit that is actually situated above another unit. At first I wasn’t sure if I was going to like that, since it requires using movable steps to access. But I’ve been there twice since first renting the unit and it’s actually super easy to move the stairs and not inconvenient in the least. As I mentioned earlier, the entire building is climate controlled, so that also means that individual units aren’t accessible by car (the only bummer in my book). But there are a few different entrances (depending on unit location) and they have push carts on which you can load your belongings. They also have security cameras throughout the building with 24-​hour monitoring, as well as intercoms in the hallways if you need to call the main office from anywhere in the building. Oh, and like most storage facilities, you’re given an individual access code upon rental which allows you to enter the building during access hours. Speaking of access hours, the building is accessible from 6am-​9pm seven days a week. Perfect for my needs!
If you’re looking for self-​storage, I’d totally recommend checking this place out — the rates are competitive, the facility is clean, and the staff is wonderful. Perhaps once I’ve been renting from them for longer than a week I’ll up the stars to 5.