Has anyone ever applied to change their house number from 13 to 12A etc?

youth_leader

Thanks for all your comments, really appreciate it, it was just my Dad's comments made me think about it.   He also thinks green cars are bad luck, no idea why.  

I think I'll do a bit more investigating, thanks for the reminder about airline seat rows coffeehound, I did a cabin crew course in my youth, I'd forgotten about that. 

Thrugelmir

ProDave said:

Thrugelmir said:

youth_leader said:

I should have said it was a resin flat roof - vendor told me it was only a few years old, I felt happy I didn't have to do anything about it for a few years. 

Storms cause damage. If you've insurance then the matter will be dealt with at no cost to yourself. 

The insurance will pay for the roof but not the dry rot.

No reason it should. Wasn't caused by the storm. 

lincroft1710

youth_leader said:

Thanks for all your comments, really appreciate it, it was just my Dad's comments made me think about it.   He also thinks green cars are bad luck, no idea why.  

My father had 5 green cars and lived for a large part of his life at No. 130 (so 10 times the amount of bad luck!). Of course he did die - at the age of 88!

Annisele

I'd happily live at number 13, but I'd have second thoughts about living in a property that used to be 13 and was now 12A.

I've lived in a XXA house before, and at least a couple of times a month there'd be somebody who couldn't find it/ confused my house with the one next door / told me my house didn't exist. Usually it was just annoying, and was sorted out with a quick phone call to/from a delivery driver, or a with visit next door to pick up my parcel. The time when gas meters got confused was more irritating, but again it did get sorted.

I probably wouldn't mind renting such a house, but if I was buying I'd not want to sign myself up for that hassle again.

Doozergirl

Sapindus said:

Once you get it in your head that you are suffering from bad luck, every minor misfortune will  reinforce that belief.  Consider for a while all the GOOD things which have happened since you moved there, and the things which might have gone wrong with the houses you didn't buy.  Good luck very often goes unnoticed as it may simply consist of turning a corner just after a bus cuts it and would have killed you.

So true.   Brains seem to be wired to remember the negative. 

You need to flip that script, youth leader! 

Imagine how many people have bought houses that needed more work than realised - most of us?!   Even eradicating every street in the country of a number 13 won't stop that phenomenon.  

nimbo

I was once told the number 13 was unlucky as this was the number of times the hangman wraps the rope of a noose. 

Don’t know if it’s true. 

Personally I don’t think that is what caused the dry rot and the roof to fly off. Im sure a street or two over a tree will have fallen on number 29 (or whatever). 

Sorry you’ve had rubbish luck. And hope it picks up soon. Xx

eddddy

If you really want to change the number from 13 - it's usually going to be to 11a, rather than 12a.

Most streets have odd numbers on one side, and even numbers on the other - but there are exceptions.

LaHostessAvecLaMostess

eddddy said:

If you really want to change the number from 13 - it's usually going to be to 11a, rather than 12a.

Most streets have odd numbers on one side, and even numbers on the other - but there are exceptions.

It'll probably cause issues with deliveries too.

Not worth it because of some nonsense belief about numbers.

Gavin83

I’ve been living in my current house for 2 months now and I’ve only just realised our street doesn’t have a number 13! As ridiculous as it is I suspect it devalues the property and therefore developers would rather skip the number.

I’ve lived in a house numbered 1A previously and to be entirely honest it was a hassle. It was common for our neighbours at 1 or even at 14 to get our deliveries and there were some address lookups online where our address didn’t exist. Given the choice I wouldn’t live at one again.

tealady

Speaking as an athiest I have no problems with number 13.
I was brought up to think it was an unlucky number as there were 13 at the Last Supper.
Mind you I am the sort of person who will walk under ladders, and open brollies indoors.