Storage Units Rochester NY
Joe's Moving Co.
STORAGE
Storage Units in Rochester, NY
Joe’s Moving Co. rents clean, secure, monitored storage units in Rochester, NY. Short term between moves, long term for the things that will not fit, and with one advantage no self storage facility can match: we can move your belongings into the unit for you.
GBP
4.9 from 800+ reviews
Licensed and insured
Eight years in Rochester
Locally owned, not a franchise
Free written estimate
No obligation to book
Unit sizes and what fits in them
The most common reason people call is that they do not know what size they need. This is the honest guide.
- Unit size 5 x 5 | Roughly the size of a closet | Holds boxes, a mattress, seasonal items, a bicycle
- Unit size 5 x 10 | Roughly the size of a small walk in | Holds a studio or one bedroom apartment, or a room of furniture
- Unit size 10 x 10 | Roughly the size of half a garage | Holds a two bedroom apartment, appliances, 20 or more boxes
- Unit size 10 x 15 | Roughly the size of a large single garage | Holds a two or three bedroom home
- Unit size 10 x 20 | Roughly the size of a full single garage | Holds a three or four bedroom home, or a car
Not sure? Tell us how many rooms you are storing and we will tell you the size. Guessing large costs you money every month, and guessing small costs you a second trip.
Two main kinds of storage
Standard units
Clean, dry and secure. Right for garden equipment, tools, plastic storage and most boxed household goods.
Climate controlled
A steady temperature and humidity. Rochester winters and summers are hard on stored belongings, and unheated space swings from below freezing to hot and humid. Worth it for wooden furniture, which cracks and warps; upholstery and mattresses, which take on mildew; electronics; photographs, documents and artwork; vinyl; and instruments with a soundboard.
The part self storage cannot do
Every other storage company in Rochester rents you an empty box and hands you a key. You still have to get your belongings into it, which usually means a rental truck, a Saturday and two favours you will owe for a year.
We are a moving company that also has storage. So we can collect your things from your house, move them, and put them in the unit. When you are ready, we will bring them back out and deliver them to your new place. You may never need to visit the unit at all.
That is the whole argument for choosing us over a cheaper empty unit down the road. Residential moving
How to pack a unit so you do not pay for the next size up
- Leave a walkway down the middle to the back wall. You will need something from the back, and it is always at the back.
- Heavy boxes on the floor, lighter ones on top, nothing stacked higher than your shoulder.
- Take furniture apart where it comes apart. A bed frame flat against a wall uses a fraction of the space it does assembled.
- Label boxes on the side facing the walkway, not on the top.
- Sofas and mattresses on end along the walls, covered, rather than laid flat taking up floor.
- Nothing straight onto the concrete if you can avoid it. A pallet or a sheet of plastic keeps damp out of cardboard.
- Appliances clean, dry, and with the doors propped open. Sealed fridges grow things.
Security, access and where we are
These are the details every competitor page in Rochester leads with, so being vague here costs the ranking and the booking. Whatever is true, state it specifically.
The facility is alarmed and monitored.
Renting a unit
- Call or fill in the form and tell us what you are storing.
- We tell you the size and the price, and whether you want climate control.
- Sign up.
- Move in. Yourself, or with our crew doing it for you as a normal local move charged hourly.
What people store with us
The gap between closings, when the sale completes before the purchase does. A renovation, when a room or a whole house has to be emptied for a few months. Downsizing, when a family home will not fit into an apartment and the decisions take longer than the move. Students over the summer between semesters. Business stock, records and equipment. Patio furniture in winter and a snowblower in summer.
Business and document storage
Businesses store with us for different reasons than households: overflow stock, seasonal inventory, records that have to be kept for years but do not need to sit in the office, and equipment between premises.
Storage questions
What can I not store?
Anything flammable, explosive or pressurised. Perishable food, which attracts pests. Living things. Anything illegal. And nothing that needs to be plugged in.
Can you move my things into the unit?
Yes, and it is the reason most of our storage customers chose us. It is quoted as a normal local move, hourly, and then the storage runs monthly from there.
A unit, and a crew to fill it.
Tell us what you are storing and we will tell you the size, the price, and what it would cost to have us move it in for you.