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Would you buy a house with house number 13?

Do you consider 13 as a bad luck number? Would you buy a property with house number 13?

What about house number 666?

I read some local council used to allow door number changes, but these these a lot of them no longer allow it any more. A friend called a council before, the response was "Different people will have different views of numbers, cannot cater for them all." So no change.

GD, 5GD
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  • chris_m
    chris_m Posts: 8,250 Forumite
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    gd5gd wrote: »
    Do you consider 13 as a bad luck number? Would you buy a property with house number 13?

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3736433
  • gd5gd
    gd5gd Posts: 9 Forumite
    Cool! Thanks for the link!

    I am just curious... Slow day at work.
  • i book flights on friday 13th, so much cheaper and always only half full
    Food and Smellies Shop target £50 pw - managed average of £49 per week in 2013 down to £38.90 per week in 2016
  • Abbafan1972
    Abbafan1972 Posts: 7,131 Forumite
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    I live in a house that was no. 13 for the 1st 10 years of my life.

    Not sure really. I know a lot of roads don't have a number 13 (ours doesn't).
    Striving to clear the mortgage before it finishes in Dec 2028 - amount currently owed - £30,358.13
  • phill99
    phill99 Posts: 9,093 Forumite
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    This is a stupid question,
    Eat vegetables and fear no creditors, rather than eat duck and hide.
  • Deep_In_Debt
    Deep_In_Debt Posts: 8,579 Forumite
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    My road and the roads around my area have no no. 13's.
    Debt 30k in 2008.:eek::o Cleared all my debt in 2013 and loving being debt free :)
    Mortgage free since 2014 :)
  • pararct
    pararct Posts: 777 Forumite
    Yes I would and I would have no scruples about flying on Friday the 13th.

    All that said I run a hotel. It has 20 odd rooms but no number 13 :o

    The room numbering was in place before I bought it.
  • caeler
    caeler Posts: 2,633 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Photogenic
    I bought a new build and the developer didn't build a number 13!!
  • lee_w
    lee_w Posts: 60 Forumite
    13 is my lucky number, black 13 is always a must when i'm playing roulette, i'd buy house 13, i'd fly on friday the 13th,

    i'm not one for superstitions
  • toezilla
    toezilla Posts: 63 Forumite
    our friends have just bought a number 13...

    we are looking to buy and so far every property number has ended with a 3... we looked at a 23 yest, got a 93 booked in for 2mora and then a 103 on sat!! we think bit spooky!
    The early bird catches the worm - Success comes to those who prepare well and put in effort!
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