It’s a Long Drive - March 18, 2010
In the UK it is traditional for every front door to have letter boxes integrated into them so the post and newspapers are put through, and all you have to do is pick them up off the floor in your hallway. In most other European countries the post is put into post boxes attached to the wall of houses that are directly on the street, or to the boundary wall or fence near to the gate. In fact in France, for instance, there are strict rules about how high the post boxes must be set; this is so the postman doesn’t have to get out of his van to pop the post into the mailbox.
However, if you live in the UK and you have a house with a long drive and electric gates, one thing you really do not want to have to do is get up to open the gates for the postman every morning. The obvious solution is to have a durable, strong mailbox fitted outside the gates to your drive. This way the postman doesn’t have to disturb you and you can collect your mail when it suits you. Indeed external post boxes are becoming increasingly popular with many people in the UK as they have other benefits.
With an external post box for your letters and newspapers your front door is far more effective at keeping in heat, as letter boxes are invariably draughty. Plus no one can put anything like fireworks, for example, into your house. Of course the majority of us are unlikely to be the victim of an arson attack, but kids can, and will, do silly things. One of the other benefits that our clients report to us here at Mailbox Mania is that they actually get less hand delivered junk post, and that alone could be worth installing one of our mailboxes.
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