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Real estate facilities acquisitions

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Short-Term financing which is expected to be paid back relatively quickly, such as by a subsequent longer-term loan. Also called swing loan or bridge financing.

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Description of basis for conversion of convertible common stock.

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Real Estate Facilities - Additional Information (Detail) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions						12 Months Ended
	Jul. 05, 2023 USD ($)	Jun. 01, 2022 USD ($) ft² Landparcel StorageProperty StorageFacility State RealEstateVenture $ / shares	Dec. 30, 2021 StorageFacility	Mar. 17, 2021 USD ($) ft² StorageUnit StorageFacility State RealEstateVenture shares	Nov. 10, 2020 RealEstateVenture	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) RealEstateVenture Property $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2022 State StorageFacility $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2023 Property
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of self storage facilities \| StorageFacility			2				154
Number of states located for self storage facilities \| State							19
Acquisitions						$ 23,696,536
Consideration transferred						10,500,000
Forfeit earnest money						200,000
Minority and Marketability Discount
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Alternative investment, measurement input		0.06		0.06
Canada
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of self storage units \| RealEstateVenture		7,740
Consideration transferred						$ 7,600,000
SST IV Merger Agreement
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of self storage facilities \| StorageFacility				24
Number of states located for self storage facilities \| State				9
Number of self storage units \| StorageUnit				18,000
Number of operating self storage facilities \| Property								3
Cost related to acquisition				$ 8,400,000
Percentage of voting membership interest				50.00%
Net rentable area, primarily self storage space \| ft²				2,000,000
SST IV Merger Agreement \| Canada
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of self storage real estate joint ventures \| RealEstateVenture					6
Number of operating self storage facilities \| StorageFacility				3
Number of parcels of land in various stages of development into self storage facilities \| StorageFacility				3
Number of unconsolidated real estate ventures \| RealEstateVenture				6
Strategic Storage Trust IV, Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred				$ 286,028,173
SSGT II Merger Agreement
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Conversion of right to receive shares, description		converted into the right to receive 0.9118 shares of our Class A Shares
Number of self storage facilities \| StorageFacility		10
Number of states located for self storage facilities \| State		7
Number of operating self storage facilities \| Property						1
Cost related to acquisition		$ 2,000,000
Intangible asset	$ 8,000,000	8,000,000
Bridge Loan	10,400,000
Consideration transferred	15,500,000	$ 261,158,513
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share \| $ / shares		$ 0.001
Percentage of voting membership interest		50.00%
Number of operating self storage property \| StorageProperty		1
Number of land parcel developed into self storage facilities \| Landparcel		2
Remaining percentage of membership interest		50.00%
SSGT II Merger Agreement \| Canada
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of self storage real estate joint ventures \| RealEstateVenture						3
Number of operating self storage facilities \| RealEstateVenture						2
Number of parcels of land in various stages of development into self storage facilities \| RealEstateVenture						1
Number of land parcel developed into self storage facilities \| Landparcel		1
Acquisition of Self Storage Facility
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net rentable area, primarily self storage space \| ft²		853,900
San Gabriel Property
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisitions	$ 23,700,000
Class A Common stock
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share \| $ / shares						$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Class A Common stock \| SST IV Merger Agreement
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Issuance of common stock in connection with SST IV Merger (in shares) \| shares				23.1
Class A Common stock \| SSGT II Merger Agreement
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Common stock issued		$ 11,500,000