Friday, August 17, 2012

The Contours of the Storage Industy

     When an outsider looks at a storage facility, I would bet (because I once was one) that one of the first images that comes into their head are, a lot of lockers, and an old man sitting in his pajamas watching television waiting for someone to rent one.  This is the image that has been portrayed to the nation over the last couple of decades due to the large number of small storage facilities with resident managers.
     However, after stepping into the storage industry one will quickly recognize that this is just one of the many fashions of the industry and that self-storage does indeed have a number of different contours to it.
There is resident manager storage facilities, like noted above, where a person worries that he may find a rat as big as his dog digging through his stuff when he moves out; then there are the Mega-Storage facilities where the tenants rent is almost as high as their mortgage.
     I think that the goal is to be and to find a storage facility that aligns itself appropriately between these two extremes.  It is this appropriate middle way that we are seeking at Star Storage Self Storage in Grandview, Mo.  We seek to have the cleanest, most fair, and respectable storage facility in the area.  We do this not just to beat the competition, but because it is an overflow of who we are.  We want to have a good work ethic and believed in always striving to be better than we currently are.  It is as much a personal goal as it is a business goal.
    We as an individual, family owned, storage facility are trying to move with the contours of the industry.  We try to offer the professionalism and cleanliness of the Mega-Storage facilities while trying to keep the integrity and comfort of the small business storage facilities.

     We would love to hear from you and your philosophy of business within the contours of the storage industry.  Let us know some tips, suggestions, or let us know if you have any specific questions for us.

Most of all, we would love to see you, come visit and if you do need storage, we'll give you 1 month free, and we wont charge you any hidden fee's.

-Joe Goodwin-
Star Storage
Manager 
816-765-7300