A Crummy Situation: Self-Storage Operators Discuss the Ongoing Battle Against Tenants Storing Food

Despite your best efforts to prevent it, your self-storage tenants will sometimes store items that are prohibited by your rental agreement, and one of the worst offenders is food. Whether it’s canned, boxed, bagged or clinging to old dishware, pests including rodents and bugs find it very enticing! Plus, it can generate foul odors. All of this can mean problems for you, your renters and your business reputation. A facility operator has appealed to the Self-Storage Talk online community for advice after discovering a food-related situation in one of their units. Read—and see—what they discovered on this thread and chime in with your own questions or morsels of wisdom!