How to handle deliveries with locked common area door

How to handle deliveries with locked common area door

Pottsville, PA · Member since 2013 · 33 posts · 8 votes

I have a small multifamily building with a common area entry door. Each tenant has a key and they have been keeping it locked. One tenant has recently complained about having trouble receiving deliveries, and at least one package is missing, possibly stolen. He is requesting that we keep the entry door unlocked during the day for this purpose.

The main entry door is right on the sidewalk of a fairly busy street. What do you folks do about deliveries? Keep door unlocked? Leave it as-is and keep having packages left on the sidewalk? Something else?

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  • Pueblo, CO · Member since 2018 · 64 posts · 32 votes
    8y

    I went to Amazon and bought a bench/storage container. It looks kinda like a bench but the top opens and the packages can be placed inside of it. This keeps them out of view and keeps the entry door locked. It is sitting directly under the mail boxes. It was under $50. 

  • Washington, DC · Member since 2016 · 4 posts · 0 votes
    5y

    Curious if anyone else has any insights into this, a solution that would work for all shipping companies as well.

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