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How Self-Storage Can Help an Expanding Family

Is your family expanding? Space in your home becomes scarce when you are expecting a new addition to the family, or you are in a blended family situation. Ideally, it would be nice to move into a larger home, but is your budget ready for that? If it is, great! If it isn’t, self-storage could be the solution. Self-storage is a cost effective way to maximize the space in your home.

Do you have a bedroom in your home that looks like a storage locker? Maybe it’s time you put those treasures into self-storage, so you have room for the new people coming into your life. What is the cost savings of using a storage unit versus moving from a 3-bedroom home to a 4-bedroom home? On average, that extra bedroom would increase your mortgage by $200/month versus a 5×10 storage locker which averages about $65/month. Moving from a 3-bedroom home to a 4-bedroom with a garage increases your mortgage by $300/month versus a 10×10 storage unit averaging about $100/month. Read more

Things You Should Know When Shopping for Self Storage

Moving, downsizing, de-cluttering, or expanding your business? A storage unit can provide solutions to many life changing events. Here’s what to watch for when looking for self storage.

Watch For Hidden Costs.

  • Is the price reasonable after any “move-in promotional discounts” have expired?
  • Are there any hidden add-on deposits or fees such as security deposits, accessing the unit outside normal business hours, multiple daily visits, or move in/out charges?
  • What happens if you miss a payment?What happens if you cause damage to your unit? (E.g. furniture scraping walls.)

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Welcome to Our New Website

Lacombe Storage is proud to unveil our new site, logo and colours! As we all know technology is advancing quickly and we like to keep up with the times. We are thrilled about this change and cannot wait to share our refreshing new look with you.

One of our new features is the “Pay Your Bill” feature, it will be coming soon! This feature is going to make it easier to pay your weekly, monthly, bi-annual, or annual storage rent any time during the day. Now that crazy work schedule won’t get in the way, not to mention a break on those late fees (if paid on time).

We would also like to introduce you to our new blog section! You can always come here for more tips and tricks on storage and packing! We would love for you to comment and share on Facebook, Pinterest or Twitter. If you have any questions you can post them here and a storage representative will reply shortly.

We hope you enjoy our new features and if you have any questions you can contact us via e-mail (lacombestoragecenter@gmail.com) or phone (855-795-8584) and we will answer them for you. Don’t forget to like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter!