The time comes when we acquire so much stuff that our house can hold it. This is the time you need to look into public storage facilities. If you live in Canada and need one of these facilities there are a few ways that you can save money renting one. Here are a few suggestions.

Unless you absolutely need one stay away from the ones that offer climate control. You will pay more for that. Also know exactly how much you need to store so that you will not end up buying a bigger unit than you need. If you rent your unit before you even have an idea of what you are going to store then you will be wasting money on extra space.

Most place will offer discount for things like renting online or renting in the season where business is slow. They are not going to come right out an offer so you will have to ask. Just remember that this is a business and there is competition. They will work with you and you may walk away with some pretty good savings.

With discount you can not be afraid to negotiate. You have to let them know that you are not desperate and you will go somewhere else if you need to. The people that run these units have the ability to give discounts but it will be up to you get it out of them. Now you may have to walk away and go to another storage but you will have the price that you want if you are persistent.

You can also save money if you are willing to sign into a long term lease. If you are willing to signing saying that you will keep the unit for at least a year most place will knock a little off the monthly rent. You want to make sure that you need it for that long because there can be penalties for breaking the lease early.

There are some place that will offer discount packages. This is where they will bundle services at a discounted rate. You can check you local listing to find out what companies have these types of specials. If you can not find any just call around and ask.

If you live in a city that has self storage London units outside of it you can save money by going to the ones further away. Usually the further out in the middle of nowhere they are the cheaper they will be. This will not be a good idea if you are going to have to be going to it a lot. You will end up spending more than you save driving.

These are just some simple suggestions for you Canadian folks that just have too much stuff. Get out there and look at all the public self storage London Ontario facilities. Do not just settle for the first one that pops up or the one your friend sent you to. Get out there a do some research you will be surprised how much money you can save.