• Neighbor

Neighbor

Overview

Neighbor has a rating of 1.9 stars from 42 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about Neighbor most frequently mention customer service, and storage space problems. Neighbor ranks 52nd among Self Storage sites.

  • Service
    25
  • Value
    24
  • Shipping
    7
  • Returns
    10
  • Quality
    18

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Positive reviews (last 12 months): 25%
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Top Positive Review

“The camper that didn't want to leave the Truck.”

Kathy K.
11/21/23

My name is Kathy. I left my camper in the care of a lady named Marty. She was the sweetest person I have met in a long time. Trying to unhook my trailer from my truck it didn't want to happen but finally did. Then trying to hook it back on my truck well that wasn't going to happen either. But Marty was right there doing most of it herself since I'm Disabled. She gave it everything she had and did it. She never complained and always gave it a smile and a laugh.

Top Critical Review

“Terrible experience.”

Joshua K.
12/5/21

Terrible experience. First, I had was scammed by someone trying to rent me a parking spot that didn't belong to them. Neighbor charged me anyway. They are very hard to get in contact with and when I finally reached them, they said they would investigate it. A month later, they haven't even contacted me. I still needed a parking spot, so I rented a different one this time making sure it was real. It was a good place but when the month was up, we ended the rental agreement but Neighbor still charged me anyway.

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Thumbnail of user joshuak369
1 review
9 helpful votes
December 5th, 2021
Verified purchase

Terrible experience. First, I had was scammed by someone trying to rent me a parking spot that didn't belong to them. Neighbor charged me anyway. They are very hard to get in contact with and when I finally reached them, they said they would investigate it. A month later, they haven't even contacted me. I still needed a parking spot, so I rented a different one this time making sure it was real. It was a good place but when the month was up, we ended the rental agreement but Neighbor still charged me anyway.

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Thumbnail of user veronikas44
1 review
6 helpful votes
October 6th, 2022

My host Robert Ward forced me to give him keys and used my card for several months. Added 2000 miles on it and unlimited toll tickets. He blocked me. And app will not take any responsibility. Ronald is still host on Neighbor.com even after i filed a complaint. There are other hosts like Robert, actively scamming people. Robert is verified host and told app that he never drive vehicle even though he had they keys. App took his side. But i am sure court will make right decision.

Stay away from this awful app. You and your belongings are not safe.

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Thumbnail of user geraldb811
1 review
4 helpful votes
October 22nd, 2023

I never moved in the property I give neighbors my banking information for deposit reasons they claimed, they sent me to a Bogus property I cancel my reservation and they changed 117.65 because they return my discount deposit because I didn't read the fine print with those CROOKS Beware of these legal thieves give 1 star because I had to but you don't deserve that Stop Stealing from people

Thumbnail of user storages3
Storage S. – Neighbor Rep

Hi there, Gerald. We sincerely apologize for the experience you've had using Neighbor. Depending on when the reservation was canceled, you may not be eligible for a refund. Please feel free to review this page to see more about our cancellation and refund policy: https://help.neighbor.com/en_us/cancellation-and-refund-policy-SkR8D08Ad

We'd also be more than happy to answer any additional questions or concerns you have. Feel free to email us anytime at support@neighbor.com. We apologize again and thank you for reaching out.

Thumbnail of user dsokamoto
1 review
6 helpful votes
April 27th, 2023

I listed on neighbor.com for over a year and had good renters and flaky ones as well; overall experience is no better than using Craigslist for free. Forget about neighbor.com's claim that they provide "protections". The major problem with neighbor.com is that they try to limit communication between you and the prospective renter by blocking phone numbers and blanking certain text in the messages that you send through their platform. I get that they want owners to collect payment through the neighbor.com app, but they stifle business by choking communication between owners and potential renters to arrange for viewings and to negotiate rental amounts.
Recently, I got creepy passive aggressive messages from neighbor.com asserting that I was going around the app, when I was doing no such thing. After a few of these incidences, neighbor.com completely lost my trust and I am much happier with my alternatives. Neighbor.com needs to let go of their insecurities and build trust in users if they want to do well as a company. If the company has an inviting platform, people will use it. For now, use Craigslist for free.

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Thumbnail of user kathyk1168
1 review
1 helpful vote
November 21st, 2023

My name is Kathy. I left my camper in the care of a lady named Marty. She was the sweetest person I have met in a long time. Trying to unhook my trailer from my truck it didn't want to happen but finally did. Then trying to hook it back on my truck well that wasn't going to happen either. But Marty was right there doing most of it herself since I'm Disabled. She gave it everything she had and did it. She never complained and always gave it a smile and a laugh.

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Storage S. – Neighbor Rep

Thank you so much for sharing your review, Kathy! Marty sounds like a great Neighbor - we're so glad she was able to help with your trailer.

Thumbnail of user waynes466
1 review
8 helpful votes
March 9th, 2021

I signed up for there services they said it was a locked get and when i went to move in their was no gate and no lock so you are wide open to the street. I cancelled the reservation but they refuse to give me my money back i never moved in they don't care. Strongly suggest you find a storage company to store.

Thumbnail of user hansellina99
1 review
3 helpful votes
October 5th, 2023

You will be sent a barrage of texts and emails and calls if you don't respond to reservations immediately.
This is even true if you already have a guest in the parking stall through neighbor.
They will also take away payouts after reservation based on renters comments and reviews. Do not recommend.

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Thumbnail of user storages3
Storage S. – Neighbor Rep

Hey there, Hansel. We're really sorry to hear about your experience using Neighbor and sincerely apologize for any inconvenience our texts or calls may have caused. Unless a host has violated our Terms of Service, we would never stop their payouts. Please feel free to email us about this at support@neighbor.com with any additional questions or concerns. Our team would be happy to help however we can.

Thumbnail of user walrave.david
1 review
3 helpful votes
May 9th, 2023

I needed a parking for my truck for just one week. I was able to find one but Neighbor only works per month. So I agreed to pay for a month instead. There is a promotion that if you rent two months, you get the first month at half price. I didn't want that but it's something they automatically apply.

They charged $62.16, which is $50 (half month fee) and their service fee.

I used the spot from April 17 until 24th. You can't reserve the spot and automatically cancel when you pull out. Cancelling is a hassle. Get asked a lot of questions before you can cancel. None of the options is "don't need it at this moment" or "will use it in the future again" all choices have a very negative tone "storage space is not good", "renter did not have a good service" and so on. I informed the renter that I had to cancel, while I only wanted to suspend for a month.

Then immediately after canceling, Neighbor charged $62.16 again. I asked for a refund of the difference of the original price which was $100 (rent) and $14.95 fee while they charge me a total of $124.32.

They won't do that because I rented in April and part of May they said. They can ask the renter who can confirm that I moved my truck out at April 24. It's just a scam and they hide behind "company policy". Well Neighbor: your company policy will just bring it to the ground because it's just like a gym subscription where you hope that people will forget to cancel so you can keep charging even when it's not used. I won't use their service ever again and hope this will show others to think twice before trying it out and be stuck with more fees for a longer time than required.

Update: the renter contacted Neighbor and they decided to refund 50% of the second charge. They wouldn't refund less than $10 but they do $31.

Tip for consumers:
Think twice before using Neighbor.com they are a scam!

Products used:
Rented a parking spot.

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Thumbnail of user katiec622
1 review
5 helpful votes
October 20th, 2022

Rented a storage space and the person was basically holding our stuff hostage saying the app never paid him. Insane!

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Thumbnail of user zachs355
1 review
0 helpful votes
April 2nd, 2024

Terrible experience. After using Neighbor many times for parking, there was an incident where my car was towed while using the app. Neighbor refuses to compensate me for the towing fee.

I paid Neighbor for a service - the long term storage of my vehicle, via one of their hosts. I, as the customer, I did not meet the host and had minimal communication with them. As the customer, the difference between Neighbor as the business, and the "host", do not really matter to me. I am unaware of how Neighbor is set up as a business, and it should not be my responsibility to research their "hosts". This is what I paid them to do. Directly from their website: "As long as you stay with Neighbor, you're protected". This is fraudulent advertising. When my car was towed during the time that it was staying with "Neighbor", I did not feel protected. In fact, rather than making this issue right, Neighbor has been fighting. In the grand scheme of things it would be a small cost to fix their mistake, and instead they have turned off a loyal customer from ever using or recommending their services again. I can't imagine why someone would feel comfortable renting a storage space for their vehicle with Neighbor, when there is a chance that the vehicle will be towed during its stay, and that the customer would be on the hook for the towing charges. I paid Neighbor for a service which was not rendered. Due to this they refunded me $33, and refuse to help with the $425 towing fee I incurred while they were storing my vehicle for me. This is unacceptable.

Products used:
I paid for parking and my vehicle was towed. No protection, no refund of towing charges.

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Thumbnail of user douglasg585
1 review
4 helpful votes
March 4th, 2023

Rented and was overcharged and cut rental short for safety. No contact info for neighbor to dispute overcharge and no response from homeowner for 24 hrs. $170 charge for 2.5 days. Stick with legit storage facilities!

Tip for consumers:
Legit storage facilities are seemingly more expensive but in the long run you do have some recourse.

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Thumbnail of user rosem1242
1 review
2 helpful votes
April 24th, 2023

This company is my worst nightmare! They took a full month rent. I was denied access to the garage I rented. They refuse to refund. Then they sent through a second monthly charge 2 weeks later! How is that even possible!? Please do not let them do this to you! They have an average of 1 star on the reviews!

Tip for consumers:
Do not use this fraudulent service!

Products used:
Horrible service, no key no access garage rental, no refund

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Thumbnail of user monicab95
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
February 13th, 2024

I booked a parking spot to store my trailer since it is not allowed to be parked in my neighborhood. I mistakenly booked it days earlier than needed, immediately notified the host about it BEFORE my reservation was approved, which he approved immediately after I notified him but BEFORE I could modify the dates myself. He gave me written confirmation that he would change my dates but he never did. Fast forward to the date of my reservation. I asked him what time can I move my trailer in. He told me anytime that day would work for him and to take my time. I kept him updated throughout the day after I got held up repairing my car. When I told him I was on the way, he said that it was too late and to try again tomorrow. It was urgent I found parking for my trailer that night so I found another place. I contacted the host in regards to a refund and he ignored me. I then contacted Customer Service. They refuse to give me a full refund because according to them I waited too late to cancel the reservation when in reality I cancelled the day of the reservation, BEFORE I even moved anything onto his parking spot. They told me that my reservation was never modified and so it looked like I waited several days after to cancel. I told them that he was notified that I wanted to change the dates and he confirmed he would change the dates but he never did. They told me that it was my fault for not contacting customer service in the beginning to change the dates but also admitted that he could have contacted them to change the dates (which is what I thought he already did with the written confirmation) and he just chose not to, resulting in me being charged for those extra days. Stay away from this app!

Thumbnail of user alans1303
1 review
3 helpful votes
March 7th, 2023

This is a review of Neighbor.com. I wouldn't give them even 1 star but have no choice. I came across an ad looking for a 2 car garage space in Rio Rancho, NM. The owners name is Jerry T. I sent a message and said he responds within 3 hours, I never heard back from him at all, the customer service agents are from a loud call center from overseas. They kept trying to get my credit card or bank card numbers, I knew something was wrong right away and I didn't give them any personal or banking info. I was just called today back to back 3 times from a lady at their call center, I've blocked all their numbers, emails, etc. This is a Total scam with fake pics of garage spaces, parking spaces, etc. Don't waste your time and money.

Tip for consumers:
(Neighbor.com) After they charge you and you find out its a scam, they give you the runaround to different departments, and will not give you a refund.

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Thumbnail of user ba475
1 review
4 helpful votes
June 10th, 2023

Thanks to reading all these reviews first, I definitely will NOT be using neighbor.com... The internet and social media is good for some things I guess after all

Tip for consumers:
DON'T USE NEIGHBORS.COM

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Thumbnail of user rodgerk24
1 review
2 helpful votes
November 4th, 2023

I held off writing reviews, because i dont like leaving bad feedback. But Neighbor.com doesnt protect renters, and apparently likes hosts cheating people.
I rented a parking space, under specific terms.
The owner has now ghosted me and will not return my money.
Neighbor.com wont do a single thing to help me recover my funds, and i am poor. I recommend finding other methods of renting, because if there's no protection, there's NO REASON TO USE THE SITE

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Thumbnail of user storages3
Storage S. – Neighbor Rep

Hi there, Rodger. Thanks so much for reaching out to let us know about your experience using Neighbor. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this has caused and want to assure you that our team will always do everything they can to help users in this situation.

After taking a look at this ticket, it looks you and the host had a separate agreement outside of our app for this reservation. Unfortunately, this host is also no longer active on our site. Because of these reasons, our team has been limited in how we can help. If you have additional questions or concerns, we encourage you to respond to our most recent email. Thanks again for sharing your feedback.

Thumbnail of user nuchym
3 reviews
13 helpful votes
April 20th, 2023

The app has scammers on it. My vehicle was towed from the parking spot that I reserved through Neighbor. I'm now 6+ weeks without my vehicle. I have a $7,000 tow bill and the loan company is threatening to reposes the vehicle. Neighbor has taken zero responsibility and managing this whole stressful ordeal has turned into a part-time job. I'm playing musical chairs between Neighbor, the host, the tow company, the cops and the loan company.

Most importantly, I repeat: Neighbor has taken zero responsibility.

I would highly suggest to run from this company and never risk using them. The money you think you're saving can very likely backfire.

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Thumbnail of user juned176
1 review
2 helpful votes
June 22nd, 2023

I lease a detached garage space & was to have the key left in a mutually agreed place. In 6 months was only able to access 1 time as host continued to claim boyfriend lost or misplaced the key. Finally I decided to just terminate lease & host became rude & threatening when I arrived at mutually agreed time to begin move out claiming again boyfriend lost or misplaced the key. My help arrived and host located the key, I observed host had access blocked with her own lumber & storage items so was unable to remove motor vehicle. When I advised would be back to remove before end of month and term, she stated she was leaving town till following month & I had till next day 830 am to get all my property out & stated the Neighbor company would pay for towing and moving, so I con tacted Neighbor platform and was told that was not true & they could not assist & that host decided to evict me even though I was completely paid up through the
End of month. Now I am forced to litigate my damages as also observed rats eaten destroyed 2 boxes of my property & standing water was all around the storage space. The company refused to mitigate my damages and the insurance they claim to have for damages was a hoax and they did nothing to assist or mitigate my issues w/ access to even remove my property so host locked me out and kept all property I was unable to remove inside of 18 hours. This detached unit was supposed to be my space, but host used for herself & family, denying me access for 6 monthd except for one occasion. The Neighbor company did nothing but apologize for what the host did to me. Now we are in litigation & I have been scammed out of my property stored and rent completely paid for. Do not rent from this site!

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Thumbnail of user franckd6
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
August 22nd, 2022

They'll spam your phone number. Woke me up in the morning. Also the service is very unreliable. Don't use them

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Thumbnail of user debrag726
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
April 15th, 2022
• Updated review

UPDATE: After hunting down a phone # online for neighbor.com, I did a speak with a representative. She couldn't help me, but advised me my issue would be referred to the Escalation Department and somebody would call me back. She could not advise me when. 15 minutes later, I received a call back and my payment issue was resolved. However, they do not provide any contact information for customer service on their web site.

Tip for consumers:
No customer service contact information is provided on their web site. I searched onine for a Customer Support #: *******264.

Products used:
Storage of belongings in a residential setting, as opposed to a self storage unit.

Customer Service Doesn't Exist
March 30th, 2022
• Previous review

Customer service does not exist with neighbor.com. I'm having a problem changing my payment method online. It says it has been successfully changed, but the new payment method is not reflected in my payment profile. I dug online for a phone number number to call to reach a "Customer Specialist" and just for sh*ts + giggles waited 20 minutes for somebody to answer - nobody does. I have now requested a call back. We shall see if that happens, but doubt it. I will update my review if I am contacted back and my payment option is successfully changed.

Tip for consumers:
Having Customer Service or a real phone number to contact a representative

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Private storage

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Thumbnail of user sylviab408
1 review
2 helpful votes
November 19th, 2022

Renting from unbonded people leads to problems. And whatever you do make sure you sign out not only with the customer you're renting from but with the company. The person knew I moved out but continue to take my money for three more months! The company Stretched and gave me one month back because I pushed for it. This is just wrong. Don't risk your money. Go with a bonded situation, don't rent with pedestrians who can just take your money. They basically told me they couldn't pay me back because "how would there renter feel about that?" Oh yeah definitely stick with the person who stole the money. Bye Felicia.

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Thumbnail of user michaelf2190
5 reviews
4 helpful votes
May 23rd, 2022

Total scam and waste of my time.
I had an 'engineer' with bad grammar
Inquiring to rent my garage only to
Be rude.
Of course Neighbor Storage listening only to her side banned me.
I won't rent to people who have nefarious intentions or list with unethical business.

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Thumbnail of user andyf151
1 review
6 helpful votes
June 23rd, 2021

I went through Neighbor.com seeking storage for my work van that was pending repair. After making the initial payment for the month and storing my vehicle, the vehicle was towed by the host just 4 days into the reservation with no reasoning and no notice. My vehicle was at a tow yard accruing fees for an entire month while it was suppose to be safely stored, which ended up costing me over $1,000. The host nor neighbor took any responsibility and have failed to respond to any of my calls or emails sent to resolve the matter. Currently in process of filing a civil suit in small claims for breach of contract agreement.

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Thumbnail of user dw640
1 review
4 helpful votes
May 1st, 2022

"Phil Y" of Mountain huh View just joined in March 2022! Offering a 10x10 basement looking room (similar to what you would see in a commercial building with lots of piping and s
Tuff) maybe he has a lot of extra appliances upstairs?
Renting the storage space indefinitely is an option for $999.000 per month and you can access it ONCE per month (AT MOST)

So for $1,069.80! Incl a service fee & protection plan
You can be the scammed renter of this virtually non existent deal of the century so grab it now!

FYI I did not rent this space therefore I do not have proof of purchase for obvious reasons.
I simply want people to be aware of clowns like this and hey, could it be legit?
Anything is possible.

Tip for consumers:
I am pretty confident that “Phil Y” provided all the information I needed to determine if this was a scam. This type of fraud is getting out of hand and seems to be worse since Covid.
So I do hope this helps and it’s unfortunate that we have so many defective humans skipping around this planet causing trouble for businesses that may be trustworthy…or may
NOT

Products used:
Not applicable.

Thumbnail of user denisf72
2 reviews
5 helpful votes
August 22nd, 2022

My car was parked in Los Angeles at the parking lot that I was paying for 6 month (September - February).

Came back from overseas trip in February, came to pick up my car to the location only to find out my car was not there.

Host did not respond to communication, no help from Neighbor support either. I had to go to Police and claim my car as stolen.

2 weeks later I have received a call from Riverside police officer who told me to come to police tow yard in Riverside to get my car.

Apparently, my car has been towed from the parking lot I was paying for. Tow company kept it in tow yard, later sold as junk from auction.

When I picked my car it was damaged outside, dents, scratches, worn out tires. Inside was just disgusting. It took me a lot of time and money to make this car drivable again.

I had worked with my insurance for few month to get compensated. My car was totaled as a result. My premium gone up. And some of the damages has not been covered.

I have also worked with Neighbor.com support, the representative was very human and helpful. Even though it took time, I was able to get full refund for the storage.

However, When I wanted to leave negative review for the host, Neighbor.com suppressed my review. It's been over 2 weeks since I published my review and still "under review".

Please be aware that platform doesn't do background check on hosts, you can easily get into situation like mine and you will have to deal with it on your own.

If I only knew how much of a trouble and damage using Neighbor.com will cause - I would never ever come near this platform.

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