Tradespeople parking permits - who pays?

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I have recently bought a flat in London and have a plumber doing works all this week. He has asked me to get a permit for his van so he can park on the street (my flat doesn't have a designated parking space).

I had a look and a visitor permit works out at around £48 for the week, a trade one would be about that per day 😯.

Just wondering what do people usually do in this situation? Is it acceptable to get a visitor permit instead of a trade one? Is this a cost the companies should cover? I will have a few tradespeople coming over the next few months and I'm wondering if I need to factor in the cost of their parking into my budget for the works.

The plumber is from Pimlico Plumbers and I'm in Camden in case that's relevant. Thanks everyone.

If he paid the parking he would just bill the cost to you anyway as part of the job price.

Ouch, that’s a lot OP but I think the cost should fall to you. I think you’ll get tradesmen either turning down jobs for you or, as PP has said, they’ll just build it into the job price anyway.

You went wrong in getting Pimlico in they are notoriously expensive.

The cost will come back to you either way whether it is on the bill or you pay for the permit.

You can just do a visitor permit - you can only apply if you are a resident
Anyone can apply for a trade permit

No companies will cover this cost - they will just bill you their parking charges on top - and usually at the hourly parking rate which is higher

You pay £50 or he'll increase your fee by £250 to cover his costs. No contest, surely?

If we were doing a job where we had to pay for parking we would inrease the price to the customer to cover this. Our terms & conditions state that customers must provide parking and welfare facilities.

Ok thanks for the speedy replies, that's what I suspected but good to have it confirmed! I hadn't thought about it before now because this is the first flat I've owned and my previous flats haven't had restrictions. Makes sense though, I'll factor it in going forward.