Terms of Use
Understanding your rights and responsibilities
Terms of use
Barons Self Storage
Eastway Business Park, Ballysimon Road. Limerick. V94 264W
Terms and Conditions of a licence to store goods
Definitions
1. In these terms and conditions the following words have the following meanings:
You, your the customer names in the Schedule
We, us, our Barons Self Storage, Eastway Business Park, Ballysimon Road. Limerick.
Goods anything that you bring on to the Site and store in the Unit
Unit the storage unit specified in the Schedule or any alternative storage unit we may specify under Condition 13
Commencement Date the date specified in the Schedule
Site the premises on which the Unit is situated
Access Hours the hours we permit access to the Unit
Prohibited Items those items specified in Condition 10
Deposit the amount specified in the Schedule
Licence Fees the amount specified in the Schedule which will be liable to Value Added Tax
Due Date the date specified in the Schedule and the corresponding date in each period specified in the Schedule or the previous business day if the Due Date falls on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday.
Your Right to Use
2. We permit you but no other person to use the Unit in accordance with these terms and conditions from the Commencement Date until this agreement is terminated.
Inspection
3. You must inspect the Unit before storing any goods and inform us if you believe it is damaged or unsuitable for your requirements in any way. If you do not do so the Unit will be deemed to be suitable for you and in good condition at the Commencement Date.
Access to the Unit by You and by Us
4. You may have access to the Unit at any time during the agreed Access Hours. No access to the Unit will be permitted outside these hours. We may change the Access Hours at any time without giving any prior notice.
5. Only you and persons authorised or accompanied by you will be permitted to have access to the Unit. You may withdraw any authorisation at any time, but the withdrawal will not be effective until we receive it in writing/email. We may ask for proof of identity from you or any other person at any time (although we are not obliged to do so) and we may refuse access to any person (including you) who is unable to provide satisfactory proof of identity.
6. You are responsible for providing a lock for the Unit and you must ensure that it is always locked when you are not in attendance. We will not be responsible for locking any unlocked Unit.
7. You will permit us (and our agents or workmen) to enter the Unit at any time in an emergency and otherwise if we give you not less than seven days’ notice so that we may inspect it or carry out repairs, maintenance and alterations to the Unit or any other Unit or part of the Site or ensure compliance with these terms and conditions or for any other purpose.
8. We may enter the Unit at any time without notifying you (and if necessary, we may break the lock to gain entry).
(i) if we believe that the Unit contains Prohibited Items or is being used in breach of these terms and conditions.
(ii) if we are required to do so by the Gardai, Fire Services, Local Authority or by a Court Order.
(iii) if we believe it is necessary in an emergency.
(iv) to obtain access in accordance with Conditions 7, 14, 20 and 21
(iv) to prevent injury or damage to persons or property; or
(v) if we are of the opinion that any of the above apply, the purposes of ascertaining this.
Use of the Unit and the Site
9. (i) You warrant that the goods you are storing in the Unit are your own property or the person who owns or has an interest in them has given authority to you to store them in the Unit.
(ii) You must provide and always have a working phone and email address that Barons Self Storage can contact you on during your period of storage.
(iii) Access to the site outside of our office hours is at the sole discretion of Barons Self Storage and can be rescinded at any time. You must not assist or provide access to any other person to our site or facility when our office is closed.
10. You may only use the Unit for storage and not for any other purpose. You must not store (and you must not allow any other person to store) any of the following in the Unit: –
(i) food or perishable goods unless securely packed so that they are protected from vermin,
(ii) birds, fish, animals, or any other living creatures.
(iii) combustible or flammable materials or liquids such as paint, petrol, oil or cleaning solvents.
(iv) explosives, weapons, or ammunition
(v) chemicals, radioactive materials, biological agents
(vi) toxic waste, asbestos, or other materials of a dangerous nature
(vii) any item which emits any fumes, smell, or odour
(viii) any illegal substances, illegal items or goods illegally obtained
(ix) compressed gases
(x) any liquids that may cause damage to the mezzanine floor
(xi) any items greater than one tonne of weight in any one area of the unit, in particular on the 1st floor
11. You must not (and you must not allow any other person to):
(i) use the Unit or do anything on the Site or in the Unit which may be a nuisance to us or to the users of any other Unit;
(ii) do anything on the Site or in the Unit which may invalidate any of our insurance policies (or those of other Unit users) or increase the premiums,
(iii) use the Unit as offices or living accommodation or as a home or business address,
(iv) spray paint or do any mechanical work or any kind in the Unit.
(v) attach anything to the walls, ceiling, floor or doors of the Unit or make any alteration to the Unit,
(vi) allow any liquid, substance, smell or odour to escape from the Unit or any noise to be audible or vibration to be felt outside the Unit.
(vii) cause any damage to the Unit or any other Unit or the Site or its facilities or to the property and possessions of us or any of our other customers. If you cause any damage, you must (at our option) repair, restore or replace such damage item or reimburse our costs in making necessary repairs, restoration, or replacement.
(viii) cause any obstructive or undue hindrance in any passageway, stairway, service area or other part of the Site and you must at all times exercise courtesy to others in using these areas.
12. You must: –
(i) inform us immediately of any damage to the Unit.
(ii) comply with the directions of any of our employees or agents at the Site and any further regulations for use of the Unit which we may issue from time to time.
Alternative Unit
13. We may at any time by giving you seven days’ written notice require you to remove your goods from one Unit to another Unit specified by us. The Alternate Unit shall be of a similar size to the current Unit.
14. If you do not arrange the removal of your goods to the alternative Unit by the time specified in the notice, we may enter the Unit and arrange for the goods to be so moved. Any removal arranged by us will be at your risk (except for loss or damaged caused wilfully or negligently by us or our removal agents)
15. If your goods are moved to an alternative Unit, this Agreement will be varied by the substitution of the alternative Unit number but this Agreement will otherwise continue in full force and effect and the Licence Fees will continue to apply to the alternative Unit.
Deposit
16. You must pay us the Deposit when you sign this Agreement. The Deposit will be returned to you (without interest) within 21 days after this Agreement terminates less any amount we may deduct to cover:
(i) any damage to the Unit, Site or any other Unit caused by you., your agents or invitees or by goods stored in the Unit,
(ii) any unpaid Licence Fees or removal or other charges., or
(iii) any other obligation to us that you have not discharged in full
Licence Fees
17. You must pay us the first License Fee for the minimum period of storage on signature of this agreement by credit/debit card and thereafter must pay the license Fees on the Due Date by the agreed payment method. If you do not pay the License Fees by the close of business on the Due Date, you will immediately become liable to pay a late payment charge equal to 5.0 per cent of the License Fees (Subject to a minimum fee of €12.00) for each weekly period or any part thereof that the Licence Fees (including any late payment or other charges) remain unpaid after the due date. You must also have a useable credit/debit card on file during the period of storage with us and you give us authorisation to charge this card should payment become overdue.
18. If any cheque/direct debit is dishonoured, we may make a further charge of €12.00 euro on each occasion that your payment is returned
Increases
19. We may alter the Licence Fees at any time by giving you written notice and the new Licence Fees shall take effect on the first Due Date occurring not less than four weeks after the date of notice.
Non-Payment of Licence Fees
20. If you do not pay the Licence Fees on the Due Date or the late payment charge or either, we may exclude you from the Site and from the Unit and we may break the lock on the Unit and install a new lock, whether we have exercised our right to terminate this Agreement. Exercising our right to exclude you from the Site and the Unit does not affect your obligation to pay any unpaid or future Licence Fees or late payment charges.
21. If any part of the Licence Fees or the late payment charge is still outstanding one month after the Due Date then we may:
(i) give you written notice that we will remove all the goods in the Unit if you have not paid all outstanding amounts due in full within 72 hours of the issuing of that notice by us to you at your address or email address set out in the Schedule,
(ii) on expiry of the notice in sub-Condition 21 (i), remove all the goods in the Unit to any alternative storage facilities that we may decide without incurring any liability for loss or damage to the goods arising from their removal and alternative storage.
(iii) charge you the full costs of removing the goods from the Unit and alternative storage costs together with any repeated costs if we require to move the goods at any time afterwards,
(iv) sell the saleable goods on your behalf and pass good title to them and use the proceeds of sale to discharge any outstanding Licence Fees and other charges due to us. If the proceeds of sale are insufficient to discharge your outstanding liability to us then you will remain liable for the balance and we may take any action we consider necessary to recover the outstanding amounts;
(v) treat any goods not sold or saleable as abandoned and destroy or otherwise dispose of them.
Termination
22. Either you or we may terminate this Agreement by giving not less than 7 days written notice ending on any Due Date and termination will take effect from that Due Date. Any Licence fees paid in advance will be refunded but we may make deductions from them as if they were a Deposit under Condition 16
23. You may not terminate this agreement if any Licence Fees or other charges are outstanding or if you are otherwise in breach of this Agreement.
24. We may terminate this Agreement immediately by giving you written notice if you are in breach of any term of this Agreement.
On Termination
25. On termination of this Agreement, you must remove all goods from the Unit and leave the Unit clean and tidy and in the same condition as at the Commencement Date. We may charge you if we must clean the Unit or dispose of any goods or rubbish left in the unit or on the site
26. We may treat any goods remaining in the Unit after termination as abandoned and may dispose of them in accordance with Conditions 21 (iv) and (v).
Insurance
27. (i) We do not insure your goods whilst in the Unit. Storage of goods in the Unit is at your sole risk and you must insure them at their full replacement Value and ensure that the declared value is maintained at an adequate level throughout the period of this agreement. The cover provided by us is optional, in this regard, and you may provide your own cover and supply us with a confirmation letter from your broker confirming cover.
(ii) We shall take out and maintain a contract of insurance, in accordance with the [specimen] [summary of terms] provided to you, providing cover to us for the Goods and for the purposes of such insurance cover, the replacement value of the Goods shall be the True Total of the Value of the Goods stated at the beginning of this Agreement.
(iii) If loss or damage occurs to the Goods as a result of any matter which may result in a claim under such insurance cover, we shall notify the insurer promptly of the claim and in any event within 2 business days of receipt from you of a written direction to notify a claim in the form attached to the [specimen / summary of terms]. For the purposes of processing any such claim you shall provide us, the insurer or any agent of the insurer appointed to investigate such claim with such information and existence as may reasonably be required in relation to the claim. We will also provide to you, the insurer, or any agent of the insurer appointed to investigate the claim, with such information and assistance in relation to the claim as may reasonably be required. In addition, we will send to you a copy of all correspondence with the insurer or any agent of the insurer relating to the claim (including the notification). While we will, in accordance with the previous provisions of this paragraph, notify claims to the insurer, we are not under any circumstances obliged to start or threaten to start any legal proceedings in relation to any such claim [unless specifically agreed with you in writing].
(iv) In the event that we make a claim under such insurance cover in respect of damage or loss caused to the Goods, we shall pay or arrange for payment to You that part of any proceeds of such claim made by us which relates to such damage or loss to the Goods after deduction of any outstanding sums due to us from you. For the avoidance of doubt, you acknowledge that our liability in respect of any claim under such insurance cover is restricted to the payment to you of those sums which we recover which relate to the Goods.
(v) We do not give any advice concerning the insurance cover referred to in Condition 27 and it is for you to make your own judgment whether such insurance is appropriate to cover the Goods and risks to them.
(vi) If this Condition 27ii applies then Condition (27i) of the Agreement shall not apply.
(vii)Nothing in this Condition 27 shall make us your agent.
(viii) Insurance cover cannot exceed EUR 40,000 unless written consent is received from our insurers.
(ix) We shall not be liable for the first €200 of any claim.
Exclusion of Liability
28. We shall not be liable for any loss (including consequential or economic loss) or damage to the goods stored in the Unit, whether or not the loss or Damage is due to any act or omission, negligence or wilful default by us or by any of our servants or agents or other customers; nor shall we be liable for any consequential or economic loss incurred by you as a result of any loss or damage to the goods. Your attention is specifically drawn to the fact that the lockers are not alarmed.
Any other representations, conditions, warranties and other terms, whether written or oral, express or implied, statutory or otherwise which are or may be inconsistent with this condition are expressly excluded.
29. The exclusion of liability in Condition 27 and 28 does not apply where the damage suffered by you is a direct result of our negligence or wilful default or that of our servants or agents and which causes physical injury to or the death of any person.
Indemnity
30. You will indemnify us and hold us harmless against all claims, demands, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses incurred by us or by any of our servants, agents or other customers which arises out of the use of your Unit or the Site by you or any of your servants, agents or invitees or arises out of the breach of this Agreement by you.
Notices
31. Any notice given under this agreement must be in writing and may be served by personal delivery, pre-paid post or email. Any notice to you may be sent to the address or any other address, including electronic or email as stated in the Schedule. Any notice to you may also be sent to any owner/primary contact (whether sole, joint, or co-owners) of which we have been notified by you. Any notice to us must be sent to our address set out in the Schedule. Notices will be deemed to be effectively served immediately if served personally or electronically or forty-eight hours after they have been placed in the post.
Force Majeure
32. We shall not be liable for any loss or damage which you may suffer as a direct or indirect result of our performance of this Agreement being Prevented, hindered or delayed by reason of any Act of God, riot, strike or lock-out, trade dispute or labour disturbance, accident, break-down of plant or machinery, fire, flood, difficulty in obtaining workmen, materials or transport, electrical power failures or other circumstances whatsoever outside our control and which affect the provision by us of access to or use of the Unit.
General
33. Any delay by us in exercising any of our rights under this agreement will not impair our rights or be a waiver of those rights, nor will any partial exercise of any right preclude a further exercise of that right.
34. You may not assign any of your rights under this agreement or part with possession of the Unit to any other person, firm or company.
35. No variation of these terms and conditions will be effective unless expressly accepted in writing by us and signed by our principal. None of our employees or agents who is not also a director has any authority to vary these terms and conditions on our behalf whether orally or in writing.
36. Every provision in these terms and conditions is severable and distinct from every other provision and if at any time one or more of such provisions is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions will not be affected in any way.
37. This Agreement shall be governed by the Laws of Ireland and you and we submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Irish courts.
38. Nothing in this agreement will be treated as creating any tenancy lease or any relationship of landlord and tenant between us. Nor will we be regarded as a warehouse or building
39. Where the Customer is two or more persons your obligations under this Agreement shall be joint and several.
40. We reserve the right to refuse any goods regardless of reason
41. All goods accepted will become subject to lien in respect of continued non -payment of our charges.
42. You agree that we may hold and posses by computer or otherwise, any information obtained about you as a consequence of this agreement
Prohibited Items
SUMMARY OF OUR INSURANCE COVER
This facility only applies if you, in the Agreement regarding licence of storage space (the “Licence Agreement”), have instructed us to include the property you store in the Company’s
insurance arrangements and have paid the appropriate fee. The licence of the storage space and your use of it remains subject to the terms of the Licence Agreement. Please read carefully
clause 27 of the General Conditions to the Licence Agreement.
It is a condition of the Licence Agreement that all of the property you store is insured for its full replacement value (on a new for old basis) and that such cover is maintained
at all times. Please note that irrespective of whether or not you instruct us to include the property you store within our company insurance arrangements our liability for
actual physical loss of or damage to the property you store is limited by the terms of the Licence Agreement which forms part of our contract with you.
SUBJECT TO YOU GIVING US WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS TO INCLUDE THE PROPERTY YOU STORE IN THE COMPANY’S INSURANCE ARRANGEMENTS, we will ensure that our
insurance policy will cover physical loss or damage to the property which you store, as summarised below. Please note that as the policy is in our name you will have no
independent right to make claims under our insurance policy. We undertake to forward any insurance payment from our insurers that relates to the property you store onto
you, subject to such deductions which are provided for by the Licence Agreement. You may inspect the insurance policy at our office on request.
DEFINITIONS:
Your Broker: Xact European Solutions ApS Administrator: Reason Global Insurance Brokers Limited
TOTAL LIMIT
In the event of a claim the most which could be recovered from our insurers shall be limited to the value which you have declared for the goods which you store, as declared to
us on the Licence Agreement or elsewhere in writing. Whatever the value declared the amount that could be recovered shall in no circumstances exceed EUR 40,000 unless
other arrangements are confirmed in writing by us.
PERILS
The terms of the insurance which we will maintain shall be limited to claims for actual physical loss of or damage to your stored property caused by fire, lightning, explosion,
earthquake, storm, flood, bursting &/or leaking pipes, ingress of water or other liquid substance, aircraft or articles dropped therefrom, moth, insect or vermin (in each case from
an external cause), theft accompanied by forcible and violent entry to or exit from the building or Unit, riot, strike, civil commotion, malicious damage, and impact by vehicle or
railway rolling stock. The policy will not respond to any other claims.
UNDER-DECLARATION
The sum declared by you must at all times represent the full replacement value of the property which you store. If you fail to declare the full replacement value on the Licence
Agreement or to us elsewhere in writing, then in the event of a claim we will only be entitled to recover from our Insurers the proportion of the loss as the declared value bears to
the total replacement value of the property you stored. This will in turn reduce the amount which we are obliged to pay to you.
BASIS OF CLAIMS SETTLEMENT
The settlement of any claim shall be by replacement, repair and/or compensation at our Insurer’s option. In the event of total loss or destruction of any item (other than
household linen and clothing and documents) settlement of any claim shall be the cost of replacing the item as new provided that the item is substantially the same as but not
better than the original when new.
Household linen and clothing
Where any claim includes loss of or damage to any item(s) of household linen and clothing, Insurers will take into consideration the age, quality, degree of use and consequent
market value of any such lost or damaged item(s).
Documents
Where any claim includes loss of or damage to documents the basis of settlement shall relate to the reasonable costs of reprinting and/or reasonable costs of reissue and/or
reconstitution including, where applicable, fresh research or exploration to obtain essential information.
PAIRS & SETS CLAUSE
Where any items are part of a pair or of a set Insurers shall only pay for the actual items which are lost or damaged. No payment will be made by Insurers for any items which
are part of a pair or of a set and which are not lost or damaged.
OUR INSURER’S POLICY EXCESS
Insurers will not pay the first EUR 200 of each claim per customer
Insurers will not pay the first EUR 300 of each claim per customer in respect of water damage.
EXCLUSIONS
Our insurers include some further limits on what goods they will cover and the circumstances which could give rise to a claim under the policy. Our insurance policy will not
respond to claims relating to the following items or events and as such no claims will be payable by our insurers in respect of the same
1. Money, Coins, Bullion, Deeds, Bonds, Securities and the like.
2. Livestock, Plants, Explosives and Flammables.
3. Jewellery, Watches, Precious Stones and Stamps of all kinds exceeding EUR 1,00 in total.
4. Furs, fine arts, perfumery, mobile phones, tobacco, cigars, cigarettes, beers, wines, spirits & the like exceeding EUR 10,000 in total.
5. Electronic items exceeding EUR 15,000 in total. Electronic items are defined as all items of consumer and commercial electrical appliances and instruments including but
not limited to smart phones or tablets, radios, televisions, laptops, computers, computer software, hard drives, chips, microchips, printed circuit boards and their
components, modems, monitors, cameras, facsimile machines, photocopiers, VCRs, hi-fi, stereos, CD players, Digital Recorders/Players and the like. (Heavy electrical items
such as switchgear, turbines and generators and the like shall be deemed not to be electronics).
6. Loss of data records other than cost of blank data carrying materials.
7. Any goods which you are not permitted to store under the terms of the Licence Agreement.
8. Any consequence of War, Invasion, Act of Foreign Enemy Hostilities (whether War be declared or not), Civil War, Rebellion, Revolution, Insurrection or Military or Usurped
Power or confiscation or nationalisation or requisition or destruction of or damage to property by or under the order of any government or public or local authority.
9. Ensuing or indirect losses resulting from or as a consequence of loss or damage.
10. Loss or damage from:
a. ionising radiation from or contamination by radioactivity from any nuclear fuel or from any nuclear waste or from the combustion of nuclear fuel;
b. the radioactive, toxic, explosive or other hazardous or contaminating properties of any nuclear installation, reactor or nuclear component thereof,
c. any weapon of war employing atomic or nuclear fission and/or fusion or other like reaction or radioactive force or matter.
d. the radioactive, toxic, explosive or other hazardous or contaminating properties of any radioactive matter. This sub clause does not extend to radioactive isotopes,
other than nuclear fuel, when such isotopes are being prepared, carried stored or used for commercial, agricultural, medical, scientific or other similar peaceful
purposes.
11. Loss or damage from any chemical, biological, biochemical or electromagnetic weapon. The use or operation as a means of inflicting harm of any computer system,
computer software program, computer virus or process or any other electronic system.
12. Loss of or damage to your stored property directly caused by pressure waves caused by aircraft and other aerial devices travelling at sonic or supersonic speeds.
13. If at the time of loss there is other insurance in force our insurance shall only respond to the extent that losses are not recoverable under the other insurance.
14. Loss of or damage to your stored property caused by or resulting from any act(s) of terrorism or any person(s) acting from a political motive.
Our insurance also includes further terms and exclusions including, but not limited to, risks relating to cyber risks and communicable diseases. A full copy of the policy is
available to view on request.