Anchor Self Storage Dudley - Terms and Conditions

THIS AGREEMENT IS SUBJECT TO YOU UNDERTAKING CONDITIONS, SET OUT IN OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS LEAFLET, WHICH ARE IMPORTANT AND INVOLVE YOUR PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY. WE URGE YOU TO READ ALL THE CONDITIONS BEFORE MAKING THIS AGREEMENT WITH US. WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE IMPORTANCE OF YOU READING ALL THE CONDITIONS, IN PARTICULAR PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THE CONDITIONS WHICH ARE REFERRED TO BELOW AND WHICH ARE OF SPECIAL IMPORTANCE IN THIS AGREEMENT.

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1. Conditions

Your obligation to secure the Unit

Condition 4
You are responsible for providing a secure padlock for the Unit and You must ensure that the Unit is locked so as to be secure from unauthorised entry at all times when You are not in the Unit. We will not be responsible for locking any unlocked Unit. You should not leave your key with or permit access to your Unit to any person other than your own agent who is responsible to You and subject to your control and if You do so, You do so at your own risk whether or not any such person is our employee or agent. We do not accept any liability for any person including our employee or agent holding your key and having access to your Unit and any such person acts as your agent only.

2. Your ownership of the Goods or your authority to store the Goods

Condition 6

You warrant that throughout this Agreement, the Goods in the Unit from time to time are your own property or that the person who owns or has an interest in them has given You irrevocable authority to store the Goods in the Unit on the terms and conditions in this Agreement and that You act as a duly authorised agent of any such person. You indemnify us against any loss or damage suffered by us for breach of this warranty including against any loss, damage or expenses incurred by us (including any reasonably incurred legal fees) arising from any step or action taken by any person who owns or has an interest in the Goods.

3. Prohibited Goods

Condition 8

You must not store (and You must not allow any other person to store) any of the following in the Unit:-
8.1. food or perishable goods unless securely packed so that they are protected from and do not attract vermin;
8.2. birds, fish, animals or any other living creatures;
8.3. combustible or flammable materials or liquids such as gas, paint, petrol, oil or cleaning solvents;
8.4. firearms, explosives, weapons or ammunition;
8.5. chemicals, radioactive materials, biological agents;
8.6. toxic waste, asbestos or other materials of a potentially dangerous nature;
8.7. any item which emits any fumes, smell or odour;
8.8. any illegal substances, illegal items or goods illegally obtained;
8.9. compressed gases.

4. Non-exclusive possession of the Unit and the Alternative Unit

Condition 11

This Agreement shall not confer on You any right to exclusive possession of the Unit.

5. Additional charges payable by You

	Conditions 14-16
14.	If You do not pay Our Fees on the Due Date, You must pay us an administrative charge for late payment. This is currently set at a fee of £20.00 for every 10 days you are overdue.
15.	Additionally, on each occasion any cheque is dishonoured, at our option You must pay us an administrative charge of £12.
16.	Additionally, You must pay us interest on all amounts overdue for payment from You at the rate of 5% above the base rate of NatWest Bank PLC, calculated from the date when payment becomes due up to and including the date of actual payment including all accrued interest, whether before or after judgment, and whether or not we exercise the right of sale under this Agreement.

6. Your obligation to check that the Unit is suitable for the Goods

Condition 19

Because the nature and type of goods being stored by You from time to time is entirely within your discretion (subject to Condition 8 and 9) You must ensure that the Unit is suitable for the storage of the goods that You store or intend to store in it. We do not warrant or represent that any unit allocated to You is a suitable place or means of storage for any particular goods. We strongly advise You to inspect the Unit before storing Goods in the Unit and from time to time throughout the period of this Agreement.

Unless you take up the Insurance Option we do not obtain insurance for the Goods. This Condition contains your obligation to insure the Goods and the exclusion and limitation of our liability.

Condition 21

Unless Condition 21A does apply we do not insure the Goods. If condition 21A does NOT apply, conditions 21.1 to 21.5.2 are applicable