How to reserve parking for a move or house clearance in Brussels

Most Brussels streets have cars parked on both sides, and a free space right outside your front door is rare, especially during the day. Without a reserved space, the van ends up parked far away, double-parked or across an entrance, and every piece of furniture has to be carried tens of metres along the pavement.

A parking reservation solves this. The commune (or the Region, depending on the road) authorises the temporary occupation of a stretch of street, and no-parking signs are put up in advance so the space is clear on the day. In practice, this gives you:

• faster loading: the van is a few metres from the door;
• less risk to passers-by, furniture and façades;
• a predictable day: no waiting for a space to free up and no fine for obstructive parking.

For a full house clearance or an upper-floor flat clearance, where the van sometimes makes several loads, a reservation often makes the difference between a smooth day and a day lost in the street.

The first thing to check is who manages your street. The Brussels-Capital Region has two kinds of road:

• commune roads, managed by each of the 19 communes: most residential streets;
• regional roads, managed by Brussels Mobility (Bruxelles Mobilité / Brussel Mobiliteit): main roads, boulevards and some avenues.

Requests to temporarily occupy the public road go through OSIRIS, the Region's online platform (apps.osiris.brussels). Depending on the commune, OSIRIS is required for every reservation (as in the City of Brussels, Ixelles and Saint-Josse-ten-Noode) or only when the address is on a regional road (Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre). Etterbeek's form states that, on a regional road, the request must be made to Brussels Mobility.

There are exceptions: Anderlecht says that for a move in a parking zone, you go straight to the commune, even on a regional road, without using OSIRIS. So the golden rule is simple: always read your commune's official page before you start.

The minimum lead times published by Brussels communes range from 3 working days (Etterbeek, at the counter) to 10 working days (Anderlecht, City of Brussels, Ganshoren, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Schaerbeek, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert). These are working days: weekends and public holidays do not count.

A few cases need even more notice:

• in Ixelles, a reservation longer than 30 m needs at least 30 calendar days;
• in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, the lead time goes up from 5 to 10 working days in July and August;
• in Etterbeek, occupying a road that falls under the Regional Roadworks Coordination Commission can take up to 5 months (this mainly concerns building works).

Some communes accept a late request, at a higher cost: tripled fees for urgent requests in Anderlecht, a surcharge in Ganshoren and Schaerbeek, a doubled fee in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert. In practice, applying two weeks before the date covers every commune's lead time, apart from the special cases above.

1. Set the date and times of the move or clearance, with some margin if the job may run over one day.
2. Measure the length you need. Many communes work in 20 m blocks (Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, Evere, Forest, Jette, Saint-Gilles) or 25 m blocks (Anderlecht, Etterbeek); Ixelles also offers 12 m.
3. Check who manages the street and, if your commune requires it, create a request on OSIRIS to get the authorisation or a reference number.
4. Submit the request to the commune through the channel it uses: Irisbox, email, online form, in person at the counter, or the EagleBe platform in Schaerbeek. An identity card is usually required.
5. Pay the fee by the stated deadline: Ixelles, for example, puts up the signs if the fee is paid at least 5 working days beforehand.
6. Check the signs on site. They usually go up about 48 hours before (Ixelles, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre). In Auderghem, the applicant puts up the signs 48 hours ahead, notes the number plates of any cars already parked there and reports them to the police the same day.

The City of Brussels points out that you may not block a space with chairs, pallets or other objects: only official signs count.

The table below summarises what each commune publishes on its website. Each commune name links to our local page, which gives the details (department address, official fees, source).

This information changes regularly (fees are indexed every year, new online platforms appear). Always check the commune's official page before you apply. The full list is also on our page house clearance in the 19 Brussels municipalities.

There is no single fee across the Brussels Region: each commune sets its own. As an example, here are some published amounts for a move:

• Saint-Gilles: a flat fee of €70 for a private individual (1 day, 20 m);
• Evere: €80 for 1 day (20 m), since 1 January 2026;
• City of Brussels: €114.03 for 1 day's sign rental, then €14.87 per extra day;
• Anderlecht: €125 to put up and remove the signs, plus €20 per 24-hour period (2025-2026 rates).

In the City of Brussels, the OSIRIS request may also involve an administration fee and an occupation tax, depending on the type of request. So include this cost in your moving or clearance budget: it comes on top of the price of the job, and our clearance prices are set in writing after the visit.

The permitted times vary too:

• in the City of Brussels, the signs can only be used Monday to Friday, from 7am to 7pm;
• in Etterbeek, reservations run from 7am to 7pm and moves are also allowed at weekends;
• in Saint-Gilles, the commune does not clear spaces at weekends;
• in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, the space is reserved from 7am to 7pm.

In the City of Brussels' pedestrian zones, no signs can be put up: you need to request an access pass instead. Ixelles does not accept reservations in restricted-access zones. If your home is in one of these zones, tell us the first time you get in touch.

During the free visit, we look at access to the property with you: width of the street, distance to the door, floor, lift. We then tell you whether a parking reservation is worthwhile, and what length and times to ask the commune for. We set the date of the job together, taking the commune's lead time into account.

This applies to all our jobs: house clearance, flat clearance, clearance after a death or bulky waste removal. The fixed price is set in writing before the job, and we can still come within 48 hours when access does not need a reservation.