We have never had a storage unit for ourselves. We did have one for about a year when DD moved in with a friend and didn’t need a lot of her stuff. We knew we would be moving her, and all of her belongings at the end of that academic year…so we put her stuff in a climate controlled storage unit. It was right across the street from her apartment complex and the boxes were labeled very well…so if needed, she could find things.
We have friends who sold the very large house where they raised their family. They bought a great property with a house and a guest house both needing renovations. They put a LOT from the big house into storage. They renovated the guest house first, and decided nothing they had in storage really was the right size or style so they bought all new things. The main house is now all done, and they have gotten everything out of storage, and they really want almost nothing they paid to store for about 8 years! So…they are little by little getting rid of this stuff, and replacing it! They told us that it was a huge waste of money.