Changing the house number from 13.

Newbie_John

If your neighbour is 12 and the other 14, then if you somehow managed to change the number to 46 then you'll have so many issues with delivery that any other number will be unlucky.

I live on the street where numbers were probably given in order houses were built, we're 46, neighbour in front is 1, then few houses to the left instead of it being 50 is 11.. it's a total mess for all deliveries, take away comes cold, couriers call you to come in front of the door as they're lost.

Keep 13 please.

inkydolphin

Just take the number off and don't ever look at your mail.

janb5

This is really silly.  I have lived at my house No 13 for 40 years and have been perfectly happy!

MobileSaver

Ravs2019 said:

I have recently come across a property which is No. 13.  Soon after giving the offer, I realized it's considered unlucky and quite cheaper than usually market price. Now seller is not ready to negotiate. 

1. Is it difficult to sell a house of number 13 if at all we buy this house ?

Over more than a 25 year period I lived in two number 13s. In the first one I set up a business literally in the back bedroom and I continued the business working from home in the second number 13. The houses were so unlucky that I ended up selling the business and retiring in my forties...

I sold both number 13s very quickly and actually had two people fighting over the second one. The successful buyer then kept in touch for years afterwards telling me how much they loved living in the house.

cr1mson

Not sure urban legend but was told a tale of someone in local town who removed all reference to #13 and changed it to house name. They fell ill (nothing out of ordinary) and ambulance was delayed as struggled to find it.

FlorayG

I bought a house that was on the market for two years and unsold because the last owner had hanged himself in the loft. I got it cheap so I didn't care, but several of the workmen who came to do work for me refused to go into the loft. People are daft

Bigphil1474

We're just in the process of selling a no.13 for a relative who died in the house. Their partner also died in the house a couple of years before. I suspect it was a bad luck thing rather than them being in their 80's. All joking aside, the market for a property includes the superstitious as well as the sane, so it may have a small impact on saleability. Where I have just moved from we were no.12, and opposite us was 11 and then 15, no number 13 though. The houses were all 1930's, so maybe that's just what they did then. The house we are selling is only round the corner but is a 1960's estate and they all seem to have a 13 in the street.

Rob5342

I wouldn't worry about it. There are probably a few people that are stupid enough to believe that sort of rubbish but nowhere near enough to affect the value. Anyone that's not a complete moron will be far more interested in other aspects of the house.

I live on a 1980s estate and after 15 years living here I noticed that there is no number 13.

debtfreewannabe321

13 is not unlucky in every culture-

"In Chinese culture, the number 13 is considered lucky because it sounds like “a whole life” or “forever” when pronounced in Mandarin.

In karmic numerology, the number 13 is believed to represent transformation, cycles of life, death, and rebirth, and is considered a lucky number signifying positive growth and evolution.

In some cultures, 13 is associated with health and strength symbols.

In India, the 13th day of the lunar fortnight (Triyodashi) is considered auspicious and is believed to bestow long life, peace, and good fortune."

The first house I bought was #13. I sold it two years later for double the price I paid and it sold in a week....no viewers even batted an eyelid at the number. 

ThisIsWeird

janb5 said:

This is really silly.  I have lived at my house No 13 for 40 years and have been perfectly happy!

What does the 'B' stand for, Jan? Beelzebub?