STANDBY Self Storage
Date: _______________
Terms and Conditions
Name: _____ _______________ _______________
Address:
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Contact Telephone No: _______________
Email Address: ____________________
Thank you for choosing Standby Self Storage,The Storage Yard,Foundry Lane,
Horsham, Sussex ,RH13 5PX.
Customer’s Value of Insurance Coverage Required: £_______
Unit No: ______
Gate Code: _______________
Monthly Rental Charge: £_______
Size of Unit: _______ ft.
Rental Payment Date: __ each calendar month.
NB: All rental charges are payable in advance.
USE OF THE UNIT AND THE SITE
1. Customers are responsible for providing a lock and for ensuring their unit is locked
prior to leaving the site. The Company will not take responsibility for goods lost or
damaged on site when the Customer is loading/unloading or for unsecured goods
on site (i.e. goods not left within a locked container Unit).
2. Customers may use the unit for storage and no other purpose.
3. Most household/business items are suitable for self storage. However, our
units are not suitable for the following items:- Inflammable/combustible
materials (items containing petrol/oil should be drained down prior to
storage. Perishable foodstuffs. Animals or animal products. Hazardous
and dangerous items such as explosives, ammunition, toxic waste,
asbestos, chemicals, radioactive materials. Illegal items and goods not
owned by customers.
Customers and/or their visitors must not leave unattended vehicles at the site.
Vehicles are allowed only for the purposeof delivering and collecting from the site.
If any unauthorised vehicles are left at the site overnight, the customer/owner will
be charged a fee of £25 per night.
4. Customers may not attach anything to the walls, ceiling floor or doors of the unit
and must advise the Company if any damage to the unit occurs. Any items or
rubbish left outside of the storage unit (except during the process of moving in)
including on the roof/top, will be disposed of and a minimum charge of £120
including VAT will be made for this occurence. Leaving rubbish at the site is a
breach of the terms and conditions of rental.
5. Customers give their permission to allow us to break their lock, and/or for access
to their unit in an emergency. We will also access the unit, if required to do so by
the Police, H.M. Customs & Excise, Fire Services, Local Authority or by a Court
Order.
6. Please note that in respect of Units fitted with an electricity supply, we cannot give
a guarantee of an uninterrupted supply. The electricity supplied is given free of
charge on the assumption of limited usage. If we find excessive usuage of the
electricity, then we reserve the right to withdraw the facility. We will also withdraw
the facility if the tenant does not keep to the rental terms paying the rental when
due.
7. The Company shall not be liable for any loss or damage which you may suffer as a
direct result of our performance of this Agreement being prevented, hindered or
delayed by reason of any Act of God, riot, strike or lock-out, trade dispute or labour
disturbance, accident, breakdown of plant or machinery, fire, flood, difficulty in
obtaining workmen, materials or transport, electrical power, internet or computer
failures or other circumstances whatsoever outside our control and which affect
the provision by us of access to or use of the unit.
8. This Agreement gives you a personal Licence to occupy the Unit/s until the
Agreement is terminated. The Agreement is covered by English Law and cannot
be assigned without our prior written permission.
9. Smoking on site is strictly prohibited.
PAYMENT TERMS
9. Licence Fees will be payable in advance on a monthly basis. When payment is
made via a giving notice of termination of the rental contract. 14 days advance
notice is required for termination by either the customer or the
Company. Please ensure that you advise us that you have vacated the Unit on
the scheduled Move Out date, in order that the Unit maybe re-let.
Payments due on a Saturday or Sunday, may be taken on the previous Friday. In
the event that any cheque is dishonoured, we reserve the right to charge £15 on
each occurrence. The licence fee is subject to increase, by providing one
month’s notice in writing (or by email).
10. A failure to pay licence fees on the due date, will incur a late payment charge of
£3 per day and/or exclusion from the site, and/or we may break the lock on the
Unit and install a new lock, whether or not we have exercised our right to
terminate this Agreement.
11. If any part of the licence Fees and/or late payment charges are still outstanding
one month after the due date we may:
(a) give you written notice that we will remove all the Goods in the Unit if you have
not paid all outstanding amounts due in full within 7 days of the posting of that
notice by us to you at your address set out in the Schedule
(b) on expiry of the 7 days notice, sell the goods on your behalf and pass good title
to them and use the proceeds of sale to discharge any outstanding fees and
charges due. If the proceeds of sale are insufficient to discharge your
outstanding liability to us then you will remain liable for the balance
(c) treat any of the Goods not sold as abandoned and destroy or otherwise
dispose of them.
Please note all accounts beyond our credit terms will be passed to our debt collecton
agency, Sinclair Goldberty Price Ltd. All accounts, without exception, will be subject to a
surcharge of 15% plus VAT to cover our costs in recovery. These accounts will also be
subject to any legal costs incurred in obtaining settlement.
TERMINATION
12. Notice Period. 14 days advance notice is required for termination by either the
customer or the Company.
Please go online and access using this link https://standbyselfsto.wpengine.com/termsconditions/
vacating-my-unit/
or use this web address to advise us of the selected MOVE OUT date.
Please ensure that you advise us once you have vacated the Unit, in order that the Unit
maybe re-let.
On termination of this agreement all goods must be removed from the unit, which should be left
clean and tidy and in the same condition as the commencement date. We may make an
appropriate charge if we have to clean the unit or dispose of any goods or rubbish left in the
unit, or on the site. Any goods left in the unit after termination, will be considered as
abandoned, and disposed of.
13. Please note that we do not give any refunds on advance discounted long term rental
payments, shoud you wish to vacate the Unit(s) before the end of the contract period.
INSURANCE
If you require additional insurance or would like details of the cover provided, please enquire.
CUSTOMER DECLARATION
1) I confirm that the goods are solely owned by me. If the Goods are not owned by me
or not solely owned by me, I confirm I have obtained the owner’s, co-owner’s or joint
owner’s consent (as applicable) to the storage of the Goods under the Terms and
Conditions of this Agreement.
2) I understand that because the Company has not inspected the goods, it is not on
notice as to the existence of any items and has no record of condition. Consequently, the
Company is not able to and does not insure the goods and I acknowledge and agree that
the Company owes me no contractual or other duty in respect of my goods, including
consequential or economic loss, whether or not any loss or damage caused is due to any
act or omission, negligence or wilful default, by us, our agents or other customers.
3) I have inspected the unit number to which this agreement relates and confirmed it is
suitable for use and in good condition at the
commencement date. I will advice the Company if there is any future damage or other
defect affecting the unit.
4) I have received a copy of this Agreement.
I have entered into the above Agreement by making payment to Standby Self
Storage Ltd for the rental of a storage Unit on the terms shown above.
Customer Signature:
Print Name:
Date:
After the initial payment is received, if the Customer does not accept our terms and conditions,
we will allow the Customer 24 hours to withdraw from the contract and a full refund will be
given.
Tel No: 020-8398-3070
Email: info@standbyselfstorge.co.uk
Head Office: The Upper Deck, 4 Island Farm Avenue, West Molesey, KT8 2UZ
Registered Office: Admirals Quarters, Portsmouth Road, Thames Ditton, KT7 0XA
Company No: 07343650 VAT Registration No. 155 1007 47