Mail, deliveries and other

Lizzie2

There is a new property being built approximately 100 yards away from our existing property. The new owner is intending to use the same house/property name as ours. Trying to explain the confusion this will cause to the delivery of mail, parcels and other deliveries is being ignored by the individual concerned. Can we prevent our property name from being used before a problem arises?

Paully28

Do you not have to register the name with the council and/or royal mail who get the final veto about whether the name is suitable. I think having a name already on the same street would cause this veto.

DoaM

Is your property formally known (as far as RM are concerned) by the house name? If yes then it's highly unlikely that RM will allow the new property in the same street/postcode to have the same name ... that still doesn't stop them putting a named sign on their own house though. However they'd need to include the RM address when ordering anything ...

House Name
20 Street Name
Town
Postcode

YOUR address probably wouldn't need the house number.

Lizzie2

Thank you both for replying. I'll look into the matter further before the building work commences in a few weeks time.

robatwork

What a colossal arrse your new neighbour is.

Does your address include the number? ie. Rose Cottage, 22 Acacia Avenue, Basildon rather than just Rose Cottage, Acacia Avenue, Basildon

If the latter I'd expect the council to veto it but you can do little to stop them putting up a "Rose Cottage" sign and putting that as their address.

I can fully understand your concern if there are 2 Rose Cottages on the same road.

Paully28

I am curious as to what is so special about the name? Its not Dunromin' is it? :-)

giraffe69

I am curious as to what is so special about the name? Its not Dunromin' is it? :-)

More likely to be "Dunroamin'"

Paully28

giraffe69 wrote: »

More likely to be "Dunroamin'"

Not sure we can debate the spelling of the roam part when you have a Dun, and no g.

unholyangel

Paully28 wrote: »

Not sure we can debate the spelling of the roam part when you have a Dun, and no g.

I think you should have considered quiting while you were ahead

I believe he was using eye rhyme/spelling (aka how someone would say the word rather than dictionary spelling). Like the whole "xxxxx woz 'ere" some kids think is them putting their unique mark on things.

I suppose a visual variation of an onomatopoeia, if you will.

LABMAN

unholyangel wrote: »

I think you should have considered quiting while you were ahead

I believe he was using eye rhyme/spelling (aka how someone would say the word rather than dictionary spelling). Like the whole "xxxxx woz 'ere" some kids think is them putting their unique mark on things.

I suppose a visual variation of an onomatopoeia, if you will.

'Quitting' surely:D

robatwork

This thread gave me a stomach ache