It is an unfortunate occurrence when a property owner purchases and installs a set of wire mesh storage bins for their apartment renters. The way that some marketers announce that wire mesh is cost-effective and easy to install for all properties turns out to be a huge practical joke for everybody that ends up believing them. After all, it sounds really good. Renters actually prefer an apartment complex that offers a good storage solution, however, wire mesh bins are not cost-effective and are far from “good.” In fact, wire mesh storage bins are outright awful. Let us explain why:

Absolutely No Privacy

One of the largest drawbacks of wire mesh storage lockers is that anybody and everybody can see what is inside of them. Talk about thieves being able to window shop! Wire mesh cages are made of pieces of crossed wires that allow for a full view of anybody that passes by. Of course, people that use this kind of storage can put blankets or tarps over their belongings in order to keep them private, but if everybody does that it becomes a fire hazard.

Wire Mesh Storage Lockers Are Ugly

When prospective new tenants come to the property to have a look around and see if it is going to be a nice, safe place for them to live one of the first things that they will see is that there is an ugly birdcage looking storage place for them to store their stuff in. As they check out the area they may see a shady character scoping out the storage bins looking for things to steal. If every prospective tenant comes to see the place and this is all that they see, they might all look elsewhere to live and you will lose out on a bunch of solid tenants that take pride in being able to pay their rent on time.

Wire Mesh Attracts Thieves

As we mentioned earlier, wire mesh has absolutely no way to shield the contents from public view. Since all that the cages are made out of is wood and wire, they are very easy to break into. If a crook has a couple of tools and a little bit of sense they can get into a wire locker in a manner of seconds. Since they can see what is inside before they break into it, they will already know what they are looking for, and where it is soo that all they have to do is break in and snatch the object. Easy peasy. When they can steal things without the threat of being caught in the act, they wll continue to return and break into other cages. If you think that your camera system will stop them, just remember that all they have to do is cover their faces and you will never be able to prove who they are. Remember that everybody is wearing masks these days so it won’t look out of the ordinary for a person to be walking around with a mask on.

Wire Mesh Storage Bins Cost More

If you think about it, since it costs just about as much money to install secure storage bins as it does to install wire mesh, it actually costs more to install wire mesh than anything else. With secure storage bins, you can get the renters to pay a substantial amount of money each month in addition to their rent. Since renters would prefer to have secure storage solutions in place, studies have revealed that they are more than willing to pay upwards of $100 extra per month on top of their rent to have it.

In the End

In conclusion, we have pointed out that wire mesh storage bins are unattractive, do not adequately secure the contents that are in them, and they have to potential to lose the property owner a lot of money. I the end, wire mesh storage bins are truly a bad way to go.