Car free zone: any solution I haven't thought about?

[bcadou]

Hello

I live in E2 (shoreditch) and my building is in a car free zone, meaning tower hamlets refuses to grant me a resident parking permit. I guess there is no solution here but I thought I'd ask you guys and you might know a trick... ?

Thanks

[Bo_apex]

bcadou said:

Hello

I live in E2 (shoreditch) and my building is in a car free zone, meaning tower hamlets refuses to grant me a resident parking permit. I guess there is no solution here but I thought I'd ask you guys and you might know a trick... ?

Thanks

This is part of a hidden Masterplan. In approximately eight years there won't be any fossil fuel cars allowed in Zones 1 - 2.

[V1DL3R]

bcadou said:

Hello

I live in E2 (shoreditch) and my building is in a car free zone, meaning tower hamlets refuses to grant me a resident parking permit. I guess there is no solution here but I thought I'd ask you guys and you might know a trick... ?

Thanks

Most councils will rent you a garage for on average £100-£150 a month!

[bcadou]

yep thx, saw that, would rather something cheaper

[sjg]

Justpark, Gumtree, etc have parking spaces for rent. NCP, Qpark and the like offer season tickets too. Else dump your car somewhere out in zone 3-4, 10+ minutes walk from a tube station where the CPZs stop.

Edit: £150 for a garage near there would be a bargain. My lock-up (albeit privately rented) outsize zone 2 was costing more than that!

[bcadou]

yeah that s all the options I could think of. Nothing else I guess then. Thx anyway

[MarshPhantom]

fk em?

[MarshPhantom]

Move.

[rb5er]

Move out of zone 1 or even London altogether?

Its a sthole anyway.

[JJ55]

hmm you've got 3 choices
1. Rent a garage
2. Park the car out in zone 3/4 as I'm sure bit by bit all of zone 1/2 has been permit enforced. somewhere ive noticed is permit free on my travels round town lately is Plaistow which is on district line & not too far out (plenty of parking spaces here btw).
3. Rent a parking space/driveway. Loads of sites out there people advertise on. My neighbours do it. Should be loads of people with apartments with a space they don't use near you.

[bcadou]

thx JJ55, just wondered if there was another solution, for less than 150-200, some tricks or something. Apparently there is not. Oh well. Thx

[JJ55]

I think a lot of spaces I see advertised are around 40-50 per month

[bcadou]

nah, never around my place unfort

sjg said:

Edit: £150 for a garage near there would be a bargain. My lock-up (albeit privately rented) outsize zone 2 was costing more than that!

yeah that s about right, in e1 ec1, west e2

[bcadou]

oh well, at least i feel better when I see one parking space sold £400k, or those 8 parking spaces for sale at £2.25m in SW7 haha, makes E2 look like a bargain

[JJ55]

Check e3. Only 5 mins on bus/tube from you.

[AC43]

Given the amount of times you actually need a car in Shoreditch why not just use Zipcars for short journeys and traditional rentals for longer trips?

[ianj]

bcadou said:

Hello

I live in E2 (shoreditch) and my building is in a car free zone, meaning tower hamlets refuses to grant me a resident parking permit. I guess there is no solution here but I thought I'd ask you guys and you might know a trick... ?

Thanks

I'm in a similar situation. We're in Southwark and our building has no parking. I've got a Porsche 944 which only gets used as a weekend toy. I've bitten the bullet and rent a parking space in Shad Thames. Which is the closest place i could find a space that was secure.