Hi,
Not sure which section to post this in so please excuse me if I've got it wrong.
I am moving into a property that has a leccy and gas meter cupboard next to the front door, set into the wall. I'm sorry I don't know any technical terms for this - I suspect part of the external wall was left out in the building and the supply cupboard was put in there, then a door put on it so it is flush with the front door. If that makes sense. It is quite a large cupboard housing both meters and it referred, amusingly, by the hosting association as a "shed". It's about an external doors width wide and maybe just under a foot deep, and about five foot tall.
My question is - I have a large dog unhappy with post coming through the front door. Where I live now I have an external mailbox to prevent him throwing himself at the door when the poor postie delivers. However I had the idea of asking the housing association when I move in if I could put a letter slot into the meter cupboard and have the mail just go into there (and blocking the front door letterbox up as I have done here) - there's plenty enough space. Assuming they will give me permission to do it, are the any regulations that state meter cupboards / sheds should not have something like a letter slot in them ? The housing association don't seem to have a problem with one storing, say, garden tools or brooms or what have you in there as they refer to it as a shed. It is locked with a key which is like a normal shed or gate key (not one of those diamond shaped things for meter boxes) and only I as the tenant have access, I will have to open it for the meter reader.
Many thanks for any advice.
Not sure which section to post this in so please excuse me if I've got it wrong.
I am moving into a property that has a leccy and gas meter cupboard next to the front door, set into the wall. I'm sorry I don't know any technical terms for this - I suspect part of the external wall was left out in the building and the supply cupboard was put in there, then a door put on it so it is flush with the front door. If that makes sense. It is quite a large cupboard housing both meters and it referred, amusingly, by the hosting association as a "shed". It's about an external doors width wide and maybe just under a foot deep, and about five foot tall.
My question is - I have a large dog unhappy with post coming through the front door. Where I live now I have an external mailbox to prevent him throwing himself at the door when the poor postie delivers. However I had the idea of asking the housing association when I move in if I could put a letter slot into the meter cupboard and have the mail just go into there (and blocking the front door letterbox up as I have done here) - there's plenty enough space. Assuming they will give me permission to do it, are the any regulations that state meter cupboards / sheds should not have something like a letter slot in them ? The housing association don't seem to have a problem with one storing, say, garden tools or brooms or what have you in there as they refer to it as a shed. It is locked with a key which is like a normal shed or gate key (not one of those diamond shaped things for meter boxes) and only I as the tenant have access, I will have to open it for the meter reader.
Many thanks for any advice.