House has mystery name....can I use it officially?
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GTIR said:
People who use just house names probably have a crappy personalised plate on their car(s).
It's also really irritating at night trying to find a house!
Mine has a name only, but I have no personalised plate.It's also really irritating at night trying to find a house!
It is the main house in the village, there is also the Old Rectory, as far as I know they don't have a Plate either.
Your district council should have a team that deals with street naming & numbering. You can write to them and apply to change or add the name. If they agree to it then they will inform anyone that needs to know. (Post Office, Land Registry etc..)
Our local council has a form that you can download & send off, costs £25.
Our local council has a form that you can download & send off, costs £25.
AS others say, best to just add a name but keep the number, street name and post code.
Amongst other things I get involved in banking systems that record names and addresses.
Peculiar addresses (is ones that deviate from the standard format) cause endless problems.
If you want years of mis-directed mail go ahead and lose the number......
Amongst other things I get involved in banking systems that record names and addresses.
Peculiar addresses (is ones that deviate from the standard format) cause endless problems.
If you want years of mis-directed mail go ahead and lose the number......
OscarIndia said:
GTIR said:
People who use just house names probably have a crappy personalised plate on their car(s).
It's also really irritating at night trying to find a house!
Mine has a name only, but I have no personalised plate.It's also really irritating at night trying to find a house!
It is the main house in the village, there is also the Old Rectory, as far as I know they don't have a Plate either.
It's quite straightforward. Put the name on the house, along with the number. Use the name AND the number in all correspondence. Notify the post office and - most importantly of all - your local postie (s) and you should be fine.
Never underestimate the importance of the local knowledge of your postman. He or she is critical in this. I always give my postie a tip at Christmas as well. He's out in all weathers and it's amazing what a difference it makes if you're a human being to him rather than just a name.
If you live in a road where all the houses have just names, you can probably get away with using just the name ( for example roads of big grand houses, groups of old cottages in little villages etc) but if you live in a road where most of your neighbours use numbers, then the post office will expect you to use the number as well.
Never underestimate the importance of the local knowledge of your postman. He or she is critical in this. I always give my postie a tip at Christmas as well. He's out in all weathers and it's amazing what a difference it makes if you're a human being to him rather than just a name.
If you live in a road where all the houses have just names, you can probably get away with using just the name ( for example roads of big grand houses, groups of old cottages in little villages etc) but if you live in a road where most of your neighbours use numbers, then the post office will expect you to use the number as well.
Edited by Sid's Dad on Monday 14th October 11:03
Vipers said:
I may be wrong, but I always thought house names had numbers as well.
you are wrong , many roads have houses with names and no numbers , near me there is a village called northall where virtually every house has a name (and it's not at all posh or expensive)the village pub has a map with all the house names on it as so many people are unable to find addresses. The Post Office's address list is definitive for most purposes (anything where you have to type in your postcode and choose your address, for instance). If you have a number already you can't lose that, and in my experience they'll add your house name as an alias but not as part of their definitive list. This doesn't apply where a house has only ever had a name of course, nor for anything which is already on their list.
My house is the only thatched property in the village (no, not Llandewi Brefi...) and was called The Thatch when I moved in, but it also has a number. The local authority and the Land Registry know it as 'The Thatch' and whenever I order stuff for delivery I always give the name because it's a lot easier to work out you're at the right property than trying to spot the number; but the Royal Mail won't add it to the definitive list, natch. Despite another house down the road being called 'Western House' on their list.
If I amend the address when ordering online to include the name, it doesn't seem to mess up my credit card payments (they go through whether the billing address includes the name or not). So I'd suggest notifying the local authority to add it on their records, and just adding the name whenever you give out your address. Oh, and pronounce it correctly
My house is the only thatched property in the village (no, not Llandewi Brefi...) and was called The Thatch when I moved in, but it also has a number. The local authority and the Land Registry know it as 'The Thatch' and whenever I order stuff for delivery I always give the name because it's a lot easier to work out you're at the right property than trying to spot the number; but the Royal Mail won't add it to the definitive list, natch. Despite another house down the road being called 'Western House' on their list.
If I amend the address when ordering online to include the name, it doesn't seem to mess up my credit card payments (they go through whether the billing address includes the name or not). So I'd suggest notifying the local authority to add it on their records, and just adding the name whenever you give out your address. Oh, and pronounce it correctly
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