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Finding Self Storage for Our Lawn Supplies

Living in a small home in Corinth, we don't have a lot of extra space for storing things we use less than just about every day. There really just isn't room for extras in our home or our garage. So when it came time to start thinking about lawn care for the spring months this year, we were kind of at a loss as to what to do. Until this year, we'd been hiring out the lawn care because of not having room to keep our own supplies. This year, though, the lawn care service prices went up, and we can't afford them anymore.

So we could basically decide to let our lawn become a veritable jungle, or we could find room for our lawn care supplies, buy a mower, and do it ourselves. Those were pretty much our two options, and luckily, we found a Corinth self storage unit that was very affordable so that we didn't have to let our lawn grow into a jungle.

How it Works for Us

Most people don't think about keeping their basic lawn care supplies in a self storage unit, but sometimes you have to do what you have to do! A Corinth Self Storage unit from US Storage centers actually ended up being significantly cheaper than what we had been paying to have someone else take care of our lawn for us, so it was a great option for us this summer.

Basically, we rented the smallest possible US Storage Centers Corinth Self Storage unit that we could get. The unit was just big enough for our push lawn mower, our trimmer, and a few other odds and ends that we needed in order to take good care of our own lawn over the summer. The unit didn't cost much, and we felt like we were getting good value for our money, since we were actually saving money over the summer just by being able to take care of our own lawn.

Now, we store most of our lawn care supplies in our Corinth Self Storage unit, which isn't very far from our home, at all. Whenever we need to cut the grass, we just take the truck over to the Corinth Self Storage unit and get the job done. It's really simple, actually. Some people thing it might be totally inconvenient to have your lawn care stuff squirreled away in a storage unit, but this isn't the case at all for us.

Since the Corinth Self Storage location of US Storage Centers is so close to our home, and since it's open to customers pretty much whenever we need to get into our storage unit, it's really easy to get in and out and to get our lawn care stuff when we need it.

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Keeping the Pool and Yard Chemicals Out of Reach

I'm not a complete safety freak when it comes to my kids. They're allowed to run around barefoot and play in the dirt, and they can eat adventurous things like dog food if I don't catch them in time. Not a big deal. But what is a big deal is potentially poisonous chemicals that are found around my home. I know that even if my kids don't get into these chemicals, just having them around leaching into the air can make a difference in their health.

So I clean with all natural ingredients, and I do my best to keep chemical stuff out of our home. Unfortunately, there are times when the lawn just needs a decent weed killer, and we have a pool that requires a bunch of chemicals to keep it in balance. This has just become a problem this summer, when my oldest is now old enough to actually get into these chemicals that we have, until now, kept stored in our garage.

Keeping the chemicals in the garage has always been the obvious choice, but now that just doesn't feel safe enough for me. My husband and I talked it over at length as soon as our son started to get into different things in the house. If he was getting into things in the house, why wouldn't he get into stuff in the garage, too? We were afraid that he would get into those lawn and pool chemicals when we weren't looking, so we decided to find an off site storage solution for them.

The Solution We Found

At first, we thought about just asking my in-laws if we could store the chemical stuff in their garage. But that wasn't a great idea because, for one thing, we may not be able to access them whenever we wanted without actually going over there for dinner, which would just be annoying. Also, though, we really do hang out at my in-laws a lot, and we wanted to make sure that those chemicals weren't in their garage, either!

Instead of that option, we decided to check out Dallas self storage. There are lots of different Dallas Self Storage options around town, so we went on a hunt to find the best value for our money in a self storage location and to get a great deal on long-term storage for lawn and pool chemicals that we needed but didn't want to keep around our home or garage.

The Dallas Self Storage option we ended up going with was US Storage Centers. This particular Dallas Self Storage location has a lot going for it, including the fact that we can get into our unit whenever we want as long as we have our gate code and key, and the fact that they have some small storage units.

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Finding Room for My Business Documents

As a freelance personal assistant, I deal with tons and tons of paperwork every day. Some of it is for my clients, but much of it has to do with my own business. There are receipts and invoices and tax documents and insurance documents and more that I have to keep. Unfortunately, there's just not room in my tiny home office for all these documents. So instead of having a completely disorganized home office, which would drive me nuts, I decided to find room elsewhere for my business documents.

After a bit of research, I decided to go with US Storage Centers Corinth self storage. The location was perfect – just around the corner from my home/office, and they had a lot of other things going for them, too. For instance, the US Storage Centers Corinth Self Storage location had great prices on their smaller units, which was all I needed. They also had very clean and neat facilities, unlike some of the other storage locations I'd seen over the years. So, here's why and how this Corinth Self Storage location works for me as a small business owner looking for somewhere to store my business documents:

Why I Love US Storage Centers Corinth Self Storage

There are several reasons that I chose this particular Corinth Self Storage location. One is just that it's convenient for me to access, which is important. Some weeks I need to run over to the storage unit to dig out old files or file away new ones three or four times, so it's really important that this is a convenient thing to do. Luckily, though, the US Storage Centers facility has other things going for it, as well, since I probably wouldn't have chosen it if it were all run down and overpriced.

The overall presentation of the facility was important to me, too. I mean, it's self storage. You're not looking for anything overly fancy! But I did want my Corinth Self Storage location to be neat and well-kept, and I don't want to have to worry about leaks in my unit. The units that the manager showed me all fit this description. While you can never be 100% sure that water damage won't occur, the well-built units definitely look as waterproof as possible.

Also, the pricing of the US Storage Centers Corinth Self Storage location's units don't hurt, either. I only needed a small amount of space, which is exactly what I could get at this Corinth Self Storage location. Their smallest units are just the size of a reach-in closet, which is just about perfect for what I need. The price of those smaller units is great, and they even have some good deals for when you first get your self storage unit, so that you can save even more money. Apparently they also work with business clients frequently because the manager was able to help me find the best possible solution for my business, whether that was monthly automatic payments out of my business checking account or annual payments that gave me even more of a discount.

For all these reasons, I decided to choose US Storage Centers Corinth Self Storage, and I've never looked back!

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Getting the Family Tax Documents Out of the Way

As the family designated financial guru, I end up giving advice to many of my family members on financial matters. I also do the taxes for my mother and sister, for a small fee – like a dinner out – and I take care of all their tax documentation and paperwork. Some people find this strange, as they would rather hire a tax professional to do their taxes than have a family member be so closely involved in their financial life. But that's just how it works in my family!

The problem, though, is that since I deal with all the tax paperwork in the long run, it often ends up taking up space in my home office. After this paperwork situation just got completely out of hand – I mean, three families' worth of financial documentation is a little much! – I decided that we were going to have to find a solution for the problem that did not involve me just finding a home with a bigger home office.

So my sister and I went looking for a Dallas self storage unit that would work well for our particular needs. That's when we came across US Storage Centers Dallas Self Storage. The location was great – really close to my home – and they had a lot of other things going for them, as well, including good prices and smaller unit sizes that were just perfect for what we needed.

The smaller unit sizes were a little unexpected, but were perfect. I mean, we're talking about paperwork here, not boxes of clothing and knickknacks. All we really needed was enough space for a couple of filing cabinets. I could put filing cabinets in our Dallas Self Storage unit, label them for each family, and keep our financial documents organized there. A walk in closet sized unit was going to be just perfect, and that's just what the US Storage Centers Dallas Self Storage location offered.

Plus, they had very competitive prices. We priced out a few area self storage locations, and we found that the US Storage Centers Dallas Self Storage location gave us plenty of value for our money. They offered special deals for new renters as well as for individuals who decided to pay for a long-term lease rather than a month to month contract. Plus, the facility itself was in great shape, and the manager was pleasant, helpful, and friendly. That is definitely more than I can say about other area self storage locations that had lower prices! These other places often had run-down facilities, leaky units, and unfriendly managers, so we felt like we found a gem in US Storage Centers Dallas Self Storage.

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