Benefits of a post box

Here in Ireland, it is not so common to have a post box for postal deliveries. Most people have a letter box on their front door and post gets delivered through this. It's convenient for all as driveways are small in Ireland so the postman does not have to walk far between houses (well in Dublin, anyway!).

Awhile back our neighbour switched out his front door and no longer uses his letter box. He attached a smart post box to his house wall beside the front door.

We are getting a new door so I also decided to not get a letter box cut out but to attach a dummy letter box to the door and to use a post box to receive mail.

Here are the benefits:
* No draughts from the letter box (this was the main reason I chose to not have a letter box on the door).
* The dog doesn't find letters on the ground and chew them
* I don't get woken by the postman when he makes an early morning delivery
* I can place junk mail directly into the recycling bin from the post box

Can you think of any other positives to having a post box?

 

I got my post box for €149 in Knobs & Knockers. Cheaper options are available from places like Argos or hardware stores, but the one I chose is solid and made out of a heavy metal and I think will be durable and should hold up in the Irish climate.

As you can see when I unlocked it today there was only one letter with the bulk of delivery being junk mail.

I "delivered" the junk post straight to the recycling bin at the end of the row of my bins.

After I had bought my new post box I discovered that An Post now have a new service called the "Delivery Box" where they will deliver parcels to you and also pick up your post. You don't have to sign for the parcels as they scan a barcode on your box which indicates delivery and you will then receive a text to let you know a parcel has been delivered. This could have been an option for us but it would have had to have been fixed to our wall for security. I think, rather than attaching it to the railings at the front of the house. It's very convenient and well priced at €69.99.

Click here to see a picture of the An Post Delivery Box.