About Us - Lockup Storage

Lock Up Storage

Ever wondered who is behind Lock Up Storage? How did it get started? And who runs it? Well you should have just asked!

Everything that you’ve ever wanted to know is now sitting at your finger tips. And if we’ve missed some info that you are just dying to know, that’s cool, just pop us an email or give us a call. After all, we are the local storage for the local people. 100% KZN owned for KZN people. We eat, breathe and sleep this stuff.

Meet the Boss

James Visser is the owner, operator and on-site man for Lock Up Storage. He’s the space expert that will put NASA to shame. Claims to… read more

Our Process

We offer an easy way to sign up without having to print and scan long documents. You do everything electronically…read more.

Safety and Security

At Lock Up Storage, we like to think of ourselves as a bank for your most trusted possessions. You deposit your goods, and we look after them, allowing you to…read more

Our History

The holding company known as Labe Properties cc was founded in 1988 by Mr Jacobus Visser and his son Jimmy Visser. Their main line of business was Industrial property developement up until 2005.

In 1998 Jimmy started doing the lesser known sport of Freestyle Jet skiing with his son, James Visser. By 2001 both Jimmy and James started competing internationally with Jimmy finishing the year being no.1 in the world and James no.3 in the world. 2002 ended with Jimmy again no.1 in the world and James moving up to no.2. 2003 saw James moving into no.1 spot and Jimmy in no.2. For the next few years Jimmy and James travelled to various competitions around the world, always finishing with either one of them in 1st or 2nd ranking.

It was in 2005 when Jimmy and James travelled to a competition in California USA where they first saw the idea of Storage Units. The local with whom they stayed sent them to collected a Moto Home from a Self-Storage facility, and Jimmy’s eyes lit up with the possibilities of Self Storage back home in KZN.

Once back in Pinetown, Jimmy quickly moved on establishing a Self-Storage facility in the Westmead area and brought James in to Construct and Manage the day to day business. They named it Lock Up Storage and upon reaching capacity at 6600m2 rental area, James started another facility in New Germany with 4500m2 rental area completing construction at the end of 2019.

Growth

During 2018 they also decided to build a ‘Flexi Office’ building out of 30 shipping containers, providing 450m2 of month to month office space which they named ‘The Box Office’.

At the beginning of 2020, James and Jimmy saw the market for a slightly different storage product which they named The Lock Box. Starting a site in Westmead with 140 units, they quickly reached capacity by August 2020 and started another site in Cornubia Mall in September 2020. James says that “dealing with…read more