Letterbox position

Dollar DH and I couldn't agree on a letter box. He wanted one of those basic tin ones and I wanted something a bit more substantial. I wouldn't let him buy one as a "just for now" because I knew it would still be there in 5 years time. AND We haven't come to an agreement yet.

In the mean time just before we moved in he was at the tip ( don't laugh) and there was one of those letter boxes you build into a wall for sale , in perfect condition for $5. It's the sort that has the steel? metal brace holding it up not just the box bit. So that's what we have. DH put lots of our spare bricks around it to hold it in place and 18 months later it's still there. The problem with our place is that it's solid rock. We can't dig a hole to put in a post. I'd love some sort of nice non- ornate but substantial metal one or one of those stone look ones. sigh.

This is amusing, as we are building a homestead on a corner block. Our driveway will be over 20m from the front door path. We are still having headaches as to where to put the letterbox Great thread for ideas.

That's exactly right. I think definitely put it to the right of the driveway dollar.

Because of the facade of our house, our letterbox is to the right (when viewing from the street) of the path to our front door. This means it is right in front of one of the portico pillars and we built the letterbox with the same dimensions (except height). I've never liked letterboxes next to driveways.
I don't see what difference it makes to the postie where the letterbox is as long as it is next to the footpath or at least an easy drive-by location. What's the difference between a driveway and a path to the front door?

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We didn't put it right against the driveway because it'll get hit by a car sooner or later We hadn't planned the pavers and path until after the letterbox, in retrospect we should have. But in the end it turned out ok.

Most people put it in more or less this position, often closer to the driveway. When we were deciding on placement we walked around the whole neighbourhood to see where everyone else's letterboxes were.

Excellent idea with the reflectors when people reverse if it's near the drive! Good thinking 99......E11099

Hi Everyone..

Hoping you can help! I had a bricky build my letterbox with a nice stainless steel box inset and then paid a renderer to render it
for me.. so ther letterbox ended up being quite expensive but matches the house and looks great.
the problem is we were the first ones on the street to put our letterbox in so were unsure of the setback rules for a letterbox..
when the bricky asked how far back from the road he should build it, I said 3m as i thought that was the length of the natutre stip.
turns out council strip ends where the driveway is cut.. which is around 3.5m.
so my letterbox is built on the nature strip. will i get told to move it back by council? looks like the footpaths are going in this week
ive done some measurements and looks like my letter box will be about 200mm from the endge of the footpath when it should be around 500mm.
what are your thoughts. do you think i will have to knock it down? I was hoping to add to it eventually and get a garden bed bricked and rendered along the whole
front of the yard... dont want to pay all that money if im told to re do it..

looking forward to your replies..
jackson

we have lived here for almost three years and still donot have a letterbox,even thought we have one in the shed to put in, one of those boxes ones in build into a brick one had hubby is a bricklayer too but not really a bit deal for us as we have a po box at the local post office anyway one day we will put that letter box in

Good point about footpaths, I'm also wondering where I'll put my letterbox if the council hasn't laid the footpath yet when we move in. It's a bit of a curly one!