Post box- built in

If the postman is prepared to come to the front door - then consider the dis-advantages - such as wanting your mail in the winter when you don't want to get dressed. Also consider the depth of any such box with regard to newspapers. (just a thought)

Also check out the lock. Argos for example sell 10 different surface mounted post boxes - all of which open with the same key, hardy a step forward in identity theft prevention.

A relative purchased an old Royal Mail post box and had the builder incorporate it into his (new) house wall just outside the front door. He was told by the supplier (an architectural salvage company) to paint it any colour except pillar box red, which is apparently a Royal Mail requirement. Being a contrary type, he painted it exactly that colour. ;-)

Did he not end up with people posting letters into it? There are a number of houses near me with fully-functioning Royal Mail boxes built into them.

Pete

I thought that might happen, but he lives on a small private estate with no public access. It's a cul-de-sac with no public right of way through it. 15 years on, nobody has ever posted a letter in the box hoping that the Royal Mail would collect it!

So add a bit of automation ....

Well - that would help when you are feeling really poorly - yet you know there is some mail for you - but you have flu and can't find the energy to put your coat on to go and get your mail - but the cost would buy you a gold plated letterbox for your front door.

Alternatively - have a holiday in Florida and buy a Dolphin, Seahorse or a Manatee shaped mailbox. In the US there is the advantage that mail is collected from your outside mailbox - as well as delivered. However, I don't think it is a daily service.