Locals have shown their support to a landlord who turned his driveway into a car park to help Heartlands Hospital workers and undercutting their parking fees.<\/p>\n
Akeel Ahmed, 33, spent around \u00a320,000 turning the land outside his house opposite Heartlands Hospital, in\u00a0Bordesley Green, into a car park for up to 20 vehicles.<\/p>\n
He charges \u00a35 for all-day parking a saving on the \u00a310.20 for up to 24 hours\u00a0by the hospital.<\/p>\n
The dad-of-three also has his eyes on the school run market with \u00a32 offers for drop-off and pick-up slots at the start and end of weekdays.<\/p>\n
Akeel had the idea last October when a driver visiting the hospital asked if he could park on his drive, at the junction of Alston Road and Bordesley Green East, and handed him \u00a35 “for his trouble”.<\/p>\n
He said his main customers were nurses and some had split the cost of a space with a colleague, so it cost them just \u00a32.50-a-day.<\/p>\n
Readers took to Facebook to lend their support to the scheme which they said would help workers in these cash-strapped times. Sandie Smith said: “Very enterprising and what a good option especially for parents.”<\/p>\n
Rachael Buckler wrote: “This is a great idea and for me being a\u00a0student nurse the parking cost at heartland is too much so I will definitely be parking her when I go over to the hospital to work! Wish I\u2019d known about this soon.”<\/p>\n
Michelle Diamond posted: “Great idea If he has the room why not so many people do it near the NEC and airport. I say good on him for the idea.”<\/p>\n
Waqar Kiyani said: “Brilliant little investment utilising his driveway in this manner and at the same time cutting costs for the staff. Good entrepreneurship that doesn\u2019t just benefit him. Well done Akeel.”<\/p>\n
Suzanne Jones wrote: The school runs used to be bad for me. I would leave 50 mins before the school opened in Castle Bromwich just so I could park near the school. I always used to think that I’d pay someone a weekly fee for me to park on their drive all day.<\/p>\n
“I’d drop the kids off, then run and get a bus to get me in to work for 9.30am. So stressful in the mornings before your working day has started. So such a good idea and very helpful to all.”<\/p>\n
Alan Coyne said: “Job well done, carry on with it, mate.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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