High Street, no parking, no stopping, loading etc

How do you guys cope when you are asked to clear a back garden and there is no off road drive to par? The property sits on the high street (yellow like) and looking at Google Streetview the road is severely restricted the whole week. No loading/unloading, stopping etc. There is also very limited parking for only two hours, if one can find a parking spot in the side roads, which are quite a bit away. There are no car parks etc near there. There are some bays further up for residents only and parking vouchers holders. She cannot get a voucher as she is too far from that area.

Its an existing past customer and its her business property where the back garden has gone crazy. There is also no side access, which means everything has to be carried through the property. She is a really nice lady but I cannot see how I can work there with all these restrictions?

How do you guys manage when you come across something like this? I cannot see how I can do the job. She knows I don't do garden clearances, but she is getting desperate, as the job is too small for the big boys or they are not interested, or can't be bothered due to the parking etc.

People wonder why our High Streets are dying out, if one cannot park anywhere then its not rocket science. I checked on streetview and nearly every business in that stretch of road has gone and changed. I remember driving past just the other day that quite a few shops are closed, and even the take away and a restaurant has given up.

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Richard Gadsby June 8, 2016 at 9:51pm

Like you said it's too much hassle meaning a big bill from whoever can be bothered !!
Andrew Midgley June 8, 2016 at 9:52pm

I would suggest you or your customer contact the local authority to explain that you are doing a job for a scheduled day and that you require a permit to park your vehicle there. Alternatively a skip could be hired but that will be expensive for the customer. If she was a new customer I would not contemplate the job but as she's a former customer of yours it's a conundrum.
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- Daniela McGhie June 10, 2016 at 9:04am
  
  That was the plan in my head. However the only time to load unload is before 7am (no good as the office won't open until 9) or 7pm till 9pm ( office closes at 5pm). There is a bigger window on Sunday's which is useless. There is a public car park but it's a bus ride away. A Sainsburies is closer but can only park 3 hours max and I don't fancy crossing roads that are fenced off to prevent pedestrians as these roads feed an A road.
  
  I may just have to tell her I will pass on this.
Daniela McGhie June 12, 2016 at 2:52pm

I had another chat with them, just to let them know really that they may need another company. The office is actually a dental practice. So stuff needs to be cleanly bagged up and taken through due to hygiene.

Also there is rubble in the back and holes in the ground. Things been growing for 2 to 3 years so they are not too sure of the state on the ground.

I said they need a clearance company and then a landscaper to sort it out permanently.
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Richard thewles November 15, 2016 at 6:36pm

I used to drive a scaffolding lorry around London many years ago and the price of parking tickets was factored into the job price unfortunately..........there was no other choice.