It would probably surprise you that a 16 sq m single car parking space at Bondi in Sydney, recently sold for $240,000 – but amazingly other sales in the same price range are expected to follow.
Over the last few years Councils across Australia have been attempting to minimise traffic congestion by reducing the number of [...]

Last Sundays Perth Newspaper – The Sunday Times ran an article by Hayley Bolton about how Perth Home and Business owners are making up to $500 a month renting out their spare space.

Shed a nice little earner
Empty driveways, garages and sheds around Perth are being turned into cash cows.
Scores of people are pocketing up to [...]

Once again, the controversial (and probably illegal) practice of “fining” people for alleged breaches of parking conditions is making News Headlines.
Channel 9’s A Current Affair program has run a series of reports over the last few weeks about the methods Australian National Car Parks (ANCP) seem to be using to intimidate people into paying “fines” [...]

In today’s Brisbane daily mX Newspaper Torny Jensen wrote the following article about the costs of parking  – and how Brisbanites, particularly in the CBD area, are searching for parking alternatives such as those offered by SpaceOut.

Workers on park avenue
Fed-up city workers are ditching expensive CBD carparks for cheaper backyard spots.
Brisbane was ranked as the [...]

It’s really pretty simple – but the speed in rich you rent out your space is heavily influenced  by the quality of your listing details. Remember that the reason you wanted to list your spare space in the first place was to make yourself a handy new income, and the best new income starts asap! [...]

There will be a dramatic increase in the number of parking meters in Brisbane’s inner city under Brisbane City Council plans to push out free parking from the CBD’s fringe.
Brisbane inner city suburbs including Herston, Kelvin Grove, Bowen Hills, Teneriffe and Newstead are to be targeted.  The overhaul would see the number of parking meters [...]

The answer is in fact 42 (count them), which I guess in today’s increasingly eco-aware society,  could be argued is some justification for riding to work rather than driving.  However, Hitch Hikers Guide the the Galaxy fans would also recognise that the number 42 is the mystical answer to  “Life, the Universe and EVERYTHING” (even [...]

SpaceOut was featured in today’s Sunday Newspapers (Australian Wide) in the highly regarded  Value Hunter section.  Value Hunter is a consumer advocacy column that has been appearing since the beginning of 2009 in all News Ltd Sunday newspapers. The Value Hunter Column provides useful, simple, and  practical information about how to make and save money.
Following [...]

When moving house in Japan, one of the key questions people ask is “Does the property have a car park?” Unlike Australia, most dwellings do not. Next, one has to find out if the parking spot is a full size spot, or a ‘light’ space! A large portion of the Japanese own what are called [...]

If you’ve been thinking that it seems expensive to park your car these days, then you are absolutely right.  In fact the Parking Fees in Australian cities are some of the most expensive in the world, with three Australian capitals ranking in the top ten worldwide for monthly parking rates.
The Colliers International parking rate [...]