Can I Auction Off My Storage Unit

There are laws on the books to protect both renters and storage unit providers.

Can i auction off my storage unit.

Renters who don t pay their bills for storage find their possessions auctioned by the owners of the self storage facility. We ll do the rest by posting it online alongside other storage unit auction listings. You can hire these auctioneers to sell your unit. Eager buyers from throughout the area will bid on your items.

However if things go wrong you can lose your storage unit for nonpayment and your items will go to auction. It s possible to sell everything in your storage unit at once though you may not get much money for the contents. Ask the manager of your facility for the current break down on prices and about availability in units smaller than your current storage shed. If the proper procedures are followed a storage facility may hold a lien auction sale as soon as two months after a renter s missed payment.

Just provide us with a description of the items inside and a photograph. You can sell donate or trash items in your storage unit that you don t absolutely have to keep. If you haven t paid your rent in the storage facility for a number of months it is not uncommon for the facility to threaten to sell or discard your possessions often via an auction.