All energy companies get my address wrong

bertiewhite

House_Martin wrote: »

Its the only place I ve seen this in operation.

If it worked that well, why isn't it adopted everywhere else then? It only seems to be you that's getting in a twist over names/numbers.

House_Martin

bertiewhite wrote: »

If it worked that well, why isn't it adopted everywhere else then? It only seems to be you that's getting in a twist over names/numbers.

I can assure you that its not just me annoyed. not sure if you are aware but nowadays everyone`s shopping online and need this stuff delivered . I ve met hundreds of fuming couriers p ee d off with some berks idea of his house name which is written on a dark background using dark letters which can only be seen from 3 feet away. Its not very efficient for a driver to have to walk down to find the house name plate just to check if its his/her destination. Its insane !! Occupiers should be fined for this anti social behaviour .
In my own patch in rural DN 14 post code I have taken the trouble of making up my own individual maps showing all the house names in order. One area, Reedness to Adlington has approx 7 miles of constant house names all in a row. One post code is used which can cover over a mile so satnavs don t help too much. small villages will have just one postcode to cover the whole village

custardy

poppellerant wrote: »

One might rightly argue that it is you who is being ignorant.

Just because one city or town is using their own convoluted addressing system, it doesn't mean everybody else should know it. In fact they probably don't know it for sound and established reasons.

Just write your address in a way everybody can universally understand.

One city? how about capital,the largest city and many other towns/cities?

EachPenny

House_Martin wrote: »

I go to plenty of villages where the council, sensibly have stopped the little Englanders trying to go one up on their neighbours with their pathetic house names. You can call your gaff anything you want but you re allocated a number. Ok the few original houses were named , such as The Smithy, Home Farm, etc but all the new builds join in the confusion with stupid names. I even see whole new estates nowadays who are just given house names instead of numbers, all to keep up their pretentious one upmanship of a named house.

Street naming and numbering is a Local Authority function, usually at District (or Unitary) level. New addresses and amendments are agreed by that authority in consultation with other organisations (e.g. Royal Mail, emergency services).

If you live in an area/street where naming rather than numbering is in use then you have to obtain the council's consent to change the name of your house.

If you live in a numbered house you have some freedom to give it a name as well, but the official address will retain the number.

New street names and numbers are passed on to organisations such as Royal Mail, Ordnance Survey to be incorporated into national databases. Houses with names appear on OS large scale mapping, which is available to organisations such as the emergency services, and utility companies. Perhaps the company you work for has not seen fit to issue you with that data, which would make your job easier?

House_Martin wrote: »

I ve worked out in the rural Fen country south east of Peterborough area where individual properties miles apart were numbered. ...but it worked fine and the numbering system was up into over a 100 properties spread out over 10 miles or so.

I'd be interested to know where that was, and I'll draw it to the attention of former colleagues who are involved in naming and numbering and share ideas on a national basis. If it works there then it could be copied elsewhere. TBH a numbering system covering an area of 10 miles or so sounds quite remarkable.

House_Martin wrote: »

The major problem with the house name freaks is that they don t display their ridiculous pretentious house names properly which can be seen clearly from the road. Many use "olde worlde " script or just dont even bother displaying them.

This problem applies equally to people who live in a numbered property, the only difference being it is sometimes possible to guess the number of a property not displaying its number.

People not displaying a number might be liable to a penalty under the Towns Improvement Clauses Act 1847. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/10-11/34/section/65

Perhaps rather than getting angry, the next time you come across one of these miscreants you should report them to the proper authorities and see to it they are fined for their outrageous behaviour. If enough people get fined then one is bound to take to tw*tter to complain, sparking a national debate on whether an 1847 Act is still fit for purpose, of if new legislation is needed requiring householders to display their house number/name clearly to a specific size/font, with perhaps the addition of a 12"x12" QR code to enable couriers and meter readers to check the address without getting out of their vehicle.

House_Martin wrote: »

Any sensible parish council would outlaw all this, and many have.

I'm not aware of any parish councils having the power to do this, but they are usually one of the consultees when the naming/numbering authority considers requests/alterations. Neither organisation normally has the power to specify the size or font of the name/number. More's the pity.

Joyful

The problem with Ecoes in Scotland as it may have GR, GL, 1F1 etc rather that 3/1,3/2. Your supplier can get this amended as long as the Post office have it correct. Once amended it can be updated on your account.

custardy

Joyful wrote: »

The problem with Ecoes in Scotland as it may have GR, GL, 1F1 etc rather that 3/1,3/2. Your supplier can get this amended as long as the Post office have it correct. Once amended it can be updated on your account.

How can we get addresses right if we are asking the wrong company altogether?

Joyful

The company that are billing you, does it have the correct meter serial number on the bill? If not ask them to check your meter serial number on Ecoes. It will then say who the supplier is. They can they correct the address.

custardy

Joyful wrote: »

The company that are billing you, does it have the correct meter serial number on the bill? If not ask them to check your meter serial number on Ecoes. It will then say who the supplier is. They can they correct the address.

Lets try again. Is the Post Office helping with this?