'Neighbour keeps treating my house like a post office, so I got my own back'

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A resident got so fed up with their neighbour for getting parcels delivered to their house – so they decided to take action. The petty act of revenge has since gone viral

Most of us don’t mind being the unofficial “safe place” on the street. A quick knock, a hurried delivery driver, and suddenly you’re doing your neighbour a favour by taking in a parcel — no big deal.

But when it turns into a daily routine, with your hallway starting to look like a mini sorting office and you’re timing your life around doorbells, that neighbourly goodwill can wear a bit thin. After all, helping out is one thing — becoming the default drop-off point is another.

This is exactly the problem one resident is dealing with at the moment. They revealed their cheeky neighbour had put a sign up instructing delivery drivers to knock for the people next door, regardless of whether he's actually home to receive them.

Fed up with acting like an unofficial post office, the livid man took to Reddit to reveal how he's handling the situation. After running out of patience with the neighbours, he'd started turning couriers away when they knock.

This means every parcel gets returned to the delivery depot and goes undelivered, which is bound to be inconvenient for whoever ordered the items.

WARNING: The below Reddit post contains strong language.

The man wrote: "My neighbour has just put a 'deliver parcels to [my house number]' sign on their door. I have never spoken to this neighbour. It's not too petty to refuse any parcels, right? I've had three p***** off delivery drivers so far.

"I should add that this is an HMO, and the multiple tenants rarely stay more than a few months. Hence, why I don't get to know them and why it will be difficult to track down which one put the note up.

"It also means that deliveries can reach double digits on a daily basis, interrupting my work and making my house look like a DPD warehouse. I once had someone try to deliver a washing machine for them.

"Finally, I have historically taken parcels in, but the note (without permission) has changed that."

Fellow users were quick to advise the man to stop accepting parcels on his neighbours' behalf, with many chipping in with practical suggestions on how to put a stop to the unwanted deliveries altogether.

One person wrote: "A handwritten note, attached to your door, saying 'not currently accepting parcels for other properties' should do the trick with minimum fuss. If people like your neighbour don't have the common courtesy to ask you first before instructing that their deliveries are sent to your address, then you should absolutely refuse any parcels for the neighbour."

Another chimed in: "Personally I'd just have a note saying I'm not taking parcels, especially when they couldn't even be bothered to ask you and there are loads of them, and I'd just never answer the door."

A third shared a strikingly familiar tale: "I have a similar situation with new neighbours who moved in late last year. Before I'd even met them, their parcels started turning up at ours. They took ages to come round and get their stuff (sometimes a couple of weeks), and kept insisting they don't know why couriers keep dropping them off with us.

"The last time I answered the door to a courier with another one of their deliveries I asked the guy why he didn't leave it on their doorstep and it turns out they've been specifying on the delivery instructions to leave stuff at ours. Cheeky s***."