Appeal Did not receive appointment letter

xylophone

You live in a block of flats.
Either each flat in your block is individually numbered for the road - eg you are 7 The Street, your next door neighbour in your block is 8 The Street etc OR you are Flat 1, 7 The Street, your next door neighbour in the block is Flat 2, 7, The Street etc.

This must mean people living in Argyle Court should record their address as Flat 1 (2, 3 etc) Argyle Court, 7 The Street etc etc.

Why don't you contact the owner of the block(s)/the council and insist that the blocks are properly named and numbered and that residents are told how to write their addresses?

zzzLazyDaisy

OP you have my sympathy. My friend had exactly that problem - she lived in an apartment block that had been built on the site of a demolished public house on a residential estate. The apartment numbers were the same as the house numbers on the street, except that their address was "anytown court, anytown street" and the other houses were just on "anytown street". They had a constant problem with mis-deliveries.

custardy

xylophone wrote: »

You live in a block of flats.
Either each flat in your block is individually numbered for the road - eg you are 7 The Street, your next door neighbour in your block is 8 The Street etc OR you are Flat 1, 7 The Street, your next door neighbour in the block is Flat 2, 7, The Street etc.

This must mean people living in Argyle Court should record their address as Flat 1 (2, 3 etc) Argyle Court, 7 The Street etc etc.

Why don't you contact the owner of the block(s)/the council and insist that the blocks are properly named and numbered and that residents are told how to write their addresses?

its not that simple
many companies simply dont have software to deal with even basic flat variations
some people simply dont bother with flat numbers etc,or those entering details dont
If its been set up by the council,then i dont see what they would be interested in? hell ive seen some dodgy addressing from the council!

xylophone

"anytown court, anytown street" and the other houses were just on "anytown street".

I really can't see why this should have been so.

The old pub would have had a road number. Bull and Bush Public House 1 Anytown St Lowton Zedshire AA1 BB2. It would be next door to 3 Anytown St, next door to 5 Anytown St etc.

The pub is demolished and Bull and Bush Court takes its place.

So now you have Flat 1, 2, 3 etc Bull and Bush Court, 1 Anytown St etc
while the old houses next to Bull and Bush Court (formerly Public House) just remain the same?

rogerblack

To somewhat divert the thread.
Let's assume that the 20 residents in this building get fed up enough to want to fix it.
What's involved in calling the building 'Nelson Mandella House' or whatever, and getting the post office to agree?

custardy

rogerblack wrote: »

To somewhat divert the thread.
Let's assume that the 20 residents in this building get fed up enough to want to fix it.
What's involved in calling the building 'Nelson Mandella House' or whatever, and getting the post office to agree?

you need to get the council to 'agree'
Then it would be Royal Mail(people had best realise the difference soon before its all broken up)

xylophone

many companies simply dont have software to deal with even basic flat variations
some people simply dont bother with flat numbers etc,or those entering details dont
If its been set up by the council,then i dont see what they would be interested in?

Well, I've lived in two flats.

First flat, every flat was a road number - so, 1 Any Road, 2 Any Road on the ground floor, 3 Any Road, 4 Any Road first floor, 5 Any Road, 6 Any Road second floor - never any problem with the post.

Second flat, the block was at 16 Any Road and I lived in flat 10.

My mail was addressed Flat 10/16 Any Road and as far as I know it always reached me (although perhaps some letter promising me a fortune is lurking about somewhere).

I should have thought that if the council owns the blocks (or even if it doesn't) it would prefer that communications concerning council tax etc reached the right recipient, similarly utility companies etc.

If people can't be bothered to record their address correctly then they can't be surprised if post goes astray.

I now live in a house and while occasionally I might receive someone else's mail, this tends to be because of a confusion between 1 and 7 or simply post for next door caught up in my bundle.

In the OP's case I would certainly be making representations to the owners of the blocks.

custardy

xylophone wrote: »

Well, I've lived in two flats.

First flat, every flat was a road number - so, 1 Any Road, 2 Any Road on the ground floor, 3 Any Road, 4 Any Road first floor, 5 Any Road, 6 Any Road second floor - never any problem with the post.

Second flat, the block was at 16 Any Road and I lived in flat 10.

My mail was addressed Flat 10/16 Any Road and as far as I know it always reached me (although perhaps some letter promising me a fortune is lurking about somewhere).

I should have thought that if the council owns the blocks (or even if it doesn't) it would prefer that communications concerning council tax etc reached the right recipient, similarly utility companies etc.

If people can't be bothered to record their address correctly then they can't be surprised if post goes astray.

I now live in a house and while occasionally I might receive someone else's mail, this tends to be because of a confusion between 1 and 7 or simply post for next door caught up in my bundle.

In the OP's case I would certainly be making representations to the owners of the blocks.

shall we start with the fact flat mail should be addressed to building number then flat number?
so using 10/16 is a false start
you would be going to building 16 and then flat 10.
hence 16/10

I have lived in many flats and delivered to thousands

okee32

wow confusing.

And quoting xylophones remark "If people can't be bothered to record their address correctly then they can't be surprised if post goes astray."
I record my address correctly, i am say
7 the street
cardiff
cf5 5ss

I think it would be hard to write that incorrectly but the post does have issues with going to other address.

antonic

I live in an old house converted into flats.

My flat number is 8 but the HOUSE number is 11.

When I first moved in and tried to register for Noddle I couldnt because my flat number didnt exist on the Post Office database (I think thats what it called).

So Noddle advised me to email the post office here :

[EMAIL="addressmaintenance@royalmail.com"]addressmaintenance@royalmail.com[/EMAIL]

and my address appeared within 7 days - try this to see if it helps.