Individual mail boxes, a feature? (sales, 2015, apartment)

[hey_guy]

So I saw a next door topic talking about a law where newer sub-divisions need a cluster mail-box. I guess there was a cut over in 2015?

I was just wondering if this comes up on the residential sales side of the game and if people see this as something desirable.

[twingles]

Funny it's a post on my nextdoor too and it's definitely not considered desirable from the posts I saw.

[MikeJaquish]

I would consider individual mailboxes a desirable feature.

I never give my office address for important mail. The carrier leaves the whole side of the kiosk unlocked at least a couple of times a year.
10 mailboxes open to the public.

OTOH...
I tell clients, "If you cannot get the neighborhood gossip at the mail kiosk, you are surely on the outs with your neighbors."

[JONOV]

Originally Posted by hey_guy

So I saw a next door topic talking about a law where newer sub-divisions need a cluster mail-box. I guess there was a cut over in 2015?

I was just wondering if this comes up on the residential sales side of the game and if people see this as something desirable.

I'm sure people complain about it but I can't see it really shifting anyone's purchasing behavior. Personally, I liked when I had it in an apartment building, and I liked it when I was in a dorm room in college.

Especially with more folks WFH it can be a nice break to stretch the legs.

[JONOV]

Originally Posted by MikeJaquish

I would consider individual mailboxes a desirable feature.

I never give my office address for important mail. The carrier leaves the whole side of the kiosk unlocked at least a couple of times a year.
10 mailboxes open to the public.

OTOH...
I tell clients, "If you cannot get the neighborhood gossip at the mail kiosk, you are surely on the outs with your neighbors."

Drive through most residential neighborhoods that don't have mail slots and they're all "open to the public."

Which is to say, that unless one cares to pay a courier to hand deliver things there's always a risk.

Heck, in CA someone broke into a cluster of them stealing W2's with the goal of committing tax fraud.

[VickiR]

I always point this out in newer neighborhoods. I'd say 9 out of 10 times, my buyers are shocked to see it but they don't really seem to care.

I haven't had anyone mention it. Maybe they just deal with it since it isn't something they can change. Some people just don't complain...(hint hint).

This is not pointed at the original poster but to many of the regulars on this forum!!!

[MikeJaquish]

Originally Posted by JONOV

Drive through most residential neighborhoods that don't have mail slots and they're all "open to the public."

Which is to say, that unless one cares to pay a courier to hand deliver things there's always a risk.

Heck, in CA someone broke into a cluster of them stealing W2's with the goal of committing tax fraud.

Well, sure.
To be honest, I miss the days of mail being dropped through a slot in the door.


I still feel more secure with mail in the box in front of my house, than I do with the kiosk behind my office building.

[hey_guy]

It's a nice convenience to have it out front I dunno it's definently not in the range of being on people's must have but I dunno it seems peculiar USPS created this kind of temporal bias

I mean if you were in a position to evaluate characteristics of the older vs newer housing stock I would call it "something"

[MikeJaquish]

Originally Posted by hey_guy

It's a nice convenience to have it out front I dunno it's definently not in the range of being on people's must have but I dunno it seems peculiar USPS created this kind of temporal bias

I mean if you were in a position to evaluate characteristics of the older vs newer housing stock I would call it "something"

USPS requirements made some developers revise plat maps to provide common area for mail kiosks.
But, in older subdivisions, it will be hard to force such a change, if there is no common area at all.

Yes. People adjust.

[JONOV]

Originally Posted by hey_guy

It's a nice convenience to have it out front I dunno it's definently not in the range of being on people's must have but I dunno it seems peculiar USPS created this kind of temporal bias

I mean if you were in a position to evaluate characteristics of the older vs newer housing stock I would call it "something"

I don't think it's a bias, I think it's USPS trying to accommodate to allow them to be more lean and efficient in a changing world (though I do think they're as important as ever in many ways,) despite them being a political football that's alternatively criticized for being inefficient and costly and while being dismissed as an outdated relic.