Attic Self Storage

Beware! The Ryan Air of self-​storage. Prices appear good to the public eye, but hope you never need to actually interact with the employees. They will jump at the chance to add on extra fees with technicalities. The customer service is a joke, right up to the upper managerial levels.

Was looking for a short them rental, was about £500 for 3 months for a large unit.
Leon was a super star, none of the usual faffing, even helped me sort paper work out over email /​phone as I am out of the country. Ecran also very helpful. Huge new facility, all automatic so 24 hr access with decent loading bays etc (i put a combination lock on it so friends could get stuff out).
Could do with a few more girls in the office, is only men… but otherwise absolutely no complaints.

It’s a little bit of a walk (a mile) from Bow Road tube station or Bow Church DLR, whichever works better for you. Always carry ID in case you’re the sorts that’s going to forget something absolutely critical, like, the code. In any case, the staff is very helpful (as long you have the right documentation).
There’s a really slow goods elevator that doesn’t carry people and that has to be closed mechanically. As strange as it sounds, budget 10 minutes extra to work with this one.
The one thing that will work very well at the end is that your car/​cab can be parked right next to the storage door so that your onloading/​offloading is a lot easier. The main storage door does need a code, so make sure you have that.
Otherwise, Attic Self Storage has an E2E service which works quite well in case you’re pressed for time or just want to lie on the couch all day. They also have a good volume range in spaces, so you’ll land up paying rather proportionately (to the volume of your boxes i.e.).
Finally, if traveling by road, do not try to get to this place during rush hour, because you WILL be sorry.