KSS April Edition eKourier 2025

PROPERTY

SPOTLIGHT ON ROSEBUD

misbehaviour the whole time KSS has been here. L to R: Amanda Coaker and Steve Best at Kennards Self Storage Rosebud. We have quite a few smaller competi- tors around our area, a couple of these are quite new. Some of these are not manned and to view unit’s customers are required to make an appointment, however our office being manned seven days a week is one of our biggest draw cards. Our bigger competitors are 10 kms away in Dromana and 25 kms away in Mornington. Our occupancy is currently sitting at around 88%. We have also seen a good increase in rental income and our asking rate has also risen with this. Our merchandise sales are also increasing. The Team at KSS Rosebud consists of myself (Manager), and Steve (Assistant Manager). I started at KSS in February 2022 when KSS acquired Rosebud Mini Warehousing. Steve joined us in February last year as Assistant Manager. We are very excited about our rebuild which is currently undergoing approval from Council. The rebuild will make us the biggest storage facility on the peninsula.

K SS Rosebud is situated on the Mornington Peninsula and opened in February 2022. We are located on a busy thoroughfare road approximately 2 kms from the beach and the local shopping precinct. With a very busy Bunnings a couple of hundred metres away, along with various other small industrial and commercial businesses, we get a lot of passing traffic. Prior to the KSS acquisition our site was Rosebud Mini Warehousing, a family owned and operated storage business for approximately 15 years. We have four separate sites with a total number of 570 units. We have a good mix of units available, ranging from three square metres to 63 square metres. 215 of our units are shipping containers. The KSS Box Shop is quite unique as it is a Ranch style weatherboard house. We cater to a wide range of customers with a lot of our larger units currently occupied by our local trades: Plumbers, Landscapers, Concreters and Electricians. We also have 23 open spaces for boats and caravans. These are quite popular during the summer when customers come to the Peninsula on holidays.

Unlike most KSS centres, many of our units are situated on ground level. These are mostly drive-up units however most do not have any covered areas to unload and load, therefore we are very dependent on weather. We are very excited about our rebuild which is currently getting approved from Council. The rebuild will make us the biggest storage facility on the peninsula We have a small area on one of our sites that is two-storey with 24 small units on the upper level. This area is accessed by ramps (no stairs or lifts). Getting from site to site to show our customers units, or when carrying out cleaning and gardening, is made easier with our little car, filled with cleaning equipment and gardening tools. Each of our sites are secured with electric fencing and we have approx. 140 CCTV cameras (a little excessive I know). These are a big deterrent as we have not had any break-ins or ‘

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Amanda Coaker Manager, KSS Rosebud, VIC

9 Kennards Kourier April 2025