To leave parcel in front of neighbour’s flat?

[AreWeThereYett]

My upstairs neighbour generally annoys me. Small things that build up - they make lots of noise, play loud music in evenings, overwater their plants on their balcony by a crazy amount so that it ends up raining on balcony and we can never dry washing on it just in case, park really badly in their car parking space that we sometimes can’t get into our space, and so on. But they’re also popular in the development and come across as being really nice to everyone so I’m conscious I can’t be seen to be difficult to the popular ones.

Three days ago Hermes / Evri asked me if I can take a parcel in for them and two other neighbours. Happy to. The two other neighbours came by in the evening. However, my upstairs neighbour hasn’t. Each floor has a security door so I can’t simply go and knock on their door. And I have text them saying I have a parcel for them. They are home as I can hear them but they’re not collecting it. From experience, they only do things when it suits them so I wonder if they’re just not bothering and are happy for me to store it.

I am wondering if my opinion of them is clouding my judgement but WIBU to go up and leave the parcel on their floor by the security door? If it was for neighbours I like I would happily store it but it’s annoying me I have this huge parcel in my hallway that they’re just not picking up.

Despite each floor having a security door, there is still a lobby area and people do have parcels taken from that area from time to time.

Store it on your balcony. "Oh dear neighbour it appears to have got all soggy when you watered your plants, what a shame that was the only place I had space for it."

Never take in a parcel for them again.

Why did you take the parcel?
But no, do not leave it outside the security door. You have accepted it, and presumably the courier has record of this. You either wait for them to collect it or deliver it to them.

If you have their number like it sounds you do, just text that you'll hold it until 8pm or some acceptable time after which you'll leave it by their security door as it's taking up space in your flat.

I would hold the parcel until they collect but then never take another.

Don't tell them this, be sweetness and light if falling out will cause problems, but simply tell the driver you can't take their parcels as you are not around that day.

Also suggest you do this. You could say something kind but firm, and could even tell a teeny white lie e.g. - ‘hey [neighbour], just messaging to mention again that I collected your parcel for you last week when you weren’t in. I’ll be away for a couple of weeks from [day], so please can you come and collect it before then? If I don’t hear from you by [day], I’ll pop up and leave the parcel by your security door before I leave. Thanks, AreWeThereYet’.

Storing it on the balcony is genius. Let them water it!

Wait till you hear them upstairs then text to say leaving your parcel at security door please collect. All this about “I’m going away etc” is just nonsensical in that if you know they are home they are likely to know the sanme about you. Next time just refuse parcels. I WFH, my home office faces out onto close the delivery drivers always knock and I politely decline.

it bothers me that people still have stuff delivered home when there are plenty of pick up spots on offer!

Yanbu so long as you do it at a time when you know they are home (easy given the noise issue), and text them immediately to say it's there so as to minimise the risk. Then never accept a parcel for that flat number again.

When you can hear they're definitely home go and knock on the security door as loudly as needed until someone comes, even from another flat. Then explain the issue and they can let you in to leave it by the front door. Then don't take any more parcels for them.