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Snakeadelic · 08-15-2016, 08:19 AM

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$403/month for a 15x15

DUDE! When did storage space get STUPID expensive??? I may not have lived in Seattle a while, but when I did I was finding 10x10 units for well under $100 a month. That's just terrifying, especially in a city full of low-income people and which has a sincerely noticeable sales tax.

Snakeadelic · 08-15-2016, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by BigV

I suspect that the belt has broken. The motor makes motor sounds, the machine pumps water out, sporadically. But it won't spin. So, belt or clutch. Each seems pretty easy, but not the same repair, obviously.

I shudder to think what you'll get charged! My 5-year-old washer recently blew its clutch; the repairman said I have the easiest one to fix, his favorite model to work on because they're super easy but he hardly sees any since they hold together well. $110 for a new clutch, but I live in a county whose entire population is less than half what Lynnwood was when I moved out of it and Washington, and in a state with no sales tax on the parts the repair folks have to buy!

Undertoad · 08-15-2016, 09:30 AM

Self-storage rates are a factor of land value so it always pays to drive well out of town. Plus you can then forget your stuff is there and just pay forever. I'm trying to ditch my locker by the end of next month.

elSicomoro · 08-15-2016, 10:08 AM

I think I paid $73 a month for a 6x6 a few years ago, and I thought that was high.

glatt · 08-15-2016, 10:19 AM

I'm seriously thinking about buying a big shed. I've been looking at this place that will deliver a fully constructed one. I could make one myself, but it would take me 6 months of weekends, and cost almost as much in materials as one built out in the boonies and delivered on a flatbed truck.

I'm considering a 10x18 one for about $4,200. Not sure if that includes delivery. They claim it does.

I have too much damn stuff cluttering up the place, but don't want to get rid of any of it.

elSicomoro · 08-15-2016, 10:22 AM

Our house came with a barn, so I think we're good on storage now. Of course, I'm all about minimizing the amount of stuff we have. The Mrs is on board too. Now if we could get our son on...

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08-15-2016, 08:19 AM	#31
Snakeadelic Banned Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 660	Quoting: $403/month for a 15x15 DUDE! When did storage space get STUPID expensive??? I may not have lived in Seattle a while, but when I did I was finding 10x10 units for well under $100 a month. That's just terrifying, especially in a city full of low-income people and which has a sincerely noticeable sales tax.

08-15-2016, 09:30 AM	#33
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Self-storage rates are a factor of land value so it always pays to drive well out of town. Plus you can then forget your stuff is there and just pay forever. I'm trying to ditch my locker by the end of next month.

08-15-2016, 10:08 AM	#34
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I think I paid $73 a month for a 6x6 a few years ago, and I thought that was high.

08-15-2016, 10:19 AM	#35
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I'm seriously thinking about buying a big shed. I've been looking at this place that will deliver a fully constructed one. I could make one myself, but it would take me 6 months of weekends, and cost almost as much in materials as one built out in the boonies and delivered on a flatbed truck. I'm considering a 10x18 one for about $4,200. Not sure if that includes delivery. They claim it does. I have too much damn stuff cluttering up the place, but don't want to get rid of any of it.

08-15-2016, 10:22 AM	#36
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Our house came with a barn, so I think we're good on storage now. Of course, I'm all about minimizing the amount of stuff we have. The Mrs is on board too. Now if we could get our son on...

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