Sizes
Five household sizes share one building at 48 Alder Row, Lindenport. The way to choose is a free twenty-minute walk with an attendant, then the monthly price of the size that fits.
Five sizes, in order
The names describe a household load, not a second home. Shelf is for a small stack: cartons and a suitcase, the sort of gap a cot or a short move can leave in a small room.
Shelf
Shelf is 0.8 m² (9 sq ft). It fits about ten boxes and a suitcase, and the monthly price is $38.
Closet
Closet is 1.5 m² (16 sq ft). It fits a wardrobe’s worth and a folded bike, at $62 a month.
Box Room
Box Room is 3 m² (32 sq ft). It fits a studio flat’s contents, at $98 a month.
Spare Room
Spare Room is 5 m² (54 sq ft). It fits a one-bedroom flat, at $148 a month.
Garage Bay
Garage Bay is 8 m² (86 sq ft). It fits a two-bedroom flat, at $215 a month.
Every unit includes
- $0Admin fee
- Climate-held rooms
- Fire-rated walls
- Key-card doors
- 24 h video
- Free loading bay
Plain monthly prices
| Size | Floor | Fits | Monthly |
|---|---|---|---|
| SizeShelf | Floor0.8 m² (9 sq ft) | Fits10 boxes, a suitcase | Monthly$38 / month |
| SizeCloset | Floor1.5 m² (16 sq ft) | Fitsa wardrobe’s worth, a folded bike | Monthly$62 / month |
| SizeBox Room | Floor3 m² (32 sq ft) | Fitsa studio flat’s contents | Monthly$98 / month |
| SizeSpare Room | Floor5 m² (54 sq ft) | Fitsa one-bedroom flat | Monthly$148 / month |
| SizeGarage Bay | Floor8 m² (86 sq ft) | Fitsa two-bedroom flat | Monthly$215 / month |
| SizeContents cover (optional) | Floorall sizes, up to $5,000 | Fitsfire, water, theft | Monthly$6 / month |
$0 admin fee · $0 key card · no deposit · 1 month minimum · 30 days’ notice
Contents cover, optional, all sizes, up to $5,000, for fire, water and theft: $6 a month.
How to measure
Start from the floor area
Start with the square metres you would sign for, not with a feeling that you have “a few things.” Shelf is 0.8 m². Closet is 1.5 m². Box Room is 3 m². Spare Room is 5 m². Garage Bay is 8 m². At home, clear a patch of floor to the area you are considering and place the real load inside it: the cartons, the suitcase, the folded bike, the furniture from the flat you are leaving. What stands outside the patch will not fit through good intentions. The attendant can repeat the check here with a tape at an open door during the twenty-minute visit. Measuring is part of the visit. It is not a separate appointment, and it is not billed.
Name the piece that decides it
Most households are sized by the ordinary description. A wardrobe’s worth and a folded bike point to Closet. A studio flat’s contents point to Box Room. A one-bedroom flat points to Spare Room. A two-bedroom flat points to Garage Bay. Ten boxes and a suitcase point to Shelf. If one object is the reason you are tempted to size up, say so when you book the slot. Mei Lin Ho will look at that object against an open door and say whether it belongs in the size you hoped for or in the next one. A bike that cannot be folded is a different problem from the folded bike in the Closet description. Bring a note of the measurements. The visit is still free if you decide the piece should stay at home.
Leave a path you can walk
A floor filled to the last corner is a floor you cannot use. Households who stay longer than a few weeks, as Hana Yilmaz did for fourteen months in a Closet, or the Okoye family for eight months in a Shelf, need to reach one carton without unloading the rest. Leave a walking gap. Where the unit has shelves, use them so the floor area stays a path rather than a pile. Write down the size you think you need before you come, then change your mind after the walk if the open door says otherwise. The agreement you sign is for one size at its monthly price, for at least one month, with thirty days’ notice when you are ready to leave. Nothing in the measuring conversation locks you in before you sign.
Closet is for clothes on a run of wall and a folded bike, or for a long run of books if that is what you actually own. Box Room is the size Owen and Lucia Marsh used between leases, a studio flat’s contents kept together. Spare Room takes the contents of a one-bedroom flat. Garage Bay takes a two-bedroom flat and is the largest size we rent to households. Mei Lin Ho, the size adviser, will tell you if a single awkward piece needs the next size up. You can still leave without taking a unit.
The monthly price does not add an admin fee. The admin fee is $0 on every size. The key card is $0. Rooms are climate-held between 18 and 24 C and kept below 60% relative humidity. Walls are fire-rated. Doors open by key card. The building uses 24-hour video. The loading bay is free, and the hand truck is a free loan while you load or collect. Optional contents cover is $6 a month on any size, up to $5,000, for fire, water and theft. These are operating facts. They are not a ranking, and they are not a promise that a particular carton cannot be harmed. Read the cover as optional, with that limit, or decline it.