Neighbour on a different road putting signs up outside my house.

pramsay13

Our neighbour bought a house that was originally part of another one so became 1a X Street as the original house front door was 1 X Street but their new front door and house is on Y Street.
Their sign on the house with number and street name just confused everyone as people looking on X Street couldn't find them and people looking on Y Street through they were on the wrong street. 
They have since changed the house number and street so they are now 4 Y Street which makes much more sense. 

Jude57

diystarter7 said:

Jude57 said:

For anyone concerned that the neighbour will identify who has complained, Highways Department staff don't tend to be in the office very much, particularly highway engineers. It's their job to be out and about in their area, on site visits, inspecting existing highways, pavements and footpaths. There's every likelihood that one of them might have spotted such an unauthorised sign and then taken the necessary steps to advise the homeowner to remove it. From the OP, it seems as though the sign itself identifies the homeowner so it's hardly a case for Sherlock Holmes to find out who to hold responsible. In any event, Highways Department staff have easy access to the electoral roll and the public Council Tax register if they need to find a name to write to.

Hi
Thanks.
I know that but as you said it does not take a Columbo to find out who reported them but at times the most obvious person is not the culprit as we all know.

Best time to report stuff like that is when someone else has been moaning about something then complaining and withholding your name is what I have done.

We had a call once and a mate from housing was telling me it was someone he knew complaining about his mate down the road, lol.

The bottom line if you dont want to be found out - never give them your real details as you are not lying so you have nothing to fear. If challenged, "was it you inti, mate.." - Just say, I know where you live and I would have knocked on your door to tell you to your face. That trips them up, trust me, lol.

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That's not what I said, nor what I meant at all. If, as the OP appears to indicate, the sign in question makes reference to one specific property, it's a simple matter for the Highways Department staff to identify the householder and that wouldn't necessarily involve any local resident making a complaint. Highways staff won't tell you if anyone has complained, nor name or indicate any individual responsible.

I'd also point out that my post is intended to help the OP and others who may not know how Council departments go about their business.

While Social Service departments will take note of anonymous complaints where there may be a safeguarding issue, other Council departments may not take anonymous complaints at face value, partly because of the resource limitations and partly because of the number of malicious complaints received.

Rather than allow this thread to deteriorate into who is right or wrong on a side issue, I'll leave it there. It's not fair to divert attention from the OP's concerns.

diystarter7

pramsay13 said:

Our neighbour bought a house that was originally part of another one so became 1a X Street as the original house front door was 1 X Street but their new front door and house is on Y Street.
Their sign on the house with number and street name just confused everyone as people looking on X Street couldn't find them and people looking on Y Street through they were on the wrong street. 
They have since changed the house number and street so they are now 4 Y Street which makes much more sense. 

Hi

Who is "they", please?

If you mean the council and or owners processed the request, how lon did that take?

Thanks

pramsay13

diystarter7 said:

pramsay13 said:

Our neighbour bought a house that was originally part of another one so became 1a X Street as the original house front door was 1 X Street but their new front door and house is on Y Street.
Their sign on the house with number and street name just confused everyone as people looking on X Street couldn't find them and people looking on Y Street through they were on the wrong street. 
They have since changed the house number and street so they are now 4 Y Street which makes much more sense. 

Hi

Who is "they", please?

If you mean the council and or owners processed the request, how lon did that take?

Thanks

Now the sign on the house says 4 Y Street. I assume the owners asked the council to make the change or they have just started doing it themselves. I'm not sure how long the process took but the original sign was up for around 6 months before being changed. 
I know when I built a house the process of adding a new address didn't take too long and was ready in advance of house being built. Speak to the relevant council department and see what they are saying.

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They probably put the sign there before they were fed up of delivery drivers not being able to find their house.

Talk to the council, or put up your own sign.

diystarter7

pramsay13 said:

diystarter7 said:

pramsay13 said:

Our neighbour bought a house that was originally part of another one so became 1a X Street as the original house front door was 1 X Street but their new front door and house is on Y Street.
Their sign on the house with number and street name just confused everyone as people looking on X Street couldn't find them and people looking on Y Street through they were on the wrong street. 
They have since changed the house number and street so they are now 4 Y Street which makes much more sense. 

Hi

Who is "they", please?

If you mean the council and or owners processed the request, how lon did that take?

Thanks

Now the sign on the house says 4 Y Street. I assume the owners asked the council to make the change or they have just started doing it themselves. I'm not sure how long the process took but the original sign was up for around 6 months before being changed. 
I know when I built a house the process of adding a new address didn't take too long and was ready in advance of house being built. Speak to the relevant council department and see what they are saying.

Hi
Many thanks for taking the time to respond in a helpful manner.

Thanks

bouicca21

Why not simply tell the neighbours it’s causing problems and ask them to move it somewhere more sensible? 

TBagpuss

I am a little unclear whether the entrance ion on your road but with an address on a different road,or if theentrance is on a differnt road but they have pout a sign up on yours. If it is the latter, then maybe pu a note through their fdoor mentioning that the sign is confusing delivery drivers and suggesting that they add an arrow to make it clearer.

If the entrance is on your street,  maybe ask the council if they can put up a sign with your street name on that corner and/or put a note through the neuighbour's door asking if they can change the sign to 'deliversies for [address] instead, which would make things clearer as it would suggest it was a back / side door. 

Or put a sign up for your own property including the street name, of course! 

diystarter7

TBagpuss said:

I am a little unclear whether the entrance ion on your road but with an address on a different road,or if theentrance is on a differnt road but they have pout a sign up on yours. If it is the latter, then maybe pu a note through their fdoor mentioning that the sign is confusing delivery drivers and suggesting that they add an arrow to make it clearer.

If the entrance is on your street,  maybe ask the council if they can put up a sign with your street name on that corner and/or put a note through the neuighbour's door asking if they can change the sign to 'deliversies for [address] instead, which would make things clearer as it would suggest it was a back / side door. 

Or put a sign up for your own property including the street name, of course! 

Hi

I've just re-read the OP and initially I had misread it. The sign is on the other owner's own house, the side wall of it..  Based on that, IMHO, OP needs to put a sign of their own up if they wish as they is really nothing they can do having reread the post.

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kazwookie

A large piece of card and tape over it should solve any problems