The correct method for answering the phone is: “Good [morning/day/afternoon]! [family’s last name here] residence, might I inquire with whom am I speaking?”

“Ahoy-hoy?” is also sometimes permissable in unique situations where the answering party is expecting a call and is a close family friend, relative, young child, or co-worker of equal or lower employment status (obviously allowable only outside of business hours with the exception of scheduled, midday breaks).

Ah, biking days. I have to remember to explore the neighborhoods that way again, sometime.