Storage Solutions in Mid-City Santa Monica, Santa Monica
Serving ZIP 90404
Mid-City Santa Monica apartment moves worked from the alley or a signed curb, around small lifts and low garages
About Storage Solutions in Mid-City Santa Monica
Moving in Mid-City Santa Monica, between Wilshire and Olympic from about 14th Street to Centinela. Older apartment and courtyard buildings with small or no lifts, low garages and service alleys behind most blocks.
Mid-City Santa Monica runs between Wilshire Boulevard and Olympic Boulevard, from about 14th Street east to Centinela Avenue at the Los Angeles line, mostly in ZIP code 90404. Cloverfield Boulevard, 20th Street, Broadway, Colorado Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard set the grid, with service alleys behind most blocks, and Memorial Park, Douglas Park, Saint John's and UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center are familiar landmarks. The housing is a dense mix of apartment buildings, courtyard blocks and single-family streets, and much of the apartment stock is older and rent controlled. That means small lifts or none, narrow stairwells and subterranean garages with low clearance.
Local Issues
Common Storage Solutions Issues in Mid-City Santa Monica
Metered and permit-zoned curbs
Street space in Mid-City is constantly occupied, and a preferential parking permit holds nothing for a truck. Temporary No Parking Signs, inspected in time, are what secure a space.
Small or absent lifts
Much of the older rent-controlled stock has a compact lift or only stairs, which sets the pace and may require furniture to be taken apart.
Low subterranean garages
Garage clearances under apartment buildings often stop a full-size truck, so loading happens from the street, the alley or by shuttle.
Sign inspection timing
Signs must be inspected between 72 and 24 hours before the start. Miss that window and the reservation cannot be enforced against a parked car.
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What we offer in Mid-City Santa Monica
Our Storage Solutions Services in Mid-City Santa Monica
Vaulted Storage in Mid-City Santa Monica
Vaulted storage is not a self-storage unit. Your belongings are loaded into wooden vaults by our crews and stored at our own warehouse at 5509 1/2 S Centinela Ave in Mar Vista, which is climate controlled for temperature and humidity. You have no unit and no key, and there is no minimum or maximum term.
Learn more →Commercial & Business Storage in Mid-City Santa Monica
Commercial & Business Storage at Popeye is full-service vaulted storage for things your business needs occasionally rather than daily. Our crews load your goods into vaults stored at our own warehouse in Mar Vista, climate controlled for temperature and humidity. There is no minimum or maximum term.
Learn more →Designer Receiving & Consolidation in Mid-City Santa Monica
Designer receiving turns a dozen vendor deliveries on a dozen different days into one coordinated installation. Shipments come to our warehouse in Mar Vista, where each piece is checked against the paperwork, photographed and logged. We hold everything in climate controlled storage until the project is ready, then deliver and place it.
Learn more →Long-Term Storage in Mid-City Santa Monica
Long-term storage at Popeye is full-service vaulted storage with no maximum term. Our crews pack and load your goods into vaults, and the vaults are stored at our own warehouse in Mar Vista, climate controlled for temperature and humidity. You do not manage a unit or hold a key.
Learn more →What to Expect - Storage Solutions in Mid-City Santa Monica
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Free estimate
We review what you want to store in person or by video and tell you how many vaults it will need, along with packing and transport costs.
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Pack and load
Our crews pack your goods and load them into vaults, recording what goes into each one on a written inventory.
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Store at Mar Vista
Vaults are placed in our Mar Vista warehouse the same day as pickup, with no overnight hold on the truck, and stored in a climate controlled building.
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Retrieve and deliver
When you need your goods back, call us to arrange it. Our crews retrieve the vaults and deliver to your new address, all at once or in stages.
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Local Tips
Storage Solutions Tips for Mid-City Santa Monica Residents
Look at the alley behind your building and note any posted loading time limit before your estimate.
Allow for City Hall closing every other Friday when planning sign collection.
Ask management for the lift booking form and insurance certificate wording as soon as you give notice.
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What Customers Say About Our Storage Solutions in Mid-City Santa Monica
Real reviews from Mid-City Santa Monica and nearby Santa Monica neighborhoods.
“Due to the fact that I was out of the country for 2 years and had to give up my rental apartment for that period, I had my belongings stored with Popeye Moving & Storage. I can absolutely recommend them to anybody in need for moving services and especially for storage services. They were a very professional, experienced and thorough team and everything was handled meticulously. Their help in getting my belongings packed and the delicate items crated professionally was a huge relief. Their storage facility is clean and well organized and the storage units had proper ventilation. It was a real storage facility with temperature control, none of the stored items got damaged over the period of time. Thank so much Stephen and team for your great and valued service. Anytime again.”
“I am so blessed with that fast and careful move into storage. Owen, Saul, Dean and Axel did a GREAT job! They helped me from A to Z. Starting with the free quote. Estimated removal after one (1) hour. The pick and move day was so smooth and under the price quote. I will definitely hire again. Popeye Moving again, again, and again. Thank you to all of you.”
Storage Solutions in Mid-City Santa Monica - FAQs
The City says they are advised but not required, but on Mid-City's metered and permit-zoned blocks they are often the only way to hold a space. Once your permit is approved, the signs are collected at City Hall East or City Hall Historic, posted, and inspected by Traffic Services between 72 and 24 hours before the start. An inspection with less than 24 hours remaining is not enforceable.
A typical Los Angeles range for a one-bedroom apartment local move is $350 to $650. That is a typical range, not a quote. Lift windows, stairwells, alley or street loading and double drive time all affect the hours, and on a move inside California your price is set in writing before anything is loaded, with a Not To Exceed figure.
Yes. In-home and video estimates are free, and a video survey can lead to a guaranteed binding price. Show us the lift or stairwell, the garage entrance and the alley behind the building if there is one, because those decide where the truck stands.
Often. Most Mid-City blocks have a service alley, and rear loading can save a long carry from the street. Santa Monica allows active loading in alleys where 11 feet of clearance can be kept, and some alleys post shorter time limits, so we check the signs on yours before choosing truck size.
Older rent-controlled buildings here often have small lifts or none. We measure the lift car and stairwell against your largest pieces at the estimate, and Furniture Assembly & Disassembly takes apart beds, wardrobes and tables that will not fit as they are.
Usually a certificate of insurance naming the building as additional insured, a reserved lift window and lift protection pads. Popeye is fully insured and can issue the certificate once you send management's required wording.
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