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Neighbours and parcels

105 replies

LA1311 · 13/12/2024 07:16

My partner works from home and I’m currently home on maternity leave. Our next door neighbours are aware of this, they are young and both work full time.

Nearly every day we are getting parcels for them, it’s getting beyond a joke now. I’ve I’m not home my partner, keeps being disturbed from his work and having to go downstairs to answer the door.

It’s not too bad if I’m home, but it’s still a pain and multiple times if I’ve not answered the door because the baby is napping on me and I can see the delivery driver and know it’s not ours I’ve had the delivery drivers coming and banging on the living room window and waking the baby up.

If we’re not home, we’ve had delivery drivers searching all over our property to leave the parcel, because we’ve got a garden and a side entrance.

I didn’t mind taking the odd parcel for them but this is getting silly now.

It’s not even like they come and collect the parcels from ours, they will sit at ours until we take them around to them. She must know that they have been delivered because she will have had notifications.

AIBU for refusing her parcels and asking her to leave delivery instructions not to leave parcels with us?

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Oreyt · 13/12/2024 07:21

Hopefully it will die down after Christmas but they need to buy a safe box thing.

Oreyt · 13/12/2024 07:20

I understand.

I mean it's not necessarily the couriers fault and if the neighbours work I'm not sure that can be avoided.

They need a safe space.

I take in loads but whenever I need something taking in the courier just take it away.

I totally understand your frustration.

Some neighbours even put our address as the automatic safe place.

BMW6 · 13/12/2024 07:19

Tell them it's becoming a nuisance and you won't be accepting any more so they need to make other arrangements. Put a sign on your door to this effect so they don't bother to ring.

44PumpLane · 13/12/2024 07:19

Tape a note to the door stating you will only accept parcels addressed to your house number and asking them not to knock u less the parcels are specifically for number (your house).

Turn them away every time!

Whyherewego · 13/12/2024 07:19

Just refuse to take them. The delivery drivers will soon get the hint