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How much Value does a Car Space add to Housing Costs?

 If you’ve ever been curious about how car parking can change the value of a home or whether you should invest in car parking for your home or property in Melbourne, we’ve got the answers for you! Parkhound has been diving deep to find the best stats and data on the value of a parking spot in the housing market.

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The Future of Sydney Public Transport

From backed up traffic to parking nightmares to overcrowded metro lines, it’s clear that Sydney transportation isn’t ideal at the moment. But as you’ve probably heard, things are changing. Sydney city officials have heard the call and they have plans to revamp just about everything – the Sydney metro, the light rail, the road system. It’s all getting a whole

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Parking in the Suburbs: Parramatta

Trying to find the best parking Parramatta has to offer? This is a bustling neighbourhood where parking can be a challenge. But we’re here to share all the insider tips you’ve been searching for. Whether you’re looking for the cheapest Parramatta parking spot or the most convenient parking for your favourite Parramatta attractions, Parkhound has you covered! Parking Parramatta basics

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What do you Think about Free CBD Parking?

Free parking isn’t an unusual phenomenon, however when it comes to the city, things are a little different. CBDs are notorious for being limited in regards to parking. Free parking is basically impossible if you’re not driving around in the early hours of the morning. You might not be lucky even then, so you end up sleep deprived, wasting time

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Are Our Pets Influencing the Types of Vehicles We Choose?

They say that dogs are a man’s best friend, cats are a woman’s, but it can also be vice versa. Despite all of this, one thing is for certain: pets make our lives that much more rich and more fulfilling. So how do they influence us when it comes to vehicle choices?  Part of the Family It comes as no

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The Situation on Pets and Public Transport in Australia

This article will focus on animals and pets on planes, but this can apply to all other modes of transportation. There are ways to get pets on planes. However, they won’t be with you on the flight. Unless they’re authorised service and assistance dogs, your beloved pets will be confined to the cargo hold until the end of your flight.

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New Parking Rules and Technology in Australia

It’s true that people aren’t the biggest fans of street parking. They’re even less friendly when there’s parking meters to battle with. So the City of Greater Geelong came up with the new and brilliant plan to impose a new parking rule. Each driver has to manually put in their rego into the parking meter before being allowed to get

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The Future of Car Parks – Automated Parking Systems

Picture a parking lot. You’re seeing a huge concrete building right? Neat yellow or white lines to indicate where your vehicle should be parked? Now, with tech advancements coming our way, these concrete buildings will be a thing of the past. And even though we’re way behind Marty McFly’s vision of 2015, pretty soon we’ll be hovering our way to

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