31/10/2026
Elwood -
What’s behind the pickets?
A perfectly weathered new fence. Built around March this year, left to weather and settle. Full repaint of the side pedestrian gate including a rework of the deadlock securing it and adjusting it so it now functions. Colour is Domino to match the pickets. Neat, clean and welcoming.
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What’s in front of the pickets?
Chaos. Parking chaos, ridiculously hard and unwelcoming. I’ve completed least a dozen jobs in Elwood over the years and ALWAYS a nightmare with parking logistics. The unit block i painted a few weeks back, same issue. This street, like most in the area is choked with cars, lots of cars that look abandoned too. High density will do that but adding permit parking one side of the street (client side), the other side all single bay (no doubles so a vehicle with trailer can park) is idiotic.
The client advised me she has to pay an annual fee for a “visitor permit” for her side which she cant justify. Fair enough. So now there is no where to park on the left side of the street, legally. If i use the single bay in the small driveway, the footpath is obstructed. Can’t win.
Does the City of Port Phillip deliberately try make life impossible for trades? You want your suburbs to look better, how about allowing trades to get in there and actually park for more than 2h to get work done. Or maybe issue trades with exemptions in permit zones. I should be able to buy a daily permit online, can’t do that either. They’d rather issue a fine. I dodged that, this time.
If I could rate the worst suburb for trades to work, Elwood takes the prize🏆 If I can’t park I can’t work. Trades don’t use bicycles. Rant over.
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