I Made A £10k Mistake ...

GM Store Nation,

We made it through another week ***Insert Friday Dance 😂*** 💃

Yesterdays results -

• Loads of quotes

• 3 Reservations

• 1 Move Ins

• 2 Move Outs

Have a wonderful weekend folks ✌️

Lets … Do … This …

Here's what coming your way today :- 😱 😎 🎯

🤐 A Self Storage Tip - “A £10 Grand Mistake I Made …. Erm 😳 Yes Another One 👀”

🤝 3 Self Storage News Stories

🧐 Yesterdays figures for each facility

🥸 1 Meme of the day

Self Storage Tip - 💡 💰 🤑

A £10 Grand Mistake I Made …. Erm 😳 Yes Another One 👀 

**Please Note I DO Make Some Good Decisions As Well 😂

So as you probably now I am opening in Mansfield

Its a 10,000 Sq Ft leasehold property

Previously it was a NHS Vaccination Centre

I visited the property numerous times and was friendly with the agent

I put in an offer and it was accepted … eventually ✅

BUT … This is where the mistake happened

The site was full and I mean full of bits and bobs from the NHS

I met the agent on site and he asked me if there is anything on site that I would like … Nice of him to ask but not really

We then started talking about the -

• The extraction system

• The air conditioning

• The industrial gas heating system installed on the ceiling

The agent asked if I wanted any of these leaving in … to which I said no, just an empty shell please

So far, so good … Or so I thought

The shop fit started and I got a call from the site manager saying -

“When are the gas pipes going to be taken down”??

Everything else was taken away apart from the BIG, MASSIVE INDUSTRIAL Gas Pipes

AGGHHHHH 😳

I called the agent ….

Long Story Short -

He said he had no record of me saying I wanted the pipes gone and as it wasn’t in writing the landlord is unwilling to take them down

*** My Big Fat Bottom He Had No Record …. You mean he forgot and tried to cover his Big Fat Bottom 😢

I priced up the extraction of the pipes …. £10,200

I like the mantra …. Everything is your fault (Ie my fault Jacko Willink style)

What did I do wrong … Simple, I didn’t put the agreement down in writing … Its noone else’s fault but my own.

I can shout, cry and blame someone else … Haha I tried 😝 but ultimately if I would have put in writing I wouldn’t be in this position

So the takeaway here is … and yes I know its a simple one but its worthwhile reiterating -

Put it in writing … It takes 2 minutes but can save you thousands

**UPDATE - I wrote this some time again, On Wednesday the landlord rang me and said as a gesture of goodwill they will take the heaters out 🤗**

Industry News -  🧐

• 1 - Shurgard Self Storage Receives High GRESB Ratings for Sustainability Performance

• 2 - Copper Storage Group Launches Self-Storage Investment Fund

• 3 - Talonvest Capital Arranges $27.8M Bridge Loan for Long Island Self-Storage Facility

The fun bit - My business .... Bare Butt Naked! 😲 🤫 🤭

Willerby (Hull) My big site -

• 2 Reservations

• 1 Move In's

• 0 Move outs

Month to Date -

• 300 Sq Ft Down

Reservations so far this week = 5

Move ins so far this week = 3

Clough Rd Figures .... The Automated Site

• 1 Reservations

• 0 Move in

• 1 Move outs

Month to Date -

• 565 Sq Ft Down

Reservations so far this week = 2

Move ins so far this week = 0

Beverley … My Baby (First site)

• 0 Reservation

• 0 Move in

• 1 Move Outs

Month to Date -

• 100 DOWN Sq Ft for the month

Reservations so far this week = 2

Move ins so far this week = 0

Wrexham's Figures (Indoor) ... My First acquisition

Reservations so far this week = 2

Move ins so far this week = 2

Meme of the day - 👀 😂

Health and Fitness ... Move More = Live Longer - 🏋️‍♀️ 🏃

Weekly goals -

• Gym - 5 times …. 20,000 steps per day

• Run - 0 … Im still injured with my knee … But im making sure my average steps are 20,000 per day. Gotta keep up the cardio

• Boxing - 0

Results so far -

• Gym - 2

• Run - 4k …. Ive been having a lot of work done to my knee and I was told to go for a run yesterday evening … Its hurting now lol

• Boxing - 0

Yesterdays Steps - 25,680

Loads of self storage love,

Dean ❤️ 🙃