Thinking of a house name

youth_leader

I've just bought a 1930's bungalow and had a look through the deeds - it was called 'Lohore' in 1938.  I was about to google it to see what it meant when I noticed the purchaser had previously lived at Lohore Street.  Thinking about my past addresses I don't think I'd choose my road name.

GaleSF63

I once delivered Christmas post to a run-down semi called "The Tropics".

Ramouth

We renamed our property before selling after reading an article in the paper that said the houses with cottage in the name got a better price.  Got the estate agent to help choose.  It was previously called “Osokosi”

AdrianC

Capri84 said:

root said:

Just go with the number - it does have a number right?

Nope. Sadly not. It’s in a hamlet on an ‘unnamed road’. So every house has a name and then the village, with no road identified in the address. 

Then whether you change the name or not is irrelevant. In a decade's time, everybody will still say "<new name>? Where's that? Oh, you mean <old name>!"

AdrianC

youth_leader said:

I've just bought a 1930's bungalow and had a look through the deeds - it was called 'Lohore' in 1938.  I was about to google it to see what it meant when I noticed the purchaser had previously lived at Lohore Street.  Thinking about my past addresses I don't think I'd choose my road name.

Not "Lahore"? As in, y'know, the capital of Pakistan?

Ramouth said:

We renamed our property before selling after reading an article in the paper that said the houses with cottage in the name got a better price.  Got the estate agent to help choose.  It was previously called “Osokosi”

Oh, my life. As in "Oh-so-cosy"? Cringe...

Ramouth

Oh, my life. As in "Oh-so-cosy"? Cringe...

We just used the number!

Loza2016

We recently purchased a 1950s bungalow that needs major renovations. My teenage daughter wasn’t impressed we were swapping our lovely modernised home for this house until she found out it was called Rivendell. 

A link to lord of the rings I’m told 

Apodemus

Capri84 said:

pinkteapot said:

You've got me wondering now.... We bought a new-build 18 months ago that has a name, not a number (small village where all the houses have names - delivery drivers love it). I remember the builder telling us they had a nightmare with the local council over choosing the names - council rejected several they wanted to use. So how does it work if we wanted to change it? Can we just do that or do the council get a say?

Not sure we would though - have never had a new-build before so hadn't realised what a pain it is for the first year while you wait for your address to filter onto everyone's databases from the Royal Mail master file. Right pain changing the address on your car insurance when the insurer doesn't believe your new house exists. *sigh* 

Here (in Scotland) it costs £79. Need to speak to the gazetteer and get the name ok’d

Capri, it is absolutely worth making sure that you do follow the correct procedure with your Council's gazetteer team, including the fee.  Far too many people think that simply adding and using a name is ok "because the postman knows it".  Yes, the postman may find your door, but the ambulance or fire-engine might take a little bit longer to work it out...   The gazetteer will also check and advise if the name you are suggesting has any existing duplicates in the postcode. 

As mentioned above, avoid Tigh Beag, just as in Welsh, the "little house" is the toilet.

(I'd also be interested to know the random hill that you've got at present!)

teachfast

Loza2016 said:

We recently purchased a 1950s bungalow that needs major renovations. My teenage daughter wasn’t impressed we were swapping our lovely modernised home for this house until she found out it was called Rivendell. 

A link to lord of the rings I’m told 

Rivendell in Lotr is Elrond's safehouse: centre of the elven kingdom in the New World and a refuge and meeting place for the Hobbit/dwarf party before setting out on their mission to destroy the ring. It's a great name for an elven palace, but a crap name for a bungalow.

teachfast

Just not as crap as Dunroamin or Dunravin; within which you are guaranteed to find two people who have led the most boring lives ever, but don't realise it.