Renting Out Unused Space
From unused parking spaces to extra beds to arable land suitable for gardening, consumers are increasingly finding new, recession-busting ways to make the most of what they have.
While we’ve covered several examples of marketplaces that focus on one of those sharable assets, we hadn’t yet seen Spareground, a UK-based contender that aims to cover them all.
Spareground bills itself as “the one-stop shop for finding somewhere to store your sports equipment, keep your caravan for the winter, park your car, graze your horse, find somewhere to display your art or find somewhere to stay near that sports event or festival.”
In essence, it’s a place to advertise or look for just about any kind of unused space, including accommodations, parking spaces, driveways, garages, storage facilities such as attics or sheds, unused land, spare rooms or car share spaces.
The site is free to use by both businesses and individuals, and space is organised by category: property, land, parking, storage or other.
Consumers with space to share simply create a listing with its description, location and price; those seeking space search by category or keyword and then contact the owner directly to arrange the terms.
Photo by Spareground.
Jaclyn on March 27th, 2009 11:44 am
Wow…that is wild. can you just imagine having people camping in your neighborhood because there is some sort of event near by and the person who owns that land is hard up for money so they rented their yard to them! i wonder if there are any sort of stipulations on what you can and can not use the spare ground for.
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