Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Mail/package delivery area

[Cheron Dudley (cherondudley]

Here in Port Townsend (Quimper Village) we were told that the post office
would not deliver mail to the inside of our common house. So, our mail is
delivered to a PO stand that has mail slots for each (28) household in
addition to a few larger lockable slots for the PO to leave larger
packages. You see these stands all over any development built in the last
25 years or so.

Then, A mere few steps away is our common house. Just inside the door are
two benches, one for UPS, Amazon, etc. packages that are left for
residents. The other bench is where we put “give-away stuff I don’t want
anymore that you might like”. Items can stay on that bench for a few days
only and must then be removed.

I few more steps inside the common house you’ll find individual cubbies
that we use to leave messages, cards, surveys, magazines etc. that are
meant for a specific person.


On Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 3:49 PM Sharon Villines via Cohousing-L <
cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:

> > On Apr 8, 2022, at 5:17 PM, Katie Henry <katie-henry [at] att.net> wrote:
> >
> >  the cubbies have been shrunk down to mail slots, 10" wide x 14" deep x
> 1-1/4" high.
> >
> > Should we even bother with the mail slots? Or should we omit them and
> get some rolling carts with hanging Pentaflex folders or some other
> solution? In my experience, cohousers often need a way to leave bulkier
> items, such as books or small packages, for their neighbors and mail slots
> wouldn't be very useful. What do you have in your common house and does it
> work well?
>
> We have the small slots also — a bit larger, maybe 3 inches high. And it
> would be nicer to have more space. In some communities households have real
> cubbies where they can leave indoor slippers, dinner plates, coffee mug, an
> extra sweater, etc.
>
> When we have things to leave for each other we tend to put them on the
> kitchen counter with a note if they don’t fit in the slot.
>
> Sharon
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> Sharon Villines
> Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
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Cheron