Parcel Delivery System for Flats

AndyCr15 · 3 Nov 2019 at 20:04

This year we've had security doors fitted and it's a right PITA for someone like me that orders lots online. Can anyone recommend a parcel system that could be used? Preferably to suit this setup -

I guess I'm hoping a drop chute system with a coded box on this side, but I don't know that's even possible.

Any ideas?

AndyCr15 · 3 Nov 2019 at 20:10

You've seen in the title it's for flats, right? Do I own a flat here? yes. Can delivery people get through this security door? No, not always. Is it my door? I guess not. Can I fit something into it? I'm told to find out our options by the guy with the purse strings.

AndyCr15 · 3 Nov 2019 at 21:18

Pringle W said:
It would be easier to get the parcel delivered to an address where you know you will be or to a different address where you can pick it up from at times when you won't be home.

I'm not sure how you know this will be easier for me? How anything is easier than coming home and a parcel is waiting there for me, I'm not sure?

If you mean there isn't a system like I'm hoping for, you should probably say that instead

AndyCr15 · 3 Nov 2019 at 22:18

Aggressive!? Sorry if it's taken that way. There's even a smiley in there and everything!

Russinating said:
Like the guy said no solution at your flat will solve the issue if deliveries need signing for.

I guess I'm confused to why you all want to solve a different issue to what I asked is all I suppose.

I guess I wasn't clear enough, which is my bad, my apologies.

So, my problem is on low cost items that don't need a signature. We have a trade button, but it seems very unreliable. I wont go into more detail though for security/privacy reasons, but I am simply looking for a way that a delivery man can leave a parcel, maybe through a chute system, if no signature is required, so I can then collect it on my return home.

Thanks all.

AndyCr15 · 4 Nov 2019 at 07:45

Steampunk said:
Or something like this attached to the outside?

Yeah, I'd found that, but I guess for everyone to use it would need a coded back or something, rather than keys? One option would be just to get my own and it could go round the back. It would be a bit annoying though, 'they' chose to fit security doors with 'our' money and then I have to spend my own money to fix the problem 'they' caused for me

AndyCr15 · 4 Nov 2019 at 08:39

Haze said:
Still don't see how this your problem to fix, or why you would spend money to sort it out.....

I wont be. I only said one option was to spend my own money. If someone creates a problem for you and says 'I'm real busy, if you can give me a solution I'll get it sorted', do you sit back saying 'nah mate, not my problem'?

AndyCr15 · 4 Nov 2019 at 11:43

mrbell1984 said:
How about a drop off point close by where you go to that said drop of point to go 'collect' the parcels? Problem solved.

Sure, there are lots of solutions all the way down to not buying things online, just go into shops. I'm asking for help with this method as it would be easiest for me...

AndyCr15 · 4 Nov 2019 at 13:09

Yeah, I need to see how it works and see if I can get it set properly. Even then, it's only meant to let people in between 9 and 2pm or something. It should let a delivery person press the 'trade' button and it will release the door lock, between the set times. It doesn't seems to do this all the days it's supposed to. Even if that works, if I get a delivery at 3:30pm and no-one is in our block, they're not getting in.

I could use a local pickup, but in London, that can take 15 mins or so to deal with...

It might be there's no decent solution and I have fix the buzzer and cope as best I can. It's not the end of the world, I just wondered if there's a good solution out there.

(I could perhaps work out how to change the timer and make the trade button work from 8am to 6pm and see if anyone notices/complains)

AndyCr15 · 4 Nov 2019 at 13:10

dan958 said:
How do letters get delivered to you? Does the delivery driver get in and put it in your letterbox/mailbox?

They sometimes don't. The postman is the most vocal, telling me this morning for example, it's not working and I had to buzz him in.

AndyCr15 · 4 Nov 2019 at 15:29

Psycho Sonny said:
Just use local pick up. I don't see what the issue is.

As said, it's an option, not a good one.

Psycho Sonny said:
You cannot just start installing stuff in communal areas just for your own use.

Never said I would. Already stated it would be a communal option, for everyone, installed by 'everyone'.

Why do people keep answering a different question? I just don't get it? Thanks for those that did try and answer what I was actually asking. I guess there isn't what I was hoping for.

I'll just unsub this thread now, to avoid arguments