I
have always had an aversion to on street parking charges. I could never see
the logic of paying taxes to wear out the roads through driving around and paying
extra to not do that. I am quite proud of never paying Bexley a penny to park on their property.
Obviously I am an extreme minority nutcase and some people regard £15 a day as a mere
component of their commuting costs. Then there are the selfish ones who think it
is OK to leave their cars on other people’s property.
A few weeks ago on
the Priory Gardens Facebook page - which I can no longer find
- [see below] residents were speaking of getting their Managing Agents, Centro Ltd, to do
something about it. Mark the reserved bays, maybe a fold-down bollard etc. Centro seem to be pretty good,
always out maintaining their properties and yesterday one of their vans pulled
up outside my house and two suited and booted members of their staff took a good
look around the reserved parking areas armed with notebooks and clip boards.
Total speculation on my part but it looked like they were looking at the parking issues.
If you had gone to the website
justpark.com as I did yesterday to check local
parking availability for today you would have found that a bay managed by Centro
in Coptefield Drive could be rented for £8 a day - except that it had been
booked already and is for the next couple of months. Is £8 a reasonable fee? I was thinking two or three pounds would
be plenty but that sort of money is an obvious temptation.
Looking further afield will show you that the best part of £200 a month is common while one greedy optimist is looking for £692.
My house happens to be the closest CPZ AW1 house to Abbey Wood station and if I
ever get around to
repairing the gate it is possible to be on a Liz line train
within seven minutes. Maybe I am missing an opportunity to get rich quick. (I
bought the necessary timber immediately but time and medical issues have been the enemy.)
Monthly fees.
Note: Found it. https://www.facebook.com/p/Priory-Gardens-Belvedere-Community-100075836239407/