Portable Storage in East Palo Alto
No rental clock, no big truck
Skip the Truck Rental Counter
Renting a moving truck starts a clock the moment you pick up the keys. You watch the hours, you drive a vehicle far larger than your own, and everything has to be loaded, driven and unloaded before the truck goes back.
UNITS delivers a portable storage container to your door in East Palo Alto instead. You fill it over several days. Then we pick it up and take it to your new address, or hold it at our secure warehouse.
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What You Get With a UNITS Container
UNITS containers come in 12 foot and 16 foot sizes (8 x 12 and 8 x 16). The floor sits at ground level, so you carry items straight in without a ramp. E-Track rails along the walls give you anchor points for straps on mattresses, shelving and stacked boxes. The material is durable and breathable, which resists moisture, mold and weather while the container waits outside. Bring your own lock, and you hold the only way in. Containers are a good fit for people who want a vehicle-free move, since no one has to drive the load anywhere.
We deliver without large, bulky delivery equipment, so a container can reach driveways and spots that a big truck cannot. UNITS is locally owned, with over twenty years of moving and storing for East Bay customers. You work with a local team that answers the phone and schedules your delivery.
How Portable Storage in East Palo Alto Works
We Deliver
You Pack
Store It
Secure It
Move It
Moving?
Spread the move across a few evenings or a weekend instead of squeezing it into one rental window. When the container is full, call for pickup and we bring it to your new address. Your belongings are loaded once and unloaded once, and there is no truck to refuel or return. Strap the load in with the E-Track rails and it stays put for the whole trip.
Need Storage?
If the new place is not ready, or you are downsizing and need somewhere to put the overflow, keep the container at your property or let us store it at our secure warehouse. Rental is month to month, and we deliver it to a new address when you want it back. A secure warehouse suits people who have no room for a container at the property.
Why Portable Storage Beats a Rental Truck
Moving truck rental
A rental truck charges you in time. Every hour you spend packing, loading or stuck in a stairwell is an hour on the clock, and the truck has to come back on schedule. You also drive a large, heavy vehicle that you may never have handled, often with a full load behind you. Portable storage removes the clock and the driving. The container is delivered to your door, you load it across as many days as you need, and we do the transport. If the load needs another evening, nothing is lost, because there is no return time to meet.
One handling matters as well. With a truck, everything goes in, rides across and comes out. With a container, the load you built stays strapped in place from your driveway to your new address.
Self-storage units
Self-storage adds a facility between your old home and your new one, which means another stop, another set of hours and another key to keep track of. You load a vehicle, unload at the unit, and later load and unload again. The container skips that stop, because it holds your belongings wherever it is placed and can go to a new address afterward. You avoid the extra unloading, the extra driving and the second booking.
Full-service movers
Movers handle the whole job on one day chosen around their calendar. That suits some moves. If you want to pack at your own speed and keep control of how things are loaded, a container leaves the timing and the loading with you. Delivery is often within 48 hours, and same-week delivery is common, so you are not waiting on a crew’s open date.
Buying a shipping container
A purchased steel shipping container is a permanent object that you have to buy, place and later remove. A UNITS container is rented month to month and picked up when you finish. It arrives without large, bulky delivery equipment, which suits a tight driveway.
The button below opens the full comparison of portable storage against each alternative.
When a Container Makes Sense
People rent a container for a short job or a long wait, and the setup is the same.
- Moving across town or across the state without driving a rental truck yourself
- Holding furniture while a rental unit is being cleaned, painted or repaired
- Downsizing and keeping the overflow nearby until you decide what stays
- Storing belongings in the gap between one apartment and the next
- Clearing a garage or backyard shed to make room for a project
- Keeping seasonal or small business inventory out of the way while you work
Call us at (925) 454-8648 if your situation looks different, and we will help you decide on a size and a delivery day.
Common Questions
Do I have to return a truck or a container by a set time?
No truck is involved. The container stays with you for as long as you rent it, and rental is month to month. When you finish, you call for pickup.
Can I load the container over several days in East Palo Alto?
Yes. Load at your own speed over as many days as the job takes, and call for pickup when you are finished. Delivery is often within 48 hours.
Do I need a ramp?
No. Loading is at ground level, so you can walk items straight in.
What sizes do you offer?
The containers are 12 foot and 16 foot, which measure 8 x 12 and 8 x 16. Pick the one that matches the volume you need to move or store, and call (925) 454-8648 if you want help choosing.
What does it cost?
It depends on the size and how long you keep the container. Use the quote tool on this site or call (925) 454-8648 and the local team will go over the details with you.
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