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As you may have seen in the news in the last few weeks, the devastating fire at a self-storage facility in Croydon destroyed the possessions of hundreds of people and left them severely out of pocket. The standard insurance policy with Shurgard reportedly paid £2,000 per unit damaged which is unlikely to be enough to compensate those whose lives and businesses have been affected.