Bridge Storage and ArtSpace

This is a great place for any beginning artist or so. The artist community use s wide range of medium. The people are very friendly and supportive. The grounds have beautifully decorated gardens. Their is a couple of lounge areas, one with a kitchen and free wi-​fi. I often leave at night on foot, and I feel the area is fairly safe. Only on occasion I encounter a small group of neighborhood dogs not fenced in (during the day), that like to act tough. Their are staff in the office 7 days a week. The place is well kept. Parking is on or off the premises. I’m glad I found this place. I feel right at home.

What a great addition to the neighborhood. I love that the artists, farmers and musicians can get together someplace and great art, as well as showcase their work in the makeshift gallery!
I hope to return here and work on the mosaic with Daud Abdullah.

I’ve been renting artist space at Bridges for about 4 yrs. The space is the best value in the East Bay. The staff is wonderful and always working to support artists and musicians. The sense of community is strong. I love my space and so appreciate the creative vision of Bridges owners and staff. Who knew storage units could be turned to such a powerful creative force.

I stored my stuff here while I was hunting for a new place to work and live. The neighborhood is little sketchy but the storage facilities are decent and clean, and the people are friendly. They also have a cool artist community here with exhibitions from time to time.

Neighborhood is sketchy…
Like «belongs in season 1 of The Wire» sketchy.
Like «those guys standing around at the end of the block are waiting to either sell you drugs or shoot you» sketchy.
That said, the storage space itself is very nice. It’s well maintained. Security seems very reasonable. You are 200 yards away from people who kill people for fun and sell illegal drugs for money, but that 200 yards is pretty darn meaningful. Because it doesn’t feel unsafe once you are inside the gate.
But if you have ANYONE in your life that will need to come to your storage unit (spouse, parent, neighbor, etc) that might freak out when surrounded by drug dealers, yeah, you may want to think twice about renting here.

Great people, priced right. I’m sold.

We’re customers on the storage side — this place really does cover both storage and art-​space.
They’d just taken down an exhibit in the main office, we could hear a few power tools, and the central garden certainly brightened the experience. Bridge was advertising some get-​togethers, and were emphatic that storage customers are invited.
As to the storage — rates & facilities are nicer than other places I’ve used. There are stairs up to our indoor 5×15, but they’re shallow, wide, with a good landing halfway up.
There are a lot of cats wandering around — and they act like they own the place.

Called this place today asking for available units and pricing. The woman on the phone said, with an irritated tone, «ALL WE HAVE IS A 5X5» and hung up on me :/​If this is the way they are going to treat me over the phone, I don’t want to find out how they would treat me as a paying customer. Learn some phone manners please.

I LOVE this place. They are locally owned, personable, down-​to-​earth, and so easy to do business with. And they are more than just a storage company: they rent art space, hold exhibitions for the artists in residence, and host periodic garage sales where storage tenants can try to sell off extra stuff.
I left my belongings with them for two and a half years while I served as a Peace Corps Volunteer, and I love that the same people were working there when I returned. It worked well for long-​term storage because they had a deal in which I could get 12 months for the price of 11 if I paid in advance. And once I switched to month-​to-​month, it was super-​easy to pay online. I was a little concerned when I first looked at the unit, because the facility didn’t seem as spiffy and climate-​controlled as some other places, but my stuff was in great shape when I returned. I like Bridge so much that I actually kind of regretted taking my stuff out of storage, but it was simply time!

I have nothing but good things to say about these guys! Incredible service, great people & unique because they rent artist studios on site as well, and hold swap meets once a month. I rented an outside space to store my car. It is covered and gated, exactly as they informed me on the phone. Top notch customer service!
Also great surveillance and security alarms. I asked as to the rate of break ins or troubles and he said they haven’t had any problems.

I have had my art studio here for almost a year. I initially did not think that storage and art would go well together, but it does. The spaces are clean but not clean enough that you feel you can’t work. The thing I like most about the Bridge ArtSpace is the staff. They are are not all artist, but they try to accommodate every request immediately. They allow customization of each space so all artists can be comfortable. The attitude they try to foster is highly conducive to the making of art. They throw excellent art & music shows, parties. They are participating in Richmond’s art scene. The storage side has swap meets, and that is an excellent time for open studios, too.

I have done business here for years, and they are the best storage I have ever used! Very family-​like atmosphere and great to deal with.
Highly recommend!

Great storage reasonable rates and VERY reasonable folks!

This place was so friendly and easy to work with that I was sad that I only needed the space for a few months. The owners and employees are very friendly and helpful and got me taken care of immediately. They helped me find the right size unit for my things, and it was clean, well-​lit, and completely convenient. Everything in my unit was completely untouched by dust, dirt, rats, or any of the other horror stories you hear about at other storage places. Though its in a dodgy neighborhood, the facility has great security with the gate, many locks, and cameras.
The fact that it is also an ArtSpace is wonderful because they have a community as well. On one occasion when I visited they had a garage sale, and on another occasion some other sort of party where I was offered hotdogs and drinks. I felt very welcome and sad to move my things out. The office is beautifully decorated too.
Though it wasn’t the cheapest place when I initially looked at it, nor the closest to Berkeley, it was absolutely worth it. There wasn’t a single hidden fee and they did some very kind things like prorating my last month’s rent when I went a few days late and throwing in a mattress cover when I first signed out the unit. I absolutely would recommend this storage facility to anyone!

I started with Bridge Self Storage almost 10 years ago when I moved from a 2400 sq. ft. house into a 1200sq ft. house and needed to store half my stuff. I lived in Marin and it actually was easier and cheaper for me to pop over the Richmond San Rafael bridge than to find a place in Marin. When I recently downgraded even more into a smaller space, I had use of their truck to help me move. I love the fact that the people are friendly and they have gardens and an artspace so they are successfully trying to make it feel like you belong. Highly recommended.

Let me save you some time and energy in your hunt for a storage space… Nothing beats clean, secure storage with professional, personable customer service at Bridge. I’ve stored with them for over 2 years now, and have been with them through four different moves (Oakland to Berkeley, to Hayward, to El Cerrito, now back in Oakland.) I was tempted to switch to a storage facility closer to where I was living at any given time, but when I would check out other places no one could compete with the pricing, perks, and customer care at Bridge. Not to mention, I can pay my bill on-​line, call the office at anytime with a question/​concern and there’s an on-​site moving truck for tenant use. No need for U-​haul.
I took a tour of their new art studio spaces last week and they look amazing! These folks are really trying to revolutionize the way we think about utilizing space. They are building community in every sense of the word.
If you get the pleasure to work with Scotty, the fabulous «do-​it-​all and then some gardener extrodinare» let it be known you will not walk away without a a real good laugh or a bit of random quirky knowledge to brighten your day. This is a family owned business that you can feel good about supporting

Bridge Self Storage is morphing into Bridge ArtSpace. Storage units are artist studios and galleries. There are receptions and events in a setting unique to the storage concept. With gardens, consignment furniture and art in two small apartments and an orchard growing on the perimeter, Bridge is a place working to bring together the local arts community. Only one mile from Point Richmond, Bridge works with artists, gallery and collective owners and art supply purveyors and is always open to new ideas. I was able to rent a space for a weekend workshop at a rate far below that offered anywhere else.

I agree with everything the previous poster said. This place is awesome. I had bad experience trying to book at another place in berkeley in which everything that could go wrong did. I called Bridge Self Storage and a super nice woman answered the phone right away (I called 5 places that never answered the phone) and she patiently answered all of my questions that I learned to ask from my bad experience at the other place.
The staff are professional, friendly and warm. The facility is high security, so you feel safe there even though it’s in a rough neighborhood. The access to the units is easy and one story. One of the managers even poured me a glass of wine on my last load of the day! Not that that is standard… he just happened to be having one when I showed up at closing and offered me some. I recommend this place to everyone who likes dealing with cool, family owned businesses and needs storage.
It’s worth the 15 minute drive from downtown berkeley. Oh, and they even offered to put a link to my photography website on their website in exchange for linking to theirs. How cool is that?!

Major rodent problems that are not dealt with. If you are in a roll up expect massive amounts of dust and dirt to blow in. If you want to learn more check out my site about the horrible experiences I had. The pictures are worth a thousand words. In response to their comments about contacting Vector Control it is not true. I contacted Vector Control not Bridge about this potentially dangerous health issue. Contact Vector Control if you doubt me. Why Bridge continued to ignore this issue was a mystery to me.

The difference starts with your phone call to Bridge.
Someone answers the phone promptly, identifies him– or herself, doesn’t put you on hold, doesn’t shout over music or asides from other people, and speaks clearly. Why, here’s a storage place which is run like an actual business!
When you arrive at the facility you enter a neatly kept office which seems to have been recently decorated. Somebody friendly and professional– in my case, James– will guide you through the myriad papers you must sign, and to your storage place. On the way you might pass the nice little oasis of landscaping, certainly a unique feature to Bridge as far as I know.
Your storage place is, well, a storage place. In goes your stuff, out stay the rain, mold, and rodents. Somebody’s paying attention to keeping it safe while you can’t. Meanwhile, you’re dealing with 21^st-​century businesspeople, the kind who understand the importance of practices such as billing by email and using solar panels to provide some of the facility’s electricity. Sure, you could probably go with cheaper, but then you’d get stuck with only your money’s worth.