There are many new devices a St. Pete storage facility could use in order to protect the property of those that store their items in the units at a storage facility.

Beginning with keyless entry pads on the storage units themselves, a storage facility could help protect the valuables of their customers from locks being broken into by unwanted and unwelcome intruders.  Even other customers who have access to other people’s storage units could quite easily take a large bolt cutter to regular padlocks and then gain access to what lies beyond the locked doors.  With keyless entry pads, in which a combination must be entered in order to gain access to a specific storage unit, many people will feel their valuables, collectibles and just personal items are safer.

Another item a St. Pete storage facility could use to help protect the valuables of their patrons is closed-circuit television or surveillance video hooked up to a computer with a 24-hour observation by a reputable security company.  There may be some people who balk at the idea of being watched while going through their storage units, however for the most part, people will go along with this much needed safety measure.

A storage facility may have to add a service fee onto each storage unit to help defray the costs of the security company but many people will not mind this little extra charge for the peace of mind it will bring them.

A storage facility could go totally high-tech with infrared cameras or voice recognition software instead of a keyless entry pads.  This would be where a customer has to speak a combination or a password in order to gain entry into their storage facility.  However, this neat and exciting technology is also very expensive and would run up the cost of each individual storage unit considerably.

In addition to protecting the customer’s items, a self storage facility must protect themselves as well; therefore a self storage facility should require its customers to sign an agreement that bands them from storing dangerous items such as firearms, gasoline and other toxic chemicals, using the storage units as living quarters or to store live animals.  These rules protect a storage facility from damage and other people from harm.  Businesses, such as a Tampa catering company, would have to agree not to store any bakery goods such as canisters of flour or sugar that might attract mice or other unwanted pests to the storage facilities.

There are many high-tech devices available for a self storage facility to protect their customer’s valuables in addition to protecting their property.  In addition, a self storage facility needs a contract to protect themselves against what a customer might want to store in their storage unit that could be harmful to other customers or their valuables.