Parking and access for your handyman

I just had a ‘discussion‘ with the irate neighbour of a client. The clients house is on a very busy main road in Mosman. Parking there consists of indicating for about 30 seconds, slowing down a bit, then at the last minute swerving off the road and onto the grass median in front of the houses.

I made the mistake of parking in front of the neighbours house not my clients. Or should I say, I made the mistake of being the 10th person to park in front of the neighbours house.

OK fair enough. But it did make me think. Providing parking for tradesmen and handymen if at all possible is a good idea. It’s considerate and will help the job move more smoothly. But perhaps more importantly tricky access will actually turn a lot of good tradies off quoting.

On a recent flyer drop I avoided a strip of homes for just this reason!

Conversely a client who moved her car early every morning so I could use the driveway got my super-delux-platinum service.

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