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If you live in a mid terrace/townhouse with no garden...

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Onlineshopping88 · 02/12/2025 13:42

What do you do about parcel deliveries? I have always lived in a house with a small garden out front where couriers could hide parcels under bushes or round the back of the house or similar if needed but I'm now moving to a mid terrace with nowhere they could leave anything out of sight from the main street. I do the majority of my shopping online and I really don't want to be annoying neighbours- anyone have a clever workaround for this? I'm about to start a new job so can't have anything delivered there either and won't be able to take any time off for the foreseeable.

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cestlavielife · 02/12/2025 13:43

Use local drop off points

HelloCharming · 02/12/2025 13:44

A friend has a wooden box out front that parcels go in....but we live in an exceptionally safe area - the kind of area that a bicycle going missing will be front page news.

Use a drop off point.

Onlineshopping88 · 02/12/2025 13:54

That's a great idea, my previous house we were really friendly with all the neighbours so even though it wasn't a 'safe' area statistically, our cul-de-sac always felt very safe because people would keep an eye and if something was left out obviously they'd take it in for you. Thanks for the suggestions! Is there a limit to what can be left at a drop off point? I know there's locker-type things at our local supermarket but they aren't very big.

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Florencesndzebedee · 02/12/2025 13:59

Usually the supermarket lockers have a range of sizes.

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