To put a sign on my door telling delivery drivers not to leave parcels?

OP added that very relevant nugget of information much later than her initial posts!

Very unlikely that every courier is leaving parcels without knocking. Perhaps it's more that the bell (if there is one) isn't working or isn't loud, or that the OP is in a room at the back and simply can't hear them knocking??

Perhaps the OP needs to put up a sign saying "I'm in, please knock loudly" or buy a louder door bell?

If they can't get out, it's even more unreasonable for parcels to be left with neighbours as presumably the OP expects the neighbours to bring them round themselves to her!

@FairIsleCromartyForties

oh my sweet summer child..

my friend had a large box, he leaves instructions for any delivery service. It's easy to find, easy to open, and they still leave parcels in front of his door! He even took the lock off as he thought putting the code in might be too difficult/time consuming for them, but no, didn't help.

Did you not read that the op has health issues and barely leaves the house?

The delivery guy is just dumping the parcels on the doorstep without knocking.

I would be suspicious that the parcels might have been taken bythe driver after photographing them on the doorstep.

It's not odd. They often don't knock here, just put it on the doorstep. Alternatively they hammer the door like the house is on fire & leg it. Unless you're standing in the doorway there's no chance of being handed the parcel.

If you had said in your OP you were actually at home, you would have got more useful suggestions. You can’t put a note on your door saying deliver to neighbours when you are actually at home that’s being a CF. If you want to put a note on your door why not put one saying couriers please knock loudly. Otherwise a ring doorbell is the answer or a lock box if there is enough space

@OMGsamesame

i get 'it's in your safe place' (not quite how I'd describe my front door right on the street) or we've left it in your porch. That would be fine if I had one!

thankfully not had any missing parcels, but I'm home a lot. If I wasn't, I'd go for the locker option or the shop down the road.

I take in quite a few neighbours parcels, I don't mind because my neighbours are all known & nice.

It is very odd that you are 'always at home' yet miss lots of parcels, and many of them are stolen.

If you can't get to a locker or pick up point, and can't really inconvenience neighbours when you are at home yourself, and can't add a Dropbox to your property, then you are going to have to find a way to answer the door in a timely way. As pp have said, this could well be a Ring doorbell. They can be battery powered so can't imagine your landlord objecting.

I know there's a cost involved but it will be worse if companies refuse to deliver.

Should have added, OP could you get a locking parcel box? That might help if the couriers won't stop doing this.

Well not really, bearing in mind the OP says she rarely leaves the house, it's that couriers don't knock.

You could put a sign up, but they might not notice it.

Get a video doorbell, then at least if there's no workable solution like using a collection point you'll get an alert when someone's been to your door.

Yes all of this

You are being very unreasonable to order goods for home delivery when you know you're not going to be there. You're being unreasonable expecting your neighbours to take in your parcels.

You need to make alternative arrangements. I.e. buy from online retailers who will deliver to a secure locker, a local shop, or a nearby supermarket/DIY store/Matalan, Argos, Asda, M&S, etc., so that you can go and collect. Or you need to buy locally from proper shops.

The problem here is that you're not in when the deliveries are made. It's up to you to make different choices.

normally companies ask if you have a safe space if you are not in.. if they then deliver it too your front door and leave it, then thats on them!

Many times they don't even knock, so I don't even know it's out there and by the time I see the email or check the tracking it's been taken

this sounds like someone is specifically watching your door. It's one thing having a parcel lying outside for a while and being nicked, but them being nicked within minutes of being delivered is bizarre. Make sure you have loud notifications on your mobile phone so you know the instant it has been delivered if you can't afford or aren't allowed to have a Ring doorbell.

I’d do this. Too risky otherwise.

Get a ring doorbell then you know when the parcel is there

All my shopping (food and other goods) is ordered online and delivered.

There is a gap in the market for supermarkets to offer to act as delivery agents for vendors. Get your stuff delivered with your shopping.

I am going to bet that even Sainsburys and Argos manage to totally fail at this.

This is what happens when couriers are paid pence to do a delivery no matter how many times they attempt it.

It's your problem to sort really as you don't have a safe space not that they take much notice of those either.

You need to get them delivered elsewhere so you know you can collect them.

How many parcels are we talking about here? One or two a minth? Three ir four times a week? Daily?

Are your neighbours happy to be your parcel drop off point? I am happy to take parcels in for any of my neighbours, but from some responses I've seen on Mumsnet, not everyone is, and it's seen as a terrible imposition.

If your neighbours are not happy being your drop off point, then what are your expectations of the delivery drivers? To hang onto your parcel, and return multiple times until they find you at home?

If your neighbours are happy, then can you not just put their address as the delivery address on your orders? Or if you work, is it possible to get parcels delivered there?

Or, as has been suggested by other posters, can you not just get them sent to local collection points, so you can collect when it's convenient for you?

Yeah, as your neighbour I wouldn't take the parcel tbh. Use a pick up point.

Do your neighbours want to take your parcels in?

I would do what most people do and arrange delivery to a collection point. It's not the delivery drivers fault you're not in.

As a neighbour of someone who frequently had parcels delivered to my house, I have to say it's very annoying when not just a one off.

It would help an awful **ing lot, if all couriers could all share the same pickup points.

I have one that is a minutes walk from me that does eVRi and DPD, but not DHL which is a 10 minute walk.

You need to use a pick up point. I use this most times as there’s a pick up point close to DC’s school so I don’t have to be at home for my deliveries and because I buy things a lot, I won’t expect my neighbour who works night to constantly be woken up to collect my parcel.

Use a pick up point as PP’s have said. I get my deliveries sent to my workplace which solves my problem with delivery folk not reading instructions. It’s a bit off to expect your neighbours to deal with your deliveries though.