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Moved House- Can i call the house a name?

fivepound
fivepound Posts: 80 Forumite
in House buying, renting & selling
Hi, i have now moved and want to call my house a name (as well as the number) Do I have to inform the Post Office or Royal Mail or do you simply start putting it on your change of address notes etc?
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  • silvercar
    silvercar Posts: 49,783 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Name Dropper
    If you want a name as well as a number you can just go ahead and show both on your address cards.

    If you want to discard the number and just have a name you need to make a case to Royal Mail and get their agreement. You would have to have a persuasive arguement that mail is getting lost at the moment. Even then they may give you a more appropriate number rather than agree to a name.
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  • Sisyphus
    Sisyphus Posts: 293 Forumite
    Mine's called Bob.
    My neighbours called theirs Rover but I think that would work better as a dog's name.

    :D
  • jonathon
    jonathon Posts: 755 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    from what i understand you can call the house what you want but the post office will still go by the house number.
  • hearts
    hearts Posts: 1,191 Forumite
    "millstone" ;-)
  • Tahiti
    Tahiti Posts: 446 Forumite
    hearts wrote: »
    "millstone" ;-)

    classic.

    In all seriousness, as long as the number is retained, a name can be used without a problem as far as I am aware. Just make sure that you don't choose a name that one of your neighbours uses - you'll end up confusing the posties, and losing post!
  • BettiePage
    BettiePage Posts: 4,627 Forumite
    Why on earth do you want to call it a name?
    Illegitimi non carborundum.
  • stoptheworldIwannagetoff
    stoptheworldIwannagetoff Posts: 63 Forumite
    Our house is number 2b - post often goes to 26 or 28 so we named the house 'Hamlet' - works well and get 99% of our post now!
  • Norma_Desmond
    Norma_Desmond Posts: 4,417 Forumite
    [QUOTE) Our house is number 2b - post often goes to 26 or 28 so we named the house 'Hamlet' - works well and get 99% of our post now!

    Very good! ;)

    You might find a few difficulties with Royal Mail - our house has a name (albeit a 200 year old one!), but we still got a bit of grief when we first bought it as it hadn't been occupied for 20 years and it seemed to have got 'lost' over that period of time. Everything's sorted now though - just keep on at them, and you may have to hassle the utilities etc. seperately.
    Good luck!
    "I'm ready for my close-up Mr. DeMille...."
  • Melissa177
    Melissa177 Posts: 1,727 Forumite
    "Dunromin"
    Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it. - Jefferson
  • Hayley_McKenna
    Hayley_McKenna Posts: 30 Forumite
    A little bit off your subject but.... I have a house name rather than a number and it is a pain in the bum!

    If you order things of the internet there is such hassle as often the address is unknown. Utilities and companys computers dont always recognise the address.

    The house isn't new - anything but!

    I would always keep the number :)
    :j Hayley:j

    :dance:All I ask is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy. :dance:
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