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28/04/2008, 14:17 Pierre Joined on 28/04/2008 Posts 1 siting of post box We live in a house in the Gers which is situated 500 metres from the road and is accessed by our private drive. Our post box,which conforms to all relevant regulation, is fixed to the side of our house where it has been for the past 40 years. The post man delivers post by driving up the drive, putting the mail in the box without getting out of the van, turns round and drives off. Recently our regular post man retired and our mail is now delivered by a various post ladies. Today I have received a letter from ther local post office advising me that the location of the post box does not conform and must be resited beside the nearest road. I thought that if a post box has been in this sort of location for several years it was not necessary to resite it. Am I correct or do I need to re-site it? Pierre    Report

28/04/2008, 14:24 Panda Joined on 29/01/2008 Charente (16) and Vienne (86) Posts 238 Re: siting of post box Hello I don't know the legalities of it but I had to put mine on the road side (rather than on the house) and it's a pain when you forget to check it on your drive in!  This was anew installation though.   I don;t think you have much choice in the matter if you want to get your post!    Report

28/04/2008, 14:33 Clair Joined on 23/08/2004 ------- Forum Moderator ------- Lot Posts 6,254 Re: siting of post box  Pierre wrote: We live in a house in the Gers which is situated 500 metres from the road and is accessed by our private drive. Our post box,which conforms to all relevant regulation, is fixed to the side of our house where it has been for the past 40 years. The post man delivers post by driving up the drive, putting the mail in the box without getting out of the van, turns round and drives off. Recently our regular post man retired and our mail is now delivered by a various post ladies. Today I have received a letter from ther local post office advising me that the location of the post box does not conform and must be resited beside the nearest road. I thought that if a post box has been in this sort of location for several years it was not necessary to resite it. Am I correct or do I need to re-site it? Pierre I think the previous postman was doing you a favour by going all the way to your house through private land on a private road. The regulations are certainly more strictly applied here too, possibly as a result of demand for profitability. Several neighbours have received a similar letter, requesting that their small letter box be changed for an approved model or be re-sited nearer the road. Sign of the times, I'm afraid and if you want your mail... Clair, a Real Virtual French Person La vérité est si obscurcie en ce temps et le mensonge si établi, qu'à moins d'aimer la vérité, on ne saurait la reconnaître. (Blaise Pascal)    Report

28/04/2008, 14:47 Cat Joined on 21/01/2005 ------- Forum Moderator ------- Lot Posts 2,788 Re: siting of post box The Laposte site says http://www.laposte.fr/particulier_pied_page_premiere_ligne_505conditions_generales_vente-_1861.html  (scroll down to 3.2.4, La boite aux lettres). Looks as if houses built since 1979 must have a conforming and accessible letter box, but that doesn't necessarily mean that those built before that date can't be challenged. Cathy Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...    Report

28/04/2008, 16:35 Anton Redman Joined on 23/08/2004 Gironde Posts 1,920 Re: siting of post box The legend I have been told is that they are not insured if they are off the public highway. Friends who cleared a chemin rurale started getting post to their box as La Poste now had access via a public road    Report

28/04/2008, 19:36 BJSLIV Joined on 23/08/2004 Posts 2,384 Re: siting of post box the box should be sited  en bordure de la voie ouverte à la circulation publique. So I'm afraid you will have to move it, or face collecting your post from the local office.    Report

29/04/2008, 12:12 Joshua Joined on 29/09/2007 Creuse Posts 88 Re: siting of post box Hi, I've read that the box needs to be mounted on the boundary of your property and measuring 40x30x30 but does anyone have the height it needs to be from the ground. I'm mounting the box into a new stone wall so it needs to be right ! Josh The European Union has done many things but it is yet to produce a European    Report

29/04/2008, 12:24 Clair Joined on 23/08/2004 ------- Forum Moderator ------- Lot Posts 6,254 Re: siting of post box I do not know the exact height, but I would assume it has to be accessible to the postman(lady) from the car window. Have you asked your post office? Clair, a Real Virtual French Person La vérité est si obscurcie en ce temps et le mensonge si établi, qu'à moins d'aimer la vérité, on ne saurait la reconnaître. (Blaise Pascal)    Report

29/04/2008, 15:24 BJSLIV Joined on 23/08/2004 Posts 2,384 Re: siting of post box All you need to know http://www.boitesauxlettres.fr/05/0504.htm It needs to be between 1 and 1.5 metres from the ground.    Report

29/04/2008, 17:11 Tony F Dordogne Joined on 10/04/2005 Small village in the Dordogne, near St Cyprien Posts 1,409 Re: siting of post box  buy a new box, all the appropriate instructions and dimensions are usually contained in the box or the packaging. Tony F Dordogne (24) Huguenot Trails    Report

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