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Self storage (a shorthand for "self-service storage") is an industry that rents storage space (such as rooms, lockers, shipping containers, and/or outdoor space), also known as "storage units," to tenants, usually on a short-term basis (often month-to-month). Self-storage tenants include businesses and individuals.
(n.) self-contained housing unit (US: apartment) (adj., of a battery) discharged, exhausted, dead (adj.) level and smooth structured at a single level, not hierarchical (n.) a flat tyre/tire * an apartment that occupies the entire floor of a small building (San Francisco and upstate New York); used also in phrases such as railroad flat: flip-flop
For the first portion of the list, see List of words having different meanings in American and British English (A–L). Asterisked (*) meanings, though found chiefly in the specified region, also have some currency in the other dialect; other definitions may be recognised by the other as Briticisms or Americanisms respectively. Additional usage ...
Self storage, a public storage facility; Storage room or storeroom, a room for storing objects Garage (residential), a storage space normally used to store cars; Overhead storage, for example overhead storage bins, racks, shelves, cabinets or track systems in aircraft, trains or buildings; Warehouse, a commercial building for storage of goods
Historically, storage rooms in homes have often been narrow, dark and inconspicuous, and places on floors other than the main floors of the building, such as in a basement or an attic. A storage room can be lockable, and can be located in a housing unit or a common area , indoors or outdoors.
Overhead storage can refer to shelves, cabinets, hooks, lift tables [1] or track systems [2] mounted at height (either ceiling-hung or wall-hung), and can be a form of area-saving storage by moving storage up from the floor and utilizing the volume at height.
As major cities run short of living space, self-storage boxes are now becoming a relevant service in many parts of the world. The service is particularly attractive to clients because its pick-up services save time and effort for the inhabitants of metropolitan areas such as Hong Kong, New York City, [8] London, [citation needed] and Berlin, but in particular in the Asian world.
Simply Self Storage is a privately owned self-storage company in the United States. It has more than 100 operating self-storage facilities with over 8 million square feet of storage space combined. It has more than 100 operating self-storage facilities with over 8 million square feet of storage space combined.