The first thing to do to make sure your storage company uses proper pest control methods is to ask them about it. Get to know what they do, find out if they apply sprays and similar measures to their warehouses. After getting their answers, do your own inspection of the facilities. Look around corners for mouse droppings, ant trails, and scurrying roaches. You definitely do not want to find such things in your storage company’s facilities, so stay away from that company if you do find any of these markers. If you do find a few (just a few, not a lot) dead insects here and there, that might not be too much of a problem. Living ones are off-limits, though.
To be safe, you yourself should do your bit of prevention where this issue is concerned. Be sure to take a close look at boxes that have been in storage a long time before you reach into them or touch them, just in case there is an arachnid or insect hiding out in there that could give you a toxic bite. You also want to check the items and packing materials you use for your belongings before you even send them for self storage to the company’s facilities. This is to make sure no eggs or insects are hiding in there.
