{"id":9948,"date":"2023-07-18T15:49:13","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T22:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog2.neighbor.com\/storage-blog\/?p=9948"},"modified":"2025-08-22T14:30:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T21:30:25","slug":"the-dos-and-donts-of-self-storage-what-not-to-put-in-a-storage-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neighbor.com\/storage-blog\/the-dos-and-donts-of-self-storage-what-not-to-put-in-a-storage-unit\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dos and Don’ts of Self Storage: What Not to Put in a Storage Unit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you think of storage units as a lawless personal dumping ground where anything<\/em> and everything <\/em>goes, think again<\/strong>. Not everything is meant to be stored in a storage unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read on to discover the surprising items that fall under “what not to put in a storage unit” category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Failure to comply with this list of banned items could result in penalty–or worse, eviction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Common prohibited items<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While prohibited items will vary from storage facility to storage facility, here’s a list of items you can expect to see on a facility’s banned list–regardless of where you rent a self-storage unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n