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If this kind of service becomes common I could see homes being built with or retrofitted with "airlocks" so that you can give delivery services access to a secu
by pythonaut_16 9y ago
If this kind of service becomes common I could see homes being built with or retrofitted with "airlocks" so that you can give delivery services access to a secure area to deliver packages without gaining access to the whole home.
I wonder if you could outfit the smart lock on a shed or secure package box and let them deliver to that?
- chrisper 9y agoYou mean a porch with a porch door? No need for a fancy name like "airlock" ;)
- majewsky 9y agoHow does a porch look on an apartment (building), then?
- Kluny 9y agoLots of apartments already have airlocks.
- send_computers 9y agoVery similar to an airlock
- BoorishBears 9y agoLots of options. My apartment and several in the area, have a concierge, and they’ll act as a “porch” and even deliver it to your door later in the day Some apartments have mail rooms, some with automated entry based on if you have a package or not It’s largely a solved problem
- ThomPete 9y agoNot on manhattan. There are a lot of issues in older building complexes as they werent build for the amount of deliveries we see today.
- cat199 9y agoprobably had more deliveries: dairy man mailman seltzer water man whomever else delivered stuff man but, they also probably had someone at home all day.
- ThomPete 9y agoIt's a real problem. People getting giant boxes, rooms not being big enough. Delivery is very different than it used to be.
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- FranOntanaya 9y agoA standard little lobby where people leave their shoes and whatnot, except normally the inner door doesn't have its own lock.
- pythonaut_16 9y agoThat was the main thing I was thinking of. Even on homes that currently have this, or a mudroom, normally the inner door is not secured or strong in anyway. I also think having a general unlocked mail or package slot is problematic these days, as bad actors could use that to insert all kinds of nefarious and damaging items into your home.
- shagie 9y agoFor apartments, amazon has a different approach. https://thehub.amazon.com/home https://thehub.amazon.com/home
- wiredfool 9y agoWe call that sort of thing a catlock.
- morganvachon 9y agoIndeed, we've been planning to screen in our front porch for a while just so we have some security when opening the front door while the cats are on that side of the house. It would also provide some security by obscurity for any packages we get; according to UPS, right now I've got three packages totaling about $500 of equipment sitting on my front porch in plain view to anyone going past the house. Thankfully the house sits nearly half an acre off the main road, with no sidewalk and in a semi-rural area. Still, Murphy's law dictates that today will be the first time I have a package stolen. I'll find out when I get home in a few hours, I guess. (My regular UPS guy normally doesn't deliver to me until after 6pm, he knows my schedule and it lines up well with his driving route most of the time. I'm guessing this is a new driver, or else a really light day for my regular guy.)
- toomuchtodo 9y agoI would not give Amazon access to my home, but I would purchase the equivalent of a small Amazon locker to be bolted to the concrete walkway on the side of my house. EDIT: @vidarh: I was unaware. Thank you! Going to look for one that is weatherproof and I can paint Amazon Locker yellow.
- vidarh 9y agoYou can already get that. Search for "delivery box" etc. and you'll find large steel boxes, at least some of which have locking mechanisms that lets the delivery person pull it shut to lock after putting a parcel in,.
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- TimTheTinker 9y agoSort of like library drop boxes.
- zimpenfish 9y agoSounds like a job for Milk Chute! http://www.eureka4you.com/home/MilkChute.htm http://www.eureka4you.com/home/MilkChute.htm
- djrogers 9y agoLike a mud room or an enclosed porch? Lots of houses already have such places.
- arkades 9y agoMaybe for people who don’t get large packages we can make a smaller version of this. It’ll even be a convenient place to put letters and other small deliveries. I guess since most mailmen are men and they will use it the most often, we can call it a malebox.