I rent a car space here via my workplace, the RHH. Comes out of my pay each fortnight, so pretty painless. The space is mine 24 hours, 365 days a year, which is very convenient.
I'm a shiftworker at the RHH, and I remember the nightmare that parking used to be before this car park opened, even when Argyle St car park offered 24 hour parking, it was still a nightmare - round the block 5 times just to get into the queue, had to leave home (10 minutes from city centre) an hour early just to park!
Now I just drive straight in, no stress, and I can nominate another car to use it if I wish - my Mum is able to use it when I'm not at work. Parking for Xmas shopping in the city is a breeze!
Being open 24 hours is a bonus, especially as we often have women arriving in labour, and their partners wanting to know where they can park without having to worry about moving the car when the parking meters start (Murphy's law says the baby gets born just as Dad is out moving the car!)
With Ronald McDonald House backing on the car park, I know the Social Work department at the RHH also works out a parking deal with the car park for people who have to stay here, away from home, possibly for long periods of time and often unexpectedly, so this is a big load off their mind.
At around 2pm, when the hospitals (and possibly the police department) are changing shift, the car park is always full, and the attendants will valet park cars for workers until the day shift people leave, and spaces are available. I have occasionally noticed them happily waving people into spaces on the side area where I park - which is ALL signed "permit holders only" - so am not very impressed by that. Finding someone in my parking space is guaranteed to make me VERY upset!
I also had a traffic cone (supplied by my employer, so NOT the property of the car park) that I used to block my bay from casual parkers, but despite me writing my name, and "Do Not Remove" and "Private Property - removing this cone is THEFT" - the car park attendants repeatedly removed it to use themselves - they block off the casual spaces first thing in the morning so the all-day "early bird parkers" don't hog them - and after chasing it down several times, and making numerous complaints to the management, I finally gave up.
Also, most permit-only spaces have signs on them, supplied by the car park - as mine is in one of the side areas, it wasn't marked. My request to have a sign installed was met with the explanation that the whole side area is signed "Permit Holders Only" so a sign wasn't necessary. As previously mentioned, I've seen the attendants instructing casual parkers to use these spaces, so that explanation didn't go down well. I finally installed my own sign, and they haven't taken it down, so I guess I'm happy with the solution.
Cost is $100 fortnight, which works out to $2600 year. If you're a day worker and you park casually every day, Monday to Friday, it costs $10 per day, so the same cost exactly. As a shift worker, I'd be paying a little less to park casually, as evenings and weekends are cheaper, but I don't care. The convenience is worth every cent!
Despite my complaints, I'm thrilled to have this space, and very happy overall with the service provided, I wouldn't give it up for anything.
A great service overall, very happy they are there.